(8 February 1893, Chicago, Illinois -
4 August 1938, Hollywood, California)
Gangly
American comic Billy Dooley was discovered on the vaudeville circuit
by producer Al Christie, who brought Dooley and his stage partner
Frances Lee) to Hollywood in 1925. Somewhat reminiscent of whiteface
comic Larry Semon, Dooley played dumb sailors and other service men
in a series of two-reel comedies with explanatory titles such as A
Goofy Gob (1925), A Briny Boob (1926), the inevitable Sailor Beware
(1927), and A Dizzy Diver (1928).
Never able to stand out in a crowded field of two-reel comedy
performers, Dooley left Christie and played minor roles in talkies
appearing in a total of 84 films from 1925 until 1938.
Gangly
American comic Billy Dooley was discovered on the vaudeville circuit
by producer Al Christie, who brought Dooley and his stage partner
Frances Lee) to Hollywood in 1925. Somewhat reminiscent of whiteface
comic Larry Semon, Dooley played dumb sailors and other service men
in a series of two-reel comedies with explanatory titles such as A
Goofy Gob (1925), A Briny Boob (1926), the inevitable Sailor Beware
(1927), and A Dizzy Diver (1928).