Jack Gilford 07.25.1908 - 06.04.1990 (82 years old)
Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 – June 4, 1990) was an American Broadway, film and television actor. Gilford was discovered working in a pharmacy by his mentor Milton Berle. While working in amateur theater, he competed with other talented youngsters, including a young Jackie Gleason. He started doing imitations and impersonations. His first appearance on film was a short entitled Midnight Melodies where he did his imitations of George Jessel, Rudy Vallee and Harry Langdon. Gilford developed some unique impressions that became his trademarks — most notably, one of "split pea soup coming to a furious boil" using only his face. Other unusual impressions he created were a fluorescent light going on in a dark room, John D. Rockefeller Sr. imitating Jimmy Durante, and impressions of animals. ilford shared the stage with a young Carol Burnett in this production, and reprised his performance with her in two separate televised versions of the show, in 1964 and in 1972 Gilford became successful mostly through roles on the Broadway stage, such as Drink To Me Only, Romanoff and Juliet, and The Diary of Anne Frank. He later enjoyed success in film and television, as well as a series of nationwide television commercials for Cracker Jack. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Save the Tiger (1973). He would be 109 years old if alive today! He appeared in 1 episode of Radio Mystery Theater.
This actor appeared in the following radio shows
Series | Episode title | Date |
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cbs radio mystery theater | its simply murder | 1974-03-27 |
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