Robert Hilliard: Handsome Bob
Robert C. Hilliard (1957-1927) commenced his working life as a clerk on Wall Street, but the good-looking, fashionably attired gent got much positive reinforcement regarding his appearance. He began acting in amateur theatricals, finally going professional in a Brooklyn production called False Shame in 1886. His Broadway debut was in Steele Mackaye's Paul Kauvar (1887) […]