Benjamin Chapin
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Benjamin Chapin
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Benjamin Chapin was an American stage actor best known as an impersonator of Abraham Lincoln. From childhood Chapin had an obsession with the assassinated president, and had a lengthy career playing him on the Lyceum circuit and in vaudeville. In 1906 he wrote a play Lincoln which was staged at the Liberty Theatre on Broadway following directly on from a production of the play The Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr. In 1917, Chapin wrote and starred in The Lincoln Cycle series of films. Despite the suc
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American stage actor
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2022-02-17T04:11:57Z
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