NameHeinrich/ Henry b’ Adolph Gaudsmith (Goudsmit, Goutsmit)
Birth20 Nov 1888, Poland, Warsaw
Memoelsewhere Halberstadt
Death24 Oct 1980, USA, Titusville, Brevard, Florida
OccupationClown, Dresseur
Spouses
Birth30 Jul 1894, USA, Missouri
Death11 Apr 1958, USA, Los Angeles (CA)
ChildrenAdolph-Richard b’ Henry (1922-1977)
Kenneth b’ Henry (1920-1987)
Notes for Heinrich/ Henry b’ Adolph Gaudsmith (Goudsmit, Goutsmit)
also spelled “Gaudschmidt” and many other variations
1890 Amsterdam BR, Jacob van Campenstraat 114, stated as “Heinrich Goutsmit, b’, dec 1888 Halberstat”; coming from Bonn Germany.
he was married three times; 4 children
IMDB: “The Gaudsmith Brothers were vaudevillians Max and Henry Gaudsmith, who did a poodle act”
Performances a.o:
1908 Cleveland, Hippodrome
1918-19 NewYork, Hippodrome Theatre Revue, Broadway
1929 New York Paramount Theatre, "Showland"
1930 Bristol, England, Hippodrome
1938 Nottingham, England, Empire Theatre
1938 London, England, Paladium
1948 etc Canada, National Exhibition
1948 Film "The Pirate" (Vicente Minelli, Gene Kelly) - scene cut out
1954-55 TV "Ed Sullivan Show"
1961 TV "Perry Como Show"