Gus Pixley
Actor (1864-1923) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 59
Gus Pixley was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the silent era. He appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Stanley.
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SkirtsFilm
The Girl from PorcupineFilm, 1921Miller1919Her First KissFilm, Man with top hat1914Lord ChumleyFilm, Tommy Tucker1913
A Barber CureFilm, The BarberSaving Mabel's DadFilm, 1913Henry - Mabel's SuitorThe Power of the CameraFilm, 1913The SheriffThose Little FlowersFilm, 1913Ronald G. Saunders1912
A Grocery Clerk's RomanceFilm, Brown's Pal
At Coney IslandFilm, 1912The Other Rival
For His SonFilm, 1912At Soda FountainHe Must Have a WifeFilm, 1912Harry
The Water NymphFilm, 1912Effeminate Man1910The Honor of His FamilyFilm1864BornPeople around Gus
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Florence Lee Also in An Old Maid's Deception (1913)
Dell Henderson Directed An Old Maid's Deception (1913)
Edward Dillon Also in The Water Nymph (1912)
Mack Sennett Produced The Water Nymph (1912)
Ford Sterling Also in The Water Nymph (1912)
Fred Mace Also in The Water Nymph (1912)
Sylvia Ashton Also in An Old Maid's Deception (1913)- Clarence Barr Also in Almost a Wild Man (1913)
D. W. Griffith Directed So Near, Yet so Far (1912)
Mabel Normand Also in The Water Nymph (1912)
Robert Harron Also in So Near, Yet so Far and For His Son
Christy Cabanne Also in So Near, Yet so Far and For His Son
Gertrude Bambrick Also in An Old Maid's Deception (1913)
Charles Hill Mailes Also in So Near, Yet so Far and For His Son
Also in Français
Filmography 15
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
They toured widely with Emerson's Minstrels in the United States and Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. Pixley was on Broadway and toured America in Victor Herbert's musical Babes In Toyland as the character "Inspector Marmaduke." Pixley appeared in more than 130 films between 1910 and 1921. He died in Saranac Lake, New York, on June 2, 1923, at age 49.
