Isaac Stanford Jolley (October 24, 1900 â€" December 7, 1978) was an
American character actor of film and television, primarily in western
roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains. Recognized by
his slight build, narrow face, and pencil-thin moustache, Jolley
appeared some five hundred times on the large or small screen.Isaac
Stanford Jolley was born in a circus trailer in Elizabeth, New Jersey,
while the circus owned by his father had a three-day stop there.
Jolley toured as a child with his father's traveling circus and worked
in vaudeville. He was a student of the Edward Clark Academy
Theater.Jolley first performed on Broadway in 1924 opposite Charles
Trowbridge in Sweet Seventeen.Jolley worked in radio until he
performed his first uncredited part in the 1935 Bette Davis film,
Front Page Woman. He appeared in twenty-five films for Republic
Pictures between 1936 and 1954, but he was never under contract to the
studio. According to his wife, he never earned more than $100 on any
of his multiple film appearances.
American character actor of film and television, primarily in western
roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains. Recognized by
his slight build, narrow face, and pencil-thin moustache, Jolley
appeared some five hundred times on the large or small screen.Isaac
Stanford Jolley was born in a circus trailer in Elizabeth, New Jersey,
while the circus owned by his father had a three-day stop there.
Jolley toured as a child with his father's traveling circus and worked
in vaudeville. He was a student of the Edward Clark Academy
Theater.Jolley first performed on Broadway in 1924 opposite Charles
Trowbridge in Sweet Seventeen.Jolley worked in radio until he
performed his first uncredited part in the 1935 Bette Davis film,
Front Page Woman. He appeared in twenty-five films for Republic
Pictures between 1936 and 1954, but he was never under contract to the
studio. According to his wife, he never earned more than $100 on any
of his multiple film appearances.
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