caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place children name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name restingplace occupation death_cause
sir henry irving 13 october 1905 bradford , england 1856 -- 1905 keinton mandeville , somerset , england harry brodribb irving laurence irving sir henry irving 06 february 1838 florence o’callaghan henry irving portrait.jpg henry irving
 john christening -rrb- brodribb -lrb- middle name henry added at his westminster abbey actor stroke
henry irving

sir henry irving -lrb- 6 february 1838 -- 13 october 1905 -rrb- , born john henry brodribb , sometimes known as j.h irving was an english stage actor in the victorian era , known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility -lrb- supervision of sets , lighting , direction , casting , as well as playing the leading roles -rrb- for season after season at the lyceum theatre , establishing himself and his company as representative of english classical theatre .
he was the first actor to be awarded a knighthood .
irving is thought to have been the inspiration for the title character in bram stoker 's 1897 novel `` dracula '' .
