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Code	DS/UK/4286
Name	Douthitt; Wilfrid (18 March 1888-27 April 1965); English singer baritone, tenor, actor
Variations of Name	Wilfred Douthitt, Louis Graveure
Alias	The Mystery Man
Dates	18 March 1888-27 April 1965
Gender	Male
Place of Birth/Origin	London, England (born)
Biography	Louis Graveure was an English actor and baritone singer known as "The Mystery Man". He was born in 1888 in London as Wilfrid Douthitt. He trained under Clara Novello Davies. He made his New York City debut in 1914 in The Lilac Domino. In 1915 he took on the persona of a new singer called Louis Graveure. People asked him if he was the same person as Wilfrid Douthitt, and he denied it and invented a backstory, saying Graveure was from Belgium. He married Eleanor Painter in 1916 and they divorced in 1930. He gave a recital in 1947 at The Town Hall in Manhattan. He died on April 27, 1965 in San Francisco, California under the name "Louis Graveure".

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