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Dan Leno
Dan Leno
English music hall singer; comedian
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Harry Randall
Harry Randall
comic actor
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Harry Nicholls
Harry Nicholls
English actor and comedian
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Little Tich
Little Tich
English music hall comedian
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Marie Lloyd
Marie Lloyd
English singer, comedian and actress (1870–1922)
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Ada Blanche
Ada Blanche
Actress and singer
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Harriet Vernon
Harriet Vernon
English actress and singer
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George Robey
George Robey
English music hall singer, film & theatre actor (1869-1954)
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Hetty King
Hetty King
Male impersonator
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Mark Sheridan
Mark Sheridan
British comedian
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Gus Elen
Gus Elen
British music hall comedian
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Arthur Roberts
Arthur Roberts
English comedian, music hall entertainer and actor
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Letty Lind
Letty Lind
British actor and dancer
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Wilkie Bard
Wilkie Bard
English vaudeville and music hall entertainer, recording artist
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Nelly Power
Nelly Power
British singer
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T. E. Dunville
T. E. Dunville
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Lily Morris
Lily Morris
Music hall performer
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George Formby, Sr.
George Formby, Sr.
English comedian and singer
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Roy Hudd
Roy Hudd
English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, and author (1936-2020)
Herbert Campbell
English musical theatre actor

Herbert Campbell

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English musical theatre actor
Genres
Music
Harry Nicholls, left, with Campbell in 1888

Herbert Campbell (22 December 1844 – 19 July 1904), born Herbert Edward Story, was an English comedian and actor who appeared in music hall, Victorian burlesques and musical comedies during the Victorian era. He was famous for starring, for many years, in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane's annual Christmas pantomimes, predominantly as a dame.

Born in Lambeth, Campbell started his performing career appearing in amateur bands and quickly toured London's music hall's during the early 1860s. He decided to leave after a few years and adopted the stage name Herbert Campbell. He joined the minstrel performers Harman and Elston and the trio became known as Harmon, Campbell and Elston. In 1868, Campbell decided to pursue a solo career as a comic vocalist and quickly established himself as a popular music hall comedian.

In 1871 he made his first pantomime appearance in King Winter at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool and became a leading pantomime dame over the next decade. In 1882 he formed a successful association with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he appeared alongside Dan Leno in the annual Christmas pantomime, every year until his death in 1904 at age 59.