the Spanish Refugee Appeal, or who criticized the Spanish Catholic Church for executing leftists, for un-American activity. The House Committee on Un-American Activities investigated those members. In January 1946, just months after Nazi Germany had been defeated, a rally of 10,000 white supremacists gathered at Madison Square Garden for a pro-Fascist event called "The Friends of Frank Fay", organized by Franco supporters, members of the Ku Klux Klan, and the American Nazi Party. In 1951, he had third billing in a movie titled Love Nest. Personal life Fay married Barbara Stanwyck in 1928, when she was relatively unknown. He helped her further her career in films, and she was given a contract by Warner Bros. late in 1930. Their only film appearance together was a brief skit in the short film The Stolen Jools (1931). They adopted a son, Dion, on December 5, 1932. The marriage reportedly soured when Fay's career was eclipsed by Stanwyck's success, and they divorced in 1935. Later life and death Shortly before his death, Fay was declared legally incompetent. On September 20, 1961, he was admitted to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He died there five days later, aged 69, of a ruptured abdominal aorta. Fay was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles. Honors Fay has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Filmography References External links Frank Fay at Virtual History The Fascist Stand Up Comic The First Stand-Up Comic 1891 births 1961 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male stage actors American people of Irish descent Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles) Donaldson Award winners Male actors from San Francisco Male actors from the San Francisco Bay Area People from Greater Los Angeles Vaudeville performers Warner Bros. contract players American fascists American stand-up comedians