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Hal Skelly
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 Dock…
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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 version of it, "The Dance of Life." He died in 1934, when his friend's car, in which he was traveling, was hit by a train on a crossing.
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1933
The Shadow Laughs
Movie Robin Dale
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1933
Hotel Variety
Movie
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1931
The Struggle
Movie Jimmie Wilson
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1930
Men Are Like That
Movie J. Aubrey Piper
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1930
Behind the Make-Up
Movie Hap Brown
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1929
Woman Trap
Movie Dan Malone
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1929
The Dance of Life
Movie Ralph 'Skid' Johnson
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1928
The Dancing Town
Movie Tom Kinch
