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David Burns (I) (1901–1971)

Actor | Soundtrack

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Received two Tony Awards as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "The Music Man" in 1958 and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" in 1963. This was followed by a posthumous Tony Award Best Actor (Musical) nomination in 1971 for "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen", an otherwise unsucessful Broadway musical adaptation of "Teahouse of the August Moon". See more trivia »

Born:

in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 69) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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1971 Eggs (short) (voice)
 
1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Leon Soloway
 
1971 The Price (TV movie)
Mr. Solomon
 
1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Solomon
– The Price (1971) … Mr. Solomon
 
1970 Move
Doorman
 
1970 Then Came Bronson (TV series)
Isadore Katz
– The Ninety-Nine Mile Circle (1970) … Isadore Katz
 
1969 Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall (TV movie)
Linkoff
 
1967-1969 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Herman Krausmeyer / Uncle Howard
– The Honeymooners: Happiness Is a Rich Uncle (1969) … Uncle Howard
– The Honeymooners: Nephew of the Bride (1967) … Herman Krausmeyer
 
1967 The Tiger Makes Out
Mr. Ratner
 
1965-1966 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
The Great McGonigle
– The Greatest Game: Part 1 (1966) … The Great McGonigle
– A Gaggle of Girls (1965) … The Great McGonigle
 
1963 The Defenders (TV series)
Mike Ross
– The Crowd Pleaser (1963) … Mike Ross
 
1962 The Laughmakers (TV short)
 
1960 Let's Make Love
Oliver Burton
 
1960 Sunshine (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1958 Once Upon a Horse...
Bruno de Gruen
 
1957 Four Boys and a Gun
Television man
 
1955 My Favorite Husband (TV series)
Uncle Norman
– The Painting (1955) … Uncle Norman
 
1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
– Episode #5.2 (1955)
 
1955 It's Always Fair Weather
Tim
 
1954 Deep in My Heart
Lazar Berrison, Sr.
 
1954 Knock on Wood
Marty Brown
 
1954 The Mask (TV series)
– Murder in the Burlesque House (1954)
 
1951 Fourteen Hours
Cab Driver (uncredited)
 
1940/I She Couldn't Say No
Chester
 
1939 Just Like a Woman
Pedro
 
1939 The Saint in London
Dugan
 
1939 A Gentleman's Gentleman
Alfred
 
1939 Who Is Guilty?
Diamond
 
1939 A Girl Must Live
Joe Gold
 
1939 So This Is London
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1939 The Amazing Mr. Forrest
Beretti
 
1938 Hey! Hey! USA
Tony Ricardo
 
1938 Sidewalks of London
Hackett
 
1938 The Return of Carol Deane
Nick Wellington
 
1938 The Sky's the Limit
'Ballyhoo' Bangs
 
1937 Larceny Street
Bellini
 
1937 Spring Handicap
Amos
 
1937 The Live Wire
Snakey
 
1936 Strangers on Honeymoon
Lennie
 
1936 Crime Over London
Sniffy
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Clarence (uncredited)
 
1935 Rendezvous
German-Speaking Bellhop (uncredited)
 
1935 All American Drawback (short)
Game Announcer (uncredited)
 
1935 Nutville (short)
 
1935 Palm Beach Knights (short)
 
1934 The Path of Glory
Ginsberg
 
1934 Runaway Queen
Manager
 
1934 Romance in Rhythm
Mollari
 
1933 That Goes Double (short)
Manny Stein (as Dave Burns)
 
1918 De Luxe Annie
Joe - Grocery Clerk
 
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1955 It's Always Fair Weather ("Once Upon a Time" 1955 - uncredited)
 
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1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
– This Is Sholom Aleichem (1969)
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.39 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #3.26 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #3.5 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #2.54 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #2.45 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 The 18th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1963 The Shari Lewis Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 February 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1957 The Patrice Munsel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1957) … Himself
 
1951-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.28 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #5.1 (1951) … Himself
 
1956 The NBC Comedy Hour (TV series)
Actor / Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.8 (1956) … Himself - Singer/Actor
 
1955 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Himself
– The Super Chef (1955) … Himself
 
1955 A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1954 The Martha Raye Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1954) … Himself
 
1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.3 (1950) … Himself - Singer
 
1950 Ford Star Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.7 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1950) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1968) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a sitcom pilot for CBS called "Rome, Sweet Rome". Bill Bixby starred as an innocent American living in the Eternal City. See more »

Alternate Names:

Dave Burns
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Trivia:

Received two Tony Awards as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "The Music Man" in 1958 and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" in 1963. This was followed by a posthumous Tony Award Best Actor (Musical) nomination in 1971 for "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen", an otherwise unsucessful Broadway musical adaptation of "Teahouse of the August Moon". See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer