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Henry Gibson
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Actor Born: September 21, 1935 in Germantown, PA Death: September 14, 2009 Biography:American comic actor "Henry Gibson" acted professionally since childhood, but didn't gain prominence until his discovery by "Jerry Lewis" for a role in "The Nutty Professor" (1963). Gibson quickly developed a comedy act for TV variety shows, in which he passed himself off as a fey, Southern-accented "blank verse" poet. So convincing was this persona that many viewers believed Gibson was a genuine Southerner, though he actually hailed from Pennsylvania. He played a cruder variation of his yokel character as a patron of the "Belly Button" bar in "Billy Wilder"'s "Kiss Me Stupid" (1964), and was hilarious as a hip-talking Indian in the "Three Stooges"' feature film "The Outlaws is Coming" (1965). Gibson might have continued in small roles indefinitely had he not been catapulted to stardom in 1968 as part of the ensemble on TV's "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In", where his introductory "A poem...by Henry... Full Biography
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