Kate Bush?

Shazam! We have a winner. Good job Landmark!

1) His real name was John Gerard Rodney Boyce

2) He died in Brooklyn, New York

3) He owned and performed in his own theater for ten years.

Ripley?

Harry Kellar?

Tommy is getting warmer.

4) He was born in Australia

5) His most famous partner was a newspaperman by trade

George C. Scott?

6) His more common pseudonym was French sounding

7) He wrote more than 30 books after retiring from his performing career.

8) If you were a subscriber, approximately every 30 days you would receive something informative in the mail from him.

Aha! Hugard's Magic Monthly!

I didn't realize that Jean Hugard was Australian.

You got it!
Fred Braue was a journalist and editor when he wasn't messing around with cards, and Hugard owned and performed magic in a theater in Coney Island for a decade.

Cool!

Sounds like it's my turn.

1. Was born in Southeastern Scotland.

2. Was blinded, and spent six weeks in a darkened room before he regained his eyesight.

3. Had a secret one-on-one meeting with President Roosevelt, when the latter was supposed to be the guest of honor at an elaborate dinner party.

Alexander Graham Bell?

Nope.

But an interesting guess.

4. Invented, amongst other things, a hybrid alarm clock / study desk that literally thrust him out of bed each morning.

Rube Goldberg

Touché!

Alas, however, a foul tip.

5. For 10 years, managed his father-in-law's 2,600-acre (1,050-hectare) fruit orchard.

Channing Pollock springs to mind, only because he went into farming of some sort.