Editing Gallagher and Shean (section)

==Later life and career==
In 1921, they were sued by [[The Shubert Organization]] for breach of contract. According to Shubert, they could not perform for the competing ''Ziegfeld Follies''. The plaintiff claimed that Gallagher and Shean's act was "unique and irreplaceable". The comedians' defense was that their act was mediocre, and the judge initially found in their favor, although the decision was later reversed.

For a time in the 1920s, Gallagher was involved with his protegee, vivacious French-Canadian dancer [[Fifi D'Orsay]]. In 1925, inventor [[Theodore Case]] made a short film of them in his [[sound-on-film]] process at his [[Auburn, New York]], studio; however, the film was lost in a fire at the Auburn studio in the mid-1950s, and only outtakes of the film now exist. In August 1931, [[Fleischer Studios]] released a short cartoon, ''Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean'', as part of the Fleischer [[Screen Songs]] series. In this short, Jack Kenny (1886–1964) did the voice of Gallagher.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022168/ IMDB entry]</ref>

Gallagher and Shean often had personal differences during their partnership. The constant backstage hostilities inspired [[Neil Simon]] to incorporate them into his successful show business-themed comedy ''[[The Sunshine Boys]]''.

Ed Gallagher suffered a nervous breakdown after the partnership ended in 1925 and died in 1929; Al Shean worked occasionally thereafter as a solo character actor.<ref>Slide, Anthony (2012). ''The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville''. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 204–205. {{ISBN|1-61703-250-6}}</ref> The [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] musical ''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]'' (1941) features a recreation of Gallagher and Shean's act with Al Shean in his familiar role and costume and character actor [[Charles Winninger]] portraying Gallagher. Also The [[Republic Pictures]] musical ''[[Atlantic City (1944 film)|Atlantic City]]'' (1944) features a recreation of Gallagher and Shean's act with Al Shean and character actor Jack Kenney portraying Gallagher.

Ed Gallagher's wife, [[Helen Gallagher (Solomon)|Helen]], became a partner in [[Gallagher's Steak House]] in New York City and the restaurant was named after her. After Ed's death, she married her partner, Jack Solomon.<ref>Trager, James (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xvGhQoNT27IC&pg=PA480&dq= ''The New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, and Anecdotes from the Dutch to the Present'']. New York: HarperResource. p. 480. {{ISBN|0060523417}}</ref>