Al Herman (born Alexander Himan; February 25, 1885 or 1887 – July 2, 1967) was an American vaudeville performer and actor.
He was born in Scotland to Joseph Himan, of Russian origin, and his English wife Mary. Official sources give both 1885 and 1887 as his birth year. The family emigrated to the United States when Alexander was a baby, and settled in Jackson, Missouri.[1]
By the 1910s he was established on the vaudeville circuit and was billed as "The Assassin of Grief and Remorse". He regularly performed in blackface, and used a cigar as a prop.[2] In Portland, Oregon, in 1917, he was described as "a monologist of the impromptu sort and a talented singer. His material is extolled as being good, live, bright and breezy and he has a personality all his own making him a sure-fire applause-winner."[3] In 1921, he appeared on stage in the Greenwich Village Follies.[2]
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