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    Jonathan Winters

    American comedian, actor, artist

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  1. Years of service. 1943–1946. Rank. Corporal. Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. He started performing as a stand up comedian before transitioning his career to acting in film and television.

  2. Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters, the rubber-faced comedian whose unscripted flights of fancy inspired a generation of improvisational comics, and who kept television audiences in stitches with Main Street...

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  3. Jonathan Winters. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932.

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    • Dayton, Ohio, USA
    • January 1, 1
    • Montecito, California, USA
  4. Apr 25, 2024 · Jonathan Winters (born November 11, 1925, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.—died April 11, 2013, Montecito, California) was an American comedian who used sound effects, facial contortions, a gift for mimicry, and breakneck improvisational skills to entertain nightclub, radio, television, and film audiences.

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  5. Jonathan Winters. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932.

    • November 11, 1925
    • April 11, 2013
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  7. Apr 13, 2013 · Winters, who died Thursday at age 87 at his Montecito, Calif., home, was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities...

  8. Apr 13, 2013 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime friend.

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