Sir Henry Alfred Lytton

British actor
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Also known as: Henry Alfred Jones
Quick Facts
Original name:
Henry Alfred Jones
Born:
Jan. 3, 1865, London, Eng.
Died:
Aug. 15, 1936, London (aged 71)

Sir Henry Alfred Lytton (born Jan. 3, 1865, London, Eng.—died Aug. 15, 1936, London) was a British comic actor best known for his leading roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The mainstay of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company for nearly 30 years, Lytton was so distinguished that his stage jubilee celebration was attended by the British prime minister and his two predecessors. Jones had only appeared in amateur theatrical productions when he joined the chorus of Richard D’Oyly Carte’s repertory company in 1884 to be with his wife, the actress Louie Henri. Three years later at the Savoy Theatre in ...(100 of 181 words)