Wally Vernon (May 27, 1905 â€" March 7, 1970) was an American comic
and character actor and dancer.Vernon was born in New York City in
1905. He was in show business from the age of three, appearing in
vaudeville and stock theater; he made his first Hollywood appearance
in 1937's Mountain Music.He made more than 75 films altogether, almost
always playing a Brooklynese wiseguy and/or the hero's assistant. He
was a fixture in Twentieth Century Fox features of the late 1930s and
early 1940s; Vernon's considerable skill as an eccentric dancer is
most fully seen in Fox's Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), where he
appears as himself.Vernon freelanced at other studios after leaving
Fox. He became the unlikely sidekick to cowboy star Don "Red" Barry at
Republic Pictures, and when Barry began producing his own features in
1949, he remembered Vernon and brought him back as his sidekick.
and character actor and dancer.Vernon was born in New York City in
1905. He was in show business from the age of three, appearing in
vaudeville and stock theater; he made his first Hollywood appearance
in 1937's Mountain Music.He made more than 75 films altogether, almost
always playing a Brooklynese wiseguy and/or the hero's assistant. He
was a fixture in Twentieth Century Fox features of the late 1930s and
early 1940s; Vernon's considerable skill as an eccentric dancer is
most fully seen in Fox's Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), where he
appears as himself.Vernon freelanced at other studios after leaving
Fox. He became the unlikely sidekick to cowboy star Don "Red" Barry at
Republic Pictures, and when Barry began producing his own features in
1949, he remembered Vernon and brought him back as his sidekick.
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