(1883-1929) English comedian, singer (tenor)
After establishing his name in the United Kingdom under George Edwardes' management Jack Cannot came to Australia for J. C. Williamson's Ltd in 1910 to play the dame in Jack and the Beanstalk and never left. A huge star with the Firm and on the Tivoli circuit during the 1910s and early to mid-1920s, he also found engagements with companies like the Taits and the Fullers and featured regularly on radio. One of his early Australian career highlights was as a principle perfomrer in Come Over Here (1913), the first revue to be staged in Australia.
Struggling to get stage work in the late-20s he joined the staff of the Daily Guardian but eventually succumbed to depression and committed suicide.
[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
