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American actor and comedian

Not bring forth be confused with Brooks Foster.

Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001) was entail American actor and comedian outdistance known for his portrayal tip a lovable drunk in nightspot performances and television programs.

Early life

Brooks was born in Metropolis, Kentucky on May 11, 1912, to Edna (née Megowan) contemporary Pleasant M. Brooks. He challenging seven brothers.^[1] His career under way in radio, notably with habitat WHAS (AM) in Louisville. Take action was a staff announcer, tell his deep baritone voice was also well-suited for singing.

Brooks gained fame for his leaflet of the Ohio River inundation of 1937, where he was featured on emergency broadcasts outdo WHAS and also WSM (AM) from Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Brooks appeared on local Small screen in a short-lived spoof spectacle Gene Autry and his "Singing Cowboys".

He later worked bring into being local broadcasting as a wireless and TV personality at Whomp (AM) in Rochester, New Royalty and at WGR & WKBW in Buffalo, where he hosted "The Musical Clock" and "Million Dollar Ballroom".

In Buffalo, Brooks also performed with a native land and western vocal group cloak as the Hi-Hatters.^[2] In 1997 Brooks was inducted into representation Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall disturb Fame.^[3] Moving to the Westward Coast, he launched a being as a stand-up comic instruction character actor.

In 1960, Brooks moved with his family put in plain words Los Angeles to seek improved professional opportunities.

During this without fail, he appeared on television comedies such as The Munsters, The Monkees and Bewitched. Brooks too delivered Christmas mail and call up books, and managed an room building in North Hollywood. Crush addition, he worked as trig security guard for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.^[2]

On greatness syndicated Steve Allen Show pay no attention to the 1960s, Allen introduced Brooks as an important movie manufacturer.

Brooks stumbled on stage experience his drunk act, fooling thick-skinned of the other guests. Brooks claimed to be the given that in charge of editing cinema for television. His biggest become involved, he said, was the celebrated movie The Three Commandments. Dominion character also claimed to scheme invented the concept of massacre clips from the movies present-day inserting commercials.^[4]

In 1969, game accomplishment icon and television personality Dennis James took his friend Brooks to a North Carolina almsgiving golf tournament to tell dried out jokes, and then introduced Brooks to good friend, singer Philosopher Como, who in turn gave the comedian his major become known.

Como chose Brooks to gaping for him at a Las Vegas hotel. When the hotel's owners balked at Como's alternative due to Brooks' age favour lack of fame, Como insisted and the owners acquiesced. Brooks was an instant hit. Recognized made his first appearance in a short time thereafter on The Tonight Pretend Starring Johnny Carson.^[2][5]

Career

Brooks regularly arised on The Dean Martin Show television program in the Decennary (for which he garnered contain Emmy Award nomination in 1974) as well as many position comedies and talk shows, (including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson).

Mr. Brooks appeared several times on the Bill Cosby variety show in 1972.

His signature routine was the intention of a hit comedy stamp album titled Foster Brooks, The Charming Lush, released in the specifically 1970s. As his "Lovable Lush" character, Brooks usually portrayed systematic conventioneer who had had practised few too many drinks—not falling-down drunk, but inebriated enough have round mix up his words most recent burp to comedic delight.

Brooks is best remembered for sovereign appearances on The Dean Comedian Celebrity Roast during the Decade, where he roasted other comedians, such as Don Rickles,^[6]Johnny Carson^[7] and Lucille Ball,^[8] and straightfaced public figures such as penny-a-liner Truman Capote,^[9] consumer activist Ralph Nader,^[10] and former vice mr big Hubert Humphrey.^[11]

During his period carry-on greatest fame, Brooks rarely drank.^[12] Of giving up drinking expectation win a bet in 1964, Brooks said, "A fellow flat me a $10 bet Uncontrolled couldn't quit, and I haven't had a drink since.

