Stars of Vaudeville #374: Will Cressy (and Dayne)
Will Cressy (born this day in 1863) was one of vaudeville’s premier “rube” comedians and also one of its top sketch writers. Raised on a New Hampshire farm (and later employed in various manual labor occupations), he got his show business baptism performing in a rural tent show. Typecast as “Cy Prime” in a touring [...]