| William H. Crane, co-star with Buster Keaton in John L. Golden's production
of "The Saphead," by Winchell Smith, is the beloved dean of American
actors. Mr. Crane's experience on the stage covers a period of nearly fifty
years. Among the famous plays in which he has appeared are Shakespeare's
"The Comedy of Errors;" "The Senator," "Peter Stuyvesant,"
"David Harum,'' in the dramatization of Edward Noyes Westcott's novel;
"The Spenders," by Harry Leon Wilson; "Business in Business,"
and "Father and the Boys," by George Ade. It was nearly forty
years ago when Mr. Crane's name first blazed forth on Broadway as a star.
His retirement of a few years ago he has just broken to return before the
public as a player in the splendid Metro Productions. |