George Wallace (Australian comedian), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian comedian
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Place of Birth: Aberdeen, New South Wales, Australia
About George Wallace (Australian comedian)
- George Stephenson "Onkus" Wallace (4 June 1895 – 19 October 1960), was an Australian comedian, vaudevillian, radio personality and film star.
- During the early to mid-20th century, he was one of the most famous and successful Australian comedians on both stage and screen, with screen, song and revue sketch writing amongst his repertoire.
- Wallace was a small tubby man with goggle eyes, a mobile face and croaky voice who appeared in trademark baggy trousers, checkered shirt and felt hat.
- He was the father of entertainer George Leonard Wallace.
- His career as one of Australia's most popular comedians spanned four decades from the 1920s to 1960 and encompassed stage, radio and film entertainment.
- Ken G.
- Hall, who directed him in two films, wrote in his autobiography that George Wallace was the finest Australian comedian he had known.
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