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Edwin Fitzgerald (March 9, 1856 – February 16, 1928), known professionally as Eddie Foy and Eddie Foy Sr., was an American actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian.
Jerome Robbins hired him on the spot at Wynant's first audition, an open call for the Broadway musical "High Button Shoes" starring Eddie Foy. H.M. was working as a draftsman and told Robbins that he had to go to work the next day, Robbins said, "Then quit!"
Foy retired in 1923 but returned to the stage in 1927 and died while on a farewell tour. Alvin F. Harlow coauthored Foy’s autobiography, Clowning Through Life (1928). Eddie Foy, Jr. (1905–83), Foy’s son, was active in vaudeville, films, the musical and legitimate stage, and television.
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Six hundred people died. Foy escaped by crawling through a sewer. Three years after bringing his children into the act, Foy and his family appeared in a film for Mack Sennett, one of only a handful the senior Foy would do. However, his children, in particular Bryan Foy and Eddie Foy Jr., would enjoy substantial careers in the movies. Eddie Sr ...
- March 9, 1856
- February 16, 1928
Mar 17, 2003 · But when a fire chief thrust his head through a side exit and shouted, “Is anybody alive in here?” not a sound was heard in reply. The few not dead were insensible or dying.
The Seven Little Foys is a Technicolor in VistaVision 1955 comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy. One highlight of the film is an energetic tabletop dance showdown sequence with Bob Hope as Eddie Foy and James Cagney as George M. Cohan (reprising his role from Yankee Doodle Dandy ).
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Jun 26, 2024 · Refusing payment, Cagney wanted to pay tribute to actor Eddie Foy, whose son, Eddie Foy, Jr., had played him in Yankee Doodle Dandy. 11. Adding a bit of tap-dancing
