Happy Birthday, Larry Thor!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 27th 2013
Arnleifur
Lawrence Thorsteinson was born on this date in 1916…in an
Icelandic village in Lundar, Manitoba, Canada. Fortuna
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Happy Birthday, Alan Reed!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 20th 2013
Whether
you know him as Teddy Bergman (his birth name) or Alan Reed—an identity he
adopted to separate his comedic roles fr
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Happy Birthday, Raymond Edward Johnson!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 24th 2013
He
was a respected Broadway thespian who depended on radio to pay the bills…and
for Raymond Edward Johnson, born on this da
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Happy Birthday, Phil Harris!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 24th 2013
The
man who let audiences know what he liked about the South was born in Linton, Indiana on this date in 1904. Whenever wif
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Happy Birthday, Mel Blanc!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 30th 2013
In the
1949 Looney Tunes short Curtain Razor, cartoon star Porky Pig
channels his inner Major Bowes by auditioning acts at
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Happy Birthday, Bea Benaderet!
Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 4th 2013
On this date in New York City in 1906, Samuel and Margaret
Benaderet welcomed one of radio and TV’s finest supporting comedi
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