The Lambs’ Archives^®

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

Members in good standing may volunteer to serve on a committee. Contact the Shepherd or the Boy to volunteer. Thank you for your service to the Club! Here is the list of committees and the chair of each. At this time, the Entertainment Committee is not open to new members.

Thanks to all who came to the Frolic Friday night, January 13. Our theme was “Winter White, Winter Ice. Kudos to our Collies, Melody Cohen and Tara Isabella Burton for planning such a fun night. It was a really terrific time! A lot of old and new friends. Check the

As required by our Lambs 2016 Blue Book: “…all new or proposed members are to be posted on our bulletin boards, allowing members an opportunity to support or object to any membership application.” Names are posted in the Clubhouse on the bulletin board. We also present the names of candidates

In February we will launch monthly nights around the core of writing for an audience: songwriting, playwriting, and screenwriting. These sessions in our clubhouse will bring together those of us who are creators. You are welcome to bring friends to these nights and perhaps interest them in joining the club.

November 16, 7:30 p.m. The Lambs’ Foundation presents as part of its Award Winners Series: Estelle Parsons in conversation with Foster Hirsch. She was described by Frank Rich in the New York Times as having “an artistic impulse that is both passionate and rare.” An Academy Award winner, Miss Parsons

The Off-Broadway run of Arrivals has been extended with an Encore Performance, Sunday, November 20, 6:00- 7:30 p.m. at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street. Tickets here. Art Feinglass has arranged a discount for Lambs members and friends, use promo code, ARTNYC22. Arrivals, written and directed by

Sept 28, 2022 Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors, scholar Adam Abraham. Book talk, book signing, and songs.  [Video below] How many hit musicals are based on films that were shot in two days at a budget of $30,000? The answer is one: Little Shop

Oct 19, 2022 – Hal Linden and his director Dan Wackerman will be in conversation at The Lambs, with Foster Hirsch. Part of The Lambs’ Award Winners Night series from the Lambs’s Foundation. Linden is in the off Broadway play Two Jews Talking. The event begins 7:00 p.m. sharp on the 9th floor of 3 West 51st