JOHNNY DOOLEY
Johnny Dooley, 41, comedian, died June 7 in the Homeopathic Hospital, Yonkers, of intestinal trouble. He had recently been operated upon for appendicitis. The comedian left "Vanities" on tour to enter the Yonkers hospital.
Dooley's real name was John D. Dool and he was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Johnny's father had been a circus clown. When Dool, Sr., wasn't with the "white-tops" he was serving as a cook on one of the boats of the United Fruit Steamship. On different trips to the U.S. the father first brought over another son, William, as sub-chef, and then Johnny.
William Dooley was the first of the Dooley family to enter vaudeville, although Johnny wasn't long in following. For a time Johnny saw stage services with medicine shows and circuses. His early experience was both varied and eventful.
In vaudeville he did a single, worked with his brothers, Bill and Gordon, and formed a double with Yvette Rugel whom he married. They were later divorced. He had been a comic with Winter Garden shows, Ziegfeld's "Follies," "Girl in the Spotlight," "Listen Lester," "Keep Kool" and "Vanities."
Dooley had married three times. His first wife was Florence Harris, his second Miss Rugel and his third, Maria Fruscella, known professionally as Constance Madison, whom he married in 1924. Miss Madison had worked in several of the former Dooley acts. When not playing stage dates the Dooleys lived in their own home at Ardsley, New York.
At his bedside when he died were his mother, Mrs. Mary Dool; his sister, Ray Dooley, and his wife.
William Dooley died several years ago while playing vaudeville dates. Body was shipped to Bywood, Pa., suburb of Philadelphia, where his mother lives, for interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery at Bywood.
Johnny Dooley, 41, comedian, died June 7 in the Homeopathic Hospital, Yonkers, of intestinal trouble. He had recently been operated upon for appendicitis. The comedian left "Vanities" on tour to enter the Yonkers hospital.
Dooley's real name was John D. Dool and he was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Johnny's father had been a circus clown. When Dool, Sr., wasn't with the "white-tops" he was serving as a cook on one of the boats of the United Fruit Steamship. On different trips to the U.S. the father first brought over another son, William, as sub-chef, and then Johnny.
William Dooley was the first of the Dooley family to enter vaudeville, although Johnny wasn't long in following. For a time Johnny saw stage services with medicine shows and circuses. His early experience was both varied and eventful.
In vaudeville he did a single, worked with his brothers, Bill and Gordon, and formed a double with Yvette Rugel whom he married. They were later divorced. He had been a comic with Winter Garden shows, Ziegfeld's "Follies," "Girl in the Spotlight," "Listen Lester," "Keep Kool" and "Vanities."
Dooley had married three times. His first wife was Florence Harris, his second Miss Rugel and his third, Maria Fruscella, known professionally as Constance Madison, whom he married in 1924. Miss Madison had worked in several of the former Dooley acts. When not playing stage dates the Dooleys lived in their own home at Ardsley, New York.
At his bedside when he died were his mother, Mrs. Mary Dool; his sister, Ray Dooley, and his wife.
William Dooley died several years ago while playing vaudeville dates. Body was shipped to Bywood, Pa., suburb of Philadelphia, where his mother lives, for interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery at Bywood.
