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Birthday: Apr 03, 1894
Place of Birth: Tyler, Texas, USA

Dooley Wilson

Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered as Sam in the 1942 film, Casablanca; in the film, he also performed its theme song, "As Time Goes By". Wilson was a drummer and singer who led his own band in the 1920s, touring nightclubs in London and Paris. In the 1930s he took up acting, playing supporting roles onstage on Broadway and in a series of modest films.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Casablanca Sam 1943
Cairo Hector 1942
Higher and Higher Oscar 1943
Stormy Weather Gabe Tucker 1943
My Favorite Blonde Porter 1942
Seven Days Ashore Jason 1944
Take a Letter, Darling Moses 1942
Come to the Stable Anthony James 1949
Night in New Orleans Shadrach Jones 1942
Knock on Any Door Piano Player (uncredited) 1949
Two Tickets to London Accordionist 1943
Racing Luck Abe 1948
Passage West Rainbow 1951
Free For All Aristotle 1949
Father Is a Bachelor Blue (uncredited) 1950
Keep Punching Baron Skinner (as Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson) 1939
No Man of Her Own Waiter on Train (uncredited) 1950
Bogart: The Untold Story Self (archive footage) 1997
Tell It to the Judge Pullman Porter (uncredited) 1949
Series Cast Year
My Favorite

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