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Johnny Boyle(1887-1956)

  • Actor
  • Choreography
  • Music Department
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Johnny Boyle was born on 27 December 1887 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Minstrel Man (1944) and The Naughty Nineties (1945). He died on 31 January 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornDecember 27, 1887
DiedJanuary 31, 1956(68)
BornDecember 27, 1887
DiedJanuary 31, 1956(68)
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Known for

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.6
  • Additional Crew(as John Boyle)
  • 1942
Alan Dinehart, Judy Clark, Jerome Cowan, Benny Fields, Gladys George, Roscoe Karns, and Lee 'Lasses' White in Minstrel Man (1944)
Minstrel Man
4.7
  • Johnny Boyle(uncredited)
  • 1944
Bud Abbott, Lois Collier, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Joe Sawyer, and Henry Travers in The Naughty Nineties (1945)
The Naughty Nineties
7.0
  • Music Department(as John Boyle)
  • 1945
Gypsy Sweetheart (1935)
Gypsy Sweetheart
5.9
Short
  • Choreography(as John Boyle)
  • 1935

Credits

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Actor

  • Alan Dinehart, Judy Clark, Jerome Cowan, Benny Fields, Gladys George, Roscoe Karns, and Lee 'Lasses' White in Minstrel Man (1944)
    Minstrel Man
    4.7
    • Johnny Boyle (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • James Cagney and Evelyn Daw in Something to Sing About (1937)
    Something to Sing About
    6.2
    • Dancer in 'Deck Number' (as John Boyle)
    • 1937
  • Phil Harris and Leah Ray in Double or Nothing (1936)
    Double or Nothing
    5.9
    Short
    • 1936
  • Carole Lombard, Roger Pryor, and May Robson in Lady by Choice (1934)
    Lady by Choice
    6.5
    • Walsh (as John Boyle)
    • 1934
  • Hello, Good Times!
    Short
    • 1932

Choreography

  • Turhan Bey, Susanna Foster, Maria Montez, and Jack Oakie in Bowery to Broadway (1944)
    Bowery to Broadway
    7.0
    • choreographer (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Alan Dinehart, Judy Clark, Jerome Cowan, Benny Fields, Gladys George, Roscoe Karns, and Lee 'Lasses' White in Minstrel Man (1944)
    Minstrel Man
    4.7
    • dance director
    • 1944
  • Hugh Herbert, Constance Moore, and Dennis O'Keefe in La Conga Nights (1940)
    La Conga Nights
    6.2
    • dance director (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Jack of All Trades (1936)
    Jack of All Trades
    6.0
    • dance arranger
    • 1936
  • Gypsy Sweetheart (1935)
    Gypsy Sweetheart
    5.9
    Short
    • dances by (as John Boyle)
    • 1935

Music Department

  • Bud Abbott, Lois Collier, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Joe Sawyer, and Henry Travers in The Naughty Nineties (1945)
    The Naughty Nineties
    7.0
    • stager: musical numbers (as John Boyle)
    • 1945

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • John Boyle
  • Born
    • December 27, 1887
    • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • January 31, 1956
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Children
    • Jack Boyle
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Did you know

  • Trivia
    The great dances that Jimmy Cagney does in many of his pictures--among them, Yankee Doodle Dandy and the table dance in The Seven Little Foys--were all choreographed by Johnny Boyle, a man who Cagney idolized when Cagney was still in vaudeville.

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