Kenneth Casey
Kenneth Casey (January 10, 1899 – August 10, 1965) was an American composer, publisher, author, and child movie star in early silents.
Kenneth Casey

The Motion Picture Story Magazine (vol. 1, no. 4), May 1911 · Public domain
- Name
- Kenneth Casey
- Born
- 10 January 1899
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- 10 August 1965
- Place of death
- Cornwall, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Child actor, composer, publisher, author
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- music · composed musical work · creative and professional writing · silent film
- Known for
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Languages
- English
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Kenneth Casey (January 10, 1899 – August 10, 1965) was an American composer, publisher, author, and child movie star in early silents.
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Kenneth Casey (1899–1965) was an American actor, composer and conductor, among other activities. Born in New York City, the actor died in Cornwall. Kenneth Casey was active in composed musical work, creative and professional writing and music.
Works include Sweet Georgia Brown. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Kenneth Casey • Born — 10 January 1899 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, U.S. • Died — 10 August 1965 • Place of death — Cornwall, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Child actor, composer, publisher, author
Biography
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Born in New York City, Casey worked as a child actor in over thirty films for Vitagraph Studios between the years 1909 and 1913. He appeared with a young Moe Howard in the 1909 picture We Must Do Our Best. Howard later became famous as one of The Three Stooges. As a songwriter, Casey is best remembered for writing the lyrics to "Sweet Georgia Brown", in 1925.
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Filmography
• We Must Do Our Best, directed by Van Dyke Brooke (1909) • Mario's Swan Song (1910) • Over the Garden Wall (1910) • Chew Chew Land; or, The Adventures of Dolly and Jim (1910) • Two Waifs and a Stray (1910) • A Lunatic at Large (1910) • Ransomed; or, A Prisoner of War (1910) • The Children's Revolt (1910) • Jean Goes Fishing (1910) • Drumsticks (1910) • A Tin-Type Romance (1910) • The Misses Finch and Their Nephew Billy (1911) • Consuming Love; or, St. Valentine's Day in Greenaway Land (1911) • A Tale of Two Cities (1911) • Mammy's Ghost (1911) • A Little Lad in Dixie (1911) • The Derelict Reporter (1911) • Hungry Hearts; or, The Children of Social Favorites (1911) • The Show Girl (1911) • Barriers Burned Away (1911) • The Clown's Best Performance (1911) • The Long Skirt (1911) • Cherry Blossoms (1911) • The Child Crusoes (1911) • Daddy's Boy and Mammy (1911) • Wig Wag (1911) • The Little Spy (1911) • Captain Jenks' Dilemma (1912) • How Tommy Saved His Father (1912) • Father and Son (1912) • Tom Tilling's Baby (1912) • A Story of the Circus (1912) • The Black Wall (1912) • The Old Silver Watch (1912) • The Man Under the Bed (1912) • An Innocent Theft (1912) • Fate's Awful Jest (1912) • A Juvenile Love Affair (1912) • Ingenuity (1912) • Vultures and Doves (1912) • Bumps (1912) • The Higher Mercy, directed by William V. Ranous (1912) • Three Girls and a Man, directed by Albert W. Hale (1912) • The Eavesdropper, directed by James Young (1912) • When Bobby Forgot, directed by Laurence Trimble (1913) • Cutey and the Twins, directed by James Young (1913) • The White Slave; or, The Octoroon, directed by James Young (1913) • The Feudists, directed by Wilfrid North (1913) • In the Shadow, directed by James Lackaye (1913) • Heartease, directed by L. Rogers Lytton e James Young (1913) • The Adventurer, directed by J. Gordon Edwards (1920)

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Kenneth Casey was born on 10 January 1899.
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Kenneth Casey died on 10 August 1965.
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- 1.Wlaschin, Ken. The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896- 1929. McFarland & Company. 10. 2008. 978-0786438044.
- 2.Ankeny, Jason. Kenneth Casey Biography. AllMusic. All Media Network.
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- John Holmstrom, The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 12–13.
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Kenneth Casey worked in music, composed musical work, creative and professional writing, silent film and music composition. Recorded with the occupation songwriter. Recorded as actor, composer, songwriter, writer and conductor.
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