Wally Vernon
Walter J. Vernon was an American comic and character actor and dancer.
Early life
Vernon was born in New York City in 1905. He was in show business from the age of three, appearing in vaudeville and stock theater; he made his first Hollywood appearance in 1937's Mountain Music.
Career
He made more than 75 films, almost always playing a Brooklynese wiseguy and/or the hero's assistant. He was a fixture in Twentieth Century Fox features of the late 1930s and early 1940s; Vernon is seen as an eccentric dancer in Fox's Alexander's Ragtime Band, where he appears as himself.
File:The Man from the Rio Grande 1.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Don "Red" Barry and Wally Vernon in The Man from the [Rio Grande (1943 film)|The Man from the Rio Grande]
Vernon freelanced at other studios after leaving Fox. He became the sidekick to cowboy star Don "Red" Barry at Republic Pictures, and when Barry began producing his own features in 1949, he remembered Vernon and brought him back as his sidekick.
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) trailer.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Trailer for Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) ]
In 1948 Columbia Pictures producer Jules White paired Vernon with Eddie Quillan, another comedian with a vaudeville background. White emphasized physical comedy in films, and Vernon and Quillan indulged in pratfalling, head-banging, kick-in-the-pants slapstick. The Vernon & Quillan comedies were favorites of White, who kept making them through 1956.
In 1961, he appeared as a bartender in the TV Western series Bat Masterson.
Death
On March 7, 1970, Vernon died in an ambulance shortly after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Hollywood, California. He was buried in Hollywood Hills at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Films
Mountain Music - Odette PottaYou Can't Have Everything - JerryThis Way Please - BumpsSubmarine D-1 - Sailor Happy Landing - Al MahoneyKentucky Moonshine - Gus BryceAlexander's Ragtime Band - Wally VernonMeet the Girls - Delbert JonesSharpshooters - WaldoTail Spin - ChickBroadway Serenade - Joey - the JinxChasing Danger - Waldo Winkle The Gorilla - SeamanCharlie Chan at Treasure Island - Elmer KelnerSailor's Lady - GooferMargie - AlSandy Gets Her Man - Fireman BagshawReveille with Beverly - Stomp McCoyHit Parade of 1943 - Vaudeville Actor Tahiti Honey - MaxieGet Going - Comic BitFugitive from Sonora - Jack Pot MurphyThumbs Up - Comedy Trio Member Black Hills Express - Deputy DeadeyeA Scream in the Dark - KlouskyThe Man from the Rio Grande - Jimpson SimpsonHere Comes Elmer - WallyCanyon City - Beauty BradshawPistol Packin' Mama - The JokerCalifornia Joe - Tumbleweed SmithOutlaws of Santa Fe - Buckshot PetersCall of the South Seas - HandsomeSilent Partner - Room Service WaiterSilver City Kid - Wildcat HiggensStagecoach to Monterey - Throckmorton 'Other-Hand' SnodgrassJoe Palooka in Fighting Mad - Archie StoneKing of the Gamblers - Mike BurnsBehind Locked Doors - Maintenance Man Joe Palooka in Winner Take All - Taxi DriverHe Walked by Night - Postman The Lucky Stiff - Card Player Square Dance Jubilee - Seldom Sam JenksAlways Leave Them Laughing - Wally Vernon - ComicBeauty on Parade - Sam ShortI Shot Billy the Kid - VicenteGunfire - ClemTrain to Tombstone - Clifton GulliverBorder Rangers - Hungry HicksHoliday Rhythm - KlaxonWhat Price Glory? - LipinskyBloodhounds of Broadway - Harry 'Poorly' SammisAffair with a Stranger - Joe, Taxi DriverFury at Gunsight Pass - Okay, Okay aka Johnny OakesThe White Squaw - Faro BillWhat a Way to Go! - Agent