Cliff Nazarro

Cliff Nazarro
Nazarro in I'm from Arkansas (1944)
Born
Clifford Nazarro

(1904-01-31)January 31, 1904
DiedFebruary 18, 1961(1961-02-18) (aged 57)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1930–1949

Clifford Nazarro (January 31, 1904 – February 18, 1961[citation needed] ) was an American double-talk comedian of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in films such as You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as Swivel Tongue with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, In Old Colorado (1941) as Nosey Haskins with William Boyd, and Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942) as Barney Google.[1]

Career

A comment in a 1942 newspaper article summed up Nazarro's varied talents: "He played all sorts of roles in stock companies, was a versatile actor in musical comedy and vaudeville, is one of the top masters-of-ceremony in show business, and was a serious vocalist on the radio."[2]

Nazarro made a few commercial recordings, including a 1932 date as vocalist with swing band Roane's Pennsylvanians and a 1942 comic recitation, "News of the World." He made several uncredited appearances on The Jack Benny Program during the 1930s and early 1940s, and provided voices for Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1935 to 1949.

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Tim Hollis (2008), Ain't that a knee-slapper: rural comedy in the twentieth century, University Press of Mississippi, pp. 109–111, ISBN 978-1-934110-73-7
  2. ^ Harrison, Saul (January 6, 1942). "Cliff Nazarro in Demand". Abilene Reporter-News. Abilene Reporter-News. p. 18. Retrieved August 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Ohmart, Ben (2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-5939-3788-1.
  4. ^ Ohmart, Ben (2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media. p. 476. ISBN 978-1-5939-3788-1. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
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