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- Category: Radio
- Star rank: 990
- Address:
6914 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101422, -118.340281
Morey Amsterdam
Biography
Morey Amsterdam
Source: findagrave.com
Morey Amsterdam was a veteran American television actor and comedian, famous for his ready supply of jokes. During the 1930s, Amsterdam was a regular on The Al Pearce Show radio program, and by 1937 was the master of ceremonies on The Night Club of the Air. In the early 1940s he was a screenwriter, contributing dialogue for two East Side Kids films. By 1947, he was performing on three daily radio shows. Beginning in 1948, he appeared on the radio show Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One. The Morey Amsterdam Show aired on CBS radio from July 10, 1948 to February 15, 1949. For three months, it was on both radio and TV, using different scripts with the same premise and cast. The multitalented Amsterdam, in addition to his brilliance as a radio entertainer, is also remembered as Buddy Sorrell on the early 1960s television show The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Fact file
- Born: December 14, 1908 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Died: October 28, 1996 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Actor/Comedian
- Years active: 1922–1996
- Spouse: Kay Patrick (m. 1942–1996) «start: (1942)–end+1: (1997)»“Marriage: Kay Patrick to Morey Amsterdam” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morey_Amsterdam)
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Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Orange and Highland
Nearby you will also find Francis Lederer, Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson, Fred Thomson, and many others.