[ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ] People of Note - Obituaries GenealogyBuff.com - Ozzie Nelson, Actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) Posted By: GenealogyBuff.com Date: Sunday, 4 September 2016, at 7:03 p.m. System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC! Ozzie Nelson, Actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) March 20, 1906 - June 03, 1975 Born Oswald George Nelson on March 20, 1906 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Ozzie Nelson was an actor, orchestra leader, producer and director. At the age of 13, he became the youngest person to become an Eagle Scout. The requirements for Eagle Scout make it impossible for anyone to beat his record. Although he originally wanted to be a cartoonist, Ozzie went to law school, doing bandleader gigs to pay for his courses. By 1931, he was a full-fledged bandleader, able to play all of the band instruments except the trumpet and also write songs. He hired Harriet Hilliard in 1932 to sing for his band, and married her three years later. Ozzie and Harriet became regulars on Red Skelton's radio show, before they got their own show in 1944. They started The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on radio and later switched to television. The show quickly became the emblem for the 1950s typical American family. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet had a run that would stretch to twenty-two years: eight on radio and fourteen on television. On the show, Nelson and wife Harriet had 2 children, originally played by actors. The actors were soon replaced by Ozzie and Harriet’s own sons, actor-director David Nelson and actor-singer Ricky Nelson. Nelson died June 3,1975, in Hollywood, California, from cancer. He was 69. He was interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Hollywood, California. USA Yearbooks by State and County [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ] People of Note - Obituaries is maintained by GenealogyBuff with WebBBS 5.12.

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