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| birth_name = Clayton Lowell Jacobsen | | birth_name = Clayton Lowell Jacobsen | ||
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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | ||
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'''Rudy Roxo''' was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions. | '''Rudy Roxo''' (1913-1970s) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions. | ||
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> | ||
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* Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940) | * Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940) | ||
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Revision as of 14:24, 11 April 2013
| Rudy Roxo | |
 Cover of Genii (1950) | |
| Born | Clayton Lowell Jacobsen May 24, 1913 Chicago, Illinois |
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| Died | circa 1975 (age 62) |
Rudy Roxo (1913-1970s) 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 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 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)