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Hal Skelly
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actor, playwright, director, Broadway producer (1891-1934)
Film & TV
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Dancer Hal Skelly was born in Pennsylvania in 1891. He left home at 15 to join a circus, at 17 went into comedy, toured with light opera in China and Japan, joined after that Dockstader's Minstrels, made his Broadway debut in 1918 in "Fiddlers Three." His biggest success was the Broadway play, "Burlesque," in which he played opposite future movie star Barbara Stanwyck. He also starred in the film…
Known for
- The Shadow Laughs — Robin Dale1933
- Hotel Variety1933
- The Struggle — Jimmie Wilson1931
- Men Are Like That — J. Aubrey Piper1930
- Behind the Make-Up — Hap Brown1930
- The Dance of Life — Ralph 'Skid' Johnson1929
- Woman Trap — Dan Malone1929
- The Dancing Town — Tom Kinch1928
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Alleghenyville
- Place of death
- Cornwall
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Hal Skelly in The Dance of Life (1929).jpg
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- date of death
- 1934-06-16
- date of birth
- 1891-05-31
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Hal Skelly
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