The Jack Benny Program
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Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
Jack Benny. Actor: The Jack Benny Program. The son of a saloon keeper, Jack Benny (born Benny Kubelsky) began to study the violin at the age six, and his "ineptness" at it, would later become his trademark (in reality, he was a very accomplished player).
The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television.
All of the 172 episodes of The Jack Benny Program from the 1950s and 60s plus seventeen TV specials.
You can find lots of things on personalities like the Beatles, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and others, but asking a dealer if he or she has anything on Jack Benny will always get you an odd look (and often a bad Jack Benny impersonation).
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian and actor. He was born in Chicago and grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. His mother was a Lithuanian immigrant; his father was a Jewish immigrant from Poland. From 1932 to 1955, Benny had a radio show.
Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, the gravel voiced comedian who played Jack Benny's valet for more than 30 years, died yesterday at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles.
The king of radio comedy from the Great Depression through the early 1950s, Jack Benny was one of the most influential entertainers in twentieth-century America.
Background information Born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Died December 26, 1974 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actor, comedian, vaudevillian, violinist Years active 1911 – 1974 Spouse Mary Livingstone(m.1927; his death 1974) Children Joan Benny
Jack Benny. Actor, Comedian, Producer. He is best remembered for his comically inept violin playing (he was actually a very good violin player), his carefully constructed image as a penny-pincher, and for never being older than 39.
