Art Carney Biography

Fast Facts

• Did myriad impersonations as a child, including Jimmy Durante, Edward G
• Robinson and Franklin D
• Roosevelt, and won talent contests in elementary school and high school
• Entered the U
• S
• Army in the early 1940s and endured a serious leg wound at Normandy, which left him with a permanent limp
• Never took an acting course
• Before landing the role of Ed Norton on The Honeymooners, played second banana on radio to Fred Allen, Edgar Bergen and Bert Lahr in the late '40s
• Created the role of Felix Unger (opposite Walter Matthau) in the original 1965 Broadway production of The Odd Couple
• Made his final big-screen appearance in the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Last Action Hero
• Son Brian plays the GEICO gecko's boss in a series of commercials for the insurance company
• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard