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May 17, 2023 · Jack Benny Facts 1. He Was A Reluctant Maestro. Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago, Illinois, on February 14, 1894. His parents bought him a violin when he was six years old, hoping one day he would become a great musician.
172 episodes of The Jack Benny Program from the 1950s and 60s plus seventeen TV specials. Some of the shows have the original network commercials. Picture qu...
Dec 27, 2010 · In October 1974, Benny canceled a performance in Dallas after suffering a dizzy spell, coupled with a feeling of numbness in his arms. Despite a battery of tests, Benny's ailment could not be determined. When he complained of stomach pains in early December, a first test showed nothing, but a subsequent one showed he had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Choosing to spend his final days at home ...
Feb 18, 2021 · Besides Anderson, the supporting cast included Phil Harris (who would become The Jungle Book’s Ballew) as a dipsomaniac bandleader, Looney Tunes voice legend Mel Blanc, and Benny’s own wife ...
Jack Benny was among the most beloved American entertainers of the 20th century. He brought a relationship-oriented, humorously vain persona honed in vaudeville, radio, and film to television in 1950, starring in his own television series from that year until 1965.
Jan 29, 2014 · The year was 1937, and the first role offered Eddie Anderson on The Jack Benny Program on radio was that of a Pullman porter.It was to be a one-time part, but there was something about the gravely-voiced African-American actor that led the producers to use him again -- first as a waiter, and another time as a fellow who has an altercation with the star, Jack Benny.
