F. F. Mackay

Frank Findley Mackay (July 20, 1832 – May 6, 1923) was an American actor and author.[1] He was vice president and the chairman of the executive committee of the Actors Fund of America.[2] He was the founder of the National Congress of Dramatic Art.[3]

F. F. Mackay
Born
Frank Findley Mackay

(1832-07-20)July 20, 1832
Upper Canada
DiedMay 6, 1923(1923-05-06) (aged 90)
Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseElizabeth Sneathan
Children3

Biography

Mackay was born on July 20, 1832, in Upper Canada (now Ontario, Canada) to Francie Mackay and Elizabeth Findley of Scotland. His parents had migrated from Scotland to New York City but fled the city for Canada during the cholera epidemic of 1832.[1] He started in theater in 1848 at the Arch Street repertory theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]

In 1863, he married Elizabeth J. Sneathan and they had three children, Charles Donald, Edward, and William Andrew Mackay.[1][4]

In 1913, he wrote The Art of Acting. In 1916 he was commemorated as the oldest living Broadway actor.[2]

He died on May 6, 1923, in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at the home of his son, Charles.[3]

References
  1. James Terry White (1921). "Frank Findley Mackay". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
  2. "F. F. Mackay Testimonial" (PDF). The New York Times. November 25, 1916. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  3. "Frank F. Mackay, Actor, Dies at 91. Pneumonia Takes Veteran Who Was a Member of Original Union Square Company". The New York Times. May 7, 1923. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  4. Clapp, John Bouvé; Edgett, Edwin Francis (1899). Players of the Present. New York: The Dunlap Society. p. 225.
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