Jeff D’Angelis was born in San Francisco, Cal., about 1859.
John T. Keegan made his first appearance at Hyde and Behman’s Theatre in Brooklyn about thirty years ago, and immediately jumped into the front ranks of song and dance performers; his first partner was Connie Lynch, with whom he did a white-face song and dance; he remained with Lynch about two years. Subsequently with Jack Sheehan, Tom Haley and Harry Talbott, they formed the Four in Hand.
Mr. Keegan was with Leon and Cushman’s combination, Thatcher, Primrose and West, and McNish, Johnson and Slavin’s Minstrels.
In August, 1884, with his partner, Billy Wilson, and Hooley and Thompson, he did a “Four” act with Charley Reed’s Standard Minstrels in San Francisco.
John T. Keegan was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., September 27, 1859, where he died June 1, 1902.
Jerry Cunningham (Isaac Depew), made his first appearance in Albany, N. Y., doing a dancing turn; this was in 1869; on this auspicious occasion Jerry picked up $18.00 which was thrown to him on the stage; but remember that was 1869; in 1909, he would have had to split 50-50 with the manager, besides “greasing” sundry other officials.
His first minstrel engagement was with Smith and Brown’s—sounds like a job in a hardware store to me, but Jerry says this actually happened in 1872. Variety engagements single and with Billy O’Day followed until 1879, when he decided to do an old darky turn, imitating Harry Woodson; incidentally Mr. Cunningham could not have selected a better pattern to follow.
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| GEO. THATCHER | GEO. EVANS |
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| JIMMY MACKIN | JOHN DALY |
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| GEO. H. PRIMROSE | GEO. WILSON |
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In 1882 he joined Billy Baker in Kansas City, doing a black-face act; this partnership lasted until 1885.
Mr. Cunningham played character parts in “Oliver Twist,” “Streets of New York,” “Ticket of Leave Man” and other plays.