Dooley Wilson
American actor and musician (1886-1953) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 67
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme song "As Time Goes By".
Dooley Wilson is read about 158 times a day, in 23 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Close ties
Cecil Kellaway Also in Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
Humphrey Bogart Also in Casablanca and Knock on Any Door
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Produced Cairo (1942)
Michael Curtiz Directed Casablanca (1947)
Nicholas Ray Directed Knock on Any Door (1949)
Fred MacMurray Also in Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Casablanca (1943)
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Cairo (1942)
Mitchell Leisen Directed Take a Letter, Darling (1942)- Charles Barton Directed Free for All (1949)
Edwin L. Marin Directed Two Tickets to London (1943)
Sidney Lanfield Directed My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Tim Whelan Directed Higher and Higher (1943)
Andrew L. Stone Directed Stormy Weather (1943)- Frank Butler Directed My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Lewis R. Foster Directed Passage West (1951)
Gino Corrado Also in Casablanca and Take a Letter, Darling- Robert Lord Produced Knock on Any Door (1949)
Jean Del Val Also in Casablanca and Take a Letter, Darling
Sol C. Siegel Produced Night in New Orleans (1942)
Stanley Logan Also in Higher and Higher (1943)
William Haade Also in Knock on Any Door (1949)
William Clemens Directed Night in New Orleans (1942)
Samuel G. Engel Produced Come to the Stable (1950)
Media & music
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Wilson starring in the Federal Theatre Project production of The Show-Off (1937)
Wilson as Fat Joe in the Federal Theatre Project revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Long Voyage Home, comprised in the production One-Act Plays of the Sea (1937)
Wilson as Androcles in the Federal Theatre Project production of Androcles and the Lion (1938)
Margaret Douglass, Wilson, and Joan McCracken in the Broadway musical Bloomer Girl (1944)About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1953 · aged 67
