Jack Buchanan
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Emerging from a modest Scottish upbringing, Buchanan turned away from an intended career in auctioneering after a disastrous debut as a music-hall comic and pursued stage training in London, where he progressed from chorus roles to leading parts in West End revues by the late 1910s. Over three decades he became the archetype of the debonair gentleman-entertainer, starring opposite figures such as…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
