Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
9
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 31, 1891 ( 43 years old )
Place of Birth
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
James Harold "Hal" Skelley
James Harold Skelley
Hal Skelly
Dancer Hal Skelly was born in Pennsylvania in 1891. He left home at 15 to join a circus, at 17 went into comedy, toured with light opera in China and Japan, joined after that Dockstader's Minstrels, made his Broadway debut in 1918 in "Fiddlers Three." His biggest success was the Broadway play, "Burlesque," in which he played opposite future movie star Barbara Stanwyck. He also starred in the film version of it, "The Dance of Life." He died in 1934, when his friend's car, in which he was traveling, was hit by a train on a crossing.
Known For
Galas de la Paramount
1930-07-31The Dance of Life
1929-08-16Men Are Like That
1930-03-22Woman Trap
1929-09-28Behind the Make-Up
1930-01-18The Struggle
1931-12-10The Dancing Town
1928-10-26The Shadow Laughs
1933-03-26Hotel Variety
1933-01-07