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Will Jordan (Wilbur Rauch, Bronx, New York, USA, July 27, 1927 - September 6, 2018) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian best known for his resemblance—and ability to do uncanny impressions of—television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan. Jordan was a friend of and early influence on comedian Lenny Bruce. Sullivan had almost no mannerisms, which made him hard to impersonate. According to Jordan, he invented some funny mannerisms that Sullivan never had <a href="https://w
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Will
- Family name
- Jordan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- name in native language
- Will Jordan
- date of birth
- 1927-07-27
- date of death
- 2018-09-06
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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