Arthur Albro

Arthur Albro (October 30, 1883 or October 31, 1885 – September 24, 1944) was a Russian-born American tenor and actor. On stage he performed mainly in light operas and musicals with the exception of one season in which he performed grand opera parts with the Chicago Grand Opera Company. He was active on Broadway from 1911 through 1922, where he achieved his greatest successes portraying gypsy characters in the operetta Gypsy Love and the musical Maytime. He also starred in the revues The Passing Show of 1918 and The Passing Show of 1922. Albro toured the U.S. as Jozsi in Gypsy Love and performed the role in multiple revivals into the early 1920s. He later returned to the New York stage in 1931 in Aben Kandel's play Hot Money. On screen he starred in the silent films The Closing Net (1915) and A Damsel in Distress (1919), and appeared in one sound film, Wedding on the Volga (1929).

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