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Robert Woolsey (1888–1938)

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At the age of 7, his father died, leaving his mother and her six children in poverty, of the children, 4 died in early years. To earn some money to support the family, Robert took odd jobs, before becoming a jockey. This career ended when the horse, Pink Star, the future Kentucky Derby winner of 1907... See full bio »

Born:

Robert Rolla Woolsey
in Oakland, California, USA

Died:

(age 50) in Malibu, California, USA
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1937 High Flyers
Pierre Potkin
 
1937 On Again-Off Again
Claude Horton
 
1936 Mummy's Boys
Aloysius C. Whittaker
 
1936 Silly Billies
Dr. Philip 'Painless' Pennington
 
1935 The Rainmakers
Roscoe the Rainmaker
 
1935 The Nitwits
Newton
 
1934 Kentucky Kernels
Elmer
 
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers
Bob
 
1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Dr. Dudley
 
1933 Diplomaniacs
Hercules
 
1933 So This Is Africa
Alexander
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail
Spider Robbins
 
1932 Girl Crazy
Slick Foster
 
1931 Peach-O-Reno
Julius Swift
 
1931 Caught Plastered
Egbert G. Higginbothom
 
1931 Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (short)
Julius Caesar
 
1931 Everything's Rosie
Dr. J. Dockweiler Droop
 
1931 Cracked Nuts
Zander Ulysses Parkhurst
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Robert Woolsey
 
1930 Hook Line and Sinker
Addington Ganzy
 
1930 Half Shot at Sunrise
Gilbert Simpson
 
1930 Dixiana
Ginger Dandy
 
1930 The Cuckoos
Professor Cunningham
 
1929 Rio Rita
Ned Lovett
 
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2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (video documentary) (performer: "Unidentified Tune" - uncredited)
 
1937 High Flyers (performer: "I'm a Gaucho" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 On Again-Off Again (performer: "One Happy Family" 1937)
 
1936 Silly Billies (performer: "Tumble on Tumbleweed" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Nitwits (performer: "The Black Widow's Gonna Getcha If You Don't Watch Out" - uncredited / "Music in My Heart" 1935)
 
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers (performer: "And the Big Bad Wolf was Dead" 1934 - uncredited, "Dilly Dally" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Kentucky Kernels (performer: "One Little Kiss" 1934 - uncredited, "Supper Song" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray! (performer: "Keep Romance Alive" 1933 - uncredited, "Keep On Doing What You're Doing" 1933 - uncredited / "Keep On Doing What You're Doing" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 Diplomaniacs (performer: "Ood-Gay Eye-bay" 1933 - uncredited, "On the Boulevard" 1933 - uncredited, "Sing to Me" 1933 - uncredited, "The Old Folks at Home Swanee River" 1851 - uncredited, "No More War" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail (performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited)
 
1931 Peach-O-Reno (performer: "I'm Just Wild About Harry" 1921 - uncredited, "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" - uncredited, "Les patineurs The Skaters" - uncredited)
 
1931 Caught Plastered (performer: "The Fountain in the Park" 1884 - uncredited)
 
1930 Half Shot at Sunrise (performer: "NOTHING BUT LOVE" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Dixiana (performer: "A Lady Loved a Soldier" - uncredited, "I Am Your Baby Now" - uncredited)
 
1930 The Cuckoos (performer: "Oh! How We Love Our Alma Mater" 1926 - uncredited, "I'm a Gypsy" 1930 - uncredited, "Good-Bye" 1926 - uncredited, "I Love You So Much It's a Wonder You Don't Feel It" 1930 - uncredited, "Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited)
 
1929 Rio Rita (performer: "Espanola" 1927 - uncredited)
 
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1933 Signing 'em Up (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (short)
Himself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade (short)
Himself
 
1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (short)
Himself
 
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1986 Classic Comedy Teams (video documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (short)
Himself
 
1941 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (short)
 
1931 The Voice of Hollywood No. 26 (short)
Himself
 

Related Videos

Classic Comedy Teams -- Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history... Half Shot at Sunrise -- The stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I. The Stolen Jools -- Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium...
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Personal Details

Other Works:

The All-Star Idlers of 1921 (1921). Musical revue. Shubert Theatre,: 15 Jul 1921- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Jed Prouty, Ned Sparks, Robert Woolsey, Ed Wynn. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

Wheeler & Woolsey Fan Club Site | See more »

Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

The great comedy team of "Wheeler & Woolsey" are little known in the 21st century, despite their great popularity in the 1930s. One of the reasons likely is the fact that their films were not packaged and sold to television in the 1950s, unlike The Three Stooges and "Laurel & Hardy", who then went on to entertain new generations of fans... See more »

Trademark:

heavy black framed eyeglasses with big round lenses See more »

Star Sign:

Leo