BECK, MARTIN. Important early vaudeville producer and theater owner; b. Lipto Szert Miklos, Czechoslovakia, ; d. New York, New York; .
Martin Beck came to America from Czechoslovakia with a traveling show of German acrobats. He then moved to Chicago and joined the North Clark Street Beer Garden as manager. Beck persuaded the owner to add dressing rooms and a stage, and that was how he started his career as a vaudeville manager. Performers on the as manager. Beck persuaded the owner to add dressing rooms and a stage, and that was how he started his career as a vaudeville manager. Performers on the ...