14 Facts About Charley Foy

Charley Foy, born Charles Richard Fitzgerald, was an American actor of both the vaudeville stage and film.

Charley Foy's six surviving siblings were Bryan, Mary, Eddie Jr.

Charley Foy made his film debut this year, in a Majestic Motion Picture film short, "The Other Side of the Fence", as a precocious youth who has many adventures.

In between, Charley Foy appeared in another film in the Mack Sennett short, A Favorite Fool, this time along with the rest of his family.

Foy, along with three of his younger siblings, Madeline, Mary, and Irving, continued to perform as an act in Vaudeville through the mid-1930s, billed as "The Foy Family: Real Chips Off the Old Block", in which Charley Foy was given top billing.

At one point in the mid-1920s, Charley Foy attempted to give Ginger Rogers, then an unknown dancer by the name of Ginger McMath, an opportunity on stage during a performance in Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1936, Charley Foy realized that Vaudeville was waning quickly and decided to attempt a return to film, so he left New York and relocated to Hollywood.

Charley Foy had been attempting to utilize his dance expertise since his return to film, with little success.

Charley Foy had a featured role, again utilizing his dance skills, in Dance Charlie Dance, a comedy directed by Frank McDonald.

Charley Foy had a small role in the drama, Hell's Kitchen, which stars the Dead End Kids and Ronald Reagan.

Charley Foy had the featured role of Slick in the Humphrey Bogart gangster film, King of the Underworld, which marked Bogart's first starring role.

In 1940, Charley Foy had a small part in the John Garfield crime drama, East of the River, which stars Brenda Marshall and Marjorie Rambeau.

Charley Foy was a long-time friend of fellow vaudevillian and comedian, Joe Frisco, with whom he occasionally appeared with at the supper club.

Charley Foy was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on August 18,1984, suffering from a toxic blood disease, sepsis.