Legacy
James Cagney's introduction to films was unusual; when visiting an aunt in Brooklyn who lived opposite Vitagraph Studios, he would climb over the fence to watch the filming of John Bunny movies.
Following his passing, advances in technology and in stunts brought great new comedic stars to silent film that relegated Bunny to the status of an almost completely forgotten actor. However, he was eventually honored for his contribution to the motion picture industry with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1715 Vine Street in Hollywood.
In The Art of the Moving Picture (1915), American poet and early film critic Vachel Lindsay considered Bunny to be the greatest of the early screen comedians.
Bunny was mentioned by Fred Mertz in the I Love Lucy Season 4 episode, "Ricky's Screen Test".
Although it is widely repeated, Bunny was not the first person to play Santa Claus on film.
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