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Joey Bishop
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Actor Born: February 3, 1918 in Bronx, NY Death: October 17, 2007 in Newport Beach, CA Biography:Nightclub comedian Joey Bishop managed to get a lot of mileage out of a dour facial expression, an air of perpetual doom-and-gloom, and the mumbled catchphrase "Son of a gun!" Bishop climbed on the Philadelphia nightclub carousel as one of the Bishop Brothers, a singing group comprised of three friends who were neither Bishops nor brothers. As a solo comic in the early 1950s, Bishop caught the eye of Frank Sinatra, whose influence enabled Joey to secure bigger and better club engagements. Bishop was signed to a Warner Bros. movie contract in 1956; his best showing during this period was as the ill-fated Jewish army private in "The Naked and the Dead" (1957). He continued accepting occasional film roles into the 1990s in such productions as "Texas Across the River" (1966) and "Betsy's Wedding" (1990). In 1961, Bishop starred as put-upon press agent Joey Barnes on an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show"... Full Biography
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