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Taylor Holmes

ActorBorn 1878, died 1959On stage 1900 to 194635 productions on this page

Taylor Holmes
Triangle Film Corporation

Taylor Holmes (May 16, 1878 – October 1, 1959) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 Broadway plays and on-screen performances over his five-decade career. The 1915 recording of his recitation of Rudyard Kipling's "Boots" was featured in the acclaimed theatrical trailer for Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later (2025).

On stage

35 productions, 46 years
1900
Dangerous WomenBroadway Star Theatre. Original
1900
HamletBroadway Garden Theatre. Revival. Directed by Fred Williams
16 performances
1900
SaphoBroadway Wallacks Theatre. Original
29 performances
1902
Hon. John GrigsbyBroadway Manhattan Theatre. Original. Directed by Frank Keenan
27 performances
1904
Ranson's FollyBroadway Hudson Theatre. Original
61 performances
1907
A Grand Army ManBroadway Stuyvesant Theatre. Original
149 performances
1909
The Midnight SonsBroadway Broadway Theatre. Original
257 performances
1910
The CommutersBroadway Criterion Theatre. Original
160 performances
1911
Hell / Temptations / GabyBroadway Folies Bergere. Original. Directed by George Marion
92 performances
1911
The MillionBroadway 39th Street Theatre. Original. Directed by Richard Pittman
126 performances
1913
Somewhere ElseBroadway Broadway Theatre. Original. Directed by Frank Smithson
8 performances
1914
The Third PartyBroadway 39th Street Theatre. Original
104 performances
1915
Mr. Myd's MysteryBroadway Comedy Theatre. Original
16 performances
1916
His Majesty Bunker BeanBroadway Astor Theatre. Original
72 performances
1920
Crooked GamblersBroadway Hudson Theatre. Original. Directed by Robert Milton
82 performances
1921
Smooth as SilkBroadway Lexington Theatre. Original
50 performances
1922
The Hotel MouseBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by John Harwood
88 performances
1923
Not So FastBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original. Directed by Leon Gordon
31 performances
1926
Happy-Go-LuckyBroadway Liberty Theatre. Revival. Directed by Fred G. Latham
52 performances
1928
The Great NeckerBroadway Ambassador Theatre. Original. Directed by J. Fred Butler
39 performances
1931
Cold in SablesBroadway Cort Theatre. Original
15 performances
1931
Joy of LivingBroadway Theatre Masque. Original. Directed by Harry Butler
16 performances
1932
New York to CherbourgBroadway Forrest Theatre. Original
3 performances
1932
Radio City Music Hall Inaugural ProgramBroadway Radio City Music Hall. Original. Directed by Leon Leonidoff
1 performance
1932
That's GratitudeBroadway Waldorf Theatre. Revival. Directed by Robert Burton
204 performances
1933
Riddle Me ThisBroadway Hudson Theatre. Revival. Directed by Robert Burton
70 performances
1934
Say WhenBroadway Imperial Theatre. Revival. Directed by Bertram Harrison
76 performances
1935
It's You I WantBroadway Cort Theatre. Original. Directed by Joshua Logan
15 performances
1937
I’d Rather Be RightBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by George S. Kaufman
290 performances
1941
BoudoirBroadway John Golden Theatre. Original
11 performances
1941
First Stop to HeavenBroadway Windsor Theatre. Original. Directed by Robert Henderson
8 performances
1942
VickieBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Original. Directed by José Ferrer
48 performances
1942
What Big Ears!Broadway Windsor Theatre. Original. Directed by Arthur Pierson
8 performances
1945
MarinkaBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by Hassard Short
165 performances
1946
Woman Bites DogBroadway Belasco Theatre. Original. Directed by Coby Ruskin
5 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • George Lyman 3 productions
  • Warren Ashe 2 productions
  • Margaret Sande 2 productions
  • Louis Brown 2 productions
  • Leonard Outram 2 productions
  • Jack Leslie 2 productions
  • Howard Hall 2 productions
  • Harry C Power 2 productions
  • Gerald Kent 2 productions
  • Cora Witherspoon 2 productions
  • Clara Louise Moores 2 productions
  • Belford Forrest 2 productions

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