John B. Mason
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John B. Mason (circa 1900s)
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John Hill Belcher Mason October 28, 1858 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | January 12, 1919 (aged 60) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Stage Actor |
| Years active | 1878-1919 |
| Spouse(s) | Marion Manola |
John B. Mason (October 28, 1858 – January 12, 1919) was an American stage actor popular during the decades surrounding the start of the twentieth century.
John Hill Belcher Mason was born in Orange, New Jersey the son of Daniel Gregory and Susan W. (née Belcher) Mason. He was the son of a publisher and a grandson of Dr. Lowell Mason, a well–known educator and composer of Christian music. Mason was a cousin to composer and music critic Daniel Gregory Mason and could trace his American lineage back to Robert Mason, an Englishman who settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1630. His mother was a direct descendant of Jonathan Belcher, a colonial governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. John Mason was educated in private schools in America and overseas at the Frankfort Gymnasium, before enrolling at Columbia University in 1876.
John Mason (often referred to by the press as Jack Mason) made his professional stage debut two years later at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. During his first season he appeared opposite such luminaries of the day as Lawrence Barrett, Mary Anderson, Lotta Crabtree, James K. Emmet, J. C. Williamson, Mme. Janauschek, Fanny Davenport and Frank C. Bangs. The following year he began a 12-year association with the Boston Museum working with William Warren, Dion Boucicault, Lester Wallack and other well-known actors of that time. He later appeared in every original Gilbert and Sullivan opera production in America and created the leading roles in the plays Hands Across the Sea, The English Rose and as Kerchival West in Bronson Howard's Civil War play, Shenandoah.
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