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Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; Yiddish: מענדעל בערלינגער; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC 's Texaco Star Theatre ...
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As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948-55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both radio and TV. Berle won the Emmy for Most ...
- Actor, Producer, Director
- July 12, 1908
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- March 27, 2002
Milton Berle, brash comedian who became first star of television as beloved 'Uncle Miltie' on Texaco Star Theater from 1948 to 1954, dies at age of 93; began his career in vaudeville,...
Jun 8, 2018 · It was called "Toast Of The Town." It premiered on June 20, 1948, and essentially was a TV version of an old vaudeville show with one act following another. A comic telling jokes, a singer from ...
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Dec 29, 2002 · While Berle had first appeared in an experimental TV broadcast in Chicago in 1929 (seen by a dozen people, by his estimate), the most mass of mass media was still in its infancy when he grabbed ...
Sep 9, 2006 · (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Milton Berle performed in theaters, on radio and in movies. Yet he is best known as a television performer. He began working in television in nineteen forty-eight. At the...
Mar 27, 2002 · Milton Berle was an Emmy-winning American comedian and actor. ... in 1948 he was the first major star of US television and as such became known as Uncle Mil ... he appeared in over 50 silent films ...
