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Carl Ballantine (September 27, 1917 – November 3, 2009) was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville -style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go ...
Carl Ballantine (1917-2009) was a versatile performer who appeared in TV shows like McHale's Navy and movies like The World's Greatest Lover. He also spoofed his magic act as a "bad" magician and won a Lifetime Achievement Fellowship from the Magic Castle.
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Hollywood Hills, California, USA
Carl Ballantine, the “amazing” comedy magician and character actor who was part of the World War II PT boat crew on the 1960s sitcom “McHale’s Navy,” has died. He was 92.
Carl Ballantine was a comic actor and magician who spoofed his magic act on TV and film. He was best known for his role as Lester Gruber on McHale's Navy and received a Lifetime Achievement Fellowship from the Magic Castle.
- September 27, 1917
- November 3, 2009
Nov 11, 2009 · Nov. 11, 2009. Carl Ballantine, an inveterate quipmeister whose stand-up comedy persona, an incompetent magician known as the Amazing Ballantine or Ballantine the Great, predated and...
Nov 6, 2009 · Carl Ballantine was a clever and self-deprecating magician who poked fun of the idea of magic on TV shows and nightclubs. He also starred as Lester Gruber on McHale’s Navy, a 1960s sitcom.
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Nov 5, 2009 · Carl Ballantine was a comedy-magician and character actor who played Lester Gruber on the sitcom 'McHale's Navy'. He also appeared in films such as 'The Shakiest Gun in the West' and 'The World's Greatest Lover'.
