Frank Fontaine was an American stage, radio, film and television comedian, singer, and actor.
Fontaine in 1971
The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series.
The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the 1959 Emmy for Best Comedy Show, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.
Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, and Eddie Anderson (Rochester) in a group portrait
Jack Benny as Robinson Crusoe with Dennis Day as his man Friday, 1963
Benny was part of a USO show entertaining US troops in Korea. Here, he relaxes between shows.
Jack Benny rehearses with members of the California Junior Symphony Orchestra, 1959