Actors'
Colony
at Bluffton
1908 - 1938
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Buster Keaton
and the
Muskegon Connection

Actors' Colony Unofficial Roster

   
 A partial listing of known Colony members from
the 1908-1930 period.
This roster is not necessarily a complete list of show business participants and includes some non-theatrical area residents who were active in some Colony activities. Also included are some out-of-town theatrical people who were occasional visitors.

          Please contact me if you can shed light or share pictures from the lives of any of these individuals!

Rudy LePage's Fountain of YouthALLEGRETTI, NICK
 
(Boat owner)
ALLEN, EDDIE
ALLEN, RICHARD
ARADO (Smith & Arado)
ARMOND, TED
ARMSTRONG, HARRY

 (Clark & Armstrong) songwriters
AUBURN SISTERS
BAKER, WALTER
BARNES, STUART
 (Prince of Monologuisto)
BARRETT, PAT (Rice & Barrett)
BARTELME, LUCIUS & YALERA foot jugglers
BATES
BAYLE, JACK
BEAULIEX FLORENCE
BEARD, EDNA
aka - Mrs. "Happy Jack" Gardner
BEERMAN, FRED
 (local musician)
BENNETT, REUBEN
BIMBO, CHARLES
BOGANT, JOE
 (Buff & Bogany - the Lunatic Jugglers)
BOWER, FLORENCE
BOND, WILLIAM
 (Jack Gardner's troupe)
BONJENOOR, GEORGE
BOYCE
BRUNETTE, CLARENCE
BRUNO, GUS comedian
BUFF (Buff & Bogany - the Lunatic Jugglers - Buster Keaton)
BURCHILL, TOMMY
 (Theater manager)
BURKE, JOHN
BURNISON, C. C.
 (Burnison & Taylor)
BURNS, J. H.
 (Pearl Bros. & Burns)
BUTOWICK, DONAT
 (Samaroff & Sonia)
BUTOWICK, ELLA
 (Samaroff & Sonia)
CAMERON, TUDOR
CANTOR, LEW
 (Booking agent)
CANTWELL
CARL, M.
CARMODY, TOM J.
CARROLL, WM.
CAYO, WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN, VIVIAN
CHAPIN (Lewis & Chapin)
CHRISTIAN, MAX
CHRISTIANSEN, BOB
CHRISTIE, GEORGE
CIUCCI, GEORGE
CLARK, BILLY
 (Clark & Armstrong) songwriters
CLARK, E. J.
CLARK, RUTH
CLAYTON, ED
CLIFFORD, VIOLETTE
 (Kelly & Violette)
COLLINS, JACK
COZIE, FRANK
CRAIG, BILLY
CRESSY (& Dayne)
CROWELL, CHARLES
DAVIS, HAL
DELACEY, LEE
DEMPSEY, ELI
DIXON (DICKSON), M. L. "CHUBBY" (Dixon & Hansen)
DOMINICK, FRANK
EARL(E), LEW (Earl & Wilson)
ELLIFSON, ARNDT Muskegon Mayor
ELLIOTT, CLYDE
EMERSON, BILLY
EMERSON, JAMES
EMERSON, MAE
ERWIN, DAVID
FAULKNER, HARRY
FAULKNER, LIL
FAULKNER, REX (Newsboys Quartette)
FLEMEN, BILL
FLEMEN, MAE Mrs. Bill Flemen
FLOOD, FRANK (4 Floods)
FLORENCE (Martyne & Florence)
FOLLETTE, ELSIE (Follette & Wicks)
aka - Mrs. Jack Wicks
FORD, C. S. "POP" Real Estate agent
FOX (& Foxies)
FREEMAN & CARR
FREYE, HERMAN
GAIZER, S.
GALLAGHER, ROY (Sy
l Galli)
GALLI, NICK
GALLI, SYL (Roy Gallagher)
GARDNER, DICK (Gardner & Revere)
GARDNER, JACK ("Happy Jack")
GAYLORD, BONNIE (Mrs. Tudor Cameron)
GERALD, NOYLAKE
GERRISH, JOSEPH M.
GERRISH, MARGUERITE
GIBSON, JACK & JESSIE
GILROY (Gilroy, Hayes & Montgomery)
GOOK, JOSIE
GRAY, ED (Tall Tale Teller)
GRUBER, MAX & ADELE
HALL, ART (Hall & O'Brien)
HAMMOND
HANSEN (Dixon & Hansen)
HARMAN, TONY HARRIS (Harris & Nolan)
HAWLEY, C. A.
HAYES (Gilroy, Hayes & Montgomery)
HENNINGS (Lewis & Hennings)
HIRSCH, ARNOLD
HOGAN, BERT (the Dutch Comedian)
HOLMES, CONEY agent
HOLT, ALF mimic
HOLTHE, NORMAN
HOWARD, PHIL
HUMPHREY, TINK agent
JUDGE acrobat

