Bill Dana
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American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (1924–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Works
- 8
Top works
- The Bill Dana show : #26
- The Bill Dana show : #9
- Would you believe?
- Bill Dana's clean air, clean water, and other memories
- Cowboy/english Dict
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 347
- Total plays
- 2,544
Tags
comedy
William Szathmary (October 5, 1924 – June 15, 2017), known professionally by his stage name Bill Dana, was an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter.[1] He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Bolivian character named José Jiménez. Dana often portrayed the Jiménez character as an astronaut. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Dana">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Quincy
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- Emerson College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Bill Dana Jose Jimenez Bill Dana Show 1964.JPG
Show 8 more facts
- birth name
- William Szathmary
- Commons category
- Bill Dana (comedian)
- date of birth
- 1924-10-05
- date of death
- 2017-06-15
- cause of death
- disease
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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