Eddie Foy Jr.
Eddie Foy Jr. | |
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 Foy Jr. inYankee Doodle Dandy(1942) | |
| Born | Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. February 4, 1905 |
| Died | July 15, 1983(aged 78) Los Angeles, California U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915–1977 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Eddie Foy III |
| Parent | Eddie Foy |
Edwin Fitzgerald Jr.(February 4, 1905 – July 15, 1983), known professionally asEddie Foy Jr.,was an American stage, film and television actor. His career spanned six decades, beginning as part of the vaudeville actEddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys.
Career
[edit]Foy made hisBroadwaydebut inFlorenz Ziegfeld's 1929 extravaganzaShow GirlalongsideRuby KeelerandJimmy Durante.He also appeared inAt Home Abroad,The Cat and the Fiddle,The Red Mill,The Pajama Game,Donnybrook!andRumple(1957), for which he received aTony Awardnomination as Best Actor in a Musical.[citation needed]
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Foy appeared in manyB movies.He closely resembled his father[1]and portrayed him in four feature films:Frontier Marshal(1939),Lillian Russell(1940),Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942) andWilson(1944). He also portrayed his father in a 1964telefilmabout the family's early days invaudeville.Among Foy's other film credits are those forThe Farmer Takes a Wife,The Pajama Game,Bells Are RingingandGidget Goes Hawaiian.
Foy found steady work with the advent of television. In addition to starring in the first hour-longsitcom,Fair Exchange,he made numerous guest appearances on programs such asThe Gisele MacKenzie Show,Alfred Hitchcock Presents,Glynis,My Living Doll,Burke's Law,ABC Stage 67,My Three SonsandNanny and the Professor.
Personal life
[edit]Foy was married to Anna Marie McKenney from 1933 until her death in 1952.[2]They had a son,Eddie Foy III,[3]
Death
[edit]Foy died ofpancreatic cancerin Los Angeles on July 15, 1983, at age 78.[4]
Filmography
[edit]- The Swell Head(1928)
- Queen of the Night Clubs(1929) – Eddie Parr
- Leathernecking(1930) – Chick Evans
- Nearly Naked(1933) – Eddie
- Broadway Thru a Keyhole(1933) – Joan's partner
- Myrt and Marge(1933) – Eddie Hanley
- Moulin Rouge(1934) – Magician (uncredited)
- Wonder Bar(1934) – Chorus Boy / Angel Measuring Wings (uncredited)
- King of Burlesque(1936) – Dancer (uncredited)
- Star for a Night(1936) – Dancer (uncredited)
- College Holiday(1936) – Dancer (uncredited)
- Turn Off the Moon(1937) – Dancer
- Secret Service of the Air(1939) – Gabby Watters (#1 'Secret Service series')
- Women in the Wind(1939) – Denny Corson
- Code of the Secret Service(1939) – Gabby (#2 'Secret Service series')
- Frontier Marshal(1939) –Eddie Foy
- The Cowboy Quarterback(1939) – Steve Adams
- Smashing the Money Ring(1939) – Gabby (#3 'Secret Service series')
- Lillian Russell(1940) – Eddie Foy Sr.
- Murder in the Air(1940) – Gabby Watters (#4 'Secret Service series', final)
- A Fugitive from Justice(1940) – Ziggy
- Scatterbrain(1940) – Eddie MacIntyre
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again(1941) – Mandolin
- The Case of the Black Parrot(1941) – Tripod Daniels
- Rookies on Parade(1941) – Cliff Dugan
- Country Fair(1941) – Johnny Campbell
- Puddin' Head(1941) – Harold L. Montgomery Jr.
- Four Jacks and a Jill(1942) – Happy McScud
- Yokel Boy(1942) – Joe Ruddy
- Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942) – Eddie Foy
- Powder Town(1942) – Mr. Billy Meeker
- Moonlight Masquerade(1942) – Lord Percy Ticklederry
- Joan of Ozark(1942) – Eddie McCabe
- Dixie Dugan(1943) – Matt Hogan
- Dixie(1943) – Mr. Felham
- And the Angels Sing(1944) – Fuzzy Johnson
- Wilson(1944) – Eddie Foy
- Honeychile(1951) – Eddie Price
- The Farmer Takes a Wife(1953) – Fortune Friendly
- Lucky Me(1954) – Duke McGee
- The Pajama Game(1957) – Vernon Hines
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1959) (Season 4 Episode 22: "The Right Price" ) – "The Cat"
- Bells Are Ringing(1960) – J. Otto Prantz
- Gidget Goes Hawaiian(1961) – Monty Stewart
- Gidget Goes to Rome(1963) – Beachgoer Wanting to Use Phone (uncredited)
- 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia(1968) – Oscar
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood(1976) – Custard Pie Star
References
[edit]- ^Hal Erickson,Eddie Foy, Jr. Biography,AllMovie
- ^McManus, Margaret (November 19, 1961)."Eddie Foy Jr. in Live TV Show".St. Louis Post-Dispatch.Missouri, St. Louis. p. 199.RetrievedJune 9,2020– viaNewspapers.
- ^Mara, Margaret (April 12, 1946)."Mrs. Eddie Foy Jr. Is Superb in Difficult Role".The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.New York, Brooklyn. p. 16.RetrievedJune 9,2020– viaNewspapers.
- ^"Eddie Foy Jr., actor, dancer and comedian".The Boston Globe.Massachusetts, Boston. Reuter. July 16, 1983. p. 27.RetrievedJune 9,2020– viaNewspapers.
External links
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| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- American male stage actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American male child actors
- American male musical theatre actors
- American vaudeville performers
- 1905 births
- 1983 deaths
- Male actors from New Rochelle, New York
- 20th-century American male actors
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in California
- 20th-century American male singers