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(b. Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, **/**/1880 – d. South Africa, **/**/1943). Actor.  Harold Paulsen Forster appears in the English Censuses of 1881 and 1891, but by 1901 he is no longer there, possibly because by that time he was already in South Africa.  In fact, an H.P. Forster served in the Natal Mounted Rifles during the South African War and in the South African Archives there is a record of conduct and service of a (Harves) Paulsen Forster in the South African constabulary. The trooper who served in the NMR was recruited after that, in 1902.  In 1922, H. Paulsen Forster had a small part in the film [[The Vulture’s Prey]], based on the novel by [[H. De Vere Stacpoole]] and directed by [[Dick Cruikshanks]] and [[William Bowden]].  It looks as though that may have been the sum total of his acting career.  Subsequently he appears on the Voters Lists for Johannesburg North for 1927, 1929 and 1931 and someone by that named died in 1943, leaving his widow Ethel Beatrice Forster (née Terry).  (There is a certain amount of speculation involved here, but the known facts fit.) (FO)
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H. Paulsen Forster (b. Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, **/**/1880 – d. Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 28/06/1943) was an amateur actor.
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== Biography ==
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Harold Paulsen Forster was the youngest of ten children of Mary and William Forster of Middlesbrough in Yorkshire.  He appears in the English censuses of 1881 and 1891, but by 1901 he is no longer there, possibly because by that time he was already in South Africa.  In fact, in the South African Archives there is a record of the conduct and service of a (Harves) Paulsen Forster in the South African constabulary dated 1901 and a trooper named as H.P. Forster was recruited and served in the Natal Mounted Rifles in 1902.  In 1922, H. Paulsen Forster had a small part in the film ''[[The Vulture’s Prey]]'', based on the novel by [[H. De Vere Stacpoole]] and directed by [[Dick Cruikshanks]] and [[William Bowden]].  Prior to that he played the part of Gratiano in the [[Shakespeare Tercentenary]] amateur production of ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 24 April 1916.  The play was produced by [[Ralph Kimpton]] and featured [[C.V. Becker]] as Shylock.  It looks as though that may have been the sum total of his acting career.  He also appears on the voters’ list for Johannesburg North for 1927, 1929 and 1931.  He died in 1943, leaving his widow Ethel Beatrice Forster (née Terry), whom he had married in 1914They had a daughter in 1919 and a son in 1924, both of whom survived him.  His death certificate indicates that he was on the accountant’s staff of the VFP, the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Company. (FO)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 3 November 2018

H. Paulsen Forster (b. Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, **/**/1880 – d. Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 28/06/1943) was an amateur actor.

Biography

Harold Paulsen Forster was the youngest of ten children of Mary and William Forster of Middlesbrough in Yorkshire. He appears in the English censuses of 1881 and 1891, but by 1901 he is no longer there, possibly because by that time he was already in South Africa. In fact, in the South African Archives there is a record of the conduct and service of a (Harves) Paulsen Forster in the South African constabulary dated 1901 and a trooper named as H.P. Forster was recruited and served in the Natal Mounted Rifles in 1902. In 1922, H. Paulsen Forster had a small part in the film The Vulture’s Prey, based on the novel by H. De Vere Stacpoole and directed by Dick Cruikshanks and William Bowden. Prior to that he played the part of Gratiano in the Shakespeare Tercentenary amateur production of The Merchant of Venice at the Palladium Theatre in Johannesburg on 24 April 1916. The play was produced by Ralph Kimpton and featured C.V. Becker as Shylock. It looks as though that may have been the sum total of his acting career. He also appears on the voters’ list for Johannesburg North for 1927, 1929 and 1931. He died in 1943, leaving his widow Ethel Beatrice Forster (née Terry), whom he had married in 1914. They had a daughter in 1919 and a son in 1924, both of whom survived him. His death certificate indicates that he was on the accountant’s staff of the VFP, the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Company. (FO)

Sources

S.A. Pictorial, 29 April 1922

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