
Dooley Wilson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 April 1894 · Tyler, Texas, USA
- Died
- 30 May 1953
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
Acting 19
- 1997Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1951Passage West as Rainbow
- 1950Father Is a Bachelor as Blue (uncredited)
- 1950No Man of Her Own as Waiter on Train (uncredited)
- 1949Tell It to the Judge as Pullman Porter (uncredited)
- 1949Free For All as Aristotle
- 1949Come to the Stable as Anthony James
- 1949Knock on Any Door as Piano Player (uncredited)
- 1948Racing Luck as Abe
- 1944Seven Days Ashore as Jason
- 1943Higher and Higher as Oscar
- 1943Stormy Weather as Gabe Tucker
- 1943Two Tickets to London as Accordionist
- 1943Casablanca as Sam
- 1942Cairo as Hector
- 1942Night in New Orleans as Shadrach Jones
- 1942Take a Letter, Darling as Moses
- 1942My Favorite Blonde as Porter
- 1939Keep Punching as Baron Skinner (as Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson)





