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| Who's who in Radio - TV Radio - TV Mirror, September 1952 Page 67. |
Gale Gordon beats the Robinson-Raphael [Larry Robinson and Gerrianne Raphael] entrance into show business by miles, for he made his first stage appearance at the age of eight days. The offspring of a great Vaudeville family (see next column at right), Gale was born while his parents were on tour and his proud father insisted on introducing his son to the audience. Gale always wanted to follow in his parents� footsteps and got his first bit part at fifteen dollars a week in �The Dancers.� Since then he has been on the stage, screen, and in radio, now devoting all his time to the airwaves. Aside from the stage, Gale�s other great passion is for travel. He spent five years in London, fourteen in New York, and for the past fifteen years has lived in Hollywood. In 1948, Gale joined the U.S. Coast Guard, spending eighteen months in the Pacific assigned to LST�s. The actor is a writer of some merit, too. He has published two books and two one-act plays. Painting is another of Gale Gordon�s hobbies -- he sold his first one to Bing Crosby�s guitarist. Gale�s versatility can be recognized in two of the many roles he plays. On Our Miss Brooks he is the bombastic principal of Madison High School, and in Halls of Ivy he is the lovable Mr. Merriweather of the college�s Board of Managers. Gale is married to the former Virginia Curley -- an actress of course. |
Born in Liverpool, England, Gloria Gordon began studying voice at an early age. She made her theatrical debut as a mezzo-soprano in Carl Rosa opera productions. Switching from the more serious side of the entertainment world to the light-hearted musical comedy and vaudeville brackets, Gloria played the famed Coliseum and Hippodrome theatres in London. It was at the Hippodrome that she met an American pantomimist and quick-change artist, name of Charles T. Aldrich. She voyaged to Detroit to be his bride. From that time on she was an American citizen, and mighty proud of it. Gloria gave up the stage for several years to raise her two children, Gale and Jewell. In 1923, she returned to the stage in Richard Bennett�s �The Dancers.� Gale appeared in the same show, and it was then that mother and son decided to take the same stage name. After �Dancers� closed, Bennett organized a troupe to tour the country in a skit called �To Let.� Gloria joined the cast, made her first trip to Los Angeles in 1928 -- liked it so much she�s been living there ever since. When she isn�t busy playing My Friend Irma�s landlady Mrs. O�Reilly, she spends leisure hours making household gadgets out of tin cans, and distributing them amongst her many friends. Her companion is Nuit, a pet spaniel. |
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