Kenneth Casey
Kenneth Casey | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | January 10, 1899
Died | August 10, 1965 Cornwall, New York, U.S. | (aged 66)
Occupation | Child actor, composer, publisher, author |
Kenneth Casey (January 10, 1899 – August 10, 1965) was an American composer, publisher, author, and child movie star in early silents.
Biography[]
Born in New York City, Casey worked as a child actor in over thirty films for Vitagraph Studios between the years 1909 and 1913.[1] He appeared with a young Moe Howard in the 1909 picture We Must Do Our Best. Howard later became famous as one of The Three Stooges.
As a songwriter, Casey is best remembered for writing the lyrics to "Sweet Georgia Brown" in 1925.[2]
Filmography[]
- We Must Do Our Best, directed by Van Dyke Brooke (1909)
- Mario's Swan Song (1910)
- Over the Garden Wall (1910)
- Chew Chew Land; or, The Adventures of Dolly and Jim (1910)
- (1910)
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- A Tin-Type Romance (1910)
- (1911)
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- (1911)
- (1911)
- The Show Girl (1911)
- Barriers Burned Away (1911)
- (1911)
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- The Child Crusoes (1911)
- (1911)
- (1911)
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- Captain Jenks' Dilemma (1912)
- (1912)
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- (1912)
- , directed by William V. Ranous (1912)
- , directed by Albert W. Hale (1912)
- , directed by James Young (1912)
- , directed by Laurence Trimble (1913)
- , directed by James Young (1913)
- , directed by James Young (1913)
- , directed by Wilfrid North (1913)
- , directed by (1913)
- Heartease, directed by L. Rogers Lytton e James Young (1913)
- , directed by J. Gordon Edwards (1920)
References[]
- ^ Wlaschin, Ken (2008). The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896- 1929. McFarland & Company. p. 10. ISBN 978-0786438044.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Kenneth Casey Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Bibliography[]
- John Holmstrom, The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 12–13.
External links[]
- Kenneth Casey at IMDb
- Kenneth Casey discography at Discogs
- Kenneth Casey at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1965 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male silent film actors
- American male child actors
- Male actors from New York City
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American musicians