Thomas Edward Rall (December , â€" October , ) was an American actor,
ballet dancer, tap dancer and acrobatic dancer who was a prominent
featured player in s musical comedies. He later became a successful
operatic tenor in the s, making appearances with the Opera Company of
Boston, the New York City Opera, and the American National Opera
Company.Rall was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Seattle.
As a child he had a crossed eye which made it hard for him to read
books, so his mother enrolled him in dancing classes. In his early
years he performed a dance and acrobatic vaudeville act in Seattle
theaters and attempted small acting roles.His family moved to Los
Angeles in the s, and Rall began to appear in small movie roles. His
first film appearance was a short MGM film called Vendetta. He began
taking tap dancing lessons and became a member of the jitterbugging
Jivin' Jacks and Jills at Universal Studios.Rall joined Donald
O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Shirley Mills in several light wartime
Andrews Sisters vehicles including Give Out, Sisters () Get Hep to
Love () Mister Big, and others. He appeared in the films The North
Star and Song of Russia ().
ballet dancer, tap dancer and acrobatic dancer who was a prominent
featured player in s musical comedies. He later became a successful
operatic tenor in the s, making appearances with the Opera Company of
Boston, the New York City Opera, and the American National Opera
Company.Rall was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Seattle.
As a child he had a crossed eye which made it hard for him to read
books, so his mother enrolled him in dancing classes. In his early
years he performed a dance and acrobatic vaudeville act in Seattle
theaters and attempted small acting roles.His family moved to Los
Angeles in the s, and Rall began to appear in small movie roles. His
first film appearance was a short MGM film called Vendetta. He began
taking tap dancing lessons and became a member of the jitterbugging
Jivin' Jacks and Jills at Universal Studios.Rall joined Donald
O'Connor, Peggy Ryan and Shirley Mills in several light wartime
Andrews Sisters vehicles including Give Out, Sisters () Get Hep to
Love () Mister Big, and others. He appeared in the films The North
Star and Song of Russia ().
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