| LC control no. | n 88051326 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Woolsey, Robert, 1888-1938 |
| Variant(s) | Woolsey, Robert, 1889-1938 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Located | Kensington (N.Y.) Malibu (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1888-08-14 |
| Death date | 1938-10-31 |
| Place of death | Malibu (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Vaudeville Acting Motion picture acting |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Motion picture actors and actresses Comedians Bellhops Jockeys |
| Found in | Diplomaniacs [MP] 1933: credits (the players, Robert Woolsey) Int'l film necrology, 1981 (Robert Woolsey; b. Aug. 14, 1889, Oakland, Calif.; d. Oct. 31, 1938) Find a Grave (Website), viewed December 8, 2018: Robert Woolsey (Birth 14 Aug 1888, Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA, Death 31 Oct 1938 (aged 50), Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA ... Comedian. Teamed with comedian Bert Wheeler to form the popular "Wheeler & Woolsey" comedy duo of stage and screen ...) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4056> Ancestry Library Edition [via library subscription], viewed December 13, 2018: Robert Woolsey in the 1930 United States Federal Census (Name Robert Woolsey, Birth Year: abt 1888 ... birthplace Illinois, Home in 1930: Kensington, Nassau, New York, USA ... Occupation: actor ...) Robert Woolsey in the U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 1922 (Robert Woolsey ... born in San Francisco ... 1888 14 August ... wife Mignonne Reed Woolsey ...) Wikipedia, viewed December 8, 2018: Robert Woolsey (Robert Rollie Woolsey (August 14, 1888 -- October 31, 1938) was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey ... Robert Rollie (sometimes spelled Rolla or even Raleigh) was born on August 14, 1888, in Carbondale, Illinois to James Monroe Woolsey (1860-1920) and Sarah Eunice Woolsey (Nee Noble) (1862-1954), both also born in Illinois ... Woolsey was teamed with comedy star Bert Wheeler in 1928, for the Broadway musical Rio Rita. RKO Radio Pictures filmed the play in 1929, launching Wheeler and Woolsey as movie personalities. Of the twenty-two films Woolsey would make, twenty-one of them would be with his comedy partner, Wheeler ... From 1921 to his death in 1938, Woolsey was married to Georgia girl Mignonne Park Reed ... [side bar] Born August 14, 1888, Oakland, California, U.S. Died October 31, 1938 (aged 50), Malibu, California U.S. ... ) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Woolsey> IMDb.com, viewed December 7, 2018: Robert Woolsey. Biography, by Stephan Eichenberg (Born August 14, 1888 in Oakland, California, USA. Died October 31, 1938 in Malibu, California, USA. Birth Name Robert Rolla Woolsey ... Robert took odd jobs, before becoming a jockey. This career ended when the horse, Pink Star, the future Kentucky Derby winner of 1907, fell and broke Robert's leg. Robert then went to work as bellboy at the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he came in contact with actors who saw possibilities for him on the stage as comic. He joined several vaudeville companies, touring not only North America, but also the British Empire ... In 1922, he appeared with W.C. Fields in "The Blue Kitten", and also wrote plays. He hit it big, when he was signed for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s "Rio Rita" in 1927, where he teamed up with Bert Wheeler. Both repeated their stage roles in RKO's filmed version of that musical. Due to their success, both were teamed up again for more pictures, a career that kept on until failing health made further work impossible. Although Variety suggested that both should try as singles, the movies they made apart weren't successful. He died on October 31, 1938 ...) <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941298/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm> |
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