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Paul Draper(1909-1996)

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Paul Draper
American tap dancer who was an international star in the 1930's and 1940's. His forte was to tap-dance to any kind of music - jazz, samba, Classical, Baroque - and to adapt his every movement to the character of the music at hand. His career effectively succumbed to the anti- Communist hysteria that existed in the U.S. after World War II, when he was blacklisted out of the entertainment industry as a "Communist sympathizer."
BornOctober 25, 1909
DiedSeptember 20, 1996(86)
BornOctober 25, 1909
DiedSeptember 20, 1996(86)
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Known for

Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, and Dick Powell in Colleen (1936)
Colleen
6.0
  • Paul Gordon
  • 1936
Six Hits and a Miss
5.7
Short
  • Soundtrack("You Got to Know How to Dance")
  • 1942
James Cagney in Le bar aux illusions (1948)
Le bar aux illusions
6.2
  • Harry (the natural-born tap dancing comedian)
  • 1948
Fireside Theatre (1949)
Fireside Theatre
7.4
TV Series
  • Actor

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Actor



  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • 1949
  • James Cagney in Le bar aux illusions (1948)
    Le bar aux illusions
    6.2
    • Harry (the natural-born tap dancing comedian)
    • 1948
  • Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, and Dick Powell in Colleen (1936)
    Colleen
    6.0
    • Paul Gordon
    • 1936

Additional Crew



  • Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, and Dick Powell in Colleen (1936)
    Colleen
    6.0
    • original dances created by
    • 1936

Soundtrack



  • Six Hits and a Miss
    5.7
    Short
    • performer: "You Got to Know How to Dance"
    • 1942
  • Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, and Dick Powell in Colleen (1936)
    Colleen
    6.0
    • performer: "I Don't Have to Dream Again" (1936), "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936) (uncredited)
    • 1936

Personal details

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  • Born
    • October 25, 1909
    • Florence, Tuscany, Italy
  • Died
    • September 20, 1996
    • Woodstock, New York, USA(emphysema)
  • Spouse
    • Adelaide Ida VosselerJuly 1, 1941 - May 13, 1992 (her death)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    According to film critic Derek Malcom, Paul Draper was hired to co-star with Bing Crosby in Blue Skies (1946). Crosby got Draper sacked because he wanted Fred Astaire for the part.
  • Nickname
    • The Aristocrat of Tap

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