Gus Pixley
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Gus Pixley (1873 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor, singer, and comedian who worked across theatre, vaudeville, burlesque, and silent film throughout a career spanning several decades.
Early in his career, Pixley performed in minstrelsy alongside Burton Stanley, who was billed as America's greatest female impersonator. Together they toured extensively with Emerson's Minstrels, traveling throughout the United States and Australia during the 1880s and 1890s.
Pixley established a presence on Broadway as early as 1894 and later appeared in Victor Herbert's musical Babes in Toyland, playing the character Inspector Marmaduke. That production also toured across America. His Broadway credits additionally include The Passing Show of 1912.
Alongside his stage work, Pixley pursued a substantial career in silent film. Between 1910 and 1921 he appeared in more than 130 films, among them For His Son (1912), The Transformation of Mike (1912), So Near, Yet So Far (1912), At Coney Island (1912), Brutality (1912), The Water Nymph (1912), The Mothering Heart (1913), Almost a Wild Man (1913), Lord Chumley (1914), and The Girl from Porcupine (1921).
Pixley died on June 2, 1923, in Saranac Lake, New York, at the age of 49.
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