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Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 1950 February]]</ref> | Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 1950 February]]</ref> | ||
| − | He worked briefly with [[Floyd Thayer]] then bought the company from [[Bill Larsen]] in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. | + | He worked briefly with [[Floyd Thayer]] then bought the company from [[Bill Larsen]] in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. <ref> [[Genii 1950 February]], page 172.</ref> |
He was a staff writer to [[The Seven Circles]] and [[The Diebox]]. <ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref> | He was a staff writer to [[The Seven Circles]] and [[The Diebox]]. <ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 2 January 2012
| Rudy Roxo | |
| Born | Clayton Lowell Jacobsen May 24, 1913 Chicago, Illinois |
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| 1970s | |
Rudy Roxo was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.
Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.[1]
He worked briefly with Floyd Thayer then bought the company from Bill Larsen in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. [2]
He was a staff writer to The Seven Circles and The Diebox. [3]
His Vampire illusion he called "Creation" was in Genii 1940 February.
Awards
- Conjurors' Magazine Award (1945)
Books
- Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)
References
- ↑ Cover, Genii 1950 February
- ↑ Genii 1950 February, page 172.
- ↑ Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)
