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Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5179. Source citation. Entertainer. Born in Boston, he started out in vaudeville and nightclubs as a dialect comedian, often billed as Harry Parke. During the 1930s he was known to millions of radio listeners as Parkyakarkus, a florid Greek lunch counter proprietor who delighted in mangling the English language.
Dec 28, 2018 · The Comedian who Passed Away Live on Stage. Comedian, writer, and character actor Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein (1904-1958) got his first break on national radio in 1934. His popularity snowballed, and by 1945 he was writing and performing his own show, Meet Me at Parky’s, on NBC. He began to wind down in the 1950s as his health began to ...
- Harry Einstein’s Background and Early Career
- Harry Einstein’s Onstage Death
- Harry Einstein’s Legacy
A famed comedian, writer and character actor, Harry Einstein was born in Boston, Mass. on May 6, 1904. Though he was known professionally by his Greek-speaking alter-ego “Nick Parkyakarkus,” Einstein was of Jewish-American heritage. Starting as a journalist in Boston, Einstein was encouraged to pursue comedy as a profession by friends. He got his b...
Einstein battled heart disease all his life. Meanwhile, his show was canceled and Einstein’s comedic work became confined to Friars Club roasts. Consequently, Einstein took to the stage amid thunderous applause at the Friars Club on the evening of Nov. 23, 1958, to roast his pals Ball and Arnaz. There was plenty of good-natured ribbing. In the back...
Einstein and his wife had four children, all boys. The youngest son, Albert, was all of 11-years-old when he lost his father. He changed his last name to “Brooks” to avoid being known as yet another Albert Einstein. Albert Brooks is today a well-known comedian in his own right and carries on his father’s legacy. Brooks ranks in the top annals of ac...
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Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5179. Quelle Zitat. Entertainer. Born in Boston, he started out in vaudeville and nightclubs as a dialect comedian, often billed as Harry Parke. During the 1930s he was known to millions of radio listeners as Parkyakarkus, a florid Greek lunch counter proprietor who delighted in mangling the English language.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Harry Einstein, the "Parkyakarkus" comedian of the Eddie Cantor radio show in the Nineteen Thirties, died backstage early today of a heart attack suffered...
Nov 24, 2008 · Comedian Harry Einstein, 53, known as Parkyakarkus, collapses moments after finishing what Friars Club members said was "the most hilarious speech of his career" during a tribute to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Note: The runover page wasn’t microfilmed, so we don’t have the rest of the story).
