Herbert Bunston


Herbert Bunston was an English stage and screen actor. He is remembered for his role as Dr. John Seward in the Broadway and film versions of Dracula.

Bunston was born in Dorset, and attended Cranleigh School in Surrey. He appeared on the British stage between 1896 and 1922, after which he emigrated to the United States. He first appeared on the Broadway stage in Arthur Wing Pineros The Enchanted Cottage in 1923 alongside Katharine Cornell. Other roles included That Awful Mrs. Eaton! and Simon Called Peter in 1925. None of these plays ran as many as 100 performances. Bunston won strong critical notice for his next role in 1925s Young Woodley, which ran for 260 performances. OnOctober 1927, he debuted alongside Bela Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan in Dracula.

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