Ollie O'Toole

Ollie O'Toole
Ollie O'Toole in How to Marry a Millionaire 1958
Born	April 2, 1912 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States
Died	February 25, 1992 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949 - 1984 (film & TV)

Ollie O'Toole (1912–1992) was an American film and television actor.^[1] Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. He was an actor, comedian and impressionist with Horace Heidt and later known for his acting in "The Oregon Trail" in 1959 and "One of Our Spies is Missing" in 1966. In its airing on January 1967, Mr. O'Toole played the, man on train, in the episode, Barney Comes To Mayberry, of The Andy Griffith Show.^[2] Around the year 1939, Horace Heidt recruited Ollie O'Toole as a comedian and impressionist. Ollie later became the announcer on the radio program, "Treasure Chest". Among Ollie's favorite tricks was tap dancing. He danced with his teeth. Gimmicks aside, he was best known for his impressions of H.V. Kaltenborn, his most popular, Elmer Davis, Fred Allen, Charles Boyer, Katharine Hepburn, Bonnie Baker, Charlie McCarthy and Edger Bergen and Charlie Chaplin. Ollie was an important partner on stage with Art Carney. He was a much overlooked comedian and the perfect complement to Art. The two comics, Art and Ollie, would stand at opposite ends of the stage and take turns doing impressions, one after the other in what was billed as the "Battle of the Impersonators". The 15-minute skit never failed to trigger a host of guffaws and cheers from the audience. Two of his recorded songs were "I Wanna Make with the Happy Times" in 1940 and "Three Little Sisters" in 1942. He was married to Mildred L O'Toole. He died on February 25, 1992, at the age of 79 in Los Angeles, California, US.

Selected filmography

• Official Detective series - Episode: "The Jailhouse Gang" as Hudson (1958)
• The Oregon Trail (1959)
• Bat Masterson (1959)
• 20,000 Eyes (1961)
• Gunsmoke (1962 - 1964) as Milt in “The Gallows” (S7E22), the Telegrapher in “Panacea Sykes” (S8E31) & “Journey For Three” (S9E36)
• One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
• Lost In Space (TV series) (1965–1966) Episode: "My Friend Mr. Nobody" as Mr. Nobody (voice), "War of the Robots" as Robotoid (voice)
• The Virginian (TV series) (1970) saison 9 episode 12 (Last of the comancheros): Proprietor

References

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• Ollie O'Toole at IMDb