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- Edd Byrnes was an American actor, best known for his recurring role of ‘Kookie’ in the TV series `77 Sunset Strip.’ He had a tough childhood, as he lost his father to drug abuse. He resembled actor Tab Hunter, who unknowingly led Edd to fame when he refused a role in the movie ‘Darby’s Rangers.’ The role went to Edd Byrnes instead.
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Byrnes made a cameo as Kookie in Surfside Six and Hawaiian Eye, a 77 Sunset Strip spin-off. He bought a story for Warners, Make Mine Vanilla , but it was not made. [ 31 ] He threatened to punch a photographer who was trying to take a photo of him getting a marriage license. [ 32 ]
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Roger Smith starred as private eyes but Edd, playing a hip-talking parking-lot attendant named "Kookie", won the most attention. Viewers quoted his dialog, ("Baby, you're the ginchiest!"), and young males imitated the way he wielded his ever-present comb.
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Jan 10, 2020 · Edd Byrnes, who played cool kid Kookie on the hit TV show “77 Sunset Strip,” scored a gold record with a song about his character’s hair-combing obsession and later appeared in the movie...
Jan 9, 2020 · Edd “Kookie” Byrnes, the 77 Sunset Strip actor whose wavy hair and penchant for combing it made him an early TV teen idol, died Thursday of natural causes at his Santa Monica home,...
Jan 9, 2020 · Edd Byrnes, who gained fleeting fame as Kookie, the ultra-hip, wisecracking parking attendant on the jazzy 1950s-'60s ABC detective series '77 Sunset Strip,' has died. He was 86.
Jan 9, 2020 · Edd Byrnes, who became one of television’s first teen idols as Kookie — the hair-combing, jive-talking youth on the hit series “77 Sunset Strip” — but found ever after that he could not live...
Jan 10, 2020 · The Hollywood actor died at his home in Santa Monica on Thursday (January 9) of natural causes, according to TMZ. Byrnes's son Logan, who is an evening news presenter in San Diego, confirmed the news on Twitter, paying tribute to his father.
