Dan Welman

Dan Welman (19**-19**) was a South African actor, costume and set designer.

Career
He was a founding member of the Benoni Volksteater. He took an active part in English and Afrikaans productions in Johannesburg.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
The Man in Half Moon Street and Eindeksamen under the Russian producer Ossip Runitsch were marked successes for him.

He appeared in a number of plays for the National Theatre Organisation, including An Inspector Calls (as stage manager and alternating the part of Gerald, 1948); Die Indringer (1949); Hassan (1950); Die Vrek (1951); As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is (1952).

He played the role of Dr Farclet in the Afrikaans adaptation of Duet for Two Hands.

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