There were six Hanlon brothers, born to the Irish Shakespearean actor Tom Hanlon and his Welsh wife, Ellen Hughes, in England.
William was the third eldest brother of the famous acrobatic circus act The Hanlon-Lees pantomime troupe. The Hanlon-Lees and their many imitators (the Leopolds, the Craggs, the Pinauds, Mack and Dixon, and the Byrne Brothers, among others) constituted a second great age of acrobatic comedy, which was to transmit the knockabout tradition directly into vaudeville and silent film comedy. Their eclectic style did not conform precisely to the traditional format of English pantomime.
William was the third eldest brother of the famous acrobatic circus act The Hanlon-Lees pantomime troupe. The Hanlon-Lees and their many imitators (the Leopolds, the Craggs, the Pinauds, Mack and Dixon, and the Byrne Brothers, among others) constituted a second great age of acrobatic comedy, which was to transmit the knockabout tradition directly into vaudeville and silent film comedy. Their eclectic style did not conform precisely to the traditional format of English pantomime.
There were six Hanlon brothers, born to the Irish Shakespearean actor Tom Hanlon and his Welsh wife, Ellen Hughes, in England.
William was the third eldest brother of the famous acrobatic circus act The Hanlon-Lees pantomime troupe. The Hanlon-Lees and their many imitators (the Leopolds, the Craggs, the Pinauds, Mack and Dixon, and the Byrne Brothers, among others) constituted a second great age of acrobatic comedy, which was to transmit the knockabout tradition directly into vaudeville and silent film comedy. Their eclectic style did not conform precisely to the traditional format of English pantomime.
William was the third eldest brother of the famous acrobatic circus act The Hanlon-Lees pantomime troupe. The Hanlon-Lees and their many imitators (the Leopolds, the Craggs, the Pinauds, Mack and Dixon, and the Byrne Brothers, among others) constituted a second great age of acrobatic comedy, which was to transmit the knockabout tradition directly into vaudeville and silent film comedy. Their eclectic style did not conform precisely to the traditional format of English pantomime.
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Dies while performing with the Forepaugh Circus in Clinton, Iowa.
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