Hal Skelly

Actor

Date of birth : 05/30/1891

Date of death : 06/16/1934

City of birth : Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Dancer Hal Skelly was born in Wisconsin in 1892, he left home at 15 to join a circus, went with 17 to comedy, toured with light opera China and Japan, joined after that Dockstader's minstrels, made his Broadway debut in 1918 in "Fiddlers Three". His biggest success was the play "Burlesque", what was filmed as "Dance of Life". He died in 1934, when the car of his friend in which he was traveling was hit by a train on a crossing.