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Will Huntington
| Will Huntington | |
| Born | William R. Huntington ? |
|---|---|
| Died | circa 1949 |
Will Huntington (?-c.1949) was a professional magician who performed at the old Egyptian Hall, in London before moving to the United States.
Biography
In 1927, it was reported in The Sphinx that Huntington was playing most of the club dates in the Omaha vicinity.[1][2]
Huntington was one of of the first professional magicians that Walter B. Graham remembers seeing.[3]
His son Howard Huntington (1905-1991) also became a professional magician performing for school assemblies, county fairs and farm implement dealer entertainments in the Midwest. Howard Huntington asks that this Omaha Magical Society to make preparations to auction off the apparatus of his late father. This included many pieces of apparatus from Kellar, Houdini and others.[4]
References
- ↑ The Sphinx,January, 1927
- ↑ The Sphinx, April, 1927
- ↑ THE OMAHA MAGICAL SOCIETY, Assembly No. 7, An Historical Perspective: 1921-1996 by Walter B. Graham , MUM, March MARCH 1996
- ↑ The Sphinx, April 10, 1950
