Otis C. Sheridan (c. 1872 – 20 September 1961) was an American character actor who had a five decade long career on the stage from the 1890s into the early 1940s.
[1] He starred in the national tour of Ludwig Engländer's musical The Rounders; beginning with performances at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn in October 1900.
[2] Produced by and starring the comedian Thomas Q. Seabrooke, The Rounders was a loosely plotted backstage musical in the vein of a vaudeville variety show, and Sheridan drew praise from critics for his portrayal of the chief coronetist, Ludwig Dollar, in the production.
[7] The following year he returned to the Casino Theatre to create the character role of Lieutenant Wilhelm Klopstock in the premiere of another Engländer musical, The White Hen, which was a starring vehicle for the actor Louis Mann.
[9] Sheridan's other Broadway credits include Novotny in Blossom Time (original 1921 production, and both the 1923 and 1924 revivals); the Property Man in Leslie Howard's Out of a Blue Sky (1930), Strup in Robert Emmet Sherwood's Reunion in Vienna (1931), Mr. Herbert Selton in Henry R. Misrock's Bright Honor (1936), and Mr. Seamon in Irving Gaumont and Jack Sobell's 30 Days Hath September (1938).