Joe Yule "I thought it was fitting that these two comedians should rest in peace, side by side," he wrote. Joe Yule Ninnian Joseph Yule (April 30, 1892 – March 30, 1950) was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville comedian who later appeared in many films as a character actor. He was noted for his starring role in the "Jiggs and Maggie" film series, opposite Renie Riano, and as the father of Mickey Rooney. Yule was born in Scotland on April 30, 1892 in the Hutchesontown district of Glasgow, and emigrated to the United States when an infant in 1892 with his parents,
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. (September 2, 1895- February 3, 1919) was an American playwright, author and poet from Louisville, Kentucky most remembered for his posthumously published one-act play "On The Fields of France" in addition to numerous volumes of poetry. Cotter Jr. was born and lived the formative years of his life in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended Central High School until his graduation in 1911. His father, Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. a noted African-American playwright in his own regard, was the principal when Cotter Jr. graduated. Cotter subsequently attended Fisk University in Nashville, TN before