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Charles James Correll (February 2, 1890 – September 26, 1972) was an American radio comedian, actor and writer, known best for his work in the radio series Amos 'n' Andy with Freeman Gosden. Correll voiced the main character Andy Brown, along with various lesser characters.
Charles Correll Jr. (January 23, 1944 – June 4, 2004) was an American television director and cinematographer. The son of Charles Correll Sr. of the sitcom Amos & Andy, his brother is Richard Correll, a former child actor and later a television director.
Charles Correll was born on 23 January 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and The Winds of War (1983). He was married to Robin Kellick.
While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden) and Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), as well as incidental characters.
Sep 27, 1972 · CHICAGO, Sept. 26—Charles J. Correll, the Andy of the “Amos ‘n’ Andy” radio show for more than 30 years, from. 1928 to 1960, died today of a heart attack in Wesley Memorial Hos pital. He was 82...
main reference. In Gosden and Correll. In 1929 Gosden and Correll, both white, broadened their appeal by devising a larger cast of characters for a new nightly radio program, Amos ’n’ Andy, thus creating one of the first situation comedies.
From 1943 to 1955, Amos ‘n’ Andy was a weekly situation comedy. The duo hosted The Amos ‘n’ Andy Music Hall from 1954 until their final broadcast on November 25, 1960. Charles Correll died on September 26, 1972. Freeman Gosden died on December 10, 1982. Amos ‘n’ Andy was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
Dec 21, 2021 · Charles James Correll was an American radio comedian, actor and writer, known best for his work for the radio series Amos 'n' Andy with Freeman Gosden.
Charles James Correll was an American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos ‘n’ Andy show with Freeman S. Gosden. Correll voiced the central character of Andy Brown, along with various supporting characters.
Sep 25, 2012 · Charles James Correll was born in Peoria, Illinois on February 2, 1890. He delivered newspapers for his first job and later construction business like his father. Though during the day he worked construction, he played piano at the local movie house in the evening.
