Entertainer. He received stardom during England's late Victoria era as a comedian and an actor in music halls and known as the "Funniest Man on Earth." Born George Wild Galvin to parents who were stage performers, he took the stage name of Dan Leno at the age of six. His first performance was at the age of three years old at the Cosmotheca Music Hall in Paddington, London where he was billed as "Little George, the Infant Wonder, Contortionist and Posturer." Doing 20 shows a night, he became a famous clog dancer becoming the World Champion Clog Dancer in 1880 and the recipient of a silver belt trophy. He also had a successful comic song, "I'm Going to Buy Milk for the Twins." After clogging, he developed a comedy routine becoming various characters of ladies on the streets of London. He was one of the most popular male actors who would dress in drag as a female character. He had the successful role of the dame Jack's mother in "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Surrey Theater in 1886, which led him to being offered the role of the wicked Baroness at Drury Lane in the December 26, 1888 production of "Babes in the Wood." He played this role for fifteen years during the Christmas season. After appearing as the first music hall performer before King Edward VII at the Sandringham House in Norfolk in 1901, he became known as the "King's Jester." He also performed before Charles Dickens and Sir Max Beebohn with successful reviews. Proving that he was a makeup artist, he also appeared in the role of Mother Goose in 1904, which may have been the greatest triumph of his pantomime career. Starting at the age of six, he performed almost every day for hours for 36 years. He married and was the father to six children. His son, Sidney, followed in his father's foot steps as a performer using the name of "Dan Leno, Jr". After the hardships of his childhood, he had a soft spot for children and was the chairman of the Music Hall Benevolent Fund and gave a great deal monetarily to the fund. He toured Great Britain and once he came to the United States. Toward the end of his short life, he was diagnosed with heart disease, chronic alcoholism, and a serious mental illness which altered his behavior to the point of having to be physically restrained. Although his career was before an act could be captured on film, his style of comedy followed well into the 20th Century with Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, and Peter Sellers. His ghostwritten 1901 autobiography, "Dan Leno" was written in the first person pronoun of "I". Barry Anthony's biography, "The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius," gives much insight on this man.