Neely Edwards(1883-1965)

Played the roles of the bartender and rich man in the tongue-in-cheek Victorian stage melodrama "The Drunkard" and a musical adaptation called "Wayward Way" for a twenty-six year run at the Theatre Mart in Los Angeles, from 31 December 1933 to 18 October 1959. For this he was deemed the "Most Durable Actor" by the the Guiness Book of World Records. (Appleton (Wisc.) Post-Crescent, 21 October 1959),Daily Sentinel, ((Rome, NY)) 23 July 1965)