Wm. H. Hallett was born in San Francisco, Cal., October 13, 1868.
Ned Monroe (Edwin James Pyle). Amusement seekers lost one of the very best black-face comedians of a generation when Ned Monroe forsook burnt-cork for grease paint; for one doesn’t have to be a modern Methusaleh to remember the act of Monroe and Mack.
Mr. Monroe’s first partner, amateurly speaking, was Sam Gillespie, of Philadelphia.
In the Fall of 1888 with Kellar Mack he formed a partnership, and they made their first appearance in Baltimore, as Monroe and Mack, at a joint salary of $40.00; the term “joint” does not necessarily apply to the place they played in.
Altogether the act was one of the pronounced successes of vaudeville during the decade or so they continued as partners.
After the dissolution, Mr. Monroe had various partners under the team name of Monroe and Mack. He also appeared successfully in farce, notably the “Prodigal Father,” “Johnny on the Spot,” “A Hot Old Time.”
In 1897 with Jerry Hart, he starred in the “Gay Matinee Girl.”
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| WILL H. MORTON | SAM. GARDNER | W. H. BROCKWAY |
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| G. W. H. GRIFFIN | WM. H. WEST | J. R. KEMBLE |
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| E. M. KAYNE | E. N. SLOCUM | SAM. WELLS |
| “MEN OF THE MIDDLE”; ALL PASSED AWAY. | ||
Mr. Monroe married Fern Melrose, an actress, about 1896.
On the last day of January, 1901, he took to wife Miss Nellie Lawrence, a well-known legitimate actress, with whom he has been associated professionally practically ever since.