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Biography
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George Formby
Real name: James Lawler Booth
Effective period / Period of releases: 1914 - 1926
English comedian, singer and songwriter, father of George Formby.Born October 4, 1875, in Ashton Under Lyne, England. As James Booth, he took the stage name Formby after a Lancashire town. Died on February 8, 1921.