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'''Robert Haskell''' worked in San Francisco for the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and as a magician in west coast night clubs. During World War II, he toured with his wife Madelaine.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1936 November]]</ref>   
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'''Robert "Bob" Haskell''' worked in San Francisco for the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and as a magician in west coast night clubs. During World War II, he toured with his wife Madelaine.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1936 November]]</ref>   
  
 
Haskell played the magician's assistant in the film The Mad Magician in 1954 and appeared on at least 2 episodes of "[[You Asked For It]]"   
 
Haskell played the magician's assistant in the film The Mad Magician in 1954 and appeared on at least 2 episodes of "[[You Asked For It]]"   
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* [[The Magic of Haskell]] (1962)
 
* [[The Magic of Haskell]] (1962)
  
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Revision as of 02:37, 9 December 2012

Bob Haskell

Cover of Genii (Nov. 1936)
BornRobert Haskell
1914
Died1972
CategoriesBooks by Bob Haskell

Robert "Bob" Haskell worked in San Francisco for the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and as a magician in west coast night clubs. During World War II, he toured with his wife Madelaine.[1]

Haskell played the magician's assistant in the film The Mad Magician in 1954 and appeared on at least 2 episodes of "You Asked For It"

He invented the "Split Deck" and the "X-Salted Shaker" (See Genii 1957 April) in the 1950's, and he may have invented the Appearing Candle. [2]

Books

References

  1. Cover Genii 1936 November
  2. http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=242061#Post242061