Dennis Day was born on 21 May, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA and died on 22June, 1988 of Lou Gehrig's disease at the age of 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Dennis Day is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery. Dennis Day's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6646 Hollywood Boulevard.Born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty, was an Irish-American singer, radio and television personality.
Dennis Day was born and raised in New York City, the son of Irish immigrants. Dennis Day's father was a stationary engineer. Dennis Day graduated from St. Patrick's Cathedral High School, and attended Manhattan College, where he sang in the glee club.
Dennis Day appeared for the 1st time on Jack Benny's radio show on 8 October, 1939, taking the place of another famed tenor, Kenny Baker. Dennis Day remained associated with Benny's radio and television programs until Benny's death in 1974. Dennis Day was introduced (with actress Verna Felton playing his mother) as a young (19 year old), naive boy singer — a character he kept through his whole career. Dennis Day's
1st song was "Goodnight My Beautiful".
Besides singing, Dennis Day was an excellent mimic. Dennis Day did many imitations on the Benny programme of various noted celebrities of the era, such as Ronald Colman, Jimmy Durante, and Jimmy Stewart.
Sam Berman's caricature of Dennis Day for 1947 NBC promotional bookFrom 1944 through 1946, he served in the US Navy as a Lieutenant. On his return to civilian life, he continued to work with Benny while also starring his own show, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day (1946-1952). Dennis Day's having 2 programmes in comparison to Benny's 1was the subject of numerous jokes and gags on Benny's show, usually revolving around Dennis Day rubbing Benny's, and sometimes other cast members and guest stars' noses in that fact.
Dennis Day's TV series, The Dennis Day Show (aka The RCA Victor Show) was telecast from 1952 to 1954. Between 1952 and 1978, he made numerous TV appearances as a singer, actor and voice for animation (such as the Walt Disney feature Melody Time, voicing multiple characters).
In 1948,Dennis Day married Peggy Almquist; the marriage lasted until his death in 1988. The couple had 10 children. 1 of his brothers was wed to actress/singer Ann Blyth.
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