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49: 601: 511: 274:– again portraying Black characters – which quickly became one of the most famous and popular radio series of the 1930s, nationwide. Correll voiced the character "Andy" (Andrew Hogg Brown). To celebrate the show's 30th anniversary, the broadcast of March 19, 1958, was done by Correll and Gosden using their real voices and calling each other by their real names; this had never been done for the program before. 872: 311:
Correll's first marriage to Marie Janes ended with divorce on May 26, 1937; the couple had been married for ten years and did not have any children. On September 11, 1937, in Glendale, California, he married Alyce McLaughlin, a former dancer; they had six children, Dorothy, Charles, Barbara, John,
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and Richard. On July 5, 1954, John Correll, his seven-year-old son, died of what seemed to be an accidental poisoning. An autopsy determined the young boy died of an acute kidney infection. A baby girl born to the couple in 1939 died when she was less than a day old.
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The comedy team was named to the Radio Hall of Fame in 1962. In 1969, Correll was memorialized with a star on the
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Correll was born in Peoria, Illinois. He worked originally as a stenographer and a bricklayer. He met Gosden in
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When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics
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This article is about the elder Charles Correll. For his son, the TV director, see
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During 1961–1962, Gosden and Correll provided the voices for the animated series
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also became an actor—remembered best as the character Richard Rickover of
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characters in Blackface. The show originated on Chicago radio station
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From 1928 to 1960, Gosden and Correll, broadcast their program
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for his radio work. In 1977, Correll was inducted in the
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Charles J. Correll
Charles Correll (director)
Charles and Alyce Correll
Peoria, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
comedian
Amos 'n' Andy
Freeman Gosden
Durham, North Carolina
white
Sam 'n' Henry
Black
WGN
Calvin and the Colonel
American Broadcasting Company
heart attack
Beverly Hills, California
Charles Correll Jr.
Richard Correll
Leave It to Beaver
Family Matters
Freemason
Barry Goldwater
1964 United States presidential election
Hollywood Walk of Fame
National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Say Goodnight Gracie: The Last Years of Network Radio
ISBN
0-7864-1168-6
Dunning, John

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