The Jack Benny Program
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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 numer
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
Phil Harris
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Wonga Philip Harris was an American actor, comedian, bandleader, and musician. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with The Jack Benny Program, then in The Phil H
The Jack Benny Program
…the star of his show, Benny was constantly the butt of jokes from his cast members, including Mary Livingstone (Sayde Marks Benny, his real-life wife); Phil Harris, his band leader; Kenny Baker or Dennis Day, his tenors; Don Wilson, his portly announcer; and Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson), his African American…
Harris in 1956
Harris in The High and the Mighty
Harris, Faye, and their two daughters, Alice and Phyllis, in 1948