Robert Woolsey

Robert Rollie Woolsey (August 14, 1888 – October 31, 1938) was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey.

Birth and Death Data: Born Oakland (city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States), Died October 31, 1938 (Malibu (city in Los Angeles County, California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934

Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-83268 10-in. 6/11/1934 Seeing the World's Fair Wheeler and Woolsey Male vocal duet, with comic dialogue speaker  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Woolsey, Robert," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105834.

Woolsey, Robert. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105834.

"Woolsey, Robert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105834

External Sources

Wikipedia: Robert Woolsey

IMDb: Robert Woolsey

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Woolsey, Robert, 1888-1938 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88051326

Wikidata: Robert Woolsey - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q326679

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54954043

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/241817 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/241817

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