Bruce Bairnsfather

Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather (9 July 1887 – 29 September 1959) was a prominent British humorist and cartoonist. His best-known cartoon character is Old Bill. Bill and his pals Bert and Alf featured in Bairnsfather's weekly "Fragments from France" cartoons published weekly in The Bystander magazine during the First World War.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 9, 1887 (Murree), Died September 29, 1959

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 75338 12-in. approximately 1916 The Johnson 'ole pt. 1 Charles Berkeley ; Eric Cowley ; E. Ellis ; John Humphries ; London Hippodrome Company Comic scene author  
Columbia 75339 12-in. approximately 1916 The Johnson 'ole pt. 2 Charles Berkeley ; Eric Cowley ; E. Ellis ; John Humphries ; London Hippodrome Company Comic scene author  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bairnsfather, Bruce," accessed April 27, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357268.

Bairnsfather, Bruce. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357268.

"Bairnsfather, Bruce." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 27 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357268

External Sources

Wikipedia: Bruce Bairnsfather

IMDb: Bruce Bairnsfather

Britannica: Bruce Bairnsfather

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Bairnsfather, Bruce, 1887-1959 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85344487

Wikidata: Bruce Bairnsfather - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4977101

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/45440540

Getty ULAN: Bairnsfather, Bruce - http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500008077

ISNI: 0000 0001 1884 3303 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000118843303

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1735124

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