What personal friend of William "Bill" Hanley was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator?
Will Rogers William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator.
Jack Earle Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich (July 3, 1906 – July 18, 1952), professionally credited as Jack Earle, was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Due to acromegalic gigantism, Earle was one of the world's tallest humans at the time of his death, standing at 7 ft tall. For 14 years, he traveled with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, then became a salesman. He is referenced in Tom Waits's song "Get Behind The Mule". For some of his life he was claimed to be 8'5" tall