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Art Carney
Age: 85 (passed away Nov. 9th, 2003)
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Born: Nov. 4th, 1918
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Art Carney's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- 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.
- 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.
- 'Jackie Gleason (I)' (qv) once stated that Carney was 90% responsible for the success of _"The Honeymooners" (1955)_ (qv).
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 93-94. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
- 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.
- Through his brother Jack, a musical booking agent, Carney landed his first show-business job in 1936, as a mimic and novelty singer for 'Horace Heidt' (qv)'s band. Due to this association with Heidt, he made his unbilled film debut with _Pot o' Gold (1941)_ (qv) as a band member and radio announcer.
- 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.
- 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.
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