William Hodge
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| Born | William Thomas Hodge November 1, 1874 Albion, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 1932 (aged 57) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Other names | William T. Hodge Lawrence Whitman |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, playwright, producer |
| Years active | 1899–1930 |
| Known for | The Man from Home |
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| Children | 3 |
William Thomas Hodge (November 1, 1874 – January 30, 1932) was an American actor, playwright, and theatrical producer.
Active on stage from his late teens, he began performing on Broadway in 1899 with A Reign of Error and Sag Harbor, appeared in the hits Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1903) and Dream City (1906), and became a star with The Man from Home (1908), which ran for over a year on Broadway, and which he took on the road for four seasons. From 1913 on, he wrote his own plays, at first using the name Lawrence Whitman, which he abandoned after 1918. The most successful of these was For All of Us (1923), which ran for over 200 performances on Broadway. He was a proponent of touring, having his own "William Hodge public" that would attend his plays around the country. His last performances were with his own work, The Old Rascal, in 1930.