Archive Spotlight: Leon Ames
December 4, 2025
Leon Ames was a character actor celebrated for his many fatherly roles and recognized as one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild. He joined The Lambs Club in 1936. Read more here.
Archive Spotlight: Walter Watson
November 23, 2025
Somehow, The Lambs had a charter member in 1877 name Walter Watson. After some digging, it turns out he was a well-known British boxer of the era, with a short record of wins. He has been listed for 150 years as a charter member of the Club. Read more here.… Continue reading →
Archive Spotlight: Harry Edwards
November 21, 2025
An English-born actor, Harry Edwards was elected to The Lambs in 1888. He had a hand in founding organizations still around today: The Bohemian Club, the Actor’s Fund, and The Players. He also was one of the greatest entomologists on the era, and his collection was donated to the American… Continue reading →
Archive Spotlight: William Childs
July 15, 2025
The co-founder of the first restaurant chain in America, Childs Restaurants, was William Childs. He was elected to The Lambs in 1893, and helped revolutionize the food industry. He grew up in New Jersey and became a multimillionaire with his business. Read more here.
Archive Spotlight: Sherry Britton
May 31, 2025
Sherry Britton was a burlesque performer of the 1930s and early 1940s. She was elected to The Lambs in 2004 as a Professional Member when she was 85 years old.
Archive Spotlight: Col Paul Bunker
May 31, 2025
Colonel Paul Delmont Bunker was a West Point football star, a 40-year U.S. Army veteran, and the first member of The Lambs to die in WWII. He died of starvation and disease in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1943 after losing 70 pounds. Col. Bunker famously hid a… Continue reading →
Archive Spotlight: Harry Woodruff
May 31, 2025
Harry Woodruff not only played a Harvard student onstage, he actually was a graduate. He was a beloved member of The Lambs, who led a hard life and heartbreaking one too. He served as Boy of the Club. Read about Harry Woodruff.
Archive Spotlight: Tex O’Rourke
May 5, 2025
This week our spotlight is on a member who was an incredible fubulist: Tex O’Rourke. He was a boxer and sportsman, who could not stop making up stories about his past. Tex was so good at it, when he died in 1963 the New York Times ran an obituary that… Continue reading →
Archive Spotlight: William Norris
April 5, 2025
One of the club members that was rediscovered is a man who gave generously. William Norris (1862-1929) was a longtime working actor with a career that spanned from California to New York, from playing musical comedies on the road to silent pictures. When he died he left what money he’d… Continue reading →
Archive Spotlight: Robert L. Hague
April 5, 2025
Our Archive Spotlight this week is Robert L. Hague. Hague was a sailor, shipping executive, philanthropist, and bon vivant of the highest caliber. Hague was treasurer of The Lambs during the Great Depression and used his business savvy to rescue the Club from certain doom. The Lambs may have folded… Continue reading →