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Freeman F. Gosden
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Born today in 1899 he was a pioneer during the earliest days of the radio sitcom. Along with his partner Charles J. Correll they created the popular sitcom "Amos N' Andy" in the late 1920's. At first it was a daily fifteen minute radio drama though, until 1944 when it became a weekly thirty minute comedy. The actor provided the voice of Amos Jones and also George "Kingfish" Stevens. On occasion he could also be heard as Lightnin' the slow moving janitor, lodge member "Brother" John Crawford, another lodge brother named Flukey and newspaper columnist Fred Gwendel. Correll could be heard as Andy Brown and society snob Henry Van Porter. Before actresses Ernestine Wade, Amanda Randolph and Lillian Randolph were brought on board, he also provided the voice of all female characters on the program. His radio career spanned from 1926 to 1960. In 1961 he began working on the cartoon "Calvin and the Colonel" as the voice of Colonel M
Jackie Cooper
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Born: September 15, 1922 He was on screen by the age of 7. As a member of the "Our Gang" he was known as Jackie...and as he grew up he appeared in many films during the 1930's and 1940's. Television was quickly right behind, in 1959 he headed up the cast of the sitcom "Hennesey" in which he played a Navy doctor. The show went off the air in 1962. As a character actor he appeared on such programs as "Your Show of Shows", "The Buick-Berle Show", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "What's My Line?", "I've Got a Secret", "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show", "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show", "The Dick Powell Theatre", "The Danny Kaye Show", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "Suspense", "Lux Video Theatre", "The United States Steel Hour", "The Twilight Zone", "Hawaii Five-O", "McCloud", "Irons