The Shepherd shall be the chief executive officer of The Lambs. He or she shall preside at all meetings of The Lambs and of the Council and shall have the deciding vote in the event of a tie upon any question. The Shepherd shall also be responsible for the general supervision and direction of the other officers and the agents and employees of the Club and shall perform such other duties as from time to time the Council may assign to him or her. The Shepherd shall generally manage and supervise the operations of The Lambs. — Excerpted from The Lambs Blue Book
Shepherd Number | Shepherd | Life | Office Terms | Biography | |
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1 | ![]() | Henry Montague | 1846-1878 | 1874-78 | Actor, founding member, Lambs of London shepherd. |
2 | ![]() | J. Lester Wallack | 1820-1888 | 1878-82, 1884-88 | Actor, theater owner, co-founded the Actors Fund of America. |
3 | ![]() | Harry Beckett | 1839-1880 | 1879-80 | Actor, comedian, founding member. |
4 | ![]() | William J. Florence | 1831-1891 | 1882-84 | Actor, songwriter, and playwright. Co-founder of the Shriners. |
5 | ![]() | John R. Brady | 1822-1891 | 1888-90 | Justice of the New York Supreme Court. |
6 | ![]() | Edmund M. Holland | 1848-1913 | 1890-91 | Actor, comedian, charter member. |
7 | ![]() | Clay M. Greene | 1850-1933 | 1891-98, 1902-06 | Actor, prolific playwright. |
8 | ![]() | Thomas B. Clarke | 1849-1931 | 1898-1900 | Art collector & dealer. |
9 | ![]() | DeWolf Hopper | 1858-1935 | 1900-02 | Actor, comedian, singer. Made the baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” famous. |
10 | ![]() | Wilton Lackaye | 1862-1932 | 1906-07 | Actor & raconteur. Originated the role of Svengali on stage & screen. |
11 | ![]() | Augustus Thomas | 1857-1934 | 1907-1910 | Playwright, producer, manager. Credited with brokering the end of the Actors Strike of 1919. |
12 | ![]() | Joseph R. Grismer | 1849-1922 | 1911-13, 1917-18 | Actor, writer, producer, and manager. |
13 | ![]() | William Courtleigh | 1867-1930 | 1913-1917 | Actor. Among founders of Actors Equity. Shepherd during the Actors Strike of 1919. |
14 | ![]() | R.H. Burnside | 1870-1952 | 1918-21 | Actor, playwright, producer. Oversaw Hippodrome Theatre. |
15 | ![]() | A. O. Brown | 1872-1945 | 1921-24, 1930-32 | Theatre manager, Shepherd during Prohibition |
16 | ![]() | Thomas Meighan | 1879-1936 | 1924-26 | First movie star Lamb. |
17 | ![]() | Thomas A. Wise | 1855-1928 | 1926-28 | Stage and screen actor, known for Falstaff and "The Old Soak." |
18 | ![]() | Fritz Williams | 1865-1930 | 1928-30 | Stage actor. |
19 | ![]() | Frank Crumit | 1889-1943 | 1932-36 | Actor, singer, radio host. |
20 | ![]() | William Gaxton | 1893-1963 | 1936-39, 1953-54, 1956-61 | Star of vaudeville, film, and theatre. |
21 | ![]() | Fred Waring | 1900-1984 | 1939-42 | Singer, choral leader. Backer of the Waring Blendor. |
22 | ![]() | John Golden | 1874-1955 | 1942-45 | Lyricist, dramatist, songwriter, playwright, producer, civic leader, and philanthropist. |
23 | ![]() | Raymond Peck | 1876-1950 | 1945-47 | Lyricist and writer for vaudeville and Broadway musicals. |
24 | ![]() | Bert Lytell | 1884-1954 | 1947-52 | Actor on stage, screen, radio. |
25 | ![]() | Walter Greaza | 1897-1973 | 1953-56 | TV, radio, stage, and film actor. |
26 | ![]() | Frank M. Thomas, Sr. | 1889-1999 | 1961-63 | Stage and screen actor. |
27 | ![]() | Martin Begley | 1903-1985 | 1963-66 | Actor, dancer, and talent scout. |
28 | ![]() | Harry Hershfield | 1885-1974 | 1966-69 | Cartoonist, humorist, and radio personality |
29 | ![]() | Jack Waldron | 1893-1969 | 1969 | Actor and comedian. |
30 | ![]() | Tom Dillon | 1918-2005 | 1969-1986 | Actor and singer. President of the Actors Fund of America. |
31 | ![]() | Richard L. Charles | 1923-1997 | 1986-97 | Stage and screen actor, publishing executive. |
32 | ![]() | A.J. Pocock | 1922-2012 | 1998-2001 | Produced industrials. |
33 | ![]() | Bruce Brown | 2002-2008 | Actor, voice over artist. | |
34 | ![]() | Randy Phillips | 1926-2013 | 2008–2013 | Actor and singer. |
35 | ![]() | Marc Baron | 2013- | Actor, singer, screenwriter, director and producer. He serves on the SAG-AFTRA (NY Board). |