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Ed Wynn
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Acting
Birthday
1886-11-08,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor. Ed Wynn first appeared on television on July 7, 1936 in a brief, ad-libbed spot with Graham McNamee during an NBC experimental television broadcast. In the 1949–50 season, Ed Wynn hosted one of the first network, comedy-variety television shows, on CBS, and won both a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award in 1949. Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, and The Three Stooges all made guest appearances with Wynn. This was the first CBS variety television show to originate from Los Angeles, which was seen live on the west coast, but filmed via kinescope for distribution in the Midwest and East, as the national coaxial cable had yet to be completed. Wynn was also a rotating host of NBC's Four Star Revue from 1950 through 1952. After the end of Wynn's third television series, The Ed Wynn Show (a short-lived situation comedy on NBC's 1958–59 schedule), his son, actor Keenan Wynn, encouraged him to make a career change rather than retire. The comedian reluctantly began a career as a dramatic actor in television and movies. Father and son appeared in three productions, the first of which was the 1956 Playhouse 90 broadcast of Rod Serling's play Requiem for a Heavyweight. Ed was terrified of straight acting and kept goofing his lines in rehearsal. When the producers wanted to fire him, star Jack Palance said he would quit if they fired Ed. (However, unbeknownst to Wynn, supporting player Ned Glass was his secret understudy in case something did happen before air time.) On live broadcast night, Wynn surprised everyone with his pitch-perfect performance, and his quick ad libs to cover his mistakes. A dramatization of what happened during the production was later staged as an April 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse episode, "The Man in the Funny Suit", starring both senior and junior Wynns, with key figures involved in the original production also portraying themselves. Ed and his son also worked together in the Jose Ferrer film The Great Man, with Ed again proving his unexpected skills in drama. Requiem established Wynn as a serious dramatic actor who could easily hold his own with the best. His role in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Also in 1959, Wynn appeared on Serling's TV series The Twilight Zone in "One for the Angels". Serling, a longtime admirer, had written that episode especially for him, and Wynn later in 1963 starred in the episode "Ninety Years Without Slumbering". For the rest of his life, Wynn skillfully moved between comic and dramatic roles. He appeared in feature films and anthology television, endearing himself to new generations of fans.

Filmography

7.573

Mary Poppins
1964-12-17

The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09

The Diary of Anne Frank

7.2

The Diary of Anne Frank
1959-03-18

The Gnome-Mobile

6.1

The Gnome-Mobile
1967-07-19

Alice in Wonderland

7.195

Alice in Wonderland
1951-07-28

Babes in Toyland

5.9

Babes in Toyland
1961-12-14

Marjorie Morningstar

6.2

Marjorie Morningstar
1958-04-24

Those Calloways

6.3

Those Calloways
1965-01-28

6.119

Cinderfella
1960-12-18

6.2

The Patsy
1964-06-24

4.8

The Daydreamer
1966-06-01

Follow the Leader

5.2

Follow the Leader
1930-12-06

0

The Chief
1933-11-03

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

7

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962-01-06

4.8

The Great Man
1956-12-01

Hollywood on Parade

3

Hollywood on Parade
1932-06-05

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

4.5

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021-08-16

Stage Door Canteen

6.1

Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24

The Absent-Minded Professor

6.4

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961-03-16

5.9

Son of Flubber
1963-01-16

Turn Back the Clock

5.1

Turn Back the Clock
1933-08-25

6.5

That Darn Cat!
1965-12-02

Meet Me in St. Louis

5

Meet Me in St. Louis
1959-04-26

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

0

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008-03-18

That's Entertainment, Part II

6.8

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

For the Love of Willadean

6

For the Love of Willadean
1964-03-08

6.4

Dear Brigitte
1965-01-08

The Sound of Laughter

2

The Sound of Laughter
1963-12-17

Operation Wonderland

7.3

Operation Wonderland
1951-06-14

The Golden Horseshoe Revue

0

The Golden Horseshoe Revue
1962-09-23

Back Stage Party

7

Back Stage Party
1961-12-17

Requiem for a Heavyweight

7

Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956-10-11

Miracle On 34th Street

0

Miracle On 34th Street
1959-11-27

On Borrowed Time

0

On Borrowed Time
1957-11-17

The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious

0

The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious
1941-12-16

0

Rubber Heels
1927-06-11

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

The Colgate Comedy Hour

7

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

7.4

Playhouse 90
1956-10-04

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

The Twilight Zone

8.447

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09

The Hollywood Palace

4.5

The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04

This Is Your Life

6.4

This Is Your Life
1952-10-01

The 20th Century Fox Hour

4.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

The Ed Wynn Show

0

The Ed Wynn Show
1949-10-06

The Steve Allen Show

4

The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

The Emmy Awards

7.5

The Emmy Awards
1949-01-25

5.5

December Bride
1954-10-04

Four Star Revue

6

Four Star Revue
1950-10-04

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

6.4

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

The Red Skelton Show

7.4

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.4

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.4

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.4

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.4

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

6

Startime
1959-10-06

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The Bob Hope Show

7

The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Twilight Zone

8.447

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

The Ed Wynn Show

0

The Ed Wynn Show
1958-09-25

What's My Line?

6.6

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27