Jump to content

Gordon Dooley

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk | contribs) at 01:50, 21 March 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Gordon Dooley (1899 - 23 January 1930) was a vaudeville comedian and eccentric dancer.[1]

Biography

He was born in 1899 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Mary and Robert Roger Dooley, a circus performer. His parents had migrated from Scotland. His two brothers and sister were also performers, William Dooley (vaudeville) (1882-1921), and Johnny Dooley (vaudeville) (1887-1928), and Rachel Rice Dooley.[1]

He had a nervous breakdown in May of 1929.[1]

He died on 23 January 1930 of pneumonia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gordon Dooley Dies. Noted in Vaudeville, Comedian and Eccentric Dancer, the Last of Three brothers, a Victim of Pneumonia". New York Times. January 25, 1930. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gordon_Dooley&oldid=711130262"