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Ed Wynn
Highest Rated: 97% Mary Poppins (1964)
Lowest Rated: 36% Babes in Toyland (1961)
Birthday: Nov 9, 1886
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Hugely popular vaudeville and Broadway comedian who, after being boycotted by the Shuberts for organizing an actor's strike, continued his success by writing and producing his own shows. Billed as "The Perfect Fool" after the title of one of his Broadway shows, Wynn was known for his trademark zany hats, misfit clothes, oversized shoes, lisping speech, fluttering hands, squeaky giggling and his exit line, "I'll be back in a flash with more trash." Progenitor of a topsy-turvy career, Wynn conquered radio with his first-time broadcast of a full-length comedy show to a radio audience in 1922 and followed with his own popular radio series as the Texaco "Fire Chief" (1932-35). He pioneered in combining his comedy routines with spoofs of the sponsor's commercial messages. Primarily a visual comic, he reemerged in the following decade as a popular figure in the new medium of television, winning the first Emmy Award as Most Outstanding Live Personality. In the late 50s, after having appeared in only a handful of films, Wynn began a successful career as a character actor, playing his first dramatic role in "The Great Man" (1956) and following with an Oscar-nominated performance as the Dutch dentist in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959). He alternated dramatic roles with the comedies "Cinderfella" (1960), "The Absentminded Professor" (1961) and "Mary Poppins" (1964). Father of actor Keenan Wynn (1916-86) who co-starred with him in "The Great Man" and the 1956 Rod Steiger teleplay "Requiem for a Heavyweight."
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Filmography
Movies
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The Gnome-Mobile | Rufus (Character) | - | 1967 |
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The Daydreamer | The Emperor (Voice) | - | 1966 |
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Dear Brigitte | The Captain (Character) | - | 1965 |
94% |
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That Darn Cat! | Mr. Hofstedder (Character) | - | 1965 |
97% |
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Mary Poppins | Uncle Albert (Character) | - | 1964 |
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Those Calloways | Ed Parker (Character) | - | 1964 |
88% |
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Son of Flubber | A.J. Allen (Character) | - | 1963 |
83% |
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The Absent Minded Professor | Fire Chief (Character) | - | 1961 |
36% |
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Babes in Toyland | Toymaker (Character) | - | 1961 |
50% |
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Cinderfella | Fairy Godfather (Character) | - | 1960 |
81% |
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The Diary of Anne Frank | Mr. Albert Dussell (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Marjorie Morningstar | Uncle Sampson (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Army (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Man | Paul Beaseley (Character) | - | 1956 |
84% |
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Alice in Wonderland | Mad Hatter (Voice) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chief | Henry Summers aka The Perfect Fool (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Follow the Leader | Crickets (Character) | - | 1930 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disney's Wonderful World | A.J. Allen (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walt Disney's Disneyland | Host | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Sam Fortsmann (Character) | 1959 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Feigenstein (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Unknown (Character) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Cappy Darrin (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Toast of the Town | Guest | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Billy Bishop (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Skelton Show | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1954 |