Danny Kelleher began working for the Essanay Film Company at their
studio in Niles, California, in 1913, as an assistant propman and
sometime actor. His work (in props) with the company's splinter unit
that produced Charles Chaplin's comedies brought him to Hollywood. In
the 1920's, he worked in Los Angeles as an electrician, and later
worked (for 27 years) as a sound engineer for RKO.
