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Stage Name

Birth Name

Joe "Frisco" Rooney

Louis Wilson Joseph
    Joe Frisco was a stuttering comic who used a cigar and derby in his act. Joe Frisco also appeared in a few movies.     The "Frisco" was also a well received Jazz dance during the 1920's and was honored by having a dance named after him called "Do The Frisco" or just plain "The Frisco."     He is also SELF credited as being the first "Jazz dancer" of the 1920's which is not correct as there were many "Jazz dancers" before him. His Jazz dance consisted of only a Shuffle and Grind step.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
Milan, IL 11/4/1889 - 2/12/1958 n/a n/a
                       
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
The Frisco       1916 - Kitchen Stove Rag
Jazz Dance       Do The Frisco
                 
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage
n/a Earl Carroll Theater (1928) 1928 - Earl Carroll's Vanities
                 
 

Films

Television

Publications
1930 - The Song Plugger (Vitaphone) n/a $ Joe Frisco: Jazz Dancer
1930 - The Hottentots            
1930 - The Border Patrol            
1930 - The Benefit            
1931 - The Gorilla            
1933 - Mr. Broadway (himself)            
1938 - Western Jamboree (Frisco)            
1940 - Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride            
1944 - Atlantic City            
1945 - Shady Lady            
1946 - That's My Man            
$ 1950 - Riding High (himself)            
$ 1957 - Sweet Smell of Success [ DVD]            
NOTE:
January 11, 2010
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