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Biography

Isaiah Edwin Leopold was born November 9, 1886 in Philadephia, Pennsylvania. He left home in his teens and adopted the stage name "Ed Winn",…more

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Birth Name

Isiah Edwin Leopold

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- All-Star Revue
  Host/Performer
  - S 1: Ep 1 16/4/52
- The Twilight Zone
  Sam Forstmann
  - S 5: Ep 12 Ninety Years Without Slumbering
    12/20/63
- The Twilight Zone
  Lew Bookman
  - S 1: Ep 2 One for the Angels
    10/9/59
- Four Star Revue
  Host/Performer
  - S 2: Ep 35 May 3, 1952
    5/3/52
  - S 2: Ep 31 April 5, 1952
    4/5/52
  - S 2: Ep 27 March 8, 1952
    3/8/52
  - S 2: Ep 15 December 8, 1951
    12/8/51
  - S 2: Ep 10 November 10, 1951
    11/10/51
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Ed Wynn Show
  Host/Performer
  - S 1: Ep 39 Georgia Gibbs/Keystone Kops
    7/4/50
  - S 1: Ep 38 Dinah Shore/Ben Wrigley
    6/27/50
  - S 1: Ep 37 Mitzi Green/Frank Fontaine
    6/20/50
  - S 1: Ep 36 Billie Burke/Gil Lamb
    6/13/50
  - S 1: Ep 35 Frances Langford/Fred Sanborn
    6/6/50
  - + 33 More Credits
Guest Star (44)

Role
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, on tape
  - S 7: Ep 17 Host: Bing Crosby (Final episode with highlights from past shows)
    2/7/70
- Vacation Playhouse
  Professor Hubert Abernathy
  - S 5: Ep 1 You're Only Young Twice
    7/3/67
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest Star
  - S 15: Ep 22 Half a Loafer is Better Than None
    2/15/66
  - S 5: Ep 5 Cinderfella
    10/25/55
- Shindig
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Show 63: October 23, 1965 Ed Wynn (guest host), The Shangri-Las, The Byrds, Dobie Gray
    10/23/65
- Bonanza
  Professor Phineas T. Klump
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Ponderosa Birdman
    2/7/65
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, cameo
  - S 2: Ep 16 Host: Bing Crosby / Beverly Garland / Frank McHugh
    1/16/65
- The Red Skelton Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 4 Ed Wynn / Mary Wickes / Vikki Carr
    10/13/64
- Slattery's People
  Ezra Tallicott
  - S 1: Ep 4 Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?
    10/12/64
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself, host
  - S 2: Ep 2 Host: Ed Wynn / The Rolling Stones
    9/26/64
- Burke's Law
  Zachary Belden
  - S 1: Ep 23 Who Killed Avery Lord?
    3/6/64
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 8 631111
    11/11/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 1 5 (1)
    9/20/63
- General Electric Theater
  Max Grossblatt
  - S 10: Ep 22 Ten Days in the Sun
    3/4/62
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 19 February 6, 1962
    2/6/62
  - S 3: Ep 20 February 14, 1961
    2/14/61
  - S 3: Ep 6 November 1, 1960
    11/1/60
  - S 2: Ep 31 May 10, 1960
    5/10/60
  - S 1: Ep 37 June 23, 1959
    6/23/59
  - + 1 More Credits
- Rawhide
  Bateman
  - S 4: Ep 12 Twenty-Five Santa Clauses
    12/22/61
- The Red Skelton Show
  Muggsy
  - S 11: Ep 9 Once Upon a Turkey
    11/21/61
- The Red Skelton Show
  Muggys
  - S 10: Ep 17 Freddie and the Baby
    3/14/61
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Man in the Funny Suit
    4/15/60
- Ford Startime
  Amos
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Greatest Man Alive
    2/2/60
- Wagon Train
  Cappy Darrin
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Cappy Darrin Story
    11/11/59
- Ford Startime
  Special Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Secret World of Kids
    10/27/59
- General Electric Theater
  Professor Franz
  - S 8: Ep 1 Miracle at the Opera
    9/20/59
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 36 Fabian / Ed Wynn / Carol Lawrence / Myron Cohen / Conrad Buckner
    5/24/59
- Kraft Music Hall
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ed Wynn / Frankie Avalon
    1/21/59
- The Eddie Fisher Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 September 30, 1958
    9/30/58
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 NBC Fall Preview (1958-59 season)
    9/21/58
  - S 2: Ep 49 Ed Wynn; Audrey Meadows; Don Adams; Sugar Ray Robinson; Frankie Laine
    9/15/57
- December Bride
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Ed Wynn Show
    3/10/58
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 17 February 16, 1958
    2/16/58
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Gramps
  - S 7: Ep 2 On Borrowed Time
    11/17/57
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 8 November 2, 1957
    11/2/57
  - S 9: Ep 39 June 8, 1957
    6/8/57
  - S 9: Ep 28 March 23, 1957
    3/23/57
- Alcoa Hour
  Billy Bishop
  - S 2: Ep 17 Protege
    5/19/57
- The 20th Century-Fox Hour
  John Hodges
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Great American Hoax
    5/15/57
- Playhouse 90
  Army
  - S 1: Ep 2 Requiem For A Heavyweight
    10/11/56
- The George Gobel Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 December 17, 1955
    12/17/55
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 21 scheduled: A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
    1/30/55
  - S 6: Ep 20 Ed Wynn / Patachou / Patricia Marand & Jack Cassidy / Mercedes McCambridge
    1/25/53
- Disneyland
  The Mad Hatter (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 2 MOVIE: Alice in Wonderland (1951)
    11/3/54
- The Red Skelton Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 46 Ed Wynn
    9/1/54
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 5: Ep 33 EPISODE #203
    4/18/54
- Toast of the Town
  scheduled guest
  - S 6: Ep 19 Ed Wynn; Joni James; Tony Martin; Margaret Brown
    1/18/53
- Four Star Revue
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 42 June 21, 1952
    6/21/52
  - S 2: Ep 17 December 22, 1951
    12/22/51
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 6 10/7/1951
    10/7/51
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Cameo
  - S 1: Ep 31 4/8/1951
    4/8/51
- The Jack Carter Show
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 28 March 17, 1951
    3/17/51
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 12/31/1950
    12/31/50
Cameo (3)

Role
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 April 8, 1951
    4/8/51
- Four Star Revue
  H
  - S 1: Ep 27 April 4, 1951
    4/4/51
- Four Star Revue
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 26 March 28, 1951
    3/28/51

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- When Ed Wynn died, fellow comedian Red Skelton said, "His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad".
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- Ed had the cover photo on "Life" magazine in Oct 1950.
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- Ed was nominated once by the Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the movie, "Diary of Anne Frank".
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Quotes
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- Ed: A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once.
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- Ed: Every radish I ever pulled up seemed to have a mortgage attached to it.
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- Ed: I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years.
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