Skelly, Hal

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 652 words | Copyright

Skelly, Hal [né Joseph Harold Skelley] (1891–1934), comic actor. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he performed in circuses before joining the original Chicago production of The Time, the Place and the Girl in 1908. Further appearances followed in circuses, musical comedy touring troupes, and with Lew Dockstader's minstrels. After playing the lead in the road tour of So Long, Letty, he made his New York debut in Fiddlers Three (1918). Throughout the 1920s Skelly was a leading comedian in other musicals, but he is best recalled for his role in a nonmusical play, in which he portrayed the failing performer Skid in Burlesque (1927).

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