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While George was an infant, his father removed him from his mentally troubled mother, who was committed to a mental asylum for a time. He grew up estranged from her and his two older half-brothers. Known as Wheeler, Dryden became an entertainer like his father.
When Wheeler Dryden was born on 31 August 1892, in Brixton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Dryden Sr, was 29 and his mother, Hannah Harriet Hill, was 27. He married Alice May Chapple on 14 May 1937, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
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Apr 24, 2024 · He was born George Wheeler Dryden on August 31, 1892 in Brixton, London, England, the son of Hannah Chaplin and music hall entertainer Leo Dryden and thus the half brother of Charles and Sydney Chaplin. He was also the father of rock musician Spencer Dryden.
- Brixton, London, England (United Kingdom)
- September 30, 1957
- August 31, 1892
Aug 31, 2016 · Dryden was Charlie Chaplin’s half-brother, born to their mother Hannah Hill (a.k.a Lily Harley) when the comedian was three years old. The chronology of events appears to go something like this: In 1885, music hall performers Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Hill marry.
Wheeler Dryden was the son of Leo Dryden and Hannah Chaplin. (Charlie and Sydney Chaplin, and Dryden were half-brothers, with Hannah as their mother. Sydney was her son from her first relationship.)
Wheeler Dryden was born as George Dryden Wheeler, Jr. on August 31, 1892, taking the name Wheeler Dryden when he began to work in music halls in a vaudeville act with his father, George Dryden Wheeler, Sr. who worked under the name Leo Dryden.
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Family. In 1938 Dryden married Alice Chapple (1911–2005), a prima ballerina of the Radio City Music Hall dancers. They had a son Spencer Dryden before they divorced in 1943. Dryden took his son to Los Angeles jazz clubs during the 1950s, which inspired his musical ambitions as a jazz and rock drummer.
