George Burns

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Born: 1/20/1896 · New York, NY

Biography: American comedian George Burns had a taste for show business from his youth on New York's Lower East Side, and by the time he was seven he and his buddies had formed a singing group called the Pee Wee Quartet. Amateur shows led to small-time vaudeville, where Burns faced rej …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

Radioland Murders [Movie] as Milt Lackey

1994

Wisecracks [Movie]

1991

18 Again! [Movie] as Jack Watson

1988

Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets [TV Series]

1985

Oh, God! You Devil [Movie] as God/Devil

1984

Two of a Kind [Movie]

1983

WriterAll Writer Credits

Pocketful of Miracles [Movie]

1961

The Sign of Zorro [Movie]

1960

Let's Dance [Movie]

1933

Your Hat [Movie]

1932

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NEWS & GOSSIP

A Match Game fan remembers Fred Travalena

06/29/09 The sad news just keeps on coming: comedian and impressionist Fred Travalena passed away yesterday , losing a battle with cancer at the age of 66. | TV Squad
A Match Game fan remembers Fred Travalena

06/29/09 ON AOL TELEVISION The sad news just keeps on coming: comedian and impressionist Fred Travalena passed away yesterday , losing a battle with cancer at the age of 66. | TV Squad
Television movies for the week of June 28

06/27/09 Excited people want to use a lovable Saint Bernard to locate a buried fortune. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
The Wolberg Family (La Famille Wolberg)

05/20/09 If happiness consists of "having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city," as George Burns once opined, then the paterfamilias of "The Wolberg Family" needs to move somewhere else pronto. | Variety
Las Vegas Strip performer Danny Gans dies at 52

05/01/09 Singer-actor-impressionist Danny Gans, who spent more than a decade as one of the most popular entertainers in Las Vegas, died Friday. | The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL
'17 Again' lacks originality

04/16/09 Hollywood couldn't get enough of them. | JAM! Showbiz
10 Cliches of the Body Swap Movie

04/15/09 Despite having a title that reminds us of that George Burns-Charlie Schlatter role-reversal movie from the '80s, 17 Again is not in fact part of the body swap genre. | SpoutBlog

Year
Result
Award
Movie

1975
Nominated
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
Best Supporting Actor
The Sunshine Boys

1975
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com
The Sunshine Boys

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