Joe Bennett (1889 - August 31, 1967) was an American vaudeville
eccentric dancer.
Harland Dixon described him as "
avinglegs of iron ... He only had a few routines but they were gifts from heaven - the greatest comedy dancer I ever saw."
Biography
He was born in 1889 in Charleston, South Carolina. He started his dancing career with the William S. West Minstrels. He debuted in vaudeville in 1917 at the Colonial Theatre in an act with Edward Richards. The two were said to have "walked away with the entire show". The two were headliners at the Palace Theatre within the next year. Bennett performed in the 1937 movie,
Something to Sing About, alongside
James Cagney
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.
[''Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville'', publisher: ''Rowman & Littlefield Publishers'', published: 2023, url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Vaudeville/Y_XDEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joe+Bennett+vaudeville+dancer&pg=PA60&printsec=frontcover] He died on August 31, 1967 at Our Lady of Consolation in
Amityville, New York
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, at age 78.
References
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1889 births
1967 deaths
Eccentric dancers