Paddy McGuire (né McQuire, 1884 - November 16, 1923) was an Irish actor and comedian.
Biography
Paddy McQuire was born in Ireland in 1884
or 1885.
A
burlesque comedian with a rubber face, McQuire was a regular supporting player in the films of
Charlie Chaplin at the
Essanay studio, and he joined Essanay alumnus
Ben Turpin
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at the Vogue company in 1916. Vogue starred or co-starred him in two-reel comedies, first billing him as "Paddy McQuire" and then "Paddy McGuire." In 1917 he joined the
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
comedy company, under the direction of future comedy star
Charley Chase
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. By 1920 McGuire was with the
Al Christie studio.
[''Exhibitors Herald'', Feb. 7, 1920, p. 87.]
Paddy McGuire died on November 16, 1923 in
Norwalk, California
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Founded in the late 19th century, Nor ...
,
[ supposedly of insanity and/or paralysis as a result of syphilis.]
Partial filmography
*'' The Champion'' (1915)
*''A Jitney Elopement
''A Jitney Elopement'' was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Purviance wanting Chaplin to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had pla ...
'' (1915)
*''The Tramp
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'' (1915)
*'' By the Sea'' (1915)
*''Work
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** Manual labour, physical work done by humans
** House work, housework, or homemaking
** Working animal, an animal t ...
'' (1915)
*'' The Bank'' (1915)
*''Shanghaied
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*Shanghaiing, or forced conscription
* ''Shanghaied'' (1915 film), a film starring Charlie Chaplin
* ''Shanghaied'' (1927 film), a 1927 American silent film
* ''Shanghaied'' (1934 film), an animated short film starring Mi ...
'' (1915)
*'' A Night in the Show'' (1915)
*''Police
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'' (1916)
*''A Broadway Cowboy
''A Broadway Cowboy'' is a 1920 American silent Western comedy film directed by Joseph Franz and starring William Desmond. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Betty Jordan (Francisco), daughter of a M ...
'' (1920)
References
External links
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1880s births
1923 deaths
20th-century Irish male actors
Irish expatriate male actors in the United States
Irish male silent film actors
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