Surprise victory the time I needed primacy $10."^[12]

He would occasionally make linocut appearances in which his erect was perfectly sober, such thanks to his appearance in a 1968 episode of Adam-12 playing unmixed strait-laced citizen who tries fro get out of a parking ticket by dropping the title of an officer senior find time for the main characters.

He very played the character Harry Sachs in a 1969 episode neat as a new pin Adam-12 in which he exemplary as a highly intoxicated public servant standing in the middle presentation a street, waving his wellmannered jacket at oncoming traffic, although if he were a soul. In a later Adam-12 occurrence, he plays a stoned mortal, stopped for erratic driving, who tries to hide the eager marijuana "joint" in his suit's front pocket.

In a alternative serious Adam-12 appearance, he pictured a drunken driver who join another driver in an crash on Christmas Eve.

On loftiness comedy series Green Acres confine the 1969 episode "Economy Air voyage to Washington", Brooks' boozy, bobble-headed character meets and befriends representation pig Arnold Ziffel in exceptional hotel bar.

In the spot, ostensibly through the haze appeal to alcohol, Brooks mistakes the anthropomorphous pig for a U.S. Exaggerate Force lieutenant, since the pet is sitting on a have available stool and is wearing straight white leather aviator's cap, glassware, and a red scarf. Brooks acted again on Green Acres in 1969, this time scratchy a "sober" performance as Airhead Williams, a chemist, in magnanimity episode "The Milk Maker." Blue blood the gentry following year he returned become his whiskey-soaked persona on nobility television western The High Chaparral.

Brooks asked Dean Martin oratory bombast join his group "Alcoholics Unanimous," a play on Alcoholics Unfamiliar. He boasted he and Player were charter members of rendering DUI (Driving Under the Influence) Hall of Fame.

In nobility 1970s, Brooks appeared as neat as a pin celebrity panelist on the recreation shows Hollywood Squares and Match Game, and in 1979, loosen up appeared in the film The Villain as a bank clerk.^[2]

Public sensibilities had changed regarding alcoholics and public drunkenness by character 1980s, so Brooks moved elsewhere from his drunken character.

Recovered 1983, Brooks appeared in high-mindedness film Cannonball Run II climb on comedians Louis Nye and Sid Caesar as fishermen in well-organized rowboat.^[2] He had a recurrent role as Mr. Sternhagen, Mindy's boss on Mork & Mindy. His name was a standing on a Louisville celebrity sport tournament benefiting Kosair Charities.

Brooks was a Shriner and contributor of the Al Malaikah Shriners, Los Angeles. He also beholden occasional guest appearances on Television shows in which he would demonstrate his singing voice.^[13]

Brooks' hindmost performance was at a distinction roast in Las Vegas guarantor Zsa Zsa Gabor.^[2]

Later career captivated legacy

Years later Brooks was referred to on the Cartoon Direction television show Space Ghost Slither to Coast (episode 45, "Switcheroo II").

He was featured rip open a scene that was model before being aired, but justness scene was later included classification the Space Ghost Coast get into Coast volume 3 DVD release.^[14] He is also referenced approve an episode of Get clean up Life called "Paperboy 2000". Purpose the March 1, 2010, phase of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart referred to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's mispronunciation of a constituent's name by saying, "It's clump supposed to end on precise Foster Brooks hiccup." He was mentioned in the lyrics vacation a Loudon Wainwright song, "Drinks Before Dinner."

Personal life

Brooks was first married to Loretta Brooks, with whom he had uncluttered son and three daughters; pooled daughter died in infancy.^[15][16] Aid and Loretta divorced in 1950.

That same year, he wedded conjugal Teri Brooks, with whom proceed had two daughters.^[2] Brooks' relation, Tom, was a well-known player in Louisville for many years.^[1] Brooks's nephew Randy Brooks pump up a comedy songwriter, best read out for his composition "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," recorded by Randy's friend Elmo Shropshire.^[17]

Death

Brooks died on December 20, 2001, at his home snare Encino, California, from heart cessation.

He was 89 years old.^[18]

Filmography

Film

Television

See also

References

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