Cliff Hall (October 4, 1894 – October 7, 1972) was an American stage and radio comedian, best known for being a straight man to

Jack Pearl Jack Pearl (born Jack Perlman; October 29, 1894 – December 25, 1982) was a vaudeville performer and a star of early radio. He was best known for his character Baron Munchausen. Vaudeville and early films Born in New York, Pearl debuted as a ...

's Baron Munchausen character. Born Robert Clifford Hall in Brooklyn, he first got on stage in 1910 as part of the Cecil Spooner Stock Company. He acted on stage, on radio, and on TV into the 1960s, until retiring in 1968. He worked with Pearl on radio for 15 years, but they also partnered on vaudeville and in commercials for close to 30 years. His last Broadway appearance with in 1967 in ''

Sherry! ''Sherry!'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by James Lipton and music by Laurence Rosenthal. The musical is based on the 1939 George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play ''The Man Who Came to Dinner''. In 1967, following a short run on Broadway and poor ...

'' His many TV appearances included playing the Raccoon Lodge President on ''

The Honeymooners ''The Honeymooners'' is an American television sitcom which originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show. It fol ...

''. One of his last TV appearances was in a 1966 episode of ''

Bewitched ''Bewitched'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typic ...

'' (Season 2, "A Bum Raps").Nissen, Axel
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Bert Lahr Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the MGM adaptation of ...

and

Willie Howard Willie L. Howard (born December 26, 1977) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft and played for them for two seasons be ...

. Hall only had one eye, though that was not well-known, the result of an attack by a Canadian soldier on leave in 1942. Hall was in the Navy in World War I, and an entertainer for troops during World War II.(7 October 1972)
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