Born November 11, 1918· Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York, USA
† Died December 14, 1997
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Born Bernard Sholom Kotzin in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights and raised in Far Rockaway and the Bronx, he first performed in high-school productions at DeWitt Clinton, won the Major Bowes Amateur Hour in 1939, toured as a vaudeville act, and entertained troops with the USO alongside Bob Hope before becoming an MC for swing bands. He created the Broadway roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and…
