Barney Williams (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Barney Williams (actor)

American actor

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1824

Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1876

Profession: actor, stage actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Barney Williams (August 20, 1824 – April 25, 1876) was an Irish-American actor-comedian popular during the mid decades of the 19th century.
He was probably best remembered by audiences of the day for playing Ragged Pat in J.
A.
Amherst's drama Ireland as it is and the title role in Samuel Lover's comic opera Rory O'More.
Throughout the greater part of his career he was billed along with his wife, the former Maria Pray, as Mr.
and Mrs.
Barney Williams.When Benjamin H.
Day founded the New York Sun in 1833, he employed Williams as his first, and for a time, only newsboy.