Kenny Baker(1912-1985)

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Kenny Baker and Andrea Leeds in The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

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At the Circus (1939)

Kenny Baker was born on 30 September 1912 in Monrovia, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Silver Skates (1943), Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) and The Mikado (1939). He was married to Geraldyne Louise Churchill. He died on 10 August 1985 in Solvang, California, USA.

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Known for

Silver Skates

5.6

Danny Donovan

1943

Hit Parade of 1941

5.8

David Farraday

1940

The Mikado

6.4

Nanki-Poo

1939

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

5.4

Claude L. Dodd

1937

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Actor

Musical Comedy Time
7.5
TV Series
- Horace Miller
- 1951
Calendar Girl
5.8
- Byron Jones
- 1947
The Harvey Girls
7.0
- Terry O'Halloran
- 1946
Doughboys in Ireland
3.5
- Danny O'Keefe
- 1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.2
- Kenny Baker
- 1943
Silver Skates
5.6
- Danny Donovan
- 1943
Hit Parade of 1941
5.8
- David Farraday
- 1940
At the Circus
6.8
- Jeff Wilson
- 1939
The Mikado
6.4
- Nanki-Poo
- 1939
Radio City Revels
5.9
- Kenny Baker
- 1938
The Goldwyn Follies
5.3
- Danny Beecher
- 1938
52nd Street
6.6
- 'Benny' Zamarelli
- 1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
5.4
- Claude L. Dodd
- 1937
A Day at the Races
7.5
- Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1937
Turn Off the Moon
7.0
- Kenny Baker
- 1937

Soundtrack

Calendar Girl
5.8
- performer: "Calendar Girl", "A Lovely Night To Go Dancing", "Have I Told You Lately? (I'm Telling You Now)", "At the Fireman's Ball" (uncredited)
- 1947
The Harvey Girls
7.0
- performer: "Wait and See" (uncredited)
- 1946
Stage Door Canteen
6.2
- performer: "Good Night Sweetheart" (1931) (uncredited)
- 1943
Silver Skates
5.6
- performer: "A Girl Like You, a Boy Like Me", "Love Is a Beautiful Song", "Lovely Lady" (uncredited)
- 1943
Hit Parade of 1941
5.8
- performer: "Who Am I?"
- 1940
At the Circus
6.8
- performer: "Two Blind Loves" (1939) ("Step Up and Take a Bow" (1939), uncredited)
- 1939
The Mikado
6.4
- performer: "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" (1885), "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" (1885), "Were You Not to Ko-Ko Plighted" (1885), "The Threatened Cloud Has Passed Away" (1885), "Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day" (1885), "Here's a How-de-do" (1885), "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring" (1885) (uncredited)
- 1939
Radio City Revels
5.9
- performer: "I'M TAKING A SHINE TO YOU" (1938), "GOOD NIGHT, ANGEL" (1938), "THERE'S A NEW MOON OVER THE OLD MILL" (1938) ("TAKE A TIP FROM THE TULIP" (1938))
- 1938
The Goldwyn Follies
5.3
- performer: "Love Walked In" (1937), "La traviata" (1853), "Love Is Here to Stay" (1937), "Spring Again" (1937) ("Love Walked In" (1937), uncredited)
- 1938
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
5.4
- performer: "Am I in Love?", "Remember Me?", "If I Were a Little Pond Lily", "Here Comes the Sandman", "The Girl You Used to Be" (uncredited)
- 1937
Romance Is Sacred
6.2
- performer: "For You"
- 1937
King of Burlesque
6.2
- performer: "Lovely Lady" (1935) ("Whose Big Baby Are You?" (1935))
- 1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936
5.6
- performer: "Why Dream"
- 1935

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Born
- September 30, 1912
- Monrovia, California, USA
Died
- August 10, 1985
- Solvang, California, USA(heart attack)
Spouse
- Geraldyne Louise ChurchillJune 5, 1933 - July 1968 (divorced, 2 children)
Other works
Baker performed on the Jack Benny radio program. He eventually became the singer on the Fred Allen radio program. He was replaced on the Jack Benny program in 1939 by Dennis Day.
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Trivia
Boyishly good looking singer/actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on Jack Benny's radio shows during the 1930s. At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day), he appeared in a dozen or so film musicals (At the Circus (1939), The Harvey Girls (1946)) and later co-starred with Mary Martin in the original Broadway production of Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash's "One Touch of Venus." Retiring from performing in the early 1950s, he became a Christian Science practitioner and motivational speaker.