Jerry Hausner
Jerry Hausner | |
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| Born | James Bernard Hausner May 20, 1909 |
| Died | April 1, 1993 (aged 83) |
James Bernard Hausner (May 5, 1909 – April 1, 1993) (Another source gives May 20, 1909, as his birth date.)[1] was an American radio and television actor, best known as Ricky Ricardo's agent in I Love Lucy and as the voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo and several characters such as Hemlock Holmes, The Mole, Broodles and Itchy in The Dick Tracy Show (he has also worked as a dialogue director for both of these cartoons).
Career
Hausner appeared as a courier who summons the Roman emperor Nero to a meeting called by the Devil in the 1969 KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. He provided special vocal effects in the 1975 animated film Hugo the Hippo.
Death
Hausner died of heart failure on April 1, 1993, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 83 years old and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).[2]
Filmography
- All My Sons (1948)
- Never Fear (1949)
- Woman in Hiding (1950
- To Please a Lady (1950)
- The Jackpot (1950)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
- You're in the Navy Now (1951)
- Fourteen Hours (1951)
- On the Loose (1951)
- Sailor Beware (1952)
- The Stooge (1952)
- Off Limits (1953)
- The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
- Half a Hero (1953)
- The Bigamist (1953)
- Lucky Me (1954)
- Private Hell 36 (1954)
- Phffft (1954)
- The Naked Street (1955)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
- The Patsy (1964)
References
- ^ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. Pp. 122-123.
- ^ "Jerry Hausner". Variety. 1993-04-05. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
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