Acknowledgements & sources:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9XM-XC9M?i=21&cc=2185145 (1920 Sept 9 NYC Passport application)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCR2-V1M (1894 May 30 Hoboken, NJ birth record Walter A. Ochs)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9JJ-9F7 (1900 C Hoboken NJ Walter Ochs)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKYP-JFY (1910 C Jersey City, NJ: Walter Ochs: cashier in dept. store working with Dad and Brother)
1915 C Jersey City, NJ: Walter A. Ochs is "Actor". (Ancestry.com very long link)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJK-2LC (1917 June 5 Draft Reg: Walter Ochs: b Hoboken, NJ 1894 May 30: salesman: Tall; med build; blue eyes; brown hair)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4R1-4PF (1920 C Jersey City, NJ: Walter Ochs: "salesman--acts": ?artists' agent?)
https://www.ancestry.com: long link. (1925 City Dir Jersey City: 2 listings: "Walter A Ochf" actor: "Walter Ochs" actor: both same address)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X46B-WFW . (1930 C Jersey City, NJ: Walter Ochs: "actor---vaudeville")
1940 C NY City Lambs Club "Guest": "theatre----artists' agent". (Ancestry.com: could not find in FamilySearch.org)
1942 Apr 26 WWII Draft:Jersey City: Walter Arthur Ochs: self-employed salesman: ht. 6'6":255lbs:blue eyes:brn hair (Ancestry.com: could not find in FamilySearch.org)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPFY-K6N (1964 Jul 16 CADI: death Walter A Ochs: LA: birth NJ 1894 May 30)
1932 Mar 12 p.11: "Brooklyn Daily Eagle": Al Ochs: born Hoboken: worked for ROACH: big man like wrestler
Boston Globe 22 June 1935, page 15 (obituary - relates to different guy)
https://www.newspapers.com/ newspage/684658241/ (Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, 21 Jul 1964)
https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1964-07-22_235_9/page/n94/mode/1up?q=%22al+ochs%22&view=theater (Variety, 22 Jul 1964)
https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1935-04-06_110_14/page/20/mode/1up?q=%22al+ochs%22&view=theater (Musical Courier, 6 Apr 1935 -- gives Ochs's height as 6'7")
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/?li=33424550453948&cat=0 (1923 draft & telegram from Will Rogers to Al Ochs)
Jim Jarvis (research and information)
Jesse Brisson (additional research, identification in Don't Park There, Wide Open Spaces, Solid Ivory, All Wool, One Of The Family)
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