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On 16 February 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Frank Fay (American actor). The result of the discussion was no consensus.

First Stand-up? Early stage career needs expanding[edit]

"Frank Fay is considered the very first stand-up comedian."

(The Fascist Stand-Up Comic by Kliph Nesteroff)

Early stage career needs expanding.

Donner Party? (settled in Bay Area)

T3g5JZ50GLq (talk) 09:52, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How can the American Nazi Party be involved in a 1946 event if it wasn't founded until 1959?[edit]

It's stated that members of the American Nazi Party helped organize the 1946 Friends of Frank Fay rally. The wiki article on the American Nazi Party claims the earliest incarnation of it was founded in 1959. Does this mean that people who were not members at the time (because it didn't exist) organized it and years later became members? The mention of the KKK is not quite impossible, but seems odd since they were known for being very anti-Catholic at the time, and the event was purported to be pro-Catholic. TGGP (talk) 03:55, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In one of his memoirs, musical eccentric Oscar Levant wrote that Fay would go around backstage demanding that supporting cast members sign loyalty oaths. "EVERYBODY was a pinko or a Commie to Fay". Also,there is the famous story about how after Fay's career was revived by HARVEY, somebody asked Barbara Stanwyck if she was going to let bygones be bygones and see the show. Stanwyck supposedly replied--"No,thank you. I've already seen my ex-husband's rabbit". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.11 (talk) 18:24, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 16 February 2024[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – Hilst [talk] 00:19, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Fay (comedian) → Frank Fay (American actor) – This page was recently unilaterally moved from Frank Fay (American actor) to Frank Fay (comedian). While best known for his comedic skills, the American Frank Fay was an actor who also played dramatic roles, while Frank Fay (Irish actor) also played comedic roles. Thus, it would seem best that both Frank Fay (American actor) and Frank Fay (Irish actor) should be disambiguated by analogous parenthetical qualifiers indicating their nationalities. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 01:18, 16 February 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 18:44, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:47, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. The current scheme provides insufficient disambiguation. BD2412 T 19:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Primarily known as a stand-up comedian. The Irish actor, who is much less well-known, seems to have primarily been an actor even if he did play comedic roles. The current disambiguation is perfectly sufficient. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:51, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, this seems a borderline choice, but Fay's historical notability and groundbreaking accomplishments were in the field of comedy. Playing Dowd in Harvey was, in a way, comedic, even though a serious presentation (a guess, but I would think that upon seeing his name as the play's star audiences came to Harvey expecting a comedy, and he was followed in the role by Joe E. Brown, another noted comedian). Randy Kryn (talk) 15:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.