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Edwin Fitzgerald Foy (March 9, 1856-February 16, 1928) was an American vaudeville actor and comedian.

Foy had seven children and they sometimes performed with him as The Seven Little Foys. The most famous was actor Eddie Foy, Jr. (1905–1983). Bob Hope portrayed Foy in a feature film called "The Seven Little Foys" (1955), while Eddie Foy, Jr., portrayed Foy, Sr., in the George M. Cohan biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy
. Foy is notable as a survivor of the December 30, 1903 fire that erupted in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, claiming the lives of 602 people. Foy was a star in the theater troupe performing Mr. Bluebeard, Jr. at the time, and rescued several people from the blaze.

Eddie Foy was saved by Wyatt Earp in Dodge City. According to ,

:"Sometimes traveling theatrical repertoires rolled into town. An amusing incident took place one night when Wyatt was awakened to gunfire in the streets. Outside, he found a shaken comedian, Eddie Foy, huddled in an alley while fellow actor Charles Chapin was taking pot shots at Foy for stealing his girl. Wyatt easily disarmed the drunken thespian and sent the players home to "sleep it off"".

Foy also was a friend of Doc Holliday in Dodge.

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