24-513: Foulger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Byron Foulger (1899–1970), American actor Gillian Foulger (born 1952), British geologist and academic John Foulger (1942–2007), English painter Keith Foulger (1925–2021), British naval architect Peter Foulger, also Peter Folger (1617–1690), Nantucket settler, teacher, poet See also [ edit ] Folger [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
48-454: A few hours before the final first run episode of Petticoat Junction aired on CBS The Chase and Sanborn Hour The Chase and Sanborn Hour is the umbrella title for a series of American comedy and variety radio shows sponsored by Standard Brands ' Chase and Sanborn Coffee , usually airing Sundays on NBC from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the years 1929 to 1948. The series began in 1929 as The Chase and Sanborn Choral Orchestra ,
72-451: A half-hour musical variety show heard Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on NBC. When Maurice Chevalier became the show's star, he received a record-breaking salary of $ 5,000 a week. Violinist David Rubinoff (1897–1986) became a regular in January 1931, introduced as "Rubinoff and His Violin." Eddie Cantor was chosen as his replacement and the new 60-minute program, The Chase and Sanborn Hour ,
96-553: A native of Utah who worked as a carpenter for the region's railroad company. Byron completed his primary and secondary education in local public schools before enrolling at the University of Utah , where he started acting through his participation in community theatre . Foulger was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Foulger made his Broadway debut in March 1920 in
120-404: A new weekly program ( The Charlie McCarthy Show ) sponsored by Coca-Cola . Although the series ended December 26, 1948, it was followed by a compilation show on NBC, The Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary Show (November 15, 1964), assembled by writer Carroll Carroll and narrated by Bergen. This became an annual event with The Chase and Sanborn 101st Anniversary Show (November 14, 1965),
144-691: A production of Medea featuring Moroni Olsen , and performed in four more productions with Olsen on the " Great White Way ", back-to-back, ending in April 1922. He then toured with Olsen's stock company. By the early 1930s, Foulger was working at the Pasadena Playhouse as an actor, assistant director, and director. In 1932 he began performing in films, initially in bit parts . His first three screen appearances are in Night World (1932), The Little Minister (1934), and The President's Mystery (1936),
168-443: A racy " Adam and Eve " sketch on the network's popular variety program The Chase and Sanborn Hour . That sketch and another performance by West with Charlie McCarthy during a later segment of the same program resulted in her being banned from NBC programming until 1950. Foulger, who provided the voice of the serpent in the controversial biblical parody , was not banned for his brief supporting role; instead, his association with
192-672: A welcoming audience laugh (as in the cameo-laden Frank Capra comedy Pocketful of Miracles ). In a humorous coup, the actor was cast against type for the most prominent role of his career; he played the Devil opposite The Bowery Boys in Up in Smoke , and was billed in advertisements and posters as one of the film's three stars. Beginning in 1950, Foulger made more than 90 appearances on television, in such programs as Death Valley Days , I Love Lucy , The Cisco Kid , My Little Margie , The Man Behind
216-436: A wooden dummy when Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy began an 11-year run, starting May 9, 1937. Initially this incarnation of the program also featured as regulars master of ceremonies Don Ameche , singers Dorothy Lamour and Nelson Eddy , and for the first 16 weeks, comedian W.C. Fields , accompanied by a different guest star each week. On October 2, 1938, Judy Canova and her siblings, Annie and Zeke, became regulars on
240-453: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Byron Foulger Byron Kay Foulger (August 27, 1898 – April 4, 1970) was an American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions. Born in Ogden, Utah , Byron was the second of four children of Annie Elizabeth (née Ingebertsen) of Norway and Arthur Kay Foulger,
264-411: The surname Foulger . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foulger&oldid=1145616369 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732859342762288-502: The 1940s, he adopted a wispy mustache that emphasized his characters' worried demeanor. When the mustache went gray in the 1950s, he reverted to a clean-shaven look. Foulger was a resourceful actor, and often embellished his scripted lines with memorable bits of business; in The Falcon Strikes Back , for example, hotel clerk Foulger announces a homicide by bellowing across the lobby: "Mur- der! Mur- der!' In real life, Foulger
312-567: The Badge , The Lone Ranger , Maverick , Lawman , The Red Skelton Show , Rawhide , Wagon Train , Bonanza , Burke's Law , Daniel Boone , Hazel , The Patty Duke Show , The Monkees , Perry Mason , Laredo , Gunsmoke , and in 1965, The Beverly Hillbillies and The Addams Family . He played multiple-episode characters on Dennis the Menace (Mr. Timberlake), Lassie (Dan Porter) and The Andy Griffith Show (Fred,
