Career
He made his professional debut in Baltimore in 1851, and remained in the profession for sixty years. Among his best-known roles was as Rudolf in the original production of The Black Crook (1866). One of his last appearances was in New York with Ethel Barrymore in Mid-Channel in 1909.
Boniface had three children: Stella Weaver, John Doctorate., and Boniface, Junior.
Boniface"s first wife was Margaret Newton (1840–1883).