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Most Recent Role: Himself on Pioneers of Television
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Birthday: 7-17-1912
Birth Name: Arthur Gordon Kelly

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Pioneers of Television
Variety
Wednesday 16 January 2008 on PBS

A chronicle of television's first successful genre, the variety show - from its beginnings as a continuation of vaudeville and radio entertainment through the many iconic personalities that made it so popular. Experiments in variety show programs and the decline of their popularity in the late...

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"One of the all-time greats"
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