Dooley Wilson
Born: 1894-04-03 in Tyler, Texas, USA
Died: 1953-05-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered as Sam in the 1942 film, Casablanca; in the film, he also performed its theme song, "As Time Goes By". Wilson was a drummer and singer who led his own band in the 1920s, touring nightclubs in London and Paris. In the 1930s he took up acting, playing supporting roles onstage on Broadway and in a series of modest films.
Filmography
1997
- Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
1951
- Passage West as Rainbow
1950
- No Man of Her Own as Waiter on Train (uncredited)
- Father Is a Bachelor as Blue (uncredited)
1949
- Knock on Any Door as Piano Player (uncredited)
- Come to the Stable as Anthony James
- Free For All as Aristotle
- Tell It to the Judge as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
1948
- Racing Luck as Abe
1944
- Seven Days Ashore as Jason
1943
- Stormy Weather as Gabe Tucker
- Higher and Higher as Oscar
- Two Tickets to London as Accordionist
1942
- Casablanca as Sam
- Cairo as Hector
- Night in New Orleans as Shadrach Jones
- My Favorite Blonde as Porter
- Take a Letter, Darling as Moses
1939
- Keep Punching as Baron Skinner (as Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson)