Walter Henry Passmore (10 May 1867 – 29 August 1946) was an English singer and actor best known as the first successor to George Grossmith in the comic baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Passmore began performing professionally at the age of fourteen in the pantomime Cinderella. He was apprenticed to a piano maker and then worked as a pianist before returning to acting, making his London debut in 1890. In 1893 he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, soon becoming the company's principal comedian. He created roles in the original productions of the last two Gilbert and Sullivan operas and in many other Savoy Operas. He played the patter roles in several Gilbert and Sullivan revivals, and he toured for the company.
In 1903 Passmore left the company and began a career in musical comedies, plays and pantomimes in the West End and on tour that lasted for thirty years. His West End appearances included roles in such productions as The Earl and the Girl (1903), The Talk of the Town (1905). He often appeared on stage with his second wife, Agnes Fraser.
Walter Henry Passmore (10 May 1867 – 29 August 1946) was an English singer and actor best known as the first successor to George Grossmith in the comic...
(starring Dolaro as the title character, Fred Sullivan as Don Andres and Walter H. Fisher as Piquillo), was preceded by the one-act farce Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata...
Edwardian musical comedy. She married the Gilbert and Sullivan performer WalterPassmore, with whom she frequently appeared on stage. Fraser was born in Springfield...
operas. Fiction and plays about pirates were ubiquitous in the 19th century. Walter Scott's The Pirate (1822) and James Fenimore Cooper's The Red Rover were...
Strafford Moss Ko-Ko George Grossmith George Thorne George Grossmith WalterPassmore Charles H. Workman Pooh-Bah Rutland Barrington Fred Billington Rutland...
strong cast that included such Savoy favourites as Rutland Barrington, WalterPassmore, Rosina Brandram, Emmie Owen, and Decima Moore. The opera was the Savoy...
The opening night cast included such Savoy regulars as Robert Evett, WalterPassmore, Henry Lytton, Rosina Brandram, Isabel Jay and Louie Pounds. The opera...
Actors Remember in which he interviewed veteran performers, such as WalterPassmore reminiscing about Richard D'Oyly Carte, Ada Reeve about George Edwardes...
2019- Philip Corbett The chancel has paintings by Henry Holiday. • WalterPassmore (1867–1946), a singer and actor best known for his comic baritone roles...
salutation to the daffodil "belle". Baptiste Boubillon (a chef) – WalterPassmore Raymond de St. Gautier (son of the Marquis) – Lawrence Rea Comte Victoire...
opera attractive. The cast of The Beauty Stone included Savoy regulars WalterPassmore, Rosina Brandram, Ruth Vincent, Emmie Owen and Henry Lytton, as well...
Press. ISBN 0-19-816174-3. Tillett, Selwyn; Stephen Turnbull; Michael Walters (1982). Iolanthe – A commemorative booklet for the centenary of the first...
flop). The opening cast included Florence St. John, Courtice Pounds, WalterPassmore, Richard Temple, Scott Russell, Florence Perry, Emmie Owen, R. Scott...
Alec Johnstone Leo Sheffield Don Alhambra W. H. Denny John A. Muir WalterPassmore John Clulow Rutland Barrington Marco Courtice Pounds Richard Clarke...
Theatre at the time of the premiere of The Earl and the Girl, including WalterPassmore, Henry Lytton, Robert Evett, M. R. Morand, Reginald Crompton, Powis...
Tatters opposite Courtice Pounds and WalterPassmore at the Shaftesbury Theatre (1907) and played Mariza opposite Passmore in Baron Trenck at the Strand Theatre...
performances at the Strand Theatre in London in 1911. It starred WalterPassmore, Walter Hyde and Caroline Hatchard. Based on a 1908 German work of the...
Beach Yaw, Rosina Brandram, Emmie Owen, Louie Pounds, Isabel Jay, WalterPassmore, Henry Lytton and Robert Evett. Later, Decima Moore joined the cast...
Dairymaids at the Apollo Theatre in London (1906) opposite Phyllis Dare and WalterPassmore. The Christmas season of 1906 saw her as Dandini in the pantomime Cinderella...
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