W. H. Denny

W. H. Denny (22 October 1853 – 31 August 1915) was an English singer and actor in comic operas, operettas and musical theatre.

[6] At the Imperial Theatre, London, he played the role of Sir Charles in She Stoops to Conquer and Corporal Foss in The Poor Gentleman, both in 1879.

[5] He created the role of Hamish in Hamilton's Harvest (1886)[4] and the next year he made what The Theatre magazine called "an extraordinary hit" as Noah Topping in Pinero's Dandy Dick.

[3] Denny joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy to replace Rutland Barrington in 1888 and remained there until 1893.

He created the roles of Wilfred Shadbolt in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), the Grand Inquisitor, Don Alhambra del Bolero, in The Gondoliers (1889) and Bumbo in The Nautch Girl (1891).

He next played Bedford Rowe in the revival of The Vicar of Bray (1892), and he created the character of The McCrankie in Haddon Hall (1892), leaving the company when the run was completed.

In 1893, he appeared in a musical comedy called Poor Jonathan before returning to D'Oyly Carte to create the part of Scaphio in Utopia, Limited (1893).