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Eddie Foy, Jr.
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Actor Born: February 4, 1905 in New Rochelle, NY Death: July 15, 1983 in Woodland Hills, CA Biography:American entertainer Eddie Foy Jr. was a performer since childhood. He was one of the "Seven Little Foys" vaudeville act, organized -- in a sense -- by his father, legendary soft-shoe comedian Eddie Foy Sr. Virtually a dead ringer for his famous dad, Eddie Jr. accepted an offer from Broadway impresario "Florenz Ziegfeld" to strike out on his own in 1929, making his screen debut in the early '30s in short-subject comedies. Eddie's brother "Bryan Foy" was by then in charge of the B-picture unit of Warner Bros. pictures, and in true Hollywood-nepotist fashion lined up several supporting movie roles for Eddie and another brother, "Charley Foy". Eddie's most significant work in the years 1939-1945 occurred when he was tapped to play his father in historical films; he recreated a true incident from Eddie Sr.'s barnstorming days in Frontier Marshal (1939), engaged in a duel of wits with "George M. Cohan"... Full Biography
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