Carl Ballantine - Wikipedia
WEBCarl Ballantine (September 27, 1917 – November 3, 2009) was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville -style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go ...
Carl Ballantine - IMDb
WEBCarl Ballantine. Actor: Shirley Temple's Storybook. Part of the motley crew commandeered by Ernest Borgnine on the popular 1960s TV series McHale's Navy (1962), tall, gangly, beady-eyed, bulb-nosed comic actor Carl Ballantine was better known in other ports as the ultimate "magician".
Carl Ballantine dies at 92; comedy magician was in 'McHale's ...
WEBNov 5, 2009 · Carl Ballantine, the “amazing” comedy magician and character actor who was part of the World War II PT boat crew on the 1960s sitcom “McHale’s Navy,” has died. He was 92. Ballantine died in his...
Carl Ballantine - Biography - IMDb
WEBSeptember 27, 1917 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. November 3, 2009 · Hollywood Hills, California, USA (natural causes) Birth name. Meyer Kessler. Nickname. The Amazing Mr. Ballantine. Height. 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Mini Bio. Part of the motley crew commandeered by. Ernest Borgnine on the popular 1960s TV. series McHale's Navy (1962),
Carl Ballantine, Comedian Who Played a Magician, Dies at 92 ...
WEBNov. 11, 2009. Carl Ballantine, an inveterate quipmeister whose stand-up comedy persona, an incompetent magician known as the Amazing Ballantine or Ballantine the Great, predated and influenced...
Carl Ballantine, an 'amazing' comedy magician and 'McHale's ...
WEBNov 6, 2009 · Carl Ballantine, a wonderfully clever magician and comic actor, has died at age 92. Ballantine was known to 1960s sitcom-watchers as Lester Gruber on McHale’s Navy, which starred Ernest...
Legendary Comedian and Actor Carl Ballantine Dies at 92
WEBNov 5, 2009 · Legendary actor and comedian Carl Ballantine died at his home in Los Angeles yesterday of natural causes at the age of 92. Billing himself as 'Ballantine the Great' or 'The Amazing Ballantine...
‘McHale’s Navy’ actor Carl Ballantine dies at 92 | HeraldNet.com
WEBNov 5, 2009 · LOS ANGELES — Carl Ballantine, the “amazing” comedy-magician and character actor who was part of the World War II P.T. boat crew on the 1960s sit-com “McHale’s Navy,” has died. He was 92....
Actor Carl Ballantine dies at 92 - Variety
WEBNov 4, 2009 7:19pm PT. Actor Carl Ballantine dies at 92. 'McHale's' star got start as a magician. By Variety Staff. Actor and magician Carl Ballantine died Nov. 3 in Hollywood of natural...
Comic magician Carl Ballantine dies at 92 | The Seattle Times
WEBNov 11, 2009 · Carl Ballantine, a comedian, magician and actor who was in the 1960s TV sitcom "McHale's Navy," has died. He was 92.
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