Christopher Bullock (1690 – 5 April 1722) was an English actor and playwright. Bullock was the son of the actor William Bullock, and during his early years on the stage was often billed as Young Bullock to distinguish him from his father. He likely made his stage debut in a performance of ''

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'' at the Queen's Theatre in

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in 1707. Over the following decade and a half he also appeared frequently at

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and the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, and was considered a potential natural successor to

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in fop roles. In 1717 he and Theophilus Keene took over the management of Lincoln's Inn from John Rich for a period. Bullock married the actress Jane Rogers in 1717, with whom he had three children. Between 1715 and 1718 he also authored several plays, mainly farces, beginning with an

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'' The Slip''. His sole attempt at a tragedy was '' The Traitor''.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.400 In 1720 he relinquished his management role at Lincoln's Inn but continued to act there. Increasingly in ill health from

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he made his final appearance in a revival of

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's '' The Soldier's Fortune'' on 9 January 1722 appearing alongside his wife and father in the cast. He died several months later on 5 April and was buried in

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Selected roles

* Appletree in ''

'' (1707) * Whisper in '' The Busie Body'' (1709) * Chevalier in '' The City Ramble'' (1711) * Hazard in '' The Wife's Relief'' (1711) * Sergeant Dolt in '' The Successful Pyrate'' (1712) *Merit in '' The Wife of Bath'' (1713) * Euribartes in '' The Victim'' (1714) * Fondlewife in ''

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'' (1715) * Sir Timothy Twiddle in '' The Doating Lovers'' (1715) * Vizard in '' A Woman's Revenge'' (1715) * Welby in '' The Northern Heiress'' (1716) * Snuffle in '' The Cobbler of Preston'' (1716) * Sir Amorous Vainwit in '' Woman Is a Riddle'' (1716) * Le Bronze in '' The Coquet'' (1718) * Colonel Fainwell in '' A Bold Stroke for a Wife'' (1718) * Cosmo in '' The Traitor'' (1718) * Bardach in ''

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'' (1719) * Nuncio in ''

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'' (1719) * Gundamor in ''

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'' (1719) * Meagre in '' The Half-Pay Officers'' (1720) * Ned Indolent in '' Whig and Tory'' (1720) * Sir Davy in '' The Soldier's Fortune'' (1722)

References

Bibliography

* Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Garrick to Gyngell''. SIU Press, 1978. English dramatists and playwrights 18th-century English male actors 18th-century British male actors 1690 births 1722 deaths {{England-stage-actor-stub