Hoey, William F. (1855–97), actor. Alone or with partners he was for many years a popular vaudeville performer. However, his greatest fame came when he joined with his brother‐in‐law, Charles E. Evans, in A Parlor Match (1885). Hoey played a bibulous, bearded tramp, Old Hoss, and was regularly afterwards known as “Old Hoss” Hoey. He continued in the part with only intermittent interruptions almost until his death. Among his other legitimate appearances were The Flams (1894) and The Globe Trotter (1895).