Jack Hulbert

b. 24 April 1892, Ely, England, d. 25 March 1978, London, England. A popular actor, singer, dancer, director, author choreographer, and producer, whose jaunty onstage image was of the ‘terribly British, "I say, old chap"' variety. Hulbert began to develop his various skills in undergraduate productions while he was studying at Cambridge University. In 1913, while appearing in The Pearl Girl in the West End, he met Cicely Courtneidge, the daughter of producer Robert Courtneidge, and they were married in 1916. The Pearl Girl was the first of 13 musicals in which they appeared to...