Pat Rooney Jr.(1909-1979)

Pat Rooney, Jr. was the son of Broadway's dance legend Pat Rooney. The elder Rooney's signature act was a tap routine set to the song hit "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady". Rooney trained his son Percy (nicknamed Pat Jr., although he was really Pat III), and father and son danced in vaudeville and films. In 1935, Rooney and son toured in vaudeville with violinist-comedian Herman Timberg and his son. The Timberg and Rooney kids hit it off, and formed their own vaudeville act. They were signed by Educational Pictures for 10 musical-comedy short subjects. Herman Timberg, Jr. quit the series in 1937 to produce stage revues, and later became a character actor as Tim Herbert. Rooney retired to a New Hampshire farm in 1940.