Guy Bates Post
Toronto Daily Star, April 25 1930
Guy Bates Post (1875-1968) played Omar Khayyam in the stage and film productions of Omar the Tentmaker. He appeared in Broadway productions from 1901 to 1934.
Post was married four times, but it was his third wife, Adele Ritchie, who was mentioned here. The two were married in Toronto in 1916 and were separated for nearly three years before divorcing in 1929. After the divorce, Ms. Ritchie became director of the Community Players theatre group in Laguna Beach, California, where she met and befriended Doris Miller, a set designer nearly 23 years younger.
(There may be trigger warnings in this paragraph.) When she was replaced as director and Ms. Miller was invited to a social event to which Ms. Ritchie was not invited, the two got into an argument that ended with Ms. Miller being shot. Ms. Ritchie, feeling remorseful, attempted to stop the flow of blood from the wound before shooting herself.
Mr. Post married for the fourth and final time in 1936. This time, it worked out: he and his new bride, actress Lillian Kemble-Cooper, remained together until he passed away.
Created September 18, 2025.