George Carl

George Carl
Born	May 7, 1916 Ohio
Died	January 1, 2000 (age 83)

George Carl ( 1916-2000) was a vaudeville style comic and clown. Carl loved magic and was working on a comedy magic act as he got older

Biography

Carl was born in Ohio and started his comedy career traveling with a variety of circuses during his teenage years. In time, Carl would become internationally famous as a clown and visual comedian. In his sixties, Johnny Carson, a fan of Carl's, invited him to appear on The Tonight Show. His appearance was so well received that he was asked back within weeks for a second appearance which also received raves from viewers.

With hardly any props, except for a microphone and a mic stand, Carl would seemingly accidentally become tangled up in the mic cord, get his thumb stuck in the microphone stand and, through a flurry of silent bits, wind up accomplishing nothing at all in the time spent onstage.

At the age of 79, George Carl made his screen debut in the 1995 film Funny Bones also starring Jerry Lewis. He played an old music-hall comedian who never spoke until a scene in which his character explains the reason why performers perform.

In the Genii July 2014 cover story, Charlie Frye listed Carl as one of his favorite magicians.

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• Royal Command Performance (1985)
• Smothers Brothers performance