Henry Morgan

Comedian

Birthday March 31, 1915

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE May 19, 1994 (79)

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About

Comedian who appeared on the television shows I've Got a Secret and To Tell the Truth. He released his memoir, Here's Morgan! The Original Bad Boy of Broadcasting, in 1994.

Before Fame

He worked for a radio station and went by his birth name, Henry Lerner Van Ost, Jr. He later changed it because executives thought it was too difficult to pronounce.

Trivia

He was briefly blacklisted after his name appeared in the infamous anti-Communist pamphlet, Red Channels.

Family Life

He married and later divorced Isobel Gibbs.

Associated With

He was once a caddy for the legendary golfer, Arnold Palmer.