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Walter Tetley (born Walter Campbell Tetzlaff; [1] June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975) [2] was an American actor specializing in child impersonation during radio's classic era. . He had regular roles as Leroy Forrester on The Great Gildersleeve and Julius Abbruzzio on The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, as well as continuing as a voice-over artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spoken-word ...
The Great Gildersleeve premiered on NBC on August 31, 1941. It moves the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve oversees his late sister and brother-in-law's estate (said to have both been killed in a car accident) and rears his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie and Leroy Forrester.
The show's humor, like that of McGee, was drawn through clever word-play and phrasemaking as well as Gildersleeve's earnest stumbling and basically warmhearted nature. His on-screen nemesis was Judge Horace Hooker ( Earle Ross ), who oversaw his guardianship of Marjorie and Leroy and became a friend and periodic rival in various schemes.
Josh Robert Thompson (born March 11, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, providing the voice of robot skeleton and Craig Ferguson's sidekick Geoff Peterson along with numerous characters and impersonations, as well as his celebrity impersonations on Family Guy and The Howard Stern Show.
1 episode 2011 Darlo Til I Die: Ian Carter Short Film 2012 Love Life: PC Paul/Paul 2 episodes 2012 Red Dwarf: Jesus 1 episode 2013 Music Land World: Sam Short Film 2013 Doctors: Noah Drummond 1 episode 2013 Hebburn: Ralph 1 episode 2013 Imaginary Boys: David Taylor Film 2013–2019 Still Open All Hours: Leroy Main Cast (41 episodes) 2014 Comedy ...
Willard Lewis Waterman (August 29, 1914 – February 2, 1995) [1] was an American character actor in films, TV and on radio, remembered best for replacing Harold Peary as the title character of The Great Gildersleeve at the height of that show's popularity.
Today, CBS announced that Austin Stowell has been cast as young Leroy Jethro Gibbs—the role made famous by Mark Harmon—in NCIS: Origins, which is slated to premiere in the fall 2024-2025 season.
Randolph played the role of the maid Birdie Lee Coggins in The Great Gildersleeve, a radio comedy and subsequent films, [19] and as Madame Queen on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show and television show from 1937 to 1953. [19] [20] She also portrayed Birdie in the television version of The Great Gildersleeve. [21]