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Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian.He began his career in vaudeville in 1903 and was known for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor, which continued into the 1960s. [2]
Wynn was born on July 27, 1916, in New York City, the son of vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn and his wife, the former Hilda Keenan. He took his stage name from his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, one of the first Broadway actors to star in Hollywood. His father was Jewish and his mother was of Irish Catholic background.
Keenan Wynn and his father Ed Wynn appear together in this film. Keenan also played Alonzo Hawk in Son of Flubber (1963) and for a third time in Herbie Rides Again (1974). Keenan plays a similar character in the 1976 sequel to The Shaggy Dog (starring McMurray), The Shaggy D.A. centered in the town of Medfield. Keenan's son Ned also appears ...
George Barris (1925–2015), designer and builder of various Hollywood custom cars; Jack Barry (1918–1984), television host and producer; Billy Barty (1924–2000), actor [2] [15] Florence Bates (1888–1954), actress; Norman F. Bates (1839–1915), Medal of Honor recipient; Frank Joslyn Baum (1883–1958), film producer, son of L. Frank and ...
Ed Wynne was born in Wandsworth, London, England, and is the son of English sculptor David Wynne, [2] and the grandson of English author Joan Grant.Family friend and late Beatles guitarist, George Harrison, encouraged a seven year old Wynne to pick up the guitar. [3]
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David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English stage, film and television actor, singer and comedian. Having been described as both a leading man and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles with The Walt Disney Company as authoritarian father figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and ...
Wynn was born on February 28, 1945, in Hollywood, California. He is the son of Keenan Wynn and the grandson of Ed Wynn and Hilda Keenan; his great-grandfather was actor Frank Keenan. [1] Wynn graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. [2]