About
Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor. Ed Wynn first appeared on television on July 7, 1936 in a brief, ad-libbed spot with Graham McNamee during an NBC experimental television broadcast. In the 1949–50 season, Ed Wynn hosted one of the first network, comedy-variety television shows, on CBS, and won both a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award in 1949. Buster Keaton, Lucille Ball, and The Three Stooges all made guest appearances with Wynn. This was the first CBS variety television show to originate from Los Angeles, which was seen live on the west coast, but filmed via kinescope for distribution in the Midwest and East, as the national coaxial cable had yet to be completed. Wynn was also a...
Known for
BonanzaSeries • 1959
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
RawhideSeries • 1959
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1951
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Playhouse 90Series • 1956
Mary PoppinsMovie • 1964
StartimeSeries • 1959
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
The Greatest Story Ever ToldMovie • 1965
The Diary of Anne FrankMovie • 1959
That Darn Cat!Movie • 1965
The Absent-Minded ProfessorMovie • 1961
Babes in ToylandMovie • 1961
The Gnome-MobileMovie • 1967
The PatsyMovie • 1964
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
CinderfellaMovie • 1960
Son of FlubberMovie • 1963
Those CallowaysMovie • 1964
Marjorie MorningstarMovie • 1958