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Frank Van Straten. Tivoli (2003).
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Born: Established: 1895 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1957 Edinburgh,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
Departed from Australia: 1939
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BiographyHistory

Comedian, writer, songwriter, producer/director, troupe proprietor.

Often billed as 'the man in red' during his early career and as 'the man with the silver stick, from 1921, Billy Maloney was a juvenile actor with William Anderson’s Pantomime Company before turning to vaudeville as a comedian in 1913. He appeared frequently on the Tivoli circuit and spent 1920-22 in Brisbane with John N. McCallum's Town Topics (revived by Maloney and Elton Black, 1923-24). He later toured Billy Maloney’s Scandals, and was associated with Frank Neil, Joe Lawman, George Wallace and Graham Mitchell among others. Maloney moved to the UK in 1939, appearing on television, producing revues and later running a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Entries connected with this record have been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian popular theatre being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.

  • ORIGINAL SONGS:

    • 'Rachel Rachel Don't Be Ungrateful' (1920).

  • Not to be confused with William 'Billy' Moloney (1901-1978), author of Memoirs of an Abominible Showman (1968).

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