Joseph M. Field

(Born: 1810 - Died: January 30, 1856)

American actor, manager, playwright, editor and humorist. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and bought to the United States by his parents when he was two years old. He played Jeremey Diddler in Raising the Wind. He began his acting career in 1827, at the Tremont Theatre in Boston. He moved west in 1835, where he established himself as a playwright. He retired temporarily from the stage in 1842 to become the foreign correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, owned by his brother, Matthew C. Field. He was the editor and proprietor of the St. Louis Reveille, a daily newspaper.