Eddie Foy: Eddie Foy. Actor: A Favorite Fool. American stage actor, musical comedy star, and vaudevillian who was a legendary figure of his time and who fathered a family of performers who went on to notable careers in motion pictures. Born Edward Fitzgerald at 23 8th Avenue in New York City, March 9, 1856, to an Irish-immigrant tailor, Richard Fitzgerald, and his wife Mary, Eddie moved to Chicago with his family after...
Known For: A Favorite Fool (The Tramp), Mutual Weekly, No. 51 (Self), Actors' Fund Field Day (Self), Popular Players Off the Stage (Self)