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Jack Benny


Age: 80 (passed away Dec. 26th, 1974)
Height: 5' 8"


Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Dec. 31st, 1969

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Jack Benny's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
The Jack Benny Program TV Show
The Jack Benny Program
This Is Your Life (1952) TV Show
This Is Your Life (1952)
The $64,000 Question TV Show
The $64,000 Question
The DuPont Show of the Week TV Show
The DuPont Show of the Week
The George Burns Show TV Show
The George Burns Show
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

The son of a saloonkeeper, Jack Benny (born Benny Kubelsky) began to study the violin at the age six, and his "ineptness" at it later become his trademark (in reality, he was a very accomplished player). When given the opportunity to play in live theatre professionally, Benny quit school and joined vaudeville. In the same theatre that Benny was working with were the very young Marx Brothers. Their mother, Minnie, wanted Benny to go on the road with them. However, this plan was foiled by his parents who would not let their 17-year-old son on the road.

Having a successful vaudeville career, Benny also had a greater career on radio for "The Jack Benny Program". The show was one of the few successful radio programs that also became a successful television show.

Benny also starred in several movies including The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) and George Washington Slept Here (1942), although he had much greater success on radio and on TV than he did on the big screen.

He was good friends with Fred Allen (I), with whom he had a long-standing comic "feud".


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