Gordon Dooley

Gordon Dooley (13 August 1898 - 23 January 1930) was an American vaudeville comedian and eccentric dancer.[1]

Gordon Dooley and Edward Kimball in the comedy film A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair (1917)

He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Robert Roger Dooley (originally Dool), a circus performer, and his wife, Mary, both emigrants from Scotland. His two brothers, William (1882-1921), and Johnny (1887-1928), and his sister, Ray, were all performers.[1]

Gordon Dooley suffered a nervous breakdown in May 1929.[1] He died of pneumonia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the next year at age 31, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.[1]

External links

Gordon Dooley at the Internet Broadway Database
Gordon Dooley at IMDb

References

"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.

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[obit-1] "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.