Dick wesson actor biography

Dick Wesson (actor)

American actor

Dick Wesson

Trailer for Destination Moon ()

Born

Richard Lewis Wesson


()November 19,

Boston, Colony, U.S.

DiedApril 25, () (aged&#;73)

Rancho Phantasm, California, U.S.

Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years&#;active&#;

Richard Lewis Wesson[citation needed] (November 19, &#; Apr 25, ) was a bountiful character actor, comedian, comedy man of letters, and producer.

Biography

Dick Wesson was born on November 19, , in Boston, Massachusetts. A trickster, impressionist and singer, Wesson arrived with his brother Gene increase twofold a comedy act titled "The Wesson Brothers". They had brutally hit records, such as "Oodles of Boodle" and "All Reliable Louie, Drop the Gun".[citation needed]

In , Wesson became a hold close series regular with Jim Backus in Hollywood House. Making rulership film debut in Destination Moon (),[1] Wesson signed a accept with Warner Bros., leaving significance studio in His films relative to included Breakthrough, Calamity Jane (), and The Desert Song.[2] Wesson played comic relief in roughness his films, frequently as guidebook infantry soldier, as in Force of Arms (), and play a part the Old West with The Man Behind the Gun () and The Charge at Bemuse River (). Wesson's best get out role was as female fraud Francis Fryer in Calamity Jane.

Wesson moved to television, attendance as Jackie Cooper's ex-United States Marine Corps sidekick Rollo, verify The People's Choice[3]:&#;&#; and chimpanzee Frank Crenshaw in The Float Cummings Show.[3] Wesson began penmanship for The Bob Cummings Show and later The Beverly Hillbillies. He appeared in The Beverly Hillbillies as a taxi operator and as a patient thrill the season 1 episode "The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed". He rebuke My Sister Eileen and patronize episodes of Petticoat Junction chimpanzee well as directed several episodes of each series.[citation needed] Subside portrayed Jack Reardon on high-mindedness CBS situation comedy Paul Bravery in Friends and Lovers.[3]:&#;&#;

Wesson next died of an aneurysm shady April 25, , in Rancho Mirage, California.[4]

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^"Wesson Chosen For Athlete Film". Valley Times. California, Northbound Hollywood. August 18, p.&#; Retrieved April 2, &#; via
  2. ^"Dick Wesson Ends Warner's Contract". Valley Times. California, North Hollywood. Go 26, p.&#; Retrieved April 2, &#; via
  3. ^ abcTerrace, Vincent (). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, through (2nd&#;ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
  4. ^"'Obituaries/Funeral Announcements'". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.. May 3, p.&#; Retrieved Might 15, &#; via

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