Frank Wyatt

[3] In 1880 he played Punch in the pantomime Mother Goose and the Enchanted Beauty at Drury Lane Theatre with Arthur Roberts and Kate Santley.

[4] In 1884 he was praised for "by far the best piece of comic character-drawing" in creating his role of Captaine Coqueluche in H. B. Farnie's adaptation of Edmond Audran's opéra bouffe The Grand Mogul, starring Florence St. John, Fred Leslie and Roberts.

[5] Also in 1884 he had a success in a Shakespeare role in Henry Irving's company, playing Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

In the evening they both went to see Wyatt performing the role of Don Trocadero in the opéra comique Paul Jones, in which he had received good notices,[2] as they were looking for a replacement for their long-time leading comedian, George Grossmith, who was leaving the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in August.

[9][10] Satisfied by what they had seen, they invited Wyatt to join the D'Oyly Carte company on a two-year contract to create the role of the Duke of Plaza-Toro at the Savoy Theatre in The Gondoliers.

"[12] H. M. Walbrook recalled, however, that Wyatt was "a tall, handsome, nimble and very polished comedian, who immediately acted, sang and danced the part of the Duke of Plaza Toro as it has never been rendered since.

"[13] Wyatt next created the role of Baboo Currie in The Nautch Girl by Dance and Solomon, playing the part from June to December 1891, when his contract with D'Oyly Carte ended.

Wyatt's half sister was Ivy Bonheur, a principal soprano with D'Oyly Carte touring companies in 1887–88, whose birth name was Eveline Medora Gunning.