Wheeler & Woolsey were an American vaudeville comedy double act who performed together in comedy films from the late 1920s. The team comprised Bert Wheeler (1895–1968) of New Jersey and Robert Woolsey (1888–1938) of Illinois.
Wheeler & Woolsey
Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee, in Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
Wheeler & Woolsey's The Rainmakers showing at the Liberty Theater in New Orleans, 1935.
On Again-Off Again lobby card
A double act is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities. Pairings are typically long-term, in some cases for the artists' entire careers. Double acts perform on the stage, television and film.
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