Joseph George McParlane (also spelled McFarlane and McPharlane; 13 August 1885 – 29 May 1967), known as Joe Valli, was a Scottish-Australian actor who worked in

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

and films. He had a long-running vaudeville partnership with

Pat Hanna George Patrick "Pat" Hanna (born 18 March 1888 in Whitianga, New Zealand – 24 October 1973 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England) was a New Zealand-born film producer, he was a soldier of the First World War who entertained post-war audience ...

as "Chic and Joe". Valli was born in Glasgow, the son of engineer Joseph McParlane and Agnes Gill. He worked as an builder and engineer before working in entertainment. He died in

Waterloo, New South Wales Waterloo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Waterloo is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. Waterloo is sur ...

, of myocardial degeneration .

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1931) * ''

Waltzing Matilda "Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a bush ballad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) ...

'' (1933) * '' Diggers in Blighty'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' The Flying Doctor'' (1936) * '' Orphan of the Wilderness'' (1936) * '' Tall Timbers'' (1937) * '' Let George Do It'' (1938) * '' Typhoon Treasure'' (1938) * ''

Dad Rudd, MP ''Dad Rudd, M.P.'' is a 1940 comedy that was the last of four films made by Ken G. Hall starring Bert Bailey as Dad Rudd. It was the last feature film directed by Hall prior to the war and the last made by Cinesound Productions, Bert Bailey and ...

'' (1940) * '' Forty Thousand Horsemen'' (1940) * '' Racing Luck'' (1941) * ''

The Power and the Glory ''The Power and the Glory'' is a 1940 novel by British author Graham Greene. The title is an allusion to the doxology often recited at the end of the Lord's Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen." ...

'' (1941) * '' The Rats of Tobruk'' (1944) * '' Harvest Gold'' (1945) * '' Smithy'' (1946)

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* 1880s births 1967 deaths Male actors from Glasgow Scottish emigrants to Australia Australian male film actors Vaudeville performers {{Australia-actor-stub