Trivia

Father of Amy Brandon Thomas and Jevan Brandon-Thomas.

Father: Walter Thomas; Mother: Hannah Thomas.

In its obituary notice, The Times quoted him as saying, "I hoped to go down to fame as a great actor. If I go at all it will be as the author of Charley's Aunt.".

Although Thomas never repeated the prodigious success of Charley's Aunt, he maintained a career as an actor and dramatist until his death, acting mostly in comedy, but with occasional serious roles in the plays of Shakespeare and others.

He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and later at a private school in Prescot, Lancashire. At the age of 14, he enlisted in the Royal Marines but was bought out after six weeks[2] and apprenticed to a shipbuilder.[.

He wrote more than a dozen plays, the most celebrated of which, Charley's Aunt, broke all historic records for plays of any kind with an original London run of 1,466 performances, opening in 1892. It has had numerous subsequent productions all around the world, including many film and musical theatre adaptations.

He made his first professional stage appearance there at age 30, in April 1879, as Sandy in The Queen's Shilling.

After a succession of minor roles, he became increasingly sought after as a character actor.

He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and later at a private school in Prescot, Lancashire.

Born in Liverpool to a family with no theatrical connections, Thomas worked in commerce, and as an occasional journalist, before achieving his ambition of becoming an actor.