Basil Broadhurst was elected to The Lambs in 1914.
Broadhurst was born March 21, 1893, in San Francisco. He was the son of another Lamb, the playwright and producer, George Broadhurst (namesake of the Broadhurst Theatre).
In 1917 Basil Broadhurt obtained a commission in the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant at Plattsburg, New York. He was assigned to the 165th Regiment (old 69th), one of the units of the Rainbow Division. At Camp Upton, Long Island, he was made commanding officer of the camp theatre. He served in France with an infantry regiment and was discharged July 1, 1919.
Broadhurst was a supervisory board member working with Irving Berlin on his hit World War I show, Yip, Yip, Yaphank, at the Century Theatre.
He left acting and moved to New Hampshire. He was elected to the New Hampshire state house of representatives from Franklin 1st Ward in 1956.
Broadhurst died in 1975 in Arizona.