Stars of Vaudeville #765: Skeets Gallagher
Today is the birthday of Richard “Skeets” Gallagher (1891-1955). Trained as a civil engineer and a lawyer, the Indiana native went into vaudeville with a one act playlet, which led to a half dozen Broadway shows and roles in silent movies such as W.C. Fields’ The Potters and Frank Capra’s first post-Langdon feature For the Love of […]