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Jay C. Flippen
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Actor Born: March 6, 1898 in Little Rock, AR Death: February 3, 1970 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Discovered by famed African-American comedian "Bert Williams", actor "Jay C. Flippen" attained his first Broadway stage role in 1920's Broadway Brevities. Entertainers of the period were expected to sing, dance, act and clown with equal expertise, and the young Flippen was no slouch in any of these categories. He not only shared billing with such stage luminaries as "Jack Benny" and "Texas Guinan", but he boned up on his ad-lib skills as a radio announcer for the New York Yankees games. At one time president of the American Guild of Variety Artists, Flippen did as many benefits for worthy causes as he did paid performances and worked tirelessly in all showbiz branches: movies, stage (including the touring version of Olsen and "Johnson"'s Hellzapoppin), radio (he was one of the first game show emcees) and even early experimental television broadcasts. After several years of alternating between... Full Biography
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