John Huntington(1894-1968)
- Actor
John Huntington was born circa 1896. He joined the D'Oyly Carte "New"
Opera Company in February 1925, appearing that season as Captain
Corcoran in "H.M.S. Pinafore", Pish-Tush in "The Mikado", and the
Lieutenant of the Tower in "The Yeomen of the Guard". Later seasons
also saw him play The Counsel for the Plaintiff in "Trial by Jury",
Grosvenor in "Patience", Strephon in "Iolanthe", 2nd Yeoman in "The
Yeomen of the Guard", and Luiz in "The Gondoliers". He left the Carte
in December 1926. Huntington would later appear in London in the chorus
of "The Song of the Drum" at Drury Lane (January-May 1931), and as an
extra in "Waltzes From Vienna".