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Keenan Wynn
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Actor Born: July 27, 1916 in New York City, NY Death: October 14, 1986 in Brentwood, CA Biography:Actor "Keenan Wynn" was the son of legendary comedian "Ed Wynn" and actress Hilda Keenan, and grandson of stage luminary "Frank Keenan". After attending St. John's Military Academy, Wynn obtained his few professional theatrical jobs with the Maine Stock Company. After overcoming the ""Ed Wynn"'s Son" onus (his father arranged his first job, with the understanding that Keenan would be on his own after that), Wynn developed into a fine comic and dramatic actor on his own in several Broadway plays and on radio. He was signed to an MGM contract in 1942, scoring a personal and professional success as the sarcastic sergeant in 1944's "See Here Private Hargrove" (1944). Wynn's newfound popularity as a supporting actor aroused a bit of jealousy from his father, who underwent professional doldrums in the 1940s; father and son grew closer in the 1950s when Ed, launching a second career as a dramatic actor, often... Full Biography
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