Joe Danby

Also called Joe, old Danby, Mr Danby, Ray’s father, Exhibit C

Ray's father, a retired old pro with formidable eyebrows, once Aunt Julia's stage partner in London.

Connections

dealings

• is stage partner of, is in love with Aunt Julia 6
• refuses to marry Gussie Mannering-Phipps 1
• is parent of Ray Denison 1
• despises Uncle Cuthbert 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie meets Ray and her formidable father, and Aunt Julia arrives in New York demanding to know why he cabled.Chapter 1, as her father
2. Aunt Julia and Joe Danby recognise each other as old stage partners, Danby confesses he always loved her, and when she reveals Gussie is her son he asks her to come back to the profession and she falls into his arms.Chapter 1, the Danbys' apartment, as old Danby

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie runs into Gussie, now calling himself George Wilson, at Abe Riesbitter's agency, where Gussie is booked for the small time so that Ray's father will let him marry her, and Bertie secretly cables Gussie's mother.Chapter 1, Abe Riesbitter's office
2. Gussie's debut is a stage-fright disaster until the pretty girl next to Bertie, Ray, stands up and sings the moon song with him and makes him the hero of the house.Chapter 1, the uptown theatre
3. Aunt Julia watches her son perform as Exhibit B, much improved, and Bertie explains Danby's condition and sends her to see him.Chapter 1, the uptown theatre, as the girl’s father
4. Gussie reports that his mother is to marry Danby and he is to marry Ray, and Bertie answers Aunt Agatha's cable: 'Stay where you are. Profession overcrowded.'Chapter 1, Gussie's hotel, as old Danby