Tuesday 28 May 2019

Irving Foy

Born: 26 August 1908, New Rochelle, New York, USA
Died: 20 April 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Irving Foy was a member of 'The Seven Little Foys', a family of seven child vaudeville performers led by their father Eddie Foy, who appeared all together in the short film 'A Favorite Fool' in 1915.

Chips of the Old Block (1928) as Himself (Credited as The Foy Family)

Irving Foy is on the right, with Eddie Foy, Jr.















Mary Foy

Born: 15 August 1901, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 13 December 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA

Mary Foy was a member of 'The Seven Little Foys', a family of seven child vaudeville performers led by their father Eddie Foy, who appeared all together in the short film 'A Favorite Fool' in 1915.

Chips of the Old Block (1928) as Herself (Credited as The Foy Family)

With Richard Foy.
















Madeline Foy

Born: 21 September 1903, New York, USA
Died: 5 July 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA

Madeline Foy was a member of 'The Seven Little Foys', a family of seven child vaudeville performers led by their father Eddie Foy, who appeared all together in the short film 'A Favorite Fool' in 1915.

Chip of the Old Block (1928) as Herself (Credited as The Foy Family)

Madeline is in the centre of this picture, with Richard Foy and Mary Foy.













Richard Foy

Born: 6 October 1899, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 4 April 1947, Dallas, Texas, USA

Richard Foy was a member of 'The Seven Little Foys', a family of seven child vaudeville performers led by their father Eddie Foy, who appeared all together in the short film 'A Favorite Fool' in 1915.

Chips of the Old Block (1928) as Himself (Credited as The Foy Family)

With Madeline Foy, the taller sister, and Mary Foy.














Monday 27 May 2019

Jean Harvey

Born: 17 November 1900, Ohio, USA
Died: 14 December 1966, Studio City, California, USA

Gang Busters: Alvin Karpis (1952) (Season 1, Episode 3) as Ma Barker

With Paul Dubov.
















Sunday 26 May 2019

Tom Steele

Born: 12 June 1909, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Died: 30 October 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA

Tom Steele was a stunt man in over 400 films. He was occasionally seen in small roles or as an extra in the background.

Powder Town (1942) as Truck Driver, a Henchman (uncredited)

The driver on the right is Tom Steele. Sammy Stein is on the left, getting out of the truck.














Saturday 25 May 2019

Paul Dubov

Born: 10 October 1918, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 20 September 1979, Encino, California, USA

Gang Busters: Alvin Karpis (1952) (Season 1, Episode 3) as Alvin Karpis


















Alice Drake

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Gang Busters: Alvin Karpis (1952) (Season 1, Episode 3) as Nurse




















Alice Drake is on the right, with Aline Towne and Paul Dubov.

















With Lyle Talbot.
















Aline Towne

Born: 7 November 1919, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died: 2 February 1996, Burbank, California, USA
 
Highway 301 (1950) as Madeline Welton
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Gang Busters: Alvin Karpis (1952) (Season 1, Episode 3) as Shirley

With Paul Dubov.


































Robert Kendall

Born: 26 June 1927, Stephenson, Michigan, USA
Died: 12 November 2009, Seattle, Washington, USA

Gang Busters: Alvin Karpis (1952) (Season 1, Episode 3) as Baby Face Morgan (uncredited)


















Thursday 23 May 2019

Charley Chase

Born: 20 October 1893, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 20 June 1940, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Sittin' Pretty (1924) as Jimmy Jump



















 
His Wooden Wedding (1925) as The Groom
 
WIth Katherine Grant as the bride and Sue O'Neil (aka Molly O'Day) as the bridesmaid behind Grant.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crazy Like a Fox (1926) as Charley Wilson, the Groom

Fred Kelsey is asleep on the right.

















 
Okay Toots! (1935) as Charley Chase
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Harry McNaughton

Born: 29 April 1896 in Surbiton, England, UK
Died: 26 February 1967, Amityville, Long Island, New York, USA

Sixteen Sweeties (1930) as Harry - Master of Ceremonies


















Thursday 16 May 2019

Kay Lavelle

Born: 9 May 1889, Wyoming, USA
Died: 18 November 1965, Tujunga, California, USA

Asleep in the Feet (1933) as Landlady (uncredited)


















Tuesday 14 May 2019

Ralph Nossek

Born: August 1923, St George in the East, London, England, UK
Died: 5 December 2011, London, England, UK

Boon: Northwest Passage to Acock's Green (1986) (Season 1, Episode 7) as Walter Prendergast


















Saturday 4 May 2019

Clarence Geldart

Born: 9 June 1865, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 13 May 1935, Calabasas, California, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Marie's Step-Father (Credited as Clarence Geldert)


















Friday 3 May 2019

Charles K. French

Born: 17 January 1860, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died: 2 August 1952, Hollywood, California, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Jean's Father (Credited as Charles French)



















Chickens Come Home (1931) as Judge (uncredited)

With Gertrude Pedlar.
















Greta Garbo

Born: 18 September 1905, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died: 15 April 1990, New York City, New York, USA
 
The Single Standard (1929) as Arden Stuart
 



















Ninotchka (1939) as Ninotchka




















Thursday 2 May 2019

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Born: 15 March 1916, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died: 7 September 2009, Saugus, California, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Boy (uncredited)

With Edna Purviance.
















Henry Bergman

Born: 23 February 1868, San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 22 October 1946, Hollywood, California, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Head Waiter (uncredited)


















Wednesday 1 May 2019

Lydia Knott

Born: 1 October 1866, Tyner, Indiana, USA
Died: 30 March 1955, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Jean's Mother





































Our Dancing Daughters (1928) as Scrubwoman (uncredited)



















Anita Page is lying on the floor and Mary Gordon is on the left.















Malvina Polo

Born: 28 July 1903
Died: 6 January 2000, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA

Malvina Polo was a silent screen actress who only made a handful of films in the first half of the 1920s before retiring from films.

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Paulette


















Harry Northrup

Born: 31 July 1875, Paris, France
Died: 2 July 1936, Los Angeles, California, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Revel's Secretary (uncredited)


















Betty Morrissey

Born: 14 September 1907, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 20 April 1944, New York City, New York, USA

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Fifi


















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