Biography
Dancer Hal Skelly was born in Pennsylvania in 1891. He left home at 15 to join a circus, at 17 went into comedy, toured with light opera in China and Japan, joined after that Dockstader's Minstrels, made his Broadway debut in 1918 in "Fiddlers Three." His biggest success was the Broadway play, "Burlesque," in which he played opposite future movie star Barbara Stanwyck. He also starred in the film version of it, "The Dance of Life." He died in 1934, when his friend's car, in which he was traveling, was hit by a train on a crossing.
Filmography
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Movies 9
self 1
Robin Dale
The Shadow Laughs (1933)
Movie
Actor
Hotel Variety (1933)
Movie
Jimmie Wilson
The Struggle (1931)
Movie
4.38
Self (from original version)
Galas de la Paramount (1930)
Movie
J. Aubrey Piper
Men Are Like That (1930)
Movie
Hap Brown
Behind the Make-Up (1930)
Movie
5
Dan Malone
Woman Trap (1929)
Movie
Ralph 'Skid' Johnson
The Dance of Life (1929)
Movie
Tom Kinch
The Dancing Town (1928)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1891-05-31
Deathday1934-06-16 (43 years old)
Birth PlaceAlleghenyville, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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