Jack Lemaire
Jack Lemaire , also Jack LeMaire (born July 1, 1911 in Bronxville , New York , † October 18, 2010 in North Hollywood , Los Angeles ) was an American actor, jazz guitarist , singer and comedian.
Life
Lemaire began his career in vaudeville as a child when he performed with his father George in the Ziegfeld Follies . He then played first roles in a total of 33 silent film comedies that were created for Pathé . He had guitar lessons with Eddie Lang and from the 1930s played radio recordings and recordings with jazz musicians such as Joe Marsala , Wingy Manone , Marty Marsala , Joe Bushkin , Charlie Barnet , Joe Venuti , George Brunis , Hal Kemp and Buddy Rich. LeMaire toured with Bob Hope and Johnny Grant as a stand-up comedian for the United Service Organizations during World War II and the Korean War ; each set ended with a song he played on guitar. He also occasionally took part in the recordings of jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie , who gave LeMaire the nickname "Chords".
From 1949 he lived in California; In the 1950s he had to give up his music career because of an arthritis disease and from then on he worked as an actor in countless television programs, such as the television series Mac King (1958), The Lawless Years , Bat Masterson (1959) and The Farmer's Daughters (1964) . He also appeared in numerous jingles ; He became famous for the role of the company's founder Colonel Sanders in the Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. Shortly before his death, he was a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno .
Web links
- Jack Lemaire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b biography at westernboothill
- ↑ a b Information at Namm.org
- ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemaire, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | LeMaire, Jack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, jazz guitarist, singer and comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronxville , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | North Hollywood , Los Angeles |