Joseph Hazelton

Joseph H. Hazelton (ca. 1853 – October 8, 1936), aka Joseph Hazleton, was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1922. As a boy program giver at Ford's Theatre, he witnessed the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.

Joseph Hazelton
Born
Joseph H. Hazelton

1853
Wilmington, Essex County, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 6, 1936(1936-10-06) (aged 82–83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor

Hazelton debuted on stage as a child when a production at Grover's Theater in Washington, D. C. needed a boy to play a young prince in King John. Thereafter, he continued to stay around the theater, doing odd jobs and handing out programs. In 1910, he was a member of the Columbia Players in Washington, D. C.[1]

When the Pasadena Community Playhouse presented Our American Cousin in 1930, Hazelton spoke during intermission of each performance, relating what he witnessed as he observed the assassination.[2] In 1933, Hazelton gave a lecture at May Company Exposition Hall in Los Angeles and talked about watching Booth shoot Lincoln.[3] An article in Good Housekeeping in its February 1927 edition, titled "This Man Saw Lincoln Shot," was the basis for a leaflet that Hazleton released to raise funds later in his life.[4]

On Broadway, Hazelton performed in Skipper & Co., Wall Street (1903).[5]

Hazelton died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

See also

References
  1. "Joseph Hazelton recalls". The Washington Herald. July 3, 1910. p. 19. Retrieved January 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Hazelton will tell story of great tragedy". The Pasadena Post. March 17, 1930. p. 17. Retrieved January 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Listen to a Rare Recording of an Eyewitness Account of Lincoln's Assassination". Hyperallergic Media. May 3, 2017.
  4. Joseph H. Hazelton. "The assassination of President Lincoln / - The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection". www.lincolncollection.org.
  5. "Joseph Hazelton". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.


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