George Vandenhoff

George Vandenhoff (18 February 1820 - 15 June 1885) was an English actor and elocutionist who performed in Britain and the United States.

He came to the United States in 1842, debuting in a performance as Hamlet,[1] and appeared in productions in New York.

Vandenhoff married American actress Mary E. Makeah in Boston in 1855.

After leaving acting, he began practicing as a lawyer (in which profession he had previously been trained) by 1858.

Well known for his skills in public speaking, in 1869, Vandenhoff was lured by author Charles Reade to read a large portion of his 1866 novel Griffith Gaunt to the jury in a defamation trial.