Eddie Foy Jr.
Foy Jr. in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Born	Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. (1905-02-04)February 4, 1905 New Rochelle, New York U.S.
Died	July 15, 1983(1983-07-15) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1977
Spouses	Barbara Newberry ​ ​ (m. 1930; div. 1932)​ Anna Marie McKenney ​ ​ (m. 1933; died 1952)​
Children	Eddie Foy III
Parent	Eddie Foy

Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. (February 4, 1905 – July 15, 1983), known professionally as Eddie Foy Jr., was an American stage, film and television actor. His career spanned six decades, beginning as part of the vaudeville act Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys.

Foy made his Broadway debut in Florenz Ziegfeld's 1929 extravaganza Show Girl alongside Ruby Keeler and Jimmy Durante. He also appeared in At Home Abroad, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Red Mill, The Pajama Game, Donnybrook! and Rumple (1957), for which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor in a Musical.^{[citation needed]}

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Foy appeared in many B movies. He closely resembled his father^[1] and portrayed him in four feature films: Frontier Marshal (1939), Lillian Russell (1940), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and Wilson (1944). He also portrayed his father in a 1964 telefilm about the family's early days in vaudeville. Among Foy's other film credits are those for The Farmer Takes a Wife, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing and Gidget Goes Hawaiian.

Foy found steady work with the advent of television. In addition to starring in the first hour-long sitcom, Fair Exchange, he made numerous guest appearances on programs such as The Gisele MacKenzie Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Glynis, My Living Doll, Burke's Law, ABC Stage 67, My Three Sons and Nanny and the Professor.

Foy was married to Anna Marie McKenney from 1933 until her death in 1952. ^[2] They had a son, Eddie Foy III,^[3]

Foy died of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on July 15, 1983, at age 78.^[4]

• Eddie Foy Jr. at the Internet Broadway Database
• Eddie Foy Jr. at IMDb
• Eddie Foy Jr. at Find a Grave