John Craig (actor)

John Craig (June 1866 – August 23, 1932) was an American actor, director, and producer. During his forty-four years on the stage he performed in and directed dozens of Broadway productions. He managed the Castle Square Theatre stock company in Boston for many years, sponsoring an annual prize for the best play written for Professor Baker's drama courses at Harvard University and Radcliffe College. Two of these plays, Believe Me, Xantippe and Common Clay became successes on Broadway after being produced at the Castle Square Theatre. He took many neophyte actors into his company who would later become well-known performers, such as Donald Meek, Mabel Colcord, Peggy Wood, William Powell, and Charles Bickford. Craig also developed new talent, giving Alfred Lunt his first acting job. Shortly before his death he performed onscreen for the first time in an early talkie, Silence.