RECENT CREDITS
Ocean's Eleven (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1960
Public Pigeon No. 1 (FILM)  Jun. 1, 1957
Around the World in 80 Days (FILM)  Oct. 17, 1956
Susan Slept Here (FILM)  Jun. 1, 1954
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HIGHLIGHTS
Was so poor as a child that he once sang for pennies on the streets of his Indiana home town.
Quit school at 10 to join a traveling medicine show.
Always ended his TV show---which ran for two decades---and his radio show by saying, "Good night and may God bless."
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines  1965 -Neanderthal Man
Actor
Film


Ocean's Eleven  1960 -Client
Actor
Film


Public Pigeon No. 1  1957 -Rusty Morgan
Actor
Film


Around the World in 80 Days  1956 -Drunk
Actor
Film


Susan Slept Here  1954 -Oswald
Actor
Film


Lovely to Look At  1952 -Al Marsh
Actor
Film


Texas Carnival  1951 -Cornie Quinell
Actor
Film


Watch the Birdie  1951 -Grandpop Cameron, Pop Cameron, Rusty Cameron
Actor, Actor, Actor
Film


Whistling in Brooklyn   -Wally Benton
Actor
Film


Whistling in Dixie   -Wally Benton
Actor
Film


Whistling in the Dark   -Wally Benton
Actor
Film


Ziegfeld Follies   -Announcer/J. Newton Numbskull
Actor
Film


Panama Hattie   -Red
Actor
Film


Thousands Cheer   -Himself
Actor
Film


Three Little Words   -Harry Ruby
Actor
Film


The Clown   -Dodo Delwyn
Actor
Film


The Duchess of Idaho   -Guest Star
Actor
Film


The Fuller Brush Girl   -Himself
Actor
Film


The Fuller Brush Man   -Red Jones
Actor
Film


The Great Diamond Robbery   -Ambrose C. Park
Actor
Film


The People vs. Dr. Kildare   -Vernon Briggs Janitor
Actor
Film


The Show-Off   -Aubrey Piper
Actor
Film


The Year Without a Santa Claus   -Baby Bear, Father Time
Actor, Actor
Film


The Yellow Cab Man   -Augustus "Red" Pirdy
Actor
Film


Maisie Gets Her Man   -Hap Hixby
Actor
Film


Merton of the Movies   -Merton Gill
Actor
Film


Neptune's Daughter   -Jack Spratt
Actor
Film


Radio Bugs   -Himself
Voice
Film


Rudolph's Shiny New Year   -Father Time/Baby Bear
Voice
Film


Ship Ahoy   -Merton K. Kibble
Actor
Film


Bathing Beauty   -Steve Elliott
Actor
Film


Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day   -Vernon Briggs
Actor
Film


Du Barry Was a Lady   -Louis Blore/King Louis
Actor
Film


Excuse My Dust   -Joe Belden
Actor
Film


Flight Command   -Lt. "Mugger" Martin
Actor
Film


Half a Hero   -Ben Dobson
Actor
Film


Having Wonderful Time   -Itchy Faulkner
Actor
Film


I Dood It   -Joseph Rivington Reynolds
Actor
Film


Lady Be Good   -Joe "Red" Willet
Actor
Film


A Southern Yankee   -Aubrey Filmore
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Was so poor as a child that he once sang for pennies on the streets of his Indiana home town.
Quit school at 10 to join a traveling medicine show.
Always ended his TV show---which ran for two decades---and his radio show by saying, "Good night and may God bless."
Had a bridge that spans the Wabash River between Indiana and Illinois named after him in 1963.
His Freddie the Freeloader character adorns a U.S. stamp that was introduced in August 2009.
Composed thousands of songs and more than 60 symphonies over the course of his career.
Was a renowned oil painter of clowns and an expert at growing bonsai trees.


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Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Released: Jan. 1, 1965

Anne Neyland
Ocean's Eleven
Released: Jan. 1, 1960

Vivian Stapleton
Public Pigeon No. 1
Released: Jun. 1, 1957

Bob Okazaki
Around the World in 80 Days
Released: Oct. 17, 1956

Benny Kubelsky
Susan Slept Here
Released: Jun. 25, 1954


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