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American casting director and actor
Eddie Foy III
Publicity Photo of Eddie Foy III
Born (1935-02-10 ) February 10, 1935Died November 3, 2018(2018-11-03) (aged 83 ) Other names Eddie Foy Occupation(s ) Casting director Actor Years active 1955–1998 Spouse
(m. 1995; died 2018) Parent(s ) Eddie Foy Jr. Relatives Eddie Foy Sr. (grandfather) Bryan Foy (uncle)
Eddie Foy III (February 10, 1935 – November 3, 2018) was an American casting director and actor. He was director of casting for ABC and vice president of casting for NBC .
Foy completed his career as a longstanding independent casting director and talent executive for The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon Academy of Television Arts & Sciences .
Early years
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Born in New York City , Foy was the son of Eddie Foy Jr. and Anna Marie McKenny Foy. He was the grandson of Eddie Foy Sr. [1] Riverdale Country School .[2]
Foy debuted on stage at age 10 in a revival of The Red Mill [3]
Eddie Foy was an officer in the California Army National Guard. He was commissioned a Second Lt on 21 July 1962 at Camp San Luis Obispo after completing the one year Officer Candidate School. He was assigned to Company A, 240th Signal Battalion.
Career
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After a brief foray into acting, Foy became a casting director and over a 42-year period was involved in casting some of the most popular television shows of the era, including The Donna Reed Show Naked City Dennis the Menace Route 66 Straightaway The Farmer's Daughter Gidget I Dream of Jeannie The Monkees The Flying Nun That Girl Julia Room 222 Happy Days Soap Hill Street Blues Charlie's Angels Mork & Mindy Barney Miller Roots Shōgun Planet of the Apes The Great White Hope [4] [5]
Personal life
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On September 16, 1995, Foy married Jan Standley in Sherman Oaks, California.[6]
Foy died on November 3, 2018, after a fall at his home in Denison, Iowa .[7] [8] [9]
Filmography
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References
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^ "In Their Parents' Footsteps" . Star Tribune . Minnesota, Minneapolis. January 20, 1946. p. 58 . Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Evans, Greg; Pedersen, Erik (7 November 2018). "Eddie Foy III Dies: Casting Director Of Iconic TV Was 83 (November 7, 2018)" . Deadline . Retrieved 6 September 2020 .
^ Crosby, Joan (June 14, 1967). "Screen Gems Beats the Bushes" . El Dorado Daily News . Arkansas, El Dorado. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 10 . Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Development director for Hillview to wed" . Chino Champion . California, Chino. August 31, 1995. p. 8 . Retrieved November 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Eddie Foy III Dead: Casting Director for 'Gidget,' 'I Dream of Jeannie' Was 83" . Hollywood Reporter . 7 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ Greg Evans, Erik Pedersen (7 November 2018). "Eddie Foy III Dies: Casting Director For 'Happy Days', 'The Monkees', Many Others" . Deadline . Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
^ Rachel Yang (8 November 2018). "Eddie Foy III Dead: 'Happy Days' Casting Director Dies at 83" . Variety . Retrieved 2018-11-11 .
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