Background
Underhill, John Garrett was born on January 10, 1876 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Francis French and Frances Henrie (Bergen) Underhill.
Underhill, John Garrett was born on January 10, 1876 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Francis French and Frances Henrie (Bergen) Underhill.
Bachelor of Arts, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1894. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1896, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899.
Assistant in comparative literature, Columbia, 1899-1901. Actor, 1901; general representative Society of Spanish Authors in the United States and Canada, 1911-1920. Editor Poet Lore, 1918.
Producer with Crosby Gaige of “Spanish Art Theatre” at Forrest Theatre, New York, 1927.
Has produced “Bonds of Interest” with the Theatre Guild, 1919, with Walter Hampden, 1929. “The Passion Flower.” with Nance O’Neil, 1920.
“Field of Ermine,” 1922, 35. “Saturday Night” with Eva Le Gallienne, 1926.
“The Cradle Song,” London, 1926, New York, 1927, et cetera, also with Wendy Hiller, directed by Gielgud, London, 1944.
Club: The Players (New York).
Married Louisa Manitoba Wingate, 1911 (died 1927). Children: Susan Prudence (Mistress Richard Crane), John Garrett.