Charley Foy

Charley Foy

Born: June 10, 1898
Died: August 22, 1984
in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Charley Foy...

The Seven Little Foys
Title: The Seven Little Foys
Character: Narrator
Released: September 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. - Chris Stone
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The Woman of the Town
Title: The Woman of the Town
Character: Eddie Foy Sr.
Released: December 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
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The Wagons Roll at Night
Title: The Wagons Roll at Night
Character: Snapper
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
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East of the River
Title: East of the River
Character: Customer
Released: November 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
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Mutiny in the Big House
Title: Mutiny in the Big House
Character: Convict Bitsy
Released: October 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...
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Conspiracy
Title: Conspiracy
Character: Studs
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorized message ashore as the ship approaches his war-poised homeland. Carlson is shot in cold blood when he jumps ship and Kendall, implicated in the espionage, swims ashore to avoid arrest. A woman he meets at the dock hides him in her apartment, where he learns Carlson was her brother, and they both work in a sabotage ring. Nedra is a singer at Tio's Cafe, and she approaches Tio for help when both the saboteurs and the secret police try to capture Steve.
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Character: Floogie
Released: July 8, 1939
Type: Movie
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
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Quiet, Please
Title: Quiet, Please
Character: Sammy
Released: July 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.
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Sweepstakes Winner
Title: Sweepstakes Winner
Character: 'Jinx' Donovan
Released: May 20, 1939
Type: Movie
A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
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Blackwell's Island
Title: Blackwell's Island
Character: Benny Farmer
Released: January 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
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King of the Underworld
Title: King of the Underworld
Character: Slick
Released: January 14, 1939
Type: Movie
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
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Swingtime in the Movies
Title: Swingtime in the Movies
Character: Sammy
Released: December 24, 1938
Type: Movie
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
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Out Where the Stars Begin
Title: Out Where the Stars Begin
Character: Sammy Kane
Released: May 28, 1938
Type: Movie
When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.
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Penrod and His Twin Brother
Title: Penrod and His Twin Brother
Character: Kraemer
Released: February 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
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The Daredevil Drivers
Title: The Daredevil Drivers
Character: 'Stub' Wilson
Released: February 12, 1938
Type: Movie
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.
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Midnight Intruder
Title: Midnight Intruder
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
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The Adventurous Blonde
Title: The Adventurous Blonde
Character: Dud, lead reporter
Released: November 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Wine, Women and Horses
Title: Wine, Women and Horses
Character: Broadway Willis
Released: September 11, 1937
Type: Movie
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
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Ever Since Eve
Title: Ever Since Eve
Character: 1st Monteray Tavern Bellboy (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews (Robert Montgomery), accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.
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Dance Charlie Dance
Title: Dance Charlie Dance
Character: Phil MacArthur
Released: July 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.
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Melody for Two
Title: Melody for Two
Character: Scoop Trotter
Released: May 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
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Midnight Court
Title: Midnight Court
Character: Dutch
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Fugitive in the Sky
Title: Fugitive in the Sky
Character: Steve Fanning
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
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Down the Stretch
Title: Down the Stretch
Character: Arnold Roach
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
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Hot Money
Title: Hot Money
Character: Ratto
Released: July 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
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Chips of the Old Block
Title: Chips of the Old Block
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
The Foy Family performs a vaudeville act.
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A Favorite Fool
Title: A Favorite Fool
Character: One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)
Released: November 14, 1915
Type: Movie
Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sympathizes with her and she decides to quit her place as trapeze woman in the show and get other work. She sends her brood to the poorhouse, and Foy, ignorant of her flock, makes love to her and is accepted.