Bert GordonShow Count: 10 Series Count: 1 Role: Old Time Radio Star Born: April 8, 1895 Old Time Radio, New York City, New York, USA Died: November 30, 1974, Duarte, California, USA An American comedian and voice actor who appeared in vaudeville, radio, and occasionally films. |
Bert Gordon was born Barney Gorodetsky. He appeared in many roles over his lengthy career and was known by the moniker "the Mad Russian". He was a regular on The Eddie Cantor Program, and also appeared on The Jack Benny Program, and The Abbott and Costello Program. In 1945 he starred in his own film vehicle, How Doooo You Do!!!, directed by Ralph Murphy.
Gordon played himself in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1964 along with several other radio-era performers.
Gordon's character was parodied a number of times in Warner Bros. cartoons, including
- Bob Clampett's What's Cookin' Doc? (1944), in which Bugs Bunny wins a "Booby Prize Oscar", and tells it "I'll take youse to bed with me every night,", upon which the Oscar-like statue comes to life and says, in the Mad Russian's voice, "Do you mean it?".
- Clampett's Russian Rhapsody (1944), in which a "Gremlin from the Kremlin" says "How dooooo you do" with Gordon's inflections before hitting Hitler with a mallet.
- Clampett's "Hare Ribbin'" (1944), in which the Gordon character, voiced by Sammy Wolfe, is a dog with red-hair who chases Bugs Bunny
Source: Wikipedia
| Eddie Cantor Show, The Show Count: 14 Broadcast History: 13 September 1931 to 1 July 1954 Sponsor: Chase and Sandborne Cast: Eddie Cantor, Dave Rubinoff, Harry Einstein, Bert Gordon, Bobby Breen, Deanna Durbin, Shirley Dinsdale, Hattie McDaniel, Gerald Mohr, Sara Berner, Veola Vonn, Frank Nelson, Elvia Allman, Herb Vigran Director: Abbott K Spencer, Vick Knight, Manning Ontroff
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Broadcast: 2nd March 1951
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Broadcast: 16th February 1951
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Broadcast: 20th April 1951
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Broadcast: March 1, 1942
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Broadcast: July 15, 1947
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Broadcast: October 25, 1945
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Broadcast: August 20, 1936
Starring: Fanny Brice, Bert Gordon, Rudy Vallee, David Freedman, Marc Connelly, Charles Butterworth, Noel Coward, Teddy Bergman, Helen Vinson, Fred Perry, Billy Haywood, Cliff Allen
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Broadcast: 23rd February 1951
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Broadcast: 30th December 1943
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Broadcast: 2nd June 1942
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