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  • Birth Name: Benjamin Kubelsky
  • Birth Place: Waukegan, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: February 14, Aquarius
  • Date of Death: 12/26/1974
  • Profession: Comedian; actor
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  • Please elaborate on this for ... | Today's News: Our Take | 1/12/2006

    Question: Please elaborate on this for my dad, who is a big fan of the late Jack Benny. Two of his biggest character traits were his cheapness and his bad violin-playing. Was he really that cheap? And was he really so bad on violin? Thanks.


    Answer: You provided the answer in your question, Bill, when you used the term "character traits." Benny, who built a career via vaudeville and a popular radio show before launching TV's The Jack Benny Show, which kicked off on CBS in 1950 and finished 15 years later on NBC, played his stinginess to the hilt, played the violin poorly — and faked both well enough to become an entertainment legend. It was all part of the insecure, self-centered, no-talent character he invented and pulled off well enough to fool those who didn't know any better.

    Of course, countering that image — one of the comic's most famous gags was facing down an armed robber who threatened, "Your read more

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That's Entertainment! Part III (Actor - Performer) 1994 Movie
The Man (Actor - Himself) 1972 Movie
A Guide For The Married Man (Actor - Technical Advisor) 1967 Movie
Jack Benny Show (Host) 1964 TV Show Series
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Actor - Man on Road) 1963 Movie

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