Harry Ross
Posted By thecircusblog on August 18, 2009
The best friend you could have.There wasn’t anything that he wouldn’t do for a fellow performer. Harry worked in theater variety and vaudeville shows thoughout the country. His act was one of a kind as you can see in his flyer. His partner was a little dog that he trained to follow him up and down on this A frame ladder. This was not an easy act to do and time took it’s toll on him. In the 1950’s he joined the Siebrand circus. He changed his whole act to a hand balancing clown comedy with his dog Pal. The transition was a hit with the audience. He did about a 12 minute act filled with funny one- liners while doing a balancing table and chair routine. His finish trick was leaping over four chairs lined up on a table then pressing up into a hand stand. He combined vaudeville, theater and circus into a wonderful act that everyone liked.
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