Samuel Reddish (1735–1785) was a theatre manager and an actor in England. He made a reputation with Mossop's company in Smock Alley, Dublin in the seasons of 1761-2 and appeared at Drury Lane, London, 1767, where he remained during ten seasons; acted at Covent Garden, London, 1778, but lost his reason, 1779; he died a lunatic at York asylum on 31 December 1785.
Selected roles Fred Melmoth in The Widowed Wife by William Kenrick (1767) Lord Winworth in False Delicacy by Hugh Kelly (1768) Zemouca in Zingis by Alexander Dow (1768) Darnley in The Hypocrite by Isaac Bickerstaffe (1768) Frampton in The School for Rakes by Elizabeth Griffith (1769) Orellan in The Fatal Discovery by John Home (1769) Sir John Dormer in A Word to the Wise by Hugh Kelly (1770) Philotus in The Grecian Daughter by Arthur Murphy (1772) Tyrell in The Fashionable Lover by Richard Cumberland (1772) Alonzo in Alonzo by John Home (1773) Charles Manlove in The Choleric Man by Richard Cumberland (1774) Menes in Sethona by Alexander Dow (1774) Charles Manlove in The Choleric Man by Richard Cumberland (1774) Duke in Braganza by Robert Jephson (1775)
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