Jerry Hausner

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Jerry Hausner
Hollywood Hills, California
OccupationActor
Years active1934–1975
SpouseVelma McCall

James Bernard Hausner (May 20, 1909 – April 1, 1993),

Ricky Ricardo's agent in I Love Lucy and as the voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo and several characters such as Hemlock Holmes, The Mole, Broodles and Itchy in The Dick Tracy Show
(he had also worked as a dialogue director for both of these cartoons).

Career

On

stock theater and vaudeville before going into radio at WJAY in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

On radio, he was a regular on

Blondie,[3] The Jim Backus Show,[4] The Judy Canova Show,[4]: 182  Too Many Cooks,[4]: 338  and Young Love.[4]
: 361 

Hausner appeared as a courier who summons the Roman emperor Nero to a meeting called by the Devil in the 1969 KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. He made guest appearances – in different roles – on The Patty Duke Show, He also provided special vocal effects in the 1975 animated film Hugo the Hippo.

Hausner was notable as the French tavern proprietor who, in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, introduces the German singer, played by Christiane Susanne Harlan, the future Mrs. Christiane Kubrick.

Personal life

He was married to Velma McCall Hausner (1904 - 1978).[5]

Death

Hausner died of heart failure on April 1, 1993, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 83 years old and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).[6][7]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ . Pp. 122-123.
  2. ^ "Queer People – Cast". Playbill Vault. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ . P. 174.
  5. ^ "16 Feb 1965, 20 - The Paducah Sun at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jerry Hausner". Variety. April 5, 1993. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  7. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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