Henry E. Dixey

[1] Dixey starred in many plays and musicals, including his best-known role as the lead character in the popular burlesque musical Adonis, which he played from 1883 to 1885, occasionally joining tours afterwards.

He ventured into silent films in 1908, acting the title role in David Garrick.

[2] Dixey was one of a party of gentlemen entertained by Robert Emmet Odlum, brother of women's rights activist Charlotte Odlum Smith, on the morning of May 19, 1885, the day he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge and was killed.

Dixey used his gold stopwatch to time Odlum's fatal jump at three and a half seconds.

[5] Dixey died February 25, 1943, in Atlantic City, New Jersey following a traffic accident.