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Blanche Morton's long-suffering husband, Harry, was played by four actors over the show's eight-year run; the last, Larry Keating, was introduced on the October 5, 1953 fourth-season premiere when George Burns entered the set and halted a scene of an angered Blanche preparing to hit Harry with a book. Burns introduced Keating to Benaderet and ...
Bea Benaderet – Blanche Morton; 292 episodes (1950–58). Benaderet had also played Blanche on the radio version of the show. She was the only actor besides George and Gracie who appeared in all episodes. 25 episodes (1958–59) of The George Burns Show, also as Blanche Morton
Bea Benaderet carried over from the Burns and Allen radio show, portraying neighbor Blanche Morton, but over the course of the series, four different actors played her husband. The character's first name was "Harry", the same first name as the real-life announcer Harry Von Zell, requiring the writers to craft dialogue that would distinguish the ...
CBS refused Pepper on the grounds she had a serious drinking problem, [9] and Benaderet was already playing Blanche Morton on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. [10] Ultimately, the 42-year-old Vance won the role on the new television program, which debuted October 15, 1951, on CBS. Vance's Ethel Mertz character was the landlady of a New ...
Lawrence Keating (June 13, 1899 [citation needed] – August 26, 1963) was an American actor best known for his roles as Harry Morton on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, which he played from 1953 to 1958, and next-door neighbor Roger Addison on Mister Ed, which he played from 1961 until his death in 1963.
The George Burns Show is a comedy television program that aired on NBC for one season ().The program was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive. [citation needed]The George Burns Show immediately followed the eight-season run of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, which had aired on CBS, and shared continuity with the earlier series.
They want George to tell Morton that there is a man after Blanche. George tells Morton about the plan. Gracie thinks "tea and crumpets" refers to a couple named Crumpet. Mr. Petrie comes by and while Gracie gets George, he talks to Blanche. Morton comes by pretending to be jealous and chases off Mr. Petrie.
Burns and Allen joined the Paramount roster in 1930 and made a string of one-reel comedies through 1933, usually written by Burns and featuring future Hollywood character actors such as Barton MacLane and Chester Clute. In 1932, Paramount produced an all-star musical comedy, The Big Broadcast, featuring the nation's hottest radio personalities ...