Johnny Ginger

Johnny Ginger
Johnny Ginger
Born	Galen Grindle; June 16, 1934 (age 89); Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, television personality

Galen Grindle (born June 16, 1934), better known as Johnny Ginger, was a pioneer of Detroit television.

Biography

Grindle was born in Toledo, Ohio. His parents, Ray and Edna, were a Vaudeville family act performing at the Paramount Theater in Toledo.^[1] His brother, Kenny, was a tap dancer in the family act. One day they brought little Johnny up onstage to sing "Sonny Boy" and he was an instant hit. As a teen he performed stand-up comedy in clubs all over Toledo, Detroit, and Canada.

Grindle had been working as a comedian under the name Jerry Gale when he auditioned to present a program for

Billy The Kid in the Stooges last film, The Outlaws Is Coming.^[1]^[2] As a gesture of gratitude, the Stooges used many of the children's hosts who had run their shorts in the cast. He, Ricky the Clown, Jingles, Poop-Deck Paul, Milky the Clown, Rube Weiss, Captain Jolly, Sagebush Shorty and Soupy Sales helped pioneer Detroit television for children in the fifties and sixties. The Johnny Ginger Show was cancelled in 1968.^[2] Ginger went on to host Captain Detroit for WKBD-TV.^[2]

Johnny left Detroit for Hollywood and appeared on an episode of The Rifleman.[2]

References

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ISBN 978-0-7385-7707-4
, p. 52

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ISBN 978-0-472-03124-5
, p. 51-62

External links

Johnny Ginger at
IMDb

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[Kiska-1] 
ISBN 978-0-7385-7707-4
, p. 52

[Castelnero-2] 
ISBN 978-0-472-03124-5
, p. 51-62

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