Max Figman(1861-1952)
- Actor
- Director
Max Figman, a veteran actor, whose last important Broadway role was
that of Louis XV in "The Dubarry" on stage in 1932. Starting his career
under Augustin Daly, and later under the management of Charles Frohman
was a member of the old Madison Square Garden Stock Company. For seven
years he was leading man and stage director with Mrs.Fiske, appearing
in "Becky Sharp" "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch, and her entir Ibsen
repertoire. It was during this time that he met Theodore Wharton who
later featured him in the silent film serial The New Adventures of J.
Rufus Wallingford with Burr McIntosh he played Blackie Daw and his wife
Lolita Robertson also appeared in the serial. He has one son Max Jr.
and his wife survive him. He was 85 years old when he died in the
Edgewater Rest nursing home.
