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Executive Producer, Actor Born: December 26, 1921 in New York City, NY Death: October 30, 2000 in Encino, CA Biography:The son of American vaudeville entertainers, bespectacled American comedian "Steve Allen" led a peripatetic childhood, shunted off from one relative or boarding school to another. As a balm to his loneliness, "Allen" became a voracious reader, providing himself with a wide and varied intellectual base. Breaking into showbiz as a radio disc jockey, "Allen" soon learned that inserting humor here and there would draw a lot more attention than merely announcing the records and reading the stockyard reports. In order to supply himself with an endless stream of material, "Allen" memorized every joke book and "college humor" magazine that he could get his hands on; the result was his uncanny ability to conjure up precisely the right wisecrack at the right time. Developing a strong following while hosting a radio program on Los Angeles' KNX in 1948, "Allen" received his first network exposure in 1949, and was... Full Biography
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