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Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from [[Katowice]], then in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.<ref name=jewishlives>[https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/max-bacon] {{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref> In London, his father worked as a basket-weaver.
Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from [[Katowice]], then in [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]] in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.<ref name=jewishlives>[https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/max-bacon] {{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref> In London, his father worked as a basket-weaver.


Before becoming a [[character actor]], Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name=jewishlives/> He was taught by the vocalist and drummer Harry Bentley. After a couple of years at the Florida Club with Ronnie Munro's band he began a long association with [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]]'s Orchestra, with whom he recorded as drummer and occasionally as Yiddish vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-B.htm|title=Musicians index B|website=Mgthomas.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/music/new-musical-compilation-takes-you-inside-the-east-end-yiddisher-jazz-scene|title=Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene|date=November 9, 2018|website=Londonist.com}}</ref> In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with [[Evelyn Dall]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n6XRhRrrSzQC&pg=PT10&lpg=PT10&dq=ambrose+octet+max+bacon&source=bl&ots=zBLyDoleYi&sig=ACfU3U1ZvBJgeQPJyQPiD2taYvl0V5W7zQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiciprDyLLmAhUIiFwKHZJHBPYQ6AEwF3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=ambrose+octet+max+bacon&f=false|title=Talking Swing: The British Big Bands|first=Sheila|last=Tracy|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=Random House|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Before becoming a [[character actor]], Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name=jewishlives/> He was taught by the vocalist and drummer Harry Bentley. After a couple of years at the Florida Club with Ronnie Munro's band he began a long association with [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]]'s Orchestra, with whom he recorded as drummer and occasionally as Yiddish vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index-B.htm|title=Musicians index B|website=Mgthomas.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/music/new-musical-compilation-takes-you-inside-the-east-end-yiddisher-jazz-scene|title=Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene|date=November 9, 2018|website=Londonist.com}}</ref> In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with [[Evelyn Dall]], among others.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6XRhRrrSzQC&pg=PT10&lpg=PT10&dq=ambrose+octet+max+bacon#q=ambrose+octet+max+bacon|title=Talking Swing: The British Big Bands|first=Sheila|last=Tracy|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781780570044|via=Google Books}}</ref>


He lived in his later years at The White House, a hotel near Great Portland Street, London, now known as the Melia White House, in [[Albany Street]]. He never married.
He lived in his later years at The White House, a hotel near Great Portland Street, London, now known as the Melia White House, in [[Albany Street]]. He never married.

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Max Bacon

Max David Bacon (1 March 1904, London, England – 3 December 1969, London, England) was a British actor, comedian and musician (drummer and occasional vocalist in Ambrose's band).[1][2] Although he was British-born, his comedic style centred on his pseudo-European, Yiddish accent and in his straight-faced mispronunciation of words.

Biography

Bacon's father came from a leather-working family to London from Katowice, then in Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[3] In London, his father worked as a basket-weaver.

Before becoming a character actor, Bacon was a drummer in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s.[3] He was taught by the vocalist and drummer Harry Bentley. After a couple of years at the Florida Club with Ronnie Munro's band he began a long association with Ambrose's Orchestra, with whom he recorded as drummer and occasionally as Yiddish vocalist.[4][5] In the late 1930s he had become well known enough to tour the halls in his own right and as part of a touring unit known as the Ambrose Octet with Evelyn Dall, among others.[6]

He lived in his later years at The White House, a hotel near Great Portland Street, London, now known as the Melia White House, in Albany Street. He never married.

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ "Max Bacon". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Max Bacon". Aveleyman.com.
  3. ^ a b [1] [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Musicians index B". Mgthomas.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Rediscovering The East End's Yiddisher Jazz Scene". Londonist.com. November 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Tracy, Sheila (April 22, 2011). Talking Swing: The British Big Bands. Random House. ISBN 9781780570044 – via Google Books.


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