Louis Graveure

Louis Graveure (18 March 1888 – 27 April 1965) was an English actor and baritone singer known as "The Mystery Man".^[1]

Louis Graveure
Graveure circa 1910
Born	Wilfrid Douthitt (1888-03-18)18 March 1888 London, England
Died	27 April 1965(1965-04-27) (aged 77) San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Biography

He was born on March 18, 1888, in London, England, as Wilfrid Douthitt.^[2] He trained under Clara Novello Davies. He made his New York City debut in 1914 in The Lilac Domino.^[1] In 1915 he took on the persona of a new singer called Louis Graveure. People asked him if he was the same person as Wilfrid Douthitt, and he denied it and invented a backstory, saying Graveure was from Belgium.^[3]

He married Eleanor Painter in 1916 and they divorced in 1930.^[1] He gave a recital in 1947 at The Town Hall in Manhattan,^[4] as well as other recitals accompanied by pianist Alice Marion Shaw.^[5]

He died on 27 April 1965 in San Francisco, California, under the name "Louis Graveure".^[2][6]

Films

• There Is Only One Love (1933)
• Interlanguage link multi (1933)
• Interlanguage link multi (1934)
• Ich sehne mich nach dir (1934)
• The Accusing Song (1936)