Byron Kay Foulger (August 27, 1899â€"April 4, 1970) was an American
film character actor.Foulger was born in Ogden, Utah. He attended the
University of Utah and started acting through his participation in
community theatre. Foulger was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints.He made his Broadway debut in March 1920 in a
production of Medea featuring Moroni Olsen, and performed in four more
productions with Olsen on the Great White Way, back-to-back, ending in
April 1922. He then toured with Olsen's stock company, and ended up at
the Pasadena Playhouse, where he both acted and directed.Foulger made
his first three films in 1932 and 1936, with small roles in Night
World (1932), The Little Minister, and The President's Mystery, the
latter based on a story by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His film career
did not start in earnest, though, until 1937, after he performed
opposite Mae West in a racy "Adam and Eve" sketch on the Edgar
Bergen-Charlie McCarthy network radio program, which resulted in West
being banned from the airwaves almost immediately. Foulger played the
voice of the serpent. From this point on, Foulger worked steadily in
motion pictures.
film character actor.Foulger was born in Ogden, Utah. He attended the
University of Utah and started acting through his participation in
community theatre. Foulger was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints.He made his Broadway debut in March 1920 in a
production of Medea featuring Moroni Olsen, and performed in four more
productions with Olsen on the Great White Way, back-to-back, ending in
April 1922. He then toured with Olsen's stock company, and ended up at
the Pasadena Playhouse, where he both acted and directed.Foulger made
his first three films in 1932 and 1936, with small roles in Night
World (1932), The Little Minister, and The President's Mystery, the
latter based on a story by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His film career
did not start in earnest, though, until 1937, after he performed
opposite Mae West in a racy "Adam and Eve" sketch on the Edgar
Bergen-Charlie McCarthy network radio program, which resulted in West
being banned from the airwaves almost immediately. Foulger played the
voice of the serpent. From this point on, Foulger worked steadily in
motion pictures.
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