Frederick Volpe

From 1894 until his death he was a familiar figure on the West End stage, generally in undemanding comedies and other ephemeral productions.

[2] He first came to public prominence in 1894 when he appeared in The Gentleman Whip at Terry's Theatre, London, under the management of Weedon Grossmith.

[2] He remained a member of Grossmith's team for more than two years, appearing in The New Boy, The Ladies' Idol, Poor Mr. Potion and The Romance of the Shopwalker.

[2] Between the turn of the century and the First World War, Volpe's roles included Pecksniff in Tom Pinch, based on Martin Chuzzlewit (1903), Lord Amersteth in a play based on the Raffles stories (1906), Paul Bultitude in a stage version of Vice Versa, and Alexis in The Girl in the Taxi (1913).

[2] Among his post-war roles were Chancellor Teppich in The Prisoner of Zenda (1923), Mr Cattermole in The Private Secretary (1923)[2] and Sir Joshua Grimshaw in The Truth Game in a starry cast including Lily Elsie, Ivor Novello, Lilian Braithwaite, Viola Tree and Glen Byam Shaw (1928).