Nat Goodwin

Goodwin made his Broadway debut in a musical burlesque version of Black-Eyed Susan in 1875 . He toured the United States with theatre and light opera troupes in both established light opera and in roles written specifically for him over the next decade . Perhaps Goodwin's most famous role was as Fagin in a stage adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist in which he appeared with Marie Doro and Constance Collier . He owned a cafe and cabaret, "Cafe Nat Goodwin", on the private Bristol Pier in Santa Monica, California between 1913 and 1916 . He acted in a handful of films between 1912 and 1916 . He co-founded the Boston Elks Lodge, and his association with the lodge, and that of his manager in the 1880s, George W. Floyd .