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Dooley Wilson

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Dooley Wilson

Born April 3, 1894 in Tyler, Texas, USADied May 30, 195318 films

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".

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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.

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Casablanca posterFirst watchCasablanca19438.1as SamIn Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.View film

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Filmography

18 films as actor
  1. 1951Passage WestRainbow
  2. 1950Father Is a BachelorBlue (uncredited)
  3. 1950No Man of Her OwnWaiter on Train (uncredited)
  4. 1949Tell It to the JudgePullman Porter (uncredited)
  5. 1949Free For AllAristotle
  6. 1949Come to the StableAnthony James
  7. 1949Knock on Any DoorPiano Player (uncredited)
  8. 1948Racing LuckAbe
  9. 1944Seven Days AshoreJason
  10. 1943Higher and HigherOscar
  11. 1943Stormy WeatherGabe Tucker
  12. 1943Two Tickets to LondonAccordionist
  13. 1943CasablancaSam
  14. 1942CairoHector
  15. 1942Night in New OrleansShadrach Jones
  16. 1942Take a Letter, DarlingMoses
  17. 1942My Favorite BlondePorter
  18. 1939Keep PunchingBaron Skinner (as Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson)