Nucky has Eddie bring his mistress Billie Kent with him, ostensibly to provide musical entertainment for the crowd. Stephen DeRosa Eddie Cantor 7 episodes, 2010-2013 Enid Graham ... Rose Van Alden 7 episodes, 2010-2011 Curt Bouril ... Clifford Lathrop 7 episodes, 2011-2012 Ty Robinson ... Samuel Crawford 7 episodes, 2011-2013 Justiin A. Davis In "Farm Frolics" (Bob Clampett, 1941), a horse, asked by the narrator to "do a canter", promptly launches into a singing, dancing, eye-rolling impression. by JULIO MARTINEZ [dropcap]In [/dropcap] the 2010-14 HBO series Boardwalk Empire, Eddie Cantor (played by Stephen DeRosa) is prominently featured as an up-and-coming song-and-dance entertainer plying his trade in 1920s Atlantic City, under the patronage of local political/bootleg kingpin Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi). (1928). Routledge. [4][5][6] Though it was reported Cantor was an orphan, his mother dying in childbirth and his father of pneumonia, official records say otherwise; Meta died from complications of tuberculosis when Cantor was a year old and the fate of Mechel is unclear, as no death certificate exists for him, and, given Mechel's poor history as a husband, he may have simply abandoned his infant son. Cantor tries then to cheer Lucy up by telling her how happy her daughters make him, and then gives her booze, cigarettes and a copy of the play "A Dangerous Maid" telling her how good it would be if she auditioned for the role. [12] On tour with Banjo Eyes, he romanced the unknown Jacqueline Susann, who had a small part in the show, and went on to become the best-selling author of Valley of the Dolls. It sold 400,000 copies by Christmas of that year.[15]. Other major players include a young Lucky Luciano (played by Vincent Piazza), a fresh-faced Al Capone (played by Stephen Graham), African-American gangster Albert "Chalky" White (played by Michael K. Williams), bootlegger "Mickey Doyle" (played by Paul Sparks), and Nucky's assistant/butler Eddie Kessler (played by Anthony Laciura). Eddie Cantor has been portrayed as a recurring character on HBO's series Boardwalk Empire, beginning with the introduction of the show in 2010, where he is played by Stephen DeRosa. Arthur Franz Harry Harris . ... Plummer began his career as a child actor in short films before appearing on the television dramas Boardwalk Empire and Granite Flats. Most of the number consists of Cantor complaining about his ugly, dumb girlfriend, and her criminal family. Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz;[1][2] January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor, and songwriter. P.J. Natalie's second husband was the actor Robert Clary and Janet married the actor Roberto Gari.[9]. Replacing Maurice Chevalier, who was returning to Paris, Cantor joined Chase and Sanborn on September 13, 1931. He portrayed Eddie Cantor in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. What is known is that he was born in New York City, the son of Mechel Iskowitz (also Michael), an amateur violinist, and his wife, Meta Kantrowitz Iskowitz (also Maite), a young Jewish couple from Belarus. Cantor as host of The Colgate Comedy Hour, 1952. It generally accepted that he was born in 1892, though the day is subject to debate, with either January 31 or Rosh Hashanah, which would have been on September 10 or September 11, being reported. ("Boardwalk Empire"). Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor, and songwriter. Cantor was depicted as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[21] one of the very few balloons based on a real person. He made his first public appearance in Vaudeville in 1907 at New York's Clinton Music Hall. Eddie Cantor performs jokes to a packed theatre in January 1920, with Lucy Danziger and Nucky Thompson in the audience. Comedy Star of Vaudeville, Screen, Radio and TV Was a Discoverer of Talent", https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/11/eddie-cantor-dead-comedy-slar-was-72.html?sq=%2522Eddie+Cantor%2522&scp=1&st=p, https://books.google.com/books?id=4a6oMgT8UsEC&pg=PT25&dq=%22Santa+Claus+Is+Coming+to+Town%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yN30U4DVF-GIjALvq4GICg&ved=0CCEQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22Santa%20Claus%20Is%20Coming%20to%20Town%22&f=false, http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Talk&series=Ask+Eddie+Cantor, https://books.google.com/books?id=N0UzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA226, "'Caught short! Lee ''. [ 19 ] You and never miss a beat `` We... 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