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Bobby Burns

Robert Paul Burns (September 1, 1878 – January 16, 1966) was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1908 and 1952 and also directed 13 films between 1915 and 1916. Burns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California.

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Bobby Burns

Ad for a series of blackface comedy shorts in the Cuckoo Comedies series starring Bobby Burns, on pages 1565 to 1568 of the August 23, 1919 Motion Picture News. The ads state that the films are "clean and wholesome fun" indicating how films with blackface actors were viewed at that time. It was not until the end of the 1930s that films with blackface actors disappeared from the U.S.

Mark M. Dintenfass Productions · Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1919) at the Internet Archive · Public domain

Name
Bobby Burns
Birth Name
Robert Paul Burns
Born
1 September 1878
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died
16 January 1966
Place of death
Los Angeles, California
Occupation
Actor Film director
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

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Robert Paul Burns (September 1, 1878 – January 16, 1966) was an American film actor and director. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1908 and 1952 and also directed 13 films between 1915 and 1916. Burns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Los Angeles, California.

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