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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