What key details about seymour hicks can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: sir edward seymour hicks -lrb- 30 january 1871 -- 6 april 1949 -rrb- , better known as seymour hicks , was a british actor , music hall performer , playwright , screenwriter , actor-manager and producer . he became known , early in his career , for writing , starring in and producing edwardian musical comedy , often together with his famous wife , ellaline terriss . his most famous acting role was that of ebenezer scrooge in charles dickens 's '' a christmas carol '' . making his stage debut at the age of nine and performing professionally by sixteen , hicks joined a theatrical company and toured america before starring in '' under the clock '' in 1893 , the first musical revue ever staged in london . following this , he starred in a revival of '' little jack sheppard '' at the gaiety theatre , london which brought him to the attention of impresario george edwardes . edwardes cast hicks in his next show , '' the shop girl '' , in 1894 . its success led to his participation in two more of edwardes 's hit '' girl '' musicals , '' the circus girl '' -lrb- 1896 -rrb- and '' a runaway girl '' -lrb- 1898 -rrb- , both starring terriss . he first played the role of ebenezer scrooge in 1901 and eventually played it thousands of times onstage . hicks , along with his wife , joined the producer charles frohman in his theatre company and wrote and starred in a series of extraordinarily successful musicals , including '' bluebell in fairyland '' -lrb- 1901 -rrb- , '' quality street '' -lrb- 1902 -rrb- , '' the earl and the girl '' -lrb- 1903 -rrb- and '' the catch of the season '' -lrb- 1904 -rrb- . hicks used his fortune from these shows to commission the building of the aldwych theatre in 1905 and the hicks theatre in 1906 , opening the latter with a new hit show , '' the beauty of bath '' . his stage performances were less successful in later years , and he opted instead to star in music hall tours , including '' pebbles on the beach '' -lrb- 1912 -rrb- . he continued to write light comedies , the most popular of which...
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- death place is hampshire , england , uk- death date is 6 april 1949- right|thumb|px|birth date is yes 1871 1 30- spouse is ellaline death -rrb- 2 children terriss -lrb- 1893 -- 1949 -rrb- -lrb- his- name is seymour hicks- image is hicks.title.jpg- birth place is st. helier , on the island of jersey- occupation is actor