This Day In Comedy: April 05

Born this day in 1893, Chesney Allen (William Ernest Chesney Allen) Brighton, Sussex, England comedian of duo Flanagan and Allen, in film Frozen Limits. He died 11/13/1982 at age 89.
Born this day in 1933, Frank Gorshin (Frank John Gorshin, Jr) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, mimic, actor, comedian, TV’s Ed Sullivan Show, Tonight Show. “Riddler” in Batman. He died 05/17/2005 of pneumonia, lung cancer at age 72.
Born this day in 1966, Greg Fitzsimmons is 46, New York City, New York 5'8" stand-up comedian, television writer, producer and radio host.
Born this day in 1906, Lord Buckley (Richard Myrle Buckley) Tuolumne, California recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic. He died 11/12/1960 of a stroke at age 54.
Born this day in 1929, Nigel Hawthorne (Nigel Barnard Hawthorne) Coventry, Warwickshire, England 5'11" actor, “Sir Humphrey Appleby” on TV’s Yes Minister. He died 12/26/2001 of a heart attack at age 72.
Died this day in 2001, Brother Theodore (Theodore Gottlieb) Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Empire comic, a "performance artist" before the term existed, film The Burbs. Born 11/11/1906, he died of pneumonia at age 94.

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