Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
- For the American basketball coach, see Richard F. Gallagher.
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| Richard "Skeets" Gallagher | |
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| Richard Skeets Gallagher
Gallagher in 1944.
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| Born | July 28, 1891 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915-1952 |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Martin (divorced) Pauline Mason (1929-1955) (his death) 2 children |
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher (July 28, 1891 - May 22, 1955) was an American actor.[1] He had blue eyes and his naturally blond hair was tinged with grey from the age of sixteen.[citation needed]
Biography
He was born on July 28, 1891 in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Gallagher was educated at Rose Polytechnic Institute and Indiana University. He first studied civil engineering and then law, but ended up on the stage. He began his career by writing a one-act skit that he took to a local theatre group.[citation needed]
He started acting in vaudeville, and later signed up with Paramount Pictures.
He was often billed as Skeets Gallagher on Broadway and in Hollywood. He appeared in Frank Capra's first feature film For the Love of Mike (1927), a silent film which is now considered a lost film, and several early sound films.
He died on May 22, 1955, in Santa Monica, California, of a heart attack.[1]
Partial Filmography
- The Potters (1927)
- For the Love of Mike (1927)
- The Racket (1928)
- Stocks and Blondes (1928)
- Close Harmony (1929)
- Pointed Heels (1929)
- Fast Company (1929)
- Paramount on Parade (1930)
- Let's Go Native (1930)
- Up Pops the Devil (1931)
- It Pays to Advertise (1931)
- The Stolen Jools (1931) short film
- Possessed (1931)
- The Road to Reno (1931)
- The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
- The Sport Parade (1932)
- Bird of Paradise (1932)
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
- Too Much Harmony (1933)
- Alice in Wonderland (1933)
- Riptide (1934)
- Polo Joe (1936)
- Hats Off (1936)
- Idiot's Delight (1939)
- Zis Boom Bah (1941)
- Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
- Three for Bedroom "C" (1952)
References
Further reading
- Film Star: Who's Who on the Screen (1938), British Film Magazine
External links
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher at Find a Grave
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