336-632: The Gargoyle (1940), What's My Line? (1941), Star-Spangled Vaudeville (1942), Paul Whiteman Presents (1943), The Gracie Fields Show (1944), The Frances Langford Show [aka The Chase and Sanborn Program ] (1945), and Alec Templeton Time (1946–47). In the fall of 1948, Chase and Sanborn announced it would terminate its contract with Edgar Bergen at the end of the year. The remaining Bergen/McCarthy programs eschewed guest stars in favor of regular sketches featuring Don Ameche and Marsha Hunt as The Bickersons . In 1949, Bergen moved to CBS , with
360-471: The hotel clerk). On Petticoat Junction he played two recurring roles: Mr. Guerney and engineer Wendell Gibbs. His notable later television credits include the 1959 Twilight Zone episode " Walking Distance " in which actor Gig Young tells Foulger, who is portraying a drugstore counterman, that he thinks he has seen him before, to which Foulger replies, "I've got that kind of face." A few examples of his other credits on television are his performances in
384-565: The latter based on a story by Franklin Delano Roosevelt . He also starred in an exploitation film , It's All in Your Mind (1937, released 1938), in which Foulger, a timid bookkeeper, samples the fast life of nightclubs and parties. Byron Foulger's motion picture career, however, did not begin in earnest until 1937, after he performed in December of that year on NBC Radio opposite Mae West in
408-518: The program was sometimes referred to as The Eddie Cantor Show . Durante was one of many entertainers who substituted for Cantor, who was often absent while making films or on tour. George Jessel , Bert Lahr , Georgie Price , and Harry Richman were others who took Cantor's place on the show. With a new format, The Opera Guild , hosted by Deems Taylor , began December 2, 1934, Sundays at 8 p.m., on The Chase and Sanborn Hour , and that concert series continued until March 17, 1935. Wilfrid Pelletier
432-455: The program. Beginning on January 7, 1940, the regular cast, apart from Bergen and McCarthy, were dropped and the show was cut to a half-hour and retitled The Chase and Sanborn Program . Ameche was replaced by his younger brother Jim Ameche . Also beginning in 1940, the program went on hiatus for a number of weeks each summer. NBC (and the sponsor) filled its airtime with a different summer replacement show each year, including The Bishop and
456-466: The role of McGinty's secretary he played in The Great McGinty ), and The Great Moment . In A pictures, such as those of Sturges', Foulger often received no screen credit; in B movies such as 1939's The Man They Could Not Hang , he got more substantial, billed parts. By the late 1950s, Foulger was so well established as a mild-mannered worrywart that just the showing of his face would receive
480-684: The short-lived comedies My Mother the Car (as one of the villain's browbeaten advisors) and Captain Nice (as the hero's often silent father), as well as in two episodes of the crime drama The Mod Squad in 1968 and 1969. Foulger's last performances were released in 1970, the year he died. They include the made-for-TV movie The Love War and in the feature films There Was a Crooked Man... and The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County . Foulger, at age 71, died of heart problems in Hollywood on April 4, 1970, just
504-431: The sketch brought him widespread media attention and greater audience recognition. From that point on, he worked steadily in motion pictures. Foulger played many parts–storekeepers, hotel desk clerks, morticians, professors, bank tellers, ministers, confidence men, and a host of other characterizations–usually timid, whining, weak-willed, shifty, sanctimonious, or sycophantic. His earliest films show him clean-shaven, but in
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#1732859342762528-532: Was launched on September 13, 1931, teaming Cantor with Rubinoff and announcer Jimmy Wallington. The show established Cantor as a leading comedian, and his scriptwriter David Freedman as “the Captain of Comedy.” When Jimmy Durante stepped in as a substitute for Cantor, making his first appearance on September 10, 1933, he was so successful that he was offered his own show. Cantor continued as The Chase and Sanborn Hour' s headliner until November 25, 1934. This version of
552-513: Was not as much of a pushover as the characters he played. In one memorable incident at a party, he threatened to punch Errol Flynn for flirting with his wife, actress Dorothy Adams , to whom he was married from 1921 until his death in 1970. In the 1940s, Foulger was part of Preston Sturges ' unofficial "stock company" of character actors , appearing in five films written by Sturges, The Great McGinty , Sullivan's Travels , The Palm Beach Story , The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (recreating
576-412: Was the director. Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour had the slot from March 24, 1935, until September 11, 1936, followed by Do You Want to Be an Actor? , with Haven MacQuarrie, broadcast from January 3, 1937, until May 2, 1937, a series that continued Sundays at 10:30 p.m. as a half-hour show from December 5, 1937, until February 20, 1938. Meanwhile, Chase and Sanborn found a gold mine with
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