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Irving Foy(1908-2003)

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  • Actor
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Irving Foy was born on 26 August 1908 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951), A Favorite Fool (1915) and Mutual Weekly, No. 51 (1915). He was married to Sylvia J. Leese. He died on 20 April 2003 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
BornAugust 26, 1908
DiedApril 20, 2003(94)
BornAugust 26, 1908
DiedApril 20, 2003(94)
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So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)
So You Want to Buy a Used Car
7.3
Short
  • Writer
  • 1951
A Favorite Fool
Short
  • One of the Widow's Children(as Seven Little Foys)
  • 1915
Mutual Weekly, No. 51
Short
  • Self(as The Seven Little Foys)
  • 1915
Popular Players Off the Stage
Short
  • Self(as the Seven Little Foys)
  • 1913

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Writer



  • So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)
    So You Want to Buy a Used Car
    7.3
    Short
    • original idea
    • 1951
  • Judy Canova in Scatterbrain (1940)
    Scatterbrain
    6.8
    • special material (uncredited)
    • 1940

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  • A Favorite Fool
    Short
    • One of the Widow's Children (as Seven Little Foys)
    • 1915

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  • Alternative names
    • Seven Little Foys
  • Born
    • August 26, 1908
    • New Rochelle, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 20, 2003
    • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA(complications from a fall)
  • Spouse
    • Sylvia J. Leese? - 1983 (her death, 4 children)
  • Relatives
      Madeline Foy(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal

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    Was the youngest of the "Seven Little Foys" of vaudeville fame, which included Irving's brothers Bryan Foy, Eddie Foy Jr., Charley Foy, Richard Foy and sisters Madeline Foy and Mary Foy. All (except Bryan) can be seen in the Vitaphone short Chips of the Old Block (1928).

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