Will Mahoney
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William James Mahoney better known as Will Mahoney, was an American-born vaudevillian best known for his stage success in Australia. He had extensive experience on the vaudeville
circuit in the US, becoming the highest paid variety star in the country by the early 1930s. In 1938 he married Evie Hayes
and toured Australia, acting in the film Come Up Smiling
(1939). After the war he worked in Australia and the USA, eventually settling in Melbourne.
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
circuit in the US, becoming the highest paid variety star in the country by the early 1930s. In 1938 he married Evie Hayes
Evie Hayes
Vina Evelyn Hayes , better known as Evie Hayes, was an American-born actor best known for her stage success in Australia. Born in Seattle, she appeared on stage from an early age and worked steadily in vaudeville, radio and nightclubs. She was leading lady for Will Mahoney, to whom she was later...
and toured Australia, acting in the film Come Up Smiling
Come Up Smiling
Come Up Smiling is a 1939 Australian comedy starring popular US stage comedian Will Mahoney.-Synopsis:Barney O'Hara is a performer in a touring carnival who tries to raise money to save the voice of his talented singer daughter Pat Come Up Smiling is a 1939 Australian comedy starring popular US...
(1939). After the war he worked in Australia and the USA, eventually settling in Melbourne.
External Links
- Will Mahoney at Australian Dictionary of BiographyAustralian Dictionary of BiographyThe Australian Dictionary of Biography is a national, co-operative enterprise, founded and maintained by the Australian National University to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history....
- Will Mahoney at National Film and Sound ArchiveNational Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...
- Australian theatre credits at AusstageAusstageAusStage is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia. It provides records of productions from the beginnings of theatre in Australia up to today...