Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1953

LC control no.	no 92009213
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1953 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Wilson, Arthur, 1894-1953 Wilson, A. Dooley (Arthur Dooley), 1894-1953
Located	United States
Birth date	1894-04-03
Death date	1953-05-30
Place of birth	Tyler (Tex.)
Place of death	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Affiliation	Lafayette Theatre Players Red Devils (Musical group) Negro Actors Guild of America
Profession or occupation	Actors Jazz musicians Singers Drummers (Musicians)
Found in	Casablanca [MP] 1942: credits (Dooley Wilson) Halliwell's Filmgoer's comp., 1988 (Wilson, Dooley; b. 1894 d. 1953) Internet Movie Database, Oct. 26, 2010 (Dooley Wilson; b. Arthur Wilson, Apr. 3, 1894, Tyler, Tex., d. May 30, 1953, Los Angeles, Calif.) Find a Grave WWW site, Oct. 26, 2010 (Dooley Wilson; b. Arthur Wilson, Apr. 3, 1886, Tyler, Tex., d. May 30, 1953, Los Angeles, Calif.) photo of gravestone (Wilson, A. Dooley, 1886-1953) Wikipedia, Oct. 26, 2010 (Dooley Wilson; b. Arthur Wilson, Apr. 3, 1886?, Tyler, Tex., d. May 30, 1953, Los Angeles, Calif.; American actor and singer; his precise birth year is unknown, may have been anywhere between 1884 and 1887) Bio. and geneal. master index on GaleNet, Oct. 26, 2010 (Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1953 [18 sources]; Wilson, Dooley, 1886?-1953 [1 source]; Wilson, Dooley, 1894-1959 [1 source]; Wilson, Dooley, 1895- [1 source]; Wilson, Dooley, d. 1953 [1 source]) African American National Biography, accessed April 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Wilson, Dooley; Arthur Wilson; actor, jazz musician, singer, drummer; born 03 April 1894 in Tyler, Texas, United States; performed with Pekin Stock Company in Chicago (1904-1909); joined the Anita Bush Stock Company in Harlem (1909); joined Lafayette Players (1915); formed his own jazz quintet, Red Devils (1919); served on the executive board and committee of Negro Actors Guild of America (1937); played in Casablanca (1942), named best pictures of the year by The New York Times and won Oscars for best picture, best directing and best screenplay (1943); worked on the radio version of The Beulah Show (1952-1953); died 30 May 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States)