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Danny Thomas. Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in the Danny Thomas Show. In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes ...
Danny Thomas. Actor: The Danny Thomas Show. Known primarily as a TV actor, he starred as a nightclub singer on the popular The Danny Thomas Show (1953). He also served TV behind the cameras partnering with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling to create such shows as Dick Van Dyke's show, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and Mod Squad (1968). He was also dedicated to ...
- January 6, 1912
- February 6, 1991
Danny Thomas was born on Jan. 6, 1912, on a horse farm in Deerfield, Mich., the son of Lebanese immigrants. Many references list the year of his birth as 1914, but a family spokesman said ...
Danny Thomas. Actor: The Danny Thomas Show. Known primarily as a TV actor, he starred as a nightclub singer on the popular The Danny Thomas Show (1953). He also served TV behind the cameras partnering with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling to create such shows as Dick Van Dyke's show, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and Mod Squad (1968).
- January 1, 1
- Deerfield, Michigan, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Danny Thomas isn’t just noted for being the talented comedian and skilled actor that he was, but a true humanitarian. In his five decades long career, he started by working as a comedian in American nightclubs and soon progressed to become a television and film actor and later on producing shows and unravelling new talent and new faces.
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Nov 13, 2017 · Danny Thomas was born Muzyad Yakhoob in Deerfield, Michigan, on January 6, 1912, to Lebanese immigrants, and renamed Amos Jacobs soon after. For years, Jacobs struggled to develop a nightclub act before changing his name to Danny Thomas (two of his brothers’ names) and making a commitment to build a shrine to St. Jude, patron saint of ...
The Danny Thomas Show: With Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright. Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.