Harland Dixon

Harland Dixon (November 4, 1885 – June 30, 1969) was a Canadian-American dancer and choreographer, whose career encompassed vaudeville, musical theatre, and films.

He left home and took work as a paper hanger in Buffalo, New York, then as a freight elevator operator in Boston, Massachusetts.

[2] James Doyle (c.1888 – June 13, 1927) had been born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had also worked in Dockstader's troupe, though not at the same time as Dixon.

The pair devised a vaudeville act in which they challenged each other to perform increasingly intricate and complex steps, including soft shoe, tap, and clog dancing, interspersed with comic patter and short sketches.

In 1912 they were added to the line-up of a revue, Let George Do It, and then joined a show at the Winter Garden Theatre which also included Al Jolson and Nora Bayes.