Weedon Grossmith

Walter Weedon Grossmith was an English writer, actor, painter and playwright, best known as the co-author of The Diary of a Nobody, published in 1892, with his brother, the music hall comedian and Gilbert and Sullivan performer George Grossmith. He also illustrated the book, and his drawings were highly praised. He trained as a painter but could not make a living at it and went on the stage largely for financial reasons. As an actor he specialised in comedy roles, and his typical harassed and scheming characters became so identified with him that the Weedon Grossmith part became a regular feature of the theatre of his day.