William Blaisdell

William Blaisdell was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He was a member of the Peake family of musicians through his the mother, the harpist Julia Peake Blaisdell. He grew up performing in the Peak Family Bell Ringers as a child, and also performed on the stage in his father's theatre troupe as an actor and musician. As a teenager and young adult he performed as a singer and dancer in vaudeville before moving into work on the stage as a comic actor and singer in both light operas and plays. On screen he appeared in silent films released between the years 1917-1929.