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Jerry Hausner
Jerry Hausner
Jerry Hausner played the part of Jerry, Ricky Ricardo's agent, on "I Love Lucy".
Vital information
Birthname: James Bernard Hausner
Born: (1909-05-20)May 20, 1909
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died April 1, 1993(1993-04-01) (aged 83)
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Family and Personal information
Character/Show information
Appeared on/
involved with:
I Love Lucy
Appears as: Jerry (Ricky's agent)
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James Bernard Hausner (May 5, 1909 – April 1, 1993) was an American radio and television actor, best known for his role as Jerry, Ricky Ricardo's agent in I Love Lucy and as the voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo.

Career[]

On Broadway Hausner had the role of Sammy Schmaltz in Queer People (1934).[1] He also acted in stock theater and vaudeville before going into radio at WJAY in Cleveland, Ohio.

On radio, he was a regular on Blondie,[2] The Jim Backus Show,[3] The Judy Canova Show, Too Many Cooks, and Young Love.

Hausner appeared as a courier who summons the Roman emperor Nero to a meeting called by the Devil in the 1969 KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. He made a guest appearance on The Patty Duke Show, He also provided special vocal effects in the 1975 animated film Hugo the Hippo.

Hausner was notable as the French tavern proprietor who, in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, introduces the German singer, played by Christiane Susanne Harlan, the future Mrs. Christiane Kubrick.

Death[]

Hausner died of heart failure on April 1, 1993 in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 83 years old and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.[4]

References[]

  1. Queer People - Cast. Retrieved on 18 May 2016.
  2. "Studio Notes", The Evening News, May 19, 1941, p. 14. Retrieved on May 17, 2016.  Template:Open access
  3. Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 174.
  4. Jerry Hausner - Entertainment News, Obituary, Media, Variety(.com), 1993-04-05 accessed 2012-06-06.

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