William Baker Rock

William Baker Rock (August 5, 1872 - June 27, 1922) was a vaudeville comedian and dancer. He was a partner with Maude Fulton in the vaudeville act of Rock and Fulton. He later was a partner  with Frances White (1898-1969) as Rock and White.

Biography
He was born on August 5, 1872 in Evansville, Indiana to William Beverly Rock and Matilda Baker.My Life in Vaudeville: The Autobiography of Ed Lowry uses 1867 for the year of William Rock's birth. He married Jane Ryder on October 5, 1905 in Manhattan, New York City.New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940 He married Gladys Tilbury of Brighton, England. On July 6, 1921 he married Hiler Eby of Altoona, Pennsylvania. She appeared with him in Hitchy-Koo. On July 13, 1921 he was hospitalized and had one-third of his stomach removed. He died on June 27, 1922 at the National Stomach Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of cancer of the stomach. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Category:1872 births
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Category:American dancers
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Category:Comedians from Indiana
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Category:People from Evansville, Indiana