A New Jersey native, Victor was
one of several members of the
octet who testified before the coroner's jury in a manner
newspaper reporters described as rehearsed.
"Q. Did you see any curtain lowered?
A. No sir.
Q. Somebody carried you out?
A. I couldn't say that; some say I was blown out.
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After the Iroquois Theater fire Victor worked his way out of the
chorus and into small vaudeville parts in road
company productions of A Little of Everything
(described as a "merry musical skit"), The
Passing Show, Hanky Panky, Hurdy-Gurdy
Girl, Pleasure Seekers, Happiest Night
of His Life, The Tyrant, The
Nightingale and Mary's Lamb.
He was the son of Richard Arthur and Ida Bozardt
of South Carolina and Connecticut. He lived
most of his life in the Hudson, New Jersey area.
His best years professionally were in the 1920s. By
1940 he was collecting tickets. He lived for twenty
years or more with a fellow theater person, Eva
Welch.
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