Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| 'Frisco' |
Patrick
Rooney Jr. |
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Son of the silent screen actor Pat Rooney and
Marion Bent. Pat "Frisco" Rooney said himself to be
the first "Jazz dancer" (actually Joe Frisco inaccurately
claimed it before Rooney.) He helped create the the Waltz
Clog with his father which was basically a tap
dance routine done to waltz time that became a fad in the
early 1900's.
Rooney was a vaudeville performer who performed
with his father Pat Rooney Sr. in Vaudeville in the 1920's at
the Palace Theater. Joined the Army and was Honorably discharged
in 1945. Pat Jr. and his son Pat III were introduced by Bob Hope
in August 3, 1933 at the Capitol Theatre, were they did a few
numbers together.
Later in life he owned and operated a restaurant
called 'The Dog House' in Bradford N.H. along with his wife as
well as being a member of the Lake Sunapee Country Club.
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