Skinnay Ennis

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
hal kemp orchestra	hal kemp and his orchestra
Bob Hope Show	santa ana separation center	0000-00-00
music from hollywood	christmas show	1937-12-24
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (193) guest johnny mercer (afrs)	1943-06-15
command performance	command performance (072) fred macmurray, alice faye, jimmie lunceford	1943-06-26
command performance	command performance (094) herbert marshall, edgar bergen, bob wills	1943-11-27
command performance	command performance (095) dinah shore, abbott & costello, fats waller	1943-12-04
command performance	bob hope	1943-12-11
command performance	all music program	1943-12-18
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (251) naval air technical center memphis, tn	1945-02-06
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (269) guest robert montgomery	1945-09-11
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (274) from battleship south dakota	1945-10-16
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 santa ana separation center	1945-10-23
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (276) guest victor mature	1945-11-06
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (278) guest joe e brown	1945-11-20
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (295) broadcast from cleveland (a little short)	1946-03-19
Bob Hope Show	bob hope 39 55 (297) guest sidney greenstreet	1946-04-02

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Ennis, Skinnay (birth name was Edgar Clyde Ennis, Jr) Born in Salisbury, North Carolina 8/13/1907; died 6/2/1963 of suffocation by choking on a piece of roast beef in a Los Angeles, California restaurant. Married and divorced to vocalist Carmine Calhoun (?-1950). Recording artist on Brunswick, MGM, RCA Victor and Signature record labels. Screen debut as himself in No Other One (1936). Last movie was with a cameo in Radio Stars on Parade (1945).

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Ennis was a drummer with Hal Kemp's band until he formed his own band in 1937, and was heard playing on band remotes with Kemp's group. The Skinnay Ennis Orchestra provided music for radio programs including The Bob Hope Show for NBC (from 1938 to 1943 when he went into the Army to serve during WWII, then returned to the program after WWII service until 1948); The Abbott And Costello Show on ABC (after returning from WWII service ca middle to late 1940's).

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Skinnay Ennis

This actor appeared in the following radio shows

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