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Milton Berle’s Milestones
Appeared in dramatic role on "The Dick Powell Show" in episode titled "Doyle Against the House"; earned Emmy nomination
Hosted and starred on a revamped "The Milton Berle Show" (NBC)
Hosted and starred on the TV series, "The Milton Berle Show" (NBC)
Reportedly played bit roles in over 50 silent films, most for Biograph
Revived "The Milton Berle Show" for ABC
Underwent coronary bypass surgery
1913 Won a Charlie Chaplin impersonation contest
1913 Worked as child model for Buster Brown shoes
1914 Film acting debut, "The Perils of Pauline"; also featured in "Tillie's Punctured Romance", directed by Charlie Chaplin
1920 Broadway debut "Floradora"
1932 Featured on Broadway in "Earl Carroll Vanities"
1936 Appeared on stage with "Ziegfeld Follies"
1937 Featured in the film "New Faces of 1937"
1948 - 1953 Hosted and starred on the TV series, "Texaco Star Theater" (NBC)
1948 Hosted and starred on the radio series "Texaco Star Theater"
1949 Last feature for eleven years, "Always Leave THem Laughing"
1960 Returned to features with "The Bellboy" and "Let's Make Love"
1961
1963 Toured in stage production "Top Banana"
1968 Returned to Broadway after a thirty-year absence to play role of Max Silverman in Herb Gardner's "The Goodbye People"
1975 Played dramatic role in the feature "Lepke"
1984 Played himself in Woody Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose"
1995 Earned Emmy nomination for guest performance on "Beverly Hills, 90210"
1995 Had featured role in "Storybook"
1997 Launched Milton, a gaming magazine, published by his wife Lorna and edited by his daughter Susan
1998 Suffered mild stroke in December

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Quick Facts

Also known as

AKA : 'Mr Television'
AKA : 'Uncle Miltie'
AKA : Mendel Berlinger
Birth Name : Milton Berlinger

Born

July, 12 1908 in New York City, New York, USA

Professions

comedian, actor, comedy writer, director, vaudevillian