Edward Seymour Hicks Net Worth

Edward Seymour Hicks Net Worth is
$15 Million

Edward Seymour Hicks Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and producing Edwardian musical comedy, often together with his famous wife, Ellaline Terriss. His most famous acting role was that of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.Making his stage début at the age of nine and performing professionally by sixteen, Hicks joined a theatrical company and toured America before starring in Under the Clock in 1893, the first musical revue ever staged in London. Following this, he starred in a revival of Little Jack Sheppard at the Gaiety Theatre, London which brought him to the attention of impresario George Edwardes. Edwardes cast Hicks in his next show, The Shop Girl, in 1894. Its success led to his participation in two more of Edwardes's hit "girl" musicals, The Circus Girl (1896) and A Runaway Girl (1898), both starring Terriss. He first played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in 1901 and eventually played it thousands of times onstage. Hicks, along with his wife, joined the producer Charles Frohman in his theatre company and wrote and starred in a series of extraordinarily successful musicals, including Bluebell in Fairyland (1901), Quality Street (1902), The Earl and the Girl (1903) and The Catch of the Season (1904).Hicks used his fortune from these shows to commission the building of the Aldwych Theatre in 1905 and the Hicks Theatre in 1906, opening the latter with a new hit show, The Beauty of Bath. His stage performances were less successful in later years, and he opted instead to star in music hall tours, including Pebbles on the Beach (1912). He continued to write light comedies, the most popular of which was The Happy Day (1916). On film, he first appeared in Scrooge and David Garrick both from 1913. Later notable films included The Lambeth Walk (1939) and Busman's Honeymoon (1940), and his last film was the year of his death, 1949.

Date Of BirthJanuary 30, 1871
Died1949-04-06
Place Of BirthSt. Hélier, Isle of Jersey, England, UK
ProfessionActor, Writer, Director
SpouseEllaline Terriss
Star SignAquarius
#Fact
1Father of actress Betty Hicks.
2Wrote and produced 64 plays.
3He shares with Alastair Sim the distinction of having appeared as Ebenezer Scrooge in more than one unrelated production.
4Hicks first performed the role of Ebenezer Scrooge on the London stage in 1901, at the age of thirty. He received very mixed reviews and was criticized for not being able to portray old age convincingly enough, something he eventually mastered. According to one source, he had played the role onstage more than 2,000 times by the time he first appeared as Scrooge on the screen (in 1913).
5He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 1935 King's Birthday Honours and Silver Jubilee Honours List for his services to drama.
6The role of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" was one of his specialties. He performed it many times onstage and twice on film.
7He was the first British actor to appear in France during both World War I and World War II, and he was twice awarded the French Croix de Guerre for these appearances.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Silent Dust1949Lord Clandon
Fame Is the Spur1947Lord Lostwithiel - Old Buck (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
Haunted Honeymoon1940Mervyn Bunter (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
Pastor Hall1940General von Grotjahn
Young Man's Fancy1939Duke of Beaumont
Me and My Girl1939Sir John Tremayne
Change for a Sovereign1937King Hugo
It's You I Want1936Victor Delaney
Eliza Comes to Stay1936Sandy Verrall
Scrooge1935Ebenezer Scrooge (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
Vintage Wine1935Charles Popinot
Regal Cavalcade1935Gentleman
Mr. What's-His-Name?1935Alfred Henfield
The Secret of the Loch1934Professor Heggie
Money for Nothing1932Jay Cheddar
Glamour1931Henry Garthome
The Love Habit1931Justin Abelard
Sleeping Partners1930He (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
Blighty1927Armistice Day enthusiast in hospital
Always Tell Your Wife1923ShortJames Chesson
A Prehistoric Love Story1915ShortThe Man
Always Tell Your Wife1914ShortJames Chesson
David Garrick1913/IShortDavid Garrick
Old Scrooge1913ShortEbenezer Scrooge

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kisses for Breakfast1941play "The Matrimonial Bed"
Vento di milioni1940play "Money for Nothing"
Change for a Sovereign1937
Vintage Wine1935adaptation
Mr. What's-His-Name?1935play
L'amour et la veine1932
Money for Nothing1932story
The Love Habit1931
The Matrimonial Bed1930english adaptation: translated from the French - uncredited
Sleeping Partners1930as Sir Seymour Hicks
Tell Tales1930Short
One of the Best1927play
The Sporting Lover1926play "Good Luck"
Sporting Life1925play
Always Tell Your Wife1923Short play "Always Tell Your Wife"
Sporting Life1918play
A Prehistoric Love Story1915Short sketch
Always Tell Your Wife1914Short play
Old Scrooge1913Short writer

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Glamour1931
Sleeping Partners1930
Always Tell Your Wife1923Short uncredited

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Always Tell Your Wife1923Short producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Heard This One1930ShortHimself
Tell Tales1930ShortHimself
Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss1913ShortHimself
Seymour Hicks Edits 'The Tatler'1907ShortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!2011TV Movie documentaryEbenezer Scrooge
The Great Christmas Movies1998TV Movie documentaryEbenezer Scrooge in 1935 "Scrooge"

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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