Casablanca
1943
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Arthur " Dooley " Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme song "As Time Goes By".
May 1, 2020 · With the great success of “Casablanca,” this old tune jumped to #1 on the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey in the Spring of ’43, but due to the ongoing ‘Recording Ban’ (musicians union...
In Casablanca (1942), Dooley immortalized the song "As Time Goes By" as boss and nightclub owner Rick Blaine (Bogart) and lost true love Ilsa Lund (Bergman) briefly rekindled an old romantic flame. While paid only $350 a week for his services, Dooley achieved his own immortality as well.
Aug 5, 2013 · Watch Dooley Wilson perform Knock On Wood, a catchy tune from the classic film Casablanca, with his signature hand gestures.
May 7, 2016 · As Time Goes By Casablanca - The Original Sam Dooley Wilson song
A most famous scene, American ex-pat saloon owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart) in wartime Morocco, with employee Sam (Dooley Wilson), brooding over Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) having turned up at his joint, a flashback montage revealing why, in Casablanca, 1942.
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". Wilson was a drummer and singer who led his own band in the 1920s, touring nightclubs in London and Paris.
Nov 11, 2021 · In 1908, while performing the song “Mr. Dooley” and impersonating in whiteface an Irish singer, he was forever dubbed Dooley.
It became famous when it featured in the 1942 film Casablanca, performed by Dooley Wilson as Sam. The song was voted No. 2 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs special, commemorating the best songs in film (surpassed only by "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland).
The gentleman who crooned this now legendary tune for the morose Humphrey Bogart and moist-eyed Ingrid Bergman at Rick's Cafe Americain amid the bleak WWII backdrop was none other than 56-year-old Arthur "Dooley" Wilson, an African-American actor and singer who earned...
