Prolific Irish character actor Thomas J. Dugan was born in Dublin on New Year's Day 1889. At a young age, his family moved to Philadelphia, where Dugan attended high school. He had a good tenor voice so, after leaving school, he decided to pursue a career in show business. Before appearing on stage, Dugan performed in minstrel and traveling medicine shows that were popular at the time. He played in musical comedies in New York City and vaudeville theaters such as 'Earl Carroll . Over the years, Dugan appeared in more than 260 films, appearing on silver screens frequently until a road accident in California took his life on March 7, 1955. He was 66 years old at the time of his death.
He was among the lucky actors chosen for the first all-talking feature film, Lights of New York.
In the mid 30s, Dugan briefly signed on at Hal Roach studios as an actor and gag writer.
Appeared in Earl Carrolls Vanities on stage in New York.
Attended a Philadelphia high school.
Son of Mary Doran and Thomas Dugan.
Raspy-voiced character actor. When not impersonating Hitler (most famously as ham actor Bronsky in To Be or Not to Be ), he was most often seen as Irish cops or cab drivers.
"If you want to have a friend, be one". .
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