Cliff Nazarro | |
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Born | Clifford Nazarro January 31, 1904 |
Died | February 18, 1961 57) | (aged
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 1930–1949 |
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]
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]
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