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Actor
Hal Skelly
Acting
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Movies: 8Series: 0
TMDB ID: 1039095
IMDb ID: nm0804006
Known for: Acting
Born: May 31, 1891
Died: June 16, 1934
Age: 43
Place of birth: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1928 - 1933
Years active: 6
Wikidata: Q5640930
Also known as
James Harold "Hal" Skelley • James Harold Skelley
Biography
Dancer Hal Skelly was born in Pennsylvania in 1891. He left home at 15 to join a circus, at 17 went into comedy, toured with light opera in China and Japan, joined after that Dockstader's Minstrels, made his Broadway debut in 1918 in "Fiddlers Three." His biggest success was the Broadway play, "Burlesque," in which he played opposite future movie star Barbara Stanwyck. He also starred in the film version of it, "The Dance of Life." He died in 1934, when his friend's car, in which he was traveling, was hit by a train on a crossing.
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Movie credits linked with Hal Skelly.
4.6
The Shadow Laughs
as Robin Dale
1933 Movie
Hotel Variety
1933 Movie
6.7
The Struggle
as Jimmie Wilson
1931 Movie
9.0
Men Are Like That
as J. Aubrey Piper
1930 Movie
6.2
Behind the Make-Up
as Hap Brown
1930 Movie
4.8
Woman Trap
as Dan Malone
1929 Movie
5.5
The Dance of Life
as Ralph 'Skid' Johnson
1929 Movie
6.0
The Dancing Town
as Tom Kinch
1928 Movie