Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Walford_Bodie> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 93 of
93
with 100 triples per page.
- Walford_Bodie abstract "Walford Bodie, whose real name was Samuel Murphy Bodie (1869–1939), was a Scottish showman, hypnotist, ventriloquist and stage magician, famous for his 'mock' electrocutions involving a replica of 'The Electric Chair'. He also performed an act of 'Bloodless Surgery', claiming he could use electricity, hypnosis and manipulation to cure 'all kinds of ailments and disabilities.' His performances were enormously popular in the early 20th century, and inspired both Harry Houdini and Charlie Chaplin.Charlie Chaplin imitated Bodie on stage in 1906, and continued to do so in Hollywood years later, while Bodie and Houdini were firm friends for many years. Numerous letters were exchanged between the two. Walford Bodie claimed to be the 'Most Remarkable Man on Earth,' and at one stage, in the Edwardian decade, the handsome young Scotsman became one of the world's highest paid entertainers; if not the highest. His 'Show Cures,' performed as part of his 'Bloodless Surgery,' be they good, bad or indifferent, had brought him spectacular success. Bodie advertised freely; his show posters even including the invitation 'Send Your Cripples.'In 1905, his 'cures' had made him so famous that he was made a 'Freeman of the City of London,' the first of his kind to receive such an honour. From this, he made his fortune, set up his 'Bodie Electric Drug Co,' and published his 'Bodie Book.' None of which pleased the medical profession, who'd labelled him a 'quack,' and had already taken him to court over the use of the word 'doctor.'Yet Walford Bodie was also a great showman, and stage performer, and it was the combination of great showmanship, as well as his apparent 'cures,' that provided the magnet for his huge success. Ricky Jay, the iconic American hypnotist, and author of the best-selling book, 'Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women,' accredits Bodie with the origination of many of today's comic interludes in stage hypnotism. In other words, the originator of much of the 'humorous hypnosis' we see on stage to this very day, while Professor Edwin A. Dawes states that 'as a ventriloquist (in his later stage review, 'Fun on an Ocean Liner') he was superb.'".
- Walford_Bodie birthDate "1869-06-11".
- Walford_Bodie birthName "Samuel Murphy Bodie".
- Walford_Bodie birthYear "1869".
- Walford_Bodie deathDate "1939".
- Walford_Bodie deathYear "1939".
- Walford_Bodie thumbnail Photograph_of_Dr_Bodie.png?width=300.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageExternalLink the-shocking-story-of-master-showman-walford-1039922.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageExternalLink www.doctorindrag.com.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageExternalLink id24.htm.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageExternalLink www.walfordbodie.com.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageID "38797649".
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageLength "10842".
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageOutDegree "26".
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageRevisionID "700440716".
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Blackpool_Pleasure_Beach.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Category:1869_births.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Category:1939_deaths.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Category:Magic_(illusion).
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scottish_magicians.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Charlie_Chaplin.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Damages.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Edward_VIII.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Egg_(food).
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Electric_chair.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Electric_light.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Electrocution.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink File:Lithograph_of_Bodies_1909_Trial.png.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Food_spoilage.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Glasgow.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Houdini.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Hypnosis.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Incandescent_light_bulb.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Kincardineshire.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Medical_Defence_Union.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Music_hall.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink National_Telephone_Company.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Sing_Sing.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLink Wallis_Simpson.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageWikiLinkText "Walford Bodie".
- Walford_Bodie birthDate "1869-06-11".
- Walford_Bodie birthName "Samuel Murphy Bodie".
- Walford_Bodie birthPlace "Aberdeen, Scotland".
- Walford_Bodie burialPlace "Macduff, Scotland".
- Walford_Bodie caption "1900.0".
- Walford_Bodie dateOfBirth "1869-06-11".
- Walford_Bodie dateOfDeath "1939".
- Walford_Bodie deathPlace "Blackpool, England".
- Walford_Bodie name "Bodie, Walford".
- Walford_Bodie name "Walford Bodie".
- Walford_Bodie placeOfBirth "Aberdeen, Scotland".
- Walford_Bodie placeOfDeath "Blackpool, England".
- Walford_Bodie shortDescription "British magician".
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Birth_date.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Death_year_and_age.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:EngvarB.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Famous_Magicians.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_person.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Walford_Bodie wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Walford_Bodie description "British magician".
- Walford_Bodie description "British magician".
- Walford_Bodie subject Category:1869_births.
- Walford_Bodie subject Category:1939_deaths.
- Walford_Bodie subject Category:Magic_(illusion).
- Walford_Bodie subject Category:Scottish_magicians.
- Walford_Bodie hypernym Bodie.
- Walford_Bodie type Agent.
- Walford_Bodie type Person.
- Walford_Bodie type Person.
- Walford_Bodie type Art.
- Walford_Bodie type Illusion.
- Walford_Bodie type Magician.
- Walford_Bodie type Show.
- Walford_Bodie type Agent.
- Walford_Bodie type NaturalPerson.
- Walford_Bodie type Thing.
- Walford_Bodie type Q215627.
- Walford_Bodie type Q5.
- Walford_Bodie type Person.
- Walford_Bodie comment "Walford Bodie, whose real name was Samuel Murphy Bodie (1869–1939), was a Scottish showman, hypnotist, ventriloquist and stage magician, famous for his 'mock' electrocutions involving a replica of 'The Electric Chair'.".
- Walford_Bodie label "Walford Bodie".
- Walford_Bodie sameAs Q7961860.
- Walford_Bodie sameAs m.0ryt9zm.
- Walford_Bodie sameAs Q7961860.
- Walford_Bodie wasDerivedFrom Walford_Bodie?oldid=700440716.
- Walford_Bodie depiction Photograph_of_Dr_Bodie.png.
- Walford_Bodie givenName "Walford".
- Walford_Bodie isPrimaryTopicOf Walford_Bodie.
- Walford_Bodie name "Bodie, Walford".
- Walford_Bodie name "Walford Bodie".
- Walford_Bodie surname "Bodie".