Chisholm, Robert (actor/singer), 1894-1960

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Robert Chisholm was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1894 and died in 1960. He was the son of a bootmaker, and lived in Carlton and Moonee Ponds before enlisting for the First World War. During his war service he is remembered for singing in concert parties for the troops, and training at the RCM in London at the Army's expense. He achieved fame in the United States and England, appearing alongside Jeanette Macdonald and Gracie Fields, recording with Gladys Moncrieff and worked with musical luminaries including Ira Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and songwriting duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. In the early 1920s Chisholm starred opposite Gladys Moncrieff in the J.C. Williamson production of the Maid of the Mountains. In 1928 he starred in Golden Dawn with Archie Leach (later to be known as Cary Grant). In 1933, Chisholm returned to Australia to star with Moncrieff in the stage production of Collits' Inn, which enjoyed a long run in Melbourne and Sydney. He appeared alongside Katharine Hepburn in the 1942 stage comedy Without Love, and featured in the 1958 for the theatre production of My Fair Lady in Drury Lane. He was known for his fine baritone voice. Link to catalogue record.

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