John Hayman Packer

John Moody (left) and John Hayman Packer (right) in The Register Office by Joseph Reed, 1773 engraving

John Hayman Packer (12 March 1730 – 16 September 1806) was an actor for David Garrick's company at Drury Lane. Originally a saddler, he created the character Freeman in James Townley's High Life Below Stairs (1759). His parts were usually minor and, late in life, "as a rule"^[1] old men in tragedies and sentimental comedies.

References

• Hughes, Alan. "Packer, John Hayman." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 22 October 2008. (accessed 22 October 2008; subscriiption required).
• The Literary panorama

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