At nine he joined his parents' vaudeville act, which included his sister Josephine, and the act thereafter was known as The Four Cohans. He wrote songs and sketches for his own act and those of others. He began producing and managing in partnership with Sam Harris from 1904 to 1920. He acted in...See full bio »
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Broadway's Best: 1969
(1969)
(music: "You're A Grand Old Flag/Mary/Yankee Doodle Dandy", "My Town/Give My Regards to Broadway" / lyrics: "You're A Grand Old Flag/Mary/Yankee Doodle Dandy", "My Town/Give My Regards to Broadway")
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Give My Regards to Broadway
(1967)
(writer: "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Always Leave 'Em Laughing", "You're A Wonderful Girl", "Mary's A Grand Old Name", "You're A Grand Old Flag", "Over There")
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Give My Regards to Broadway
(1959)
(writer: "Yankee Doodle Dandy" - uncredited, "Mary Is a Grand Old Name" - uncredited, "Harrigan" - uncredited, "Give Me Regards to Broadway" - uncredited)
1959At the Movies
(TV movie)
(writer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" - uncredited)
1942Blitz Wolf
(short)
(writer: "Over There" 1917 - uncredited)
1942Yankee Doodle Dandy
(writer: "The Yankee Doodle Boy" 1904 - uncredited, "Give My Regards to Broadway" 1904 - uncredited, "Over There" 1917 - uncredited, "You're a Grand Old Flag" 1906 - uncredited, "Mary's a Grand Old Name" 1906 - uncredited, "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" 1906 - uncredited, "So Long, Mary" 1906 - uncredited, "Harrigan" 1908 - uncredited, "I Was Born in Virginia" 1906 - uncredited, "The Warmest Baby in the Bunch" 1896 - uncredited, "Oh, You Wonderful Girl" 1911 - uncredited, "Blue Skies, Gray Skies" 1927 - uncredited, "The Belle of the Barbers' Ball" 1908 - uncredited, "Like the Wandering Minstrel" 1927 - uncredited, "Nellie Kelly, I Love You" 1922 - uncredited, "The Man Who Owns Broadway" 1909 - uncredited, "Molly Malone" 1927 - uncredited, "Billie" 1928 - uncredited, "In a Kingdom of Our Own" 1929 - uncredited, "You Remind Me of My Mother" 1922 - uncredited)
1941Babes on Broadway
(writer: "Mary's a Grand Old Name" 1905 - uncredited, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" 1904 - uncredited)
1940Tin Pan Alley
(writer: "Over There" 1917 - uncredited)
1940Little Nellie Kelly
(music: "Nellie is a Darling" 1922 - uncredited, "Nellie Kelly I Love You" 1922 - uncredited / lyrics: "Nellie is a Darling" 1922 - uncredited, "Nellie Kelly I Love You" 1922 - uncredited)
1932The Phantom President
(writer: "WE NEED A MEDICINE MAN" / performer: "THE MEDICINE SHOW", "SOMEONE OUGHT TO WAVE THE FLAG", "WE NEED A MEDICINE MAN")
(1910) Stage: Directed / wrote book and music for "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford", produced on Broadway. Additional music by Leo Fall, Karl Hoschna and Egbert Van Alstyne. Musical Director: Max Schmidt. Based on the novel by George Randolph Chester. Gaiety Theatre (moved to George M. Cohan's Theatre...
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[on playing Nat Miller, the father, in
Ah, Wilderness!] This fellow [Eugene O'Neill] doesn't ring the bell, he lets you pull it. The play just shows you this fellow's observations. You wouldn't call it a part at all. It's a study.
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