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By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate, lifelike artificial legs. [3] Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs, [3] according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking. [4]
Eddie “Peg” or “Peg Leg” Lightfoot was born Edward Rodgers on January 14, 1895, in Memphis, Tennessee to a Victoria Dickerson (b.1878) and an unnamed father. . Victoria married a Burl Lightfoot (b.1868) sometime prior to 1900 and Burl appears to have adopted Edward between 1900 and 1910 as his legal name changed to “Eddie Lightfoot” in that year's census (which also states an ...
Peg-Leg Pedro is a 1938 Technicolor cartoon sponsored film. [1] Summary ... Free legal download of Peg-Leg Pedro; References This page was last edited on ...
Her paternal grandfather, Frank "Peg Leg" Jones, and her grandmother, Myrtle Lee, were vaudevillians based in Chicago. [12] A singer, dancer, and comedian, Peg Leg Jones's routine consisted of singing and accompanying himself on ukulele, soft shoe dance, acrobatics, and comedy. [12] Jones lived in Phoenix, Arizona, from age 4 to 14. [13]
The Windsor family home, the wedding reception restaurant, the Peg Leg Pub pool hall, and the fishing docks were also filmed in Stonington Borough. The hitchhiking incident takes place on North Main Street in Stonington Town. The Araújo home is in Pawcatuck, Connecticut; the lobster business and the wedding church are in Noank, Connecticut.
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A principal supporting character is "J.D." (played by William Forsythe), a non-Mexican member who has an artificial leg. Edward James Olmos (the movie's writer/director/star) attempted to visit Morgan in hopes that he would gain his approval for the movie. Morgan refused to see him, and filed a lawsuit against Olmos and Universal Studios ...
A Peg leg is an artificial leg. Pegleg, Peg Leg or Peg-Leg may also refer to: Richard Lonergan (1900–1925), American mobster and labor racketeer nicknamed "Peg Leg" Joe "Pegleg" Morgan (1929–1993), first non-Hispanic member of the Mexican Mafia, an American criminal organization; Thomas L. Smith (1801–1866), American mountain man