Which company did the businessman portrayed by Jonathan Hyde in the film "Titanic" chair?
Jonathan Hyde Jonathan Hyde (born May 21, 1948) is an Australian English actor, best known to his film fans for roles such as Herbert Cadbury in "Richie Rich", J. Bruce Ismay in 1997 hit film "Titanic", Culverton Smith in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", Warren Westridge in "Anaconda", Sam Parrish/Van Pelt in "Jumanji" and Eldritch Palmer in the FX TV series "The Strain".
John Thayer (cricketer) John Borland Thayer II (April 21, 1862April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who had a thirty-year career as an executive with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a director and second vice-president of the company when he died a week before his 50th birthday in the sinking of the RMS "Titanic", on April 15, 1912. In his youth, Thayer was also a prominent sportsman, playing baseball and lacrosse for the University of Pennsylvania and first-class cricket for the Philadelphian cricket team. He is the only first-class cricketer known to have died aboard "Titanic".