John Le Hay

head and shoulders shot of middle-aged white man in 1840s French military uniform, with one hand steadying his unwieldy headgear and making a comically anxious face
Le Hay as Coquenard in Véronique, 1905

John Le Hay was the stage name of John Mackway Healy (25 March 1854 – 2 November 1926), an English singer and actor known for his portrayal of the comic baritone roles in the Savoy Operas. He also appeared in non-musical plays, adaptations of French comic operas and opérettes, and in Edwardian musical comedy, usually in comic roles, though sometimes in more serious character parts. As a skilled ventriloquist he appeared before royalty, and periodically he presented his own one-man entertainment during his half-century long stage career.