Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-04-03

Deathday

1953-05-30 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Tyler, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Arthur Wilson

Dooley Wilson

Biography

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. In the 1930s he took up acting, playing supporting roles onstage on Broadway and in a series of modest films.

Known For

8.2%

Casablanca

Jan 15, 1943

6.1%

Knock on Any Door

Feb 22, 1949

6.9%

No Man of Her Own

Feb 21, 1950

6.9%

Stormy Weather

Jul 21, 1943

6.4%

Come to the Stable

Jul 27, 1949

6.4%

My Favorite Blonde

Apr 2, 1942

6.5%

Take a Letter, Darling

May 6, 1942

6.1%

Higher and Higher

Dec 31, 1943

7.4%

Father Is a Bachelor

Feb 22, 1950

6.3%

Tell It to the Judge

Nov 18, 1949

5.8%

Cairo

Aug 17, 1942

6.2%

Passage West

Oct 1, 1951

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Acting

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)

1951

Passage West as Rainbow

1950		Father Is a Bachelor as Blue (uncredited)
1950		No Man of Her Own as Waiter on Train (uncredited)

1949		Tell It to the Judge as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
1949		Free For All as Aristotle
1949		Come to the Stable as Anthony James
1949		Knock on Any Door as Piano Player (uncredited)

1948

Racing Luck as Abe

1944

Seven Days Ashore as Jason

1943		Higher and Higher as Oscar
1943		Stormy Weather as Gabe Tucker
1943		Two Tickets to London as Accordionist
1943		Casablanca as Sam

1942		Cairo as Hector
1942		Night in New Orleans as Shadrach Jones
1942		Take a Letter, Darling as Moses
1942		My Favorite Blonde as Porter

1939

Keep Punching as Baron Skinner (as Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson)