Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. (February , - July , ), known professionally as
Eddie Foy Jr., was an American stage, film, and television actor.Edwin
Fitzgerald Jr. was born on February , , in New Rochelle, New York, the
son of vaudevillian Eddie Foy and his third wife, Madeline Morando. He
was one of the "Seven Little Foys" immortalized in the film of the
same name. Of the seven, he had the longest performing career, and the
only one in movies (though six Foys appeared in two short films
directed by his elder brother Bryan Foy).He made his Broadway debut in
Florenz Ziegfeld's extravaganza Show Girl alongside Ruby Keeler and
Jimmy Durante. He also appeared in At Home Abroad, The Cat and the
Fiddle, The Red Mill, The Pajama Game, Donnybrook!, and Rumple (), for
which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor in a
Musical.Throughout the s and s, Foy appeared in dozens of B movies. He
closely resembled his father, and portrayed him in four feature films:
Frontier Marshal (), Lillian Russell (), Yankee Doodle Dandy (), and
Wilson (), and again in a telefilm about the family's early days in
vaudeville. Additional film credits include The Farmer Takes a Wife,
The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, and Gidget Goes Hawaiian.
Eddie Foy Jr., was an American stage, film, and television actor.Edwin
Fitzgerald Jr. was born on February , , in New Rochelle, New York, the
son of vaudevillian Eddie Foy and his third wife, Madeline Morando. He
was one of the "Seven Little Foys" immortalized in the film of the
same name. Of the seven, he had the longest performing career, and the
only one in movies (though six Foys appeared in two short films
directed by his elder brother Bryan Foy).He made his Broadway debut in
Florenz Ziegfeld's extravaganza Show Girl alongside Ruby Keeler and
Jimmy Durante. He also appeared in At Home Abroad, The Cat and the
Fiddle, The Red Mill, The Pajama Game, Donnybrook!, and Rumple (), for
which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor in a
Musical.Throughout the s and s, Foy appeared in dozens of B movies. He
closely resembled his father, and portrayed him in four feature films:
Frontier Marshal (), Lillian Russell (), Yankee Doodle Dandy (), and
Wilson (), and again in a telefilm about the family's early days in
vaudeville. Additional film credits include The Farmer Takes a Wife,
The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, and Gidget Goes Hawaiian.
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