Gus Pixley (1873 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the

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. He appeared in

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, and

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sy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Stanley. They toured widely with Emerson's Minstrels in the United States and Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. Pixley was on Broadway and toured America in

Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, Cello, cellist and conducting, conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and co ...

's musical Babes In Toyland as the character "Inspector Marmaduke." Pixley appeared in more than 130 films between 1910 and 1921. He died in

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, on June 2, 1923, at age 49.

Partial filmography

* ''

For His Son ''For His Son'' is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Charles Hill Mailes, Charles West and Blanche Sweet. A young man becomes addicted to the secret ingredient in the soft drink invented by his fa ...

'' (1912 short) (uncredited) * '' The Transformation of Mike'' (1912 short) * '' So Near, Yet So Far'' (1912 short) * '' At Coney Island'' (1912 short) * '' Brutality'' (1912 short) * '' My Hero'' (1912 short) (unconfirmed) * '' The Water Nymph (1912)'' * '' The Mothering Heart'' (1913 short) (uncredited) * ''

Almost a Wild Man ''Almost a Wild Man'' is a 1913 Canadian silent short black and white film directed by Dell Henderson, written by William Beaudine and starring Dorothy Gish. Cast * Charles Murray as McDoo * Gus Pixley as The Wild Man * Edward Dillon as Rool ...

'' (1913) * '' Lord Chumley'' (1914 short) * '' The Girl from Porcupine'' (1921)

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* * 1873 births 1923 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors American male stage actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub