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When did George M. Cohan's career take off?
George M. Cohan's first big Broadway hit in 1904 was the show Little Johnny Jones, which introduced his tunes Give My Regards to Broadway and The Yankee Doodle Boy.
Did George M. Cohan ever star in any movies?
In 1932, George M. Cohan starred in a dual role as a cold, corrupt politician and his charming, idealistic campaign double in the Hollywood musical film The Phantom President.
What were George M. Cohan's most popular works?
One of George M. Cohan's most innovative plays was a dramatization of the mystery Seven Keys to Baldpate in 1913, which baffled some audiences and critics but became a hit
Where George M Cohan's children ever in the film industry?
Helen Cohan, George M. Cohan's daughter, was an American stage dancer and briefly a Hollywood film actress.
Where was George M Cohan laid to rest?
George M Cohan was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City, in a private family mausoleum he had erected a quarter century earlier.

Question: did he ever serve in the military?
Self-contained rewrite: Did George M Cohan ever serve in the military?