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{{Short description|British actor and playwright (1720–1777)}} {{Other people|Samuel Foote}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Samuel Foote | image = Samuel Foote by Jean François Colson.jpg | caption = Foote by [[Jean-François Gilles Colson|Jean-Francois Colson]], 1769 | birth_date = January 1720 | death_date = {{death date and age|1777|10|21|1720|1|df=y}} | death_place = [[Dover]], [[England]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] | notable_works = {{plainlist| *''[[The Author (play)|The Author]]'' *''[[The Minor (Foote play)|The Minor]]'' *''[[The Lame Lover]]'' }} }} '''Samuel Foote''' (January 1720 – 21 October 1777) was a Cornish<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tregellas |first=Walter H. |title=Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Women, Vol. 1 |year=1884 |location=London |pages=311, 314}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Foote, Cornishman, actor, playwright |url=https://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/famous-cornish-people/foote.htm |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Cornwall Calling}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Foote 1720-1777 – Queer Kernow |url=https://queerkernow.co.uk/samuel-foote/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Queer Kernow |language=En}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Norton |first=Rictor |title=Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: Sodom and Onan, 1776 |url=http://rictornorton.co.uk/eighteen/1776sodo.htm |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=rictornorton.co.uk}}</ref> [[dramatist]], [[actor]] and [[Actor-manager|theatre manager]]. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity.
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