Douglas Byng

b. 17 March 1893, Nottingham, England, d. 24 August 1987, Brighton, Sussex, England. An actor and singer in musical comedy, revue, pantomime, and cabaret, Byng worked as a dressmaker and designer of theatrical costumes before beginning his long and distinguished career in showbusiness. After touring in concert parties, and playing in various West End musical productions such as Theodore & Co. and Yes, Uncle! (both 1917) and A Night Out (1920), in 1924 he made the first of more than 50 appearances as a Dame in pantomime at the New Oxford Theatre. Byng's Dame was sophisticated ...