William Courtenay (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Courtenay (actor)

American Broadway star and film actor

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1875

Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1933

Profession: actor, stage actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

William Courtenay (June 19, 1875 – April 20, 1933) was a noted Broadway star and later film actor.
He was born William Hancock Kelly.
At age 19 in 1894, before his Broadway career took off, Courtenay appeared in Alexander Black's slide show Miss Jerry.
This was a sort of alternative entertainment to a new device by Thomas Edison called a Kinetoscope ala moving pictures.