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LeRoy A. Becker

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LeRoy A. Becker
BornLeRoy A. Becker
July 26, 1911
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died?

LeRoy A. Becker (1911-?) was a semi-professional magician from Wisconsin who performed as "La Roy".

Biography

His specialties were sleights and mental effects. A graduate from the Layton School of Art, he was a member of I. B. M. ( No. 2748) and the Milwaukee Society of Magicians (MSM). He was the editor for the MSM newsletter, Art of the "Gimmick" and wrote MSM reports for the Sphinx[1]

He also organized what he called the Junior Mystic Circle in Wisconsin around 1926.[2]

References

  1. Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, August, 1931
  2. Linking Ring, December 1930