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'''William (Warren) Edward Simms''' (April 25th, 1889 - January 22, 1976), born in New York City, was a professional magician, ventriloquist and novelty entertainer who at one time billed himself as "the White House magician" when Eleanor Roosevelt once mentioned him as her favorite magician.
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'''Warren Simms''' (aka Sheldon Simms) (1889 - 1976) was a professional magician, ventriloquist and novelty entertainer who at one time billed himself as "the White House magician" after Eleanor Roosevelt once mentioned him as one of her favorite magicians.
  
Starting out first  as engineer for the Machine Appliance Corporation of Brooklyn, with magic on the side, he also wrote technical articles for various journals under the pen name of Sheldon Simms.
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Starting out first  as engineer for the Machine Appliance Corporation of Brooklyn, with magic on the side, he also wrote technical articles for various journals under the pen name of Sheldon Simms.  Simms  married  Miss Henrietta Nanette Fricke in Brooklyn on November 27, 1912.
  
 
Simms eventually became a full time professional and manufacturer of magic apparatus. He did six shows for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, also for the President's mother. He was well acquainted with [[Houdini]], [[Thurston]] and [[Harry Kellar]].
 
Simms eventually became a full time professional and manufacturer of magic apparatus. He did six shows for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, also for the President's mother. He was well acquainted with [[Houdini]], [[Thurston]] and [[Harry Kellar]].
  
Very active in the magic societies, he was President of the [[Society of American Magicians]] (1944-45) and of the [[Magician's Guild]] (1946), which he was a founding member.
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Simms was very active in magic societies. He was President of the [[Society of American Magicians]] (1944-45), founding member and president of the [[Magician's Guild]] (1946) and also a founding member of the [[National Conjurors Association]] of which he served as their president for two terms.
  
 
Simms contributed effects to  [[New Conjurers' Magazine]], of which he became a Technical Editor.
 
Simms contributed effects to  [[New Conjurers' Magazine]], of which he became a Technical Editor.
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Credited as inventor of the horizontal-load coin dropper.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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* Sphinx December, 1912, Page 190
 
* Magician of the Month, [[MUM]] December, 1952
 
* Magician of the Month, [[MUM]] December, 1952
 
* Obit MUM April 1976
 
* Obit MUM April 1976

Revision as of 19:24, 20 May 2010

Warren E. Simms
BornWilliam Edward Simms
April 25th, 1889
New York City
DiedJanuary 22, 1976 (age Expression error: Unrecognized word "th".)

Warren Simms (aka Sheldon Simms) (1889 - 1976) was a professional magician, ventriloquist and novelty entertainer who at one time billed himself as "the White House magician" after Eleanor Roosevelt once mentioned him as one of her favorite magicians.

Starting out first as engineer for the Machine Appliance Corporation of Brooklyn, with magic on the side, he also wrote technical articles for various journals under the pen name of Sheldon Simms. Simms married Miss Henrietta Nanette Fricke in Brooklyn on November 27, 1912.

Simms eventually became a full time professional and manufacturer of magic apparatus. He did six shows for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, also for the President's mother. He was well acquainted with Houdini, Thurston and Harry Kellar.

Simms was very active in magic societies. He was President of the Society of American Magicians (1944-45), founding member and president of the Magician's Guild (1946) and also a founding member of the National Conjurors Association of which he served as their president for two terms.

Simms contributed effects to New Conjurers' Magazine, of which he became a Technical Editor.

Credited as inventor of the horizontal-load coin dropper.

References

  • Sphinx December, 1912, Page 190
  • Magician of the Month, MUM December, 1952
  • Obit MUM April 1976