Villiers Arnold

George Villiers Arnold (18 April 1876 – 21 May 1921) was an English actor and baritone singer, popular in Australia for his roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

In 1901 he transferred to D'Oyly Carte's repertory company, playing supporting roles Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance, Strephon in Iolanthe, Florian in Princess Ida, Pish-Tush in The Mikado, Sir Richard Cholmondeley in The Yeomen of the Guard, and Luiz in The Gondoliers.

Pinafore, General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Reginald Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe, King Gama in Princess Ida, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard, and the Duke of Plaza-Toro in The Gondoliers.

[2] In 1914 he left for South Africa, where he joined J. C. Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company's production of The Mikado, and on to Sydney by the steamer Marathon.

He died from pleurisy and pneumonia in a private hospital in Sydney and was buried at the Waverley Cemetery after a service at St Andrew's Cathedral.