James Finlayson biography
James Finlayson – August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953 James Finlayson, best known for his recurring roles in various Laurel and Hardy films as their […]
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Laurel and Hardy [Stan and Ollie]
Laurel and Hardy – great comedy film duo, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Laurel and Hardy. Stan and Ollie. Skinny and Fatty. In Italy, they […]
Oliver Hardy biography – Laurel and Hardy – another fine mess you've gotten me into!
Oliver Hardy Biography (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) Oliver Hardy’s Early Years On January 18, 1892, Norvell Hardy was born in Harlem, Georgia. […]
Biography of Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy – I’m sorry, Ollie!
Biography of Arthur Stanley Jefferson, aka Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965) Stan Laurel, the tall, thin, “dumb” half of the team […]
Art Carney biography – best known as Ed Norton on The Honeymooners
Art Carney biography (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) “A sewer worker is like a brain surgeon. We’re both specialists.” – Ed Norton, sewer […]
Don Burda, Homer the happy hobo
Don Burda, Homer the happy hobo (1935 – 2008) Don Burda grew up in the small town of Friend, Nebraska. He married his high school […]
Ernie Blinko Burch – famous circus & casino clown
Ernie Blinko Burch (1929 – 1997) Born around 1929 in Linden NJ. At age 15, he ran away from home and followed the Ringling […]
Roy Brown – our kooky cook Cooky from WGN-TV's Bozo the Clown TV show
Roy “Cooky” Brown (1932 – 2001) Roy Thomas Brown (July 8, 1932 – January 22, 2001), the man behind Cooky the Cook for 25 years on […]
Bev Bergeron, Rebo the magic clown
Beverly “Rebo” Bergeron ( December 29, 1930 – December 3, 2020) Everyone has seen a clown twisting a single balloon into a dog — but […]
Mark Anthony, famous tramp clown
Mark Anthony, famous circus tramp clown (1915-June 23, 1990) The famous circus clown Mark Anthony was born Mark Galkowski in Norwich, Connecticut in 1915. During […]