Sandy Burns was a comedian. He toured on the
T.O.B.A. Theatre Owners Booking Association, or T.O.B.A., was the vaudeville circuit for African American performers in the 1920s. The theaters mostly had white owners, though there were exceptions, including the recently restored Morton Theater in Athens, ...
circuit.
Burns led the Sandy Burns Stock Company. He was married to fellow performer Gretchen Burns.
He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and grew up in
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas. The population was 45,941 as of the 2020 census. It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area. Huntsville is in the East Texas Piney Woods on Interstate 45 and home to ...
.
He performed with
Ferdinand “Jelly-Roll” Morton. He performed with Sam “Bill” Russell.
[
Quintart Miller met his future performing partner Marcus Slayter when both were part of the Burns’ stock company.
]
Shows
*The Hunter Hors (1919)
*Hello Sue (1921)
*Hot Rhythm (1932)
Filmography
* His Great Chance (1923)
References
American male comedians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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