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Archie Pitt (1882 – 12 November 1940) was a British music hall performer, showman and talent agent. He is best known for his marriage to Gracie Fields whose career he managed.
Archie Pitt was a British music hall performer, showman and talent agent. He is best known for his marriage to Gracie Fields whose career he managed.
Archie Pitt was born on 21 February 1882 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Sally in Our Alley (1931) and Excuse My Glove (1936). He was married to Anne R. Lipman, Gracie Fields and Bertha Deitchman. He died on 12 November 1940 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Writer, Actor, Producer
- February 21, 1882
- Archie Pitt
- November 12, 1940
Archie Pitt. Born Archibald Abraham Selinger in 1895. Archie married Mary Denver in March 1912, another aspiring actress with a fiery temperament, the marriage didn’t last. Archie’s brothers Burt, Archie and Pat were on the stage in a comedy music hall act calling themselves ‘The Aza Boys’.
Archie Pitt, a modestly talented comedian from London with ambitions of becoming a producer, helped her to rehearse, informed her she would one day be a great star, and, despite his reputation as a ladies' man, made no sexual advances. Pitt also managed to break her disadvantageous contract with the Manchester theatrical agent.
Archie Pitt (Archibald Abraham Selinger) (1895-1940), Writer and actor; husband of Gracie Fields. Sitter in 1 portrait
Gracie’s final revue for Archie Pitt was ‘Walk this Way‘ which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, London, on 17th December 1931. Instead of a tour of the provinces prior to coming to London, (as was usual with the Pitt productions), this production only had one tryout at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.
