* 1847 – George Grossmith, English actor and writer ( d. 1912 )

These included George Grossmith, the principal comic ; Rutland Barrington, the lyric baritone ; Richard Temple, the bass-baritone ; and Jessie Bond, the mezzo-soprano soubrette.

George Grossmith | Grossmith as Bunthorne in Patience ( opera ) | Patience

He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and E. Y. Harburg.

* March 1 – George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer ( b. 1847 )

* December 7 – George Grossmith, English actor and comic writer ( d. 1912 )

* June 6 – George Grossmith, Jr., British actor ( b. 1874 )

His two hundred clients eventually included Charles Gounod, Jacques Offenbach, Adelina Patti, Mario, Clara Schumann, Antoinette Sterling, Edward Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, George Grossmith, Matthew Arnold, James McNeill Whistler and Oscar Wilde.

He had his first stage success with Theodore & Co in 1916, a production by George Grossmith, Jr. and Edward Laurillard with a score composed by Novello and the young Jerome Kern.

George Grossmith as Robin Oakapple

Mr. ( George ) Grossmith was in the same plight ".

" George Grossmith, playing Sir Joseph, went before the curtain to calm the panicked audience.

The Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy believes George Grossmith, Jr. to have been the inspiration for Bertie Wooster.

* George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith, actors and writers, lived at 5 Canonbury Place

George and Weedon Grossmith locate their aspirational Mr Pooter in Tufnell Park ( Upper Holloway ) in Diary of a Nobody.

* The Diary of a Nobody, an English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith.

* " Moon Love " w. George Grossmith, Jr. & P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern

* The Beauty Prize ( Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book: P. G. Wodehouse and George Grossmith ).

* The Cabaret Girl ( Music: Jerome Kern, Book and Lyrics: P. G. Wodehouse and George Grossmith, Jr .) London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 19 and ran for 361 performances

Starring May de Sousa, George Grossmith Jr., Gertie Millar, Robert Nainby and Edmund Payne.

On 11 March 1925, the musical comedy No, No, Nanette opened at the Palace Theatre starring Binnie Hale and George Grossmith, Jr.

Instead all forms of entertainment were performed: male and female impersonators, Lions Comiques, mime artists and impressionists, trampoline acts and comic pianists, such as John Orlando Parry and George Grossmith, were just a few of the many types of entertainments the audiences could expect to find over the next forty years.

His mother was Louisa Emmeline Grossmith née Weedon ( d. 1882 ).

Grossmith had a younger sister, Emily, and younger brother, Weedon.

In 1892, Grossmith collaborated with his brother Weedon Grossmith to expand a series of amusing columns they had written in 1888 – 89 for Punch.

Walter Weedon Grossmith ( 9 June 1854 – 14 June 1919 ), better known as Weedon Grossmith, was an English writer, painter, actor and playwright, best known as co-author of The Diary of a Nobody ( 1892 ) with his famous brother, music hall comedian and Gilbert and Sullivan star, George Grossmith.

Weedon Grossmith also illustrated The Diary of a Nobody to much acclaim.

As an actor he specialised in comedy roles, and his typical characters, harassed and scheming, became so identified with him that the " Weedon Grossmith part " became a regular feature of the theatre of his day.

His mother was Louisa Emmeline Grossmith née Weedon ( d. 1882 ).

The Times wrote that the " Weedon Grossmith " part had become a recognised feature of current drama.

The critic B. W. Findon wrote, " Among the survivors of the old brigade – of the artists who thoroughly understand the requirements of farcical comedy, who know how to treat its humour with breadth, and grapple successfully with its ludicrous situations – is Mr. Weedon Grossmith.

* Grossmith, Weedon.

* Grossmith, Weedon.

From Studio to Stage: Reminiscences of Weedon Grossmith Written by Himself.

* March 1-George Grossmith, co-author of Diary of a Nobody ( born 1847 )

* June 14-Weedon Grossmith, co-author of Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by Weedon.

* Diary of a Nobody-a fictional diary written by George Grossmith

# Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith

The novel The Diary of a Nobody, by Weedon Grossmith and George Grossmith was set in and around Archway and Holloway.

In 2007 he teamed up with Silksound Books to record The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith as an online audiobook.

Victorian Dad's first name is given by his wife as Lupin in one episode, and the family name is revealed to be Pooter in another, presumably taken from the name of one of the central characters in the satirical Victorian novel Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith.

In 1888, he acted as publisher of The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith, which is still in print.