Kamala Harris will be the first female vice president, as well as the first Black and Asian American person to occupy that post. The couple had two daughters, Pam and Jane, and remained married until Murray's death[7][17] on October 12, 1988 at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, aged 85. [6], In the 1940s, Murray became famous for his Blackouts, a racy, stage variety show featuring Marie Wilson (among others) at the El Capitan Theatre on Vine Street in Hollywood. Murray lernte autodidaktisch und war in den letzten Jahren des Vaudeville selbst als Entertainer erfolgreich. Murray produced and co-starred as "Smiling Billy Murray" in a 1953 film, The Marshal's Daughter, a western that featured his protege Laurie Anders in the title role, her sole film performance. Ken Murray, the cigar-smoking vaudevillian whose racy "Ken Murray's Blackouts" was one of the longest-running stage shows in history, died Wednesday morning at St. With Ken Murray, George Keymas, George Mitchell, Lew Brown. Seinen bekanntesten Filmauftritt hatte er 1962 in der Rolle des Doc Willoughby im Film Der Mann, der Liberty Valance erschoß. “When I came West as a vaudeville actor on the Orpheum circuit in 1927,” Murray once told an interviewer, “it was my first time away from home. starring Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles and Kurt Russell. In 1947, he produced Bill and Coo, a feature film using trained birds and other animals as actors. It received devastating reviews (the revue was considered too ribald for more sophisticated New York audiences) and closed after six weeks. [6] Murray also guest starred on several television series, including The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Bing Crosby Show. Letzte Überprüfung: 2. The family withheld the truth from Murray because Joseph, who was also a vaudevillian, did not want the public to know that he had a young son. It received devastating reviews (the revue was considered too ribald for more sophisticated New York audiences) and closed after six weeks. Zunächst fing er hobbymäßig an Filme zu drehen, nachdem er sich eine 16 mm Home-Movie-Kamera zugelegt hatte. [13][14] On July 4, 1941, Murray married model Cleatus Caldwell at the home of actor Lew Ayres in Hollywood. You will receive email notifications when changes are made to the online memorial, including when family and friends post to the Guestbook. Paired off for most of the picture with Edmond O'Brien as an alcoholic newspaper editor, he drunkenly rolls over the gunshot corpse of villain Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) with his boot, looks around off-handedly, and says "Dead" to the surrounding crowd of euphoric Mexicans. Receive email updates when there are changes to this story. The couple appeared in vaudeville together and later divorced. In 1862 Utah the employees of a stagecoach depot encounter an orphaned Indian boy. February 25, 2012 Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. [15][16], Murray married his third wife, Betty Lou Walters, in December 1948. It went 3,844 performances until 1949--when it moved on without Wilson to New York and folded in six weeks. Edgar Bergen served as Murray's best man. He found new success in the reel after reel of the home movies he had made around Hollywood. His father, Jack Doncourt, was a noted vaudevillian at the turn of the century. By Ken Murray. Restore the guestbook to view the 5 more posts by family and friends, and share a memory or message of condolence of your own. It was a hit and played nightclubs and theaters throughout the country for three more years. Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. Cort Murray, Self: This Is Your Life.