Wright Lorimer (March 10, 1874December 22, 1911)The Actor's Birthday Book: An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage by Johnson Briscoe c.1907 was the stage name of Walter Myron Smith, an American stage actor and playwright who was also known as Walter M. S. Lowell. He was author of a famous religious play The Shepherd King (1904) and starred in the Broadway production playing David. The play was co-written with Arnold Reeves. Lorimer committed suicide in 1911 despondent over a contract and proceeds of The Shepherd King with producer William A. Brady.WRIGHT LORIMER SUES BRADY; Actor Asks $148,400 for Violated Contract and Damage to Reputation. (NY Times August 31 1911)DESPONDENT ACTOR A SUICIDE BY GAS; Wright Lorimer, Who Starred in "The Shepherd King," Laid His Troubles to W.A. Brady. (NY Times, December 23 1911)

In 1923 The Shepherd King was made into an extravagant religious film by Fox Film Corporation. It was shot in several countries and released in direct competition with Cecil B. DeMille's religious spectacular The Ten Commandments.

See also Wilson Barrett

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