John C. Rice

John C. Rice
Rice c. 1890s
Born
John C. Hilberg

April 7, 1857
Beaverkill, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 5, 1915(1915-06-05) (aged 58)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationsStage, film actor
Known forThe Kiss
Parent(s)John Marcus Hilberg, Frances Hilberg

John C. Rice, born John C. Hilberg, (April 7, 1857 – June 5, 1915) was an American born Broadway stage actor and vaudevillian who is credited with performing the first onscreen kiss with May Irwin in 1896 for the Thomas Edison film company film The Kiss. The film was a 47-second recreation of a scene from the Broadway play The Widow Jones starring Irwin and Rice.

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