Actor and Comedian. He was a comic actor whose career spanned show business from vaudeville theatre, silent motion pictures, radio, and television, to Broadway theatre, and Las Vegas, Nevada, shows. His career began at the age of five on the streets of Upper Manhattan, New York City, where he did Charlie Chaplin imitations to entertain other children. An agent saw him and found work for him as the "Buster Brown" boy, selling shoes. Charlie Chaplin heard about him and sent for him; he appeared in several of his silent comedic films. He began in Broadway in 1920 on a musical called "Floradora," then worked in vaudeville. His first credited film was "The Perils of Pauline" (1914), the first of over 70 films he made over the course of his lifetime. He successfully made the transition to television in 1948, with "The Milton Berle Show," which ran for nearly 10 years. He last acted in 1994, but still made cameo appearances for the last several years. He was considered one of the first persons to appear on television in 1928 during an experimental broadcast in New York City. He also wrote three books about himself. Milton Berle died of colon cancer at age 93 on March 27, 2002, in Los Angeles, California.
Actor and Comedian. He was a comic actor whose career spanned show business from vaudeville theatre, silent motion pictures, radio, and television, to Broadway theatre, and Las Vegas, Nevada, shows. His career began at the age of five on the streets of Upper Manhattan, New York City, where he did Charlie Chaplin imitations to entertain other children. An agent saw him and found work for him as the "Buster Brown" boy, selling shoes. Charlie Chaplin heard about him and sent for him; he appeared in several of his silent comedic films. He began in Broadway in 1920 on a musical called "Floradora," then worked in vaudeville. His first credited film was "The Perils of Pauline" (1914), the first of over 70 films he made over the course of his lifetime. He successfully made the transition to television in 1948, with "The Milton Berle Show," which ran for nearly 10 years. He last acted in 1994, but still made cameo appearances for the last several years. He was considered one of the first persons to appear on television in 1928 during an experimental broadcast in New York City. He also wrote three books about himself. Milton Berle died of colon cancer at age 93 on March 27, 2002, in Los Angeles, California.
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