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Art CarneyAdd to My CelebsAge 85 (passed away Nov. 9th, 2003) Birthday Nov. 4th, 1918 Born in Mount Vernon, New York, USA Height 5' 10" |
Art Carney's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles1993 - Last Action Hero1984 - Firestarter 1984 - The Muppets Take Manhattan 1981 - Take This Job and Shove It 1980 - Roadie 1978 - House Calls 1977 - The Late Show 1975 - W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings 1974 - Harry and Tonto 1967 - A Guide for the Married Man 1964 - The Yellow Rolls-Royce 1941 - Pot o' Gold |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
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TRIVIA:
- Won a talent contest in elementary school and another at A. B. Davis High School, in Mount Vernon, from which he graduated in 1936. Had only a high school education, no formal training and never took an acting class.
- The voice of Red Lantern on radio's "Land of the Lost" was originally done by 'Junius Matthews' (qv), who did a lot of movies around that time, and this show overlapped with his schedule, so then it was taken over by Art Carney.
- He was a voice-over regular on the popular 1930s radio series "Gangbusters" that featured weekly episodes based actual crime incidents. Each program ended with various descriptions of wanted criminals, many of whom were later arrested due to avid listener participation.
- Originated the role of Felix Ungar (opposite 'Walter Matthau' (qv) as Oscar Madison) in 'Neil Simon (I)' (qv)'s "The Odd Couple" on Broadway in 1965.
- He was the voice of "Red Lantern:The Fish Priminister" on "The Land Of The Lost" children's radio show, which also starred 'Mae Questel' (qv) and 'Naomi Lewis' (qv). "The Land Of The Lost" was heard on The ABC Radio Network during the mid 1940s. Mr. Carney also performed on another TV puppet special with "The Bil & Cora Baird Puppets" - "Art Carney Meets The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on The ABC TV Network. The show aired in the early 1960s.
- Appears as Ed Norton, with 'Jackie Gleason (I)' (qv) as Ralph Kramden, on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring _"The Honeymooners" (1955)_ (qv). The stamp was issued 11 August 2009.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 93-94. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- It was while appearing in "The Odd Couple" on Broadway that Carney suffered a nervous breakdown brought on by the failure of his twenty-five-year first marriage. He was forced to leave the play and enter a sanitarium for nearly six months.
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