Eddie Dorsey

born: 22 August 1918 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

died: 30 November 2016 Reno, Nevada, United States of America (age 98)

American child actor. His brother was Duncan Dorsey. He later served in World War II, reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant; per his obituary, "He served in coast artillery in San Diego before being assigned to the 803rd Field Artillery Battalion and serving in the Philippines." After the war, he worked as a movie studio electrician before moving to Reno, Nevada, in 1948, where he worked as a warehouse foreman for the J.R. Bradley Company until his 1979 retirement. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Reno, Nevada.

Real name: Edward Henry Dorsey, Jr. Height: 5'10" (age 22, Oct. 1940)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1927 Seeing The World Boy in classroom 1927 Jewish Prudence Young boy in waiting room Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7J-HZG (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD4-337 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXB-9N4D (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BC-9Y6 (WWII enlistment) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KD-ZVJ (1947 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XF9-WS2Z (1950 Census) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199135750 (Find a Grave) https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/rgj/name/edward-dorsey-obituary?id=16511909 (Reno Gazette-Journal obituary, Legacy.com) http://theluckycorner.com/rps/055.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Jewish Prudence) This page was last updated on: 19 September 2026