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Phil Baker (comedian)
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Phil Baker
Baker with
Carmen Miranda
and
Alice Faye
in
The Gang's All Here
(1943).
Born
August 24, 1896
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
, U.S.
Died
November 30, 1963 (aged 67)
Copenhagen
, Denmark
Years active
1937-1960
Spouse(s)
Peggy Cartwright
​
​
(
m.
1932;
div.
1941)
​
Irmgard Erik
(
m.
1944)
Children
6
Phil Baker
(August 26, 1896 – November 30, 1963) was an American comedian and
emcee
on
radio
. Baker was also a
vaudeville
actor,
composer
,
songwriter
,
accordionist
and author.
[1]
Contents
1
Biography
2
Death
3
Legacy
4
Broadway
5
Compositions
6
Filmography
7
References
8
External links
Biography
He was born on August 26, 1896 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
[1]
Baker went to school in
Boston
, and his first stage appearance was in a Boston amateur show. Baker began in vaudeville playing the piano for
violinist
Ed Janis, and he was 19 when he teamed with
Ben Bernie
for the vaudeville act, "Bernie and Baker."
[2]
This originally was a serious musical act with Baker on
accordion
and Bernie on violin but eventually ended up with comic elements. After breaking with Bernie shortly after
World War I
, Baker partnered with
Sid Silvers
up until 1928.
Baker went on to pursue a successful solo career. His solo act included him singing, playing the accordion, telling jokes and being heckled by a planted audience member called Jojo. With this act, Baker played the
Palace Theatre
in 1930 and 1931.
[3]
In 1923, Baker appeared in an early DeForest
Phonofilm
short
A Musical Monologue
in which he played the accordion and sang. Bernie also appeared in a DeForest Phonofilm
Ben Bernie and All the Lads
featuring Bernie's band and pianist
Oscar Levant
. During
World War I
Baker served in the
US Navy
.
Baker appeared with
Carmen Miranda
in the musical
The Gang's All Here
(1943).
On radio, he starred in his own series
The Armour Jester
on
NBC
. In the 1940s he appeared on
Duffy's Tavern
on February 22, 1944, and was the host of the quiz show
Take It or Leave It
,
[4]
which later changed its title to
The Question
.
Phil Baker appeared briefly on television. In 1951 he hosted the panel quiz show
Who's Whose
.. The show, and Baker's performance, were both universally panned, so much so that the show was
canceled after one episode
and Baker had his contract bought out.
[5]
He was inducted into the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
with one star on February 8, 1960.
[6]
Death
Baker moved to
Copenhagen, Denmark
in 1960, where his second wife was born. He later died on November 30, 1963 in Copenhagen.
[1]
Legacy
Baker had four children with actress
Peggy Cartwright
- Margot, Stuart, Michael and Susan. Michael is the well-known composer
Michael Conway Baker
. Baker later married Irmgard Erik, a Danish model, with whom he had two children, Philip and Lisa. Irmgard Er