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Actor, singer and dancer whose vaudeville career began in earnest after winning a talent contest. After working in vaudeville and burlesque, Alda appeared on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for the role of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. He later appeared in film, as well. He is the father of TV and film actor Alan Alda. Joe Bennet Aldert: 1889
Slapstick, musical comedy. John Sigvard " Ole " Olsen (November 6, 1892 – January 26, 1963) and Harold Ogden " Chic " Johnson (March 5, 1891 – February 26, 1962) were American comedians of vaudeville, radio, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Their shows were noted for their crazy blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem ...
Will Rogers. William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". [2] As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled ...
Ted Healy (born Charles Ernest Lee Nash; October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor.Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy that they later made famous, he had a successful stage and film career of his own and was cited as a formative influence by several later comedy stars.
Vaudeville. A promotional poster for the Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (1894), showing dancers, clowns, trapeze artists, costumed dog, singers and costumed actors. Vaudeville ( / ˈvɔːd ( ə) vɪl, ˈvoʊ -/; [1] French: [vodvil]) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.
Jesse Block was born in New York City. He started performing in vaudeville as a child, getting his first break as a member of Gus Edwards' Song Revue of 1915. Later, he developed a song-and-dance act and toured for four years as one half of a duo with Frances Dunlap. In 1926, he was introduced to Eve Sully by Bert Gordon.
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William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 [ 1] – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer. [ 2] Fields's career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate comedy into his act and was a featured ...