Gus Schilling: From Minsky's to the Mercury Theatre
Augustus "Gus" Schilling (1908-1957) was a burlesque and Broadway comic who became a beloved Hollywood bit player and star of comedy shorts. A son of New York's German-American community, Schilling had a Nervous Nellie face and demeanor that served him well in sketches on Minsky's burlesque circuit in the 1920s and '30s. His wife, burlesque […]