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American comedian and actor (1892–1964)

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Eddie Cantor was an American entertainer whose career spanned from 1907 to 1962. Born on January 31, 1892, and deceased on October 10, 1964, he was a person of US nationality. His musical style is associated with swing, jazz, and Big Band genres, particularly from the 1920s. Cantor had five children and stood 172 units in height.

His recorded works include the "Eddie Cantor 4-film collection," "Caught Short!," "My Life Is In Your Hands," and "Ziegfeld." He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Among his notable quotes are "Every blossom I see reminds me of you" and "It takes twenty years to make an overnight success."

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Firecrawl, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1892
Died
1964
Works
20

Top works

  • Eddie Cantor 4-film collection
  • Caught Short!
  • My Life Is In Your Hands
  • Ziegfeld
  • Ziegfeld

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1892-01-31
Active to
1964-10-10

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
48,898
Total plays
193,472

Tags

swingjazz1920sAllBig Band

Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter. Known to Broadway, radio and early television audiences as Banjo Eyes, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing antics about his wife Ida and five children. Early life Cantor was born as Isidore Itzkowitz[1] in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Meta and Mechel Itzkowitz.

via Last.fm · Eddie Cantor

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Microstructural development in equiatomic multicomponent alloys

    · 2004 · cited 9,672x

  2. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project

    · 2013 · cited 8,567x

  3. Evolution of Protein Molecules

    · 1969 · cited 6,127x

  4. Numerical Calculation of Time-Dependent Viscous Incompressible Flow of Fluid with Free Surface

    · 1965 · cited 4,641x

  5. Landscape of transcription in human cells

    · 2012 · cited 4,575x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • Every blossom I see reminds me of you
  • It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Born
Isidore Itzkowitz , ( 1892-01-31 ) January 31, 1892, New York City , U.S.
Died
October 10, 1964 (1964-10-10) (aged 72), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
Resting place
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California
Occupations
Actor comedian dancer singer songwriter film producer screenwriter author
Years active
1907–1962
Spouse
Ida Tobias ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1914 ; died 1962 ) ​
Preceded by
Ralph Morgan
Succeeded by
Robert Montgomery

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

Edward "Eddie" Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.

Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee", "Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider)", "If You Knew Susie", "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me", "Mandy", "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "Margie", and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along", the Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. cartoon theme.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eddie Cantor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.