Emmett Lynn (February 14, 1897 â€" October 20, 1958) was an American
actor of the stage and screen.When he was nine years old, Lynn became
a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. From that beginning he moved to
performing in a children's revue. Gus Edwards spotted Lynn and put him
in a production of Edwards' School Days. Lynn served in the Army
during World War I.An eccentric character comedian in vaudeville, he
later produced travelling road companies known variously as the
Novelty Players, the Emmett Lynn Musical Comedy Company and the Emmett
Lynn Players, of which he was its star comedian and usually billed as
"Emmett 'Pap' Lynn; his troupes flourished in the 1920s and early
1930s. By 1935, he was just one of the comedians in a travellng
musical revue called The Passing Show.
actor of the stage and screen.When he was nine years old, Lynn became
a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. From that beginning he moved to
performing in a children's revue. Gus Edwards spotted Lynn and put him
in a production of Edwards' School Days. Lynn served in the Army
during World War I.An eccentric character comedian in vaudeville, he
later produced travelling road companies known variously as the
Novelty Players, the Emmett Lynn Musical Comedy Company and the Emmett
Lynn Players, of which he was its star comedian and usually billed as
"Emmett 'Pap' Lynn; his troupes flourished in the 1920s and early
1930s. By 1935, he was just one of the comedians in a travellng
musical revue called The Passing Show.
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