KEATON, JOE, MYRA, BUSTER, LOUISE & HARRY "JINGLES"
 (3 Keatons, 5 Keatons)
KEEFE, WALTER agent
KEELER, TIM theater mgr.
KELLY (Kelly & Violette)
KEMP, WILLIAM
KENDALL, LEO
KENNEDY, TOM
KETTLER, R. (Way Down East)
KINSNER
KLEINER, ED
KNAPP, CHARLES
KRANZ, HARRY (Kranz & White)
KRUEGER, ERNEST "DAD"
KRUEGER, KIETH
LANCTON, IVA (Lancton & Lucier) aka - Mrs. Paul Lucier
LANGKAWELL, OTTO
LEE, CHARLES HACKLEY
LEFEVRE, C. H.
LeMAIRE, FRANCIS
LENNIE, FRANK
LEONARD, GEORGE
LEPAGE, RUDY
LEWALL, LILLY
LEWIS, FRED (Lewis & Chapin)
LITCHFIELD, NEIL
LOVETT, GEORGE
LOZIER (Loziers acrobats)
LUCIER, PAUL (Lancton & Lucier)
LUND, CHARLES
MACK, CHARLES
MARTIN, LIZZIE
MARTIN, VICTOR
MARTYNE (Martyne & Florence)
MARXER, HANK
McADAMS & SPIKE
McCREA, ED & JAY
McGOWAN, JOHNNY
MELVILLE, HARRY
MILDRED & LESTER
MILLARD, C. LEROY "POP" (Millard's Minstrels)
MILLARD, KATHERINE "KATE"
MILLARD, MILDRED
MILLION, MAX
MILTON, LOLA (Milton & Rich)
MONTGOMERY (Gilroy, Hayes & Montgomery)
MOORE, ELSIE
MORELAND, WILLIAM
MORTON (Juggling Morton)
MORTON, BESSIE
MULLEN, BOB
MURPHY, "STUB"
NEAL, LEX
NELSON, RALPH
NOLAN, PADDY
NORTON, FRANK
O'BRIEN (Hall & O'Brien)
O'CONNOR, JOHN
OLSON BROS. ban joists
PARSONS, DAVID
PASCOE, FRANK (proprietor - Pascoe's Place)
PATTERSON, ALBERT
PEARL, GEORGE (Pearl Bros.)
PEARL, LEW (Pearl Bros.)
POLAND, EMMETT
POWELL, ROY
POWERS, HARRY aviator
PRINCETON, JACK
PYLE, DICK
QUIGLEY, ALEC
RADDATZ, ALVIN
RAE, FRANK (Rae & Broche)
RATHSKELLER TRIO
RAUF,CLAUDE
RAWLS, WILLIAM "MUSH" (Rawls & Von Kaufman)
REID
RENNE, CHARLES
REVERE, ANNE (Gardner
& Revere)  aka - Mrs. Dick Gardner
REYNOLDS, BILLY (Rosaires) slack-wire, Muskegon native
RICE, FELIX (Rice & Barrett)
ROBERTS, BOBBY
ROBERTS, JOE (Roberts, Hays & Roberts)
ROCHON, ALEX
ROSENBERG
ROSS RUE, MR. & MRS.
SALORIS
SAMAROFF (see Butowick)
SAWYER, ED
SCHLOSSMAN, PAUL local theater owner
SCHREIBER, MILTON
SENE CAL, G.
SHANNON, JACK
SHARP, CHARLIE (Sharp & Flat)
SMITH, DAN (Smith & Arado?)
SMITH, T. KAY monologuist
SNOWFLEET, JOSEPH
SPRAGUE, BILL
STEVENS, GEORGE
SURATT, VIOLANTE aka - Mrs. Wm. Flemen
SWOR, BURT
TAYLOR, ABBIE (Burnison & Taylor) aka - Mrs. C. C. Burnison
THOMPSON, CHARLES H.
THOMPSON, "FAT"
 (Williams, Thompson & Copeland)
THOMPSON, JOHN W.
(grocer?)
TRUMP, GEORGE (banjo act)
VAN ALLEN, ELSIE
VINCENT, BOB & MERLE
VIOLETTE (Kelly & Violette)
VON KAUFMAN, ELLA (Rawls & Von Kaufman)
aka -
Mrs. Wm. Rawls
WALTON, FRED
WEBER, HARRY agent
WHTE, AL

WHITE, JESS (balladeer)
WHITE, JOSEPH
WICKLAND, ELMER
WICKLAND, NEES
WICKS, JACK (Follette & Wicks)
WILLIAMS, ARTHUR
WILSON, FLORENCE (Earl & Wilson)
aka - Mrs. Lew Earl
WRIGHT, CURLEY
YOUNG, ALFRED