Edgar Connor

Edgar Connor was born on Sep 11, 1893 in USA. Edgar Connor's big-screen debut came with St. Louis Blues directed by Dudley Murphy in 1929, strarring Craps game leader.

Edgar Connor grew up dancing for pennies on the streets of Jacksonville, Florida, when, in 1906, J. Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole, two black vaudevillians, recruited him to sing and dance in two of their vaudeville productions, "The Shoo-Fly Regiment" and "The Red Moon." From there, he became a fixture in vaudeville both in the States, and abroad, appearing in dance revues on cruise ships as well as in nightclubs and theaters in France, particularly Cannes. He also headed the road show "Shuffle Along No. 2" for a number of years before going into movies.