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Joe Smith (February 16, 1884 - February 22, 1981) was a vaudeville comedian with Charles Dale (1881-1971) as the act Smith & Dale. [1]
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Joe Smith (February 16, 1884 - February 22, 1981) was a vaudeville comedian with Charles Dale (1881-1971) as the act Smith & Dale. [1]
He was born as Joseph Sultzer on February 16, 1884, in Manhattan, New York City. He partnered with Charles Dale in 1898 after they had met colliding in a bicycling accident. One of their first performances was with Will Lester's Imperial Vaudeville & Comedy Company in 1901. Smith and Dale headlined the first all-American variety bill to tour Europe in 1909. They later went to Hollywood, where they made films for Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, and Paramount Pictures starting in 1929. [1]
In 1972 Neil Simon produced The Sunshine Boys, based on the lives of Smith and Dale. [1]
He died on February 22, 1981, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. [1]
Harold "Jack" Albertson was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor. For his performance as John Cleary in the 1964 play The Subject Was Roses and its 1968 film adaptation, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His other roles include Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and Ed Brown in the television sitcom Chico and the Man (1974–1978), for which he won an Emmy. For his contributions to the television industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977 at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard.
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