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Kenny Baker (II) (1912–1985)

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Boyishly good looking singer/actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on Jack Benny's radio shows during the 1930s. At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day), he appeared in a dozen or so film musicals ( At the Circus, The Harvey Girls)... See more trivia »

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1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV series)
Horace Miller
Miss Liberty (1951) … Horace Miller
 
1947 Calendar Girl
Byron Jones
 
1946 The Harvey Girls
Terry O'Halloran
 
1943 Doughboys in Ireland
Danny O'Keefe
 
1943 Silver Skates
Danny Donovan
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941
David Farraday
 
1939 At the Circus
Jeff Wilson
 
1938 Radio City Revels
Kenny
 
1938 The Goldwyn Follies
Danny Beecher
 
1937 52nd Street
'Benny' Zamarelli
 
1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Claude L. Dodd
 
1937 A Day at the Races
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1937 The King and the Chorus Girl
Folies Bergère Soloist
 
1936 King of Burlesque
Arthur
 
1935 Metropolitan
Chorus Man (uncredited)
 
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals
Soloist (uncredited)
 
1934 College Rhythm
Cheer Leader (uncredited)
 
1934 The Goddess of Spring (short)
Singing Narrator
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (13 titles)
1947 Calendar Girl (performer: "Calendar Girl" - uncredited, "A Lovely Night To Go Dancing" - uncredited, "Have I Told You Lately? I'm Telling You Now" - uncredited, "At the Fireman's Ball" - uncredited)
 
1946 The Harvey Girls (performer: "Wait and See" - uncredited)
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen (performer: "Good Night Sweetheart" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1943 Silver Skates (performer: "A Girl Like You, A Boy Like Me", "Love Is a Beautiful Song", "Lovely Lady")
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (performer: "Who Am I?")
 
1939 At the Circus (performer: "Two Blind Loves" 1939 - uncredited / "Step Up and Take a Bow" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Mikado (performer: "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" 1885 - uncredited, "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" 1885 - uncredited, "Were You Not to Ko-Ko Plighted" 1885 - uncredited, "The Threatened Cloud Has Passed Away" 1885 - uncredited, "Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day" 1885 - uncredited, "Here's a How-de-do" 1885 - uncredited, "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring" 1885 - uncredited)
 
1938 Radio City Revels (performer: "I'M TAKING A SHINE TO YOU" 1938, "GOOD NIGHT, ANGEL" 1938, "THERE'S A NEW MOON OVER THE OLD MILL" 1938 / "TAKE A TIP FROM THE TULIP" 1938)
 
1938 The Goldwyn Follies (performer: "Love Walked In" 1937 - uncredited, "La traviata" 1853 - uncredited, "Love Is Here to Stay" 1937 - uncredited, "Spring Again" 1937 - uncredited / "Love Walked In" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (performer: "Am I in Love?" - uncredited, "Remember Me?" - uncredited, "If I Were a Little Pond Lily" - uncredited, "Here Comes the Sandman" - uncredited, "The Girl You Used to Be" - uncredited)
 
1937 The King and the Chorus Girl (performer: "For You")
 
1936 King of Burlesque (performer: "Lovely Lady" 1935 / "Whose Big Baby Are You?" 1935)
 
1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936 (performer: "Why Dream")
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Himself
 
1938 A Vitaphone Pictorial Revue, Series 2, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Turn Off the Moon
Himself, Kenny Baker
 

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Baker performed on the Jack Benny radio program from 1935 to 1939. He eventually became the singer on the Fred Allen radio program. He was replaced on the Jack Benny program in 1939 by Dennis Day. See more »
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Trivia:

Boyishly good looking singer/actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on Jack Benny's radio shows during the 1930s. At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day), he appeared in a dozen or so film musicals ( At the Circus, The Harvey Girls)... See more »

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