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Skinner, Otis
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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Date: 19960101
Author:PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND
Skinner, Otis
(1858–1942), American actor, who made his first appearance on the stage in Philadelphia in 1877 and was seen in New York, at Niblo's Garden , in 1879. After some years with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett he joined Augustin Daly and with him made his first appearance in London, as Romeo. For two years he toured with Modjeska , and later played Young Absolute in Sheridan's The Rivals to the Sir Anthony of Joseph Jefferson . Among his later successes were Your Humble Servant (1910) and Mr Antonio (1916), both specially written for him by Booth Tarkington ; but he ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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