Byron Pedley

[1] Aside from a long and distinguished career as a low comedian in the Music Halls,[1] he appeared in many pantomimes and in the legitimate theatre as an actor.

[1][2] Critics described Pedley as "an energetic and entertaining showman",[3] "wonderfully humourous",[4] and "inimitable".

[1] In 1901 he appeared to great success with G.M Polini and Austen Melford’s company in The Silver King, in which he played Detective Samuel Baxter.

[1] Pedley starred for six years in the production, touring to major theatres and opera houses to critical and public acclaim through to 1907.

[1] On 17 June 1910 following a period of unemployment and treatment for heart disease,[2] Pedley was admitted to the Long Grove asylum with confusional insanity and delirium.