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'''Rudy Roxo''' was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.  
'''Rudy Roxo''' (1913-1974) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.  


== Biography ==
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 [[William W. Larsen, Sr.]] 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>


His Vampire illusion he called "Creation" was in Genii magazine (February 1940)
His Vampire illusion, which he called "Creation", was in [[Genii 1940 February]].


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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== Books ==
== Books ==
* Modern Masters Magic (with  Edwin L. Burchell)
* Modern Masters Magic (with  Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 19:09, 28 March 2015

Rudy Roxo

Cover of Genii (1950)
BornClayton Lowell Jacobsen
May 24, 1913
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJune 1, 1974 (age 61)
Traverse City, Michigan

Rudy Roxo (1913-1974) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.

Biography

Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.[1]

He worked briefly with Floyd Thayer then bought the company from William W. Larsen, Sr. 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, which he called "Creation", was in Genii 1940 February.

Awards

  • Conjurors' Magazine Award (1945)

Books

  • Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)

References

  1. Cover, Genii 1950 February
  2. Genii 1950 February, page 172.
  3. Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)