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Old 11-05-2015, 03:45 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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No, he played a different sport, but that was not his main field.
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Old 11-05-2015, 03:17 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Was his main field acting ?
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Old 11-05-2015, 04:23 PM
 
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I'd say that acting and singing were about equal.
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Old 11-05-2015, 09:43 PM
 
Location: The High Desert
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Was he a television personality or performer?
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Old 11-06-2015, 04:21 AM
 
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No. His popularity (among most Americans) declined as the television era got underway.
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Old 11-06-2015, 09:48 AM
 
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wild guess...Orson Wells?
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Old 11-06-2015, 10:55 AM
 
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No, our guy was already famous (and not yet infamous) when Welles did the War of the Worlds broadcast.
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Old 11-07-2015, 07:04 AM
 
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Charles Chaplin?
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Old 11-07-2015, 10:24 AM
 
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Not Chaplin. American born, east coast in particular.
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Old 11-07-2015, 10:35 AM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Paul Robeson ?
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