Joseph Charles Lambert (c. 1803 – 29 April 1875), generally referred to as J. C. Lambert, was an English comic actor who had a significant career in Australia.
Lambert was born in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk England,
He arrived in Australia around 1855, in which year he was playing in a farce, Shocking Events, at the Victoria Theatre, Sydney,[1] although it is possible he appeared in Adelaide four years earlier.[2]
He was a member of the consortium that leased the Theatre Royal, Melbourne 1866–1867.
He made a speciality of playing crusty old men: Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal, Sir Anthony Absolute in The Rivals Sir John Vesey in Money.[3]
He took his farewell bows on 27 February 1868 and left Australia by the ship Reigate on 21 March.[4]
He died at his home "Buttlands", Wells-next-sea, Norfolk, England, of a heart complaint, which he attributed to a stage accident, when a fellow thespian playfully struck him on the chest, where he had secreted a bag of pebbles, as a stage prop for a bourse of gold.