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The Merv Griffin Show
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Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American band leader, actor, director, and producer. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and long-running television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson.
Nelson started his entertainment career as a band leader. He formed and led "The Ozzie Nelson Band," and had some initial limited success. Nelson's records were consistently popular, and in 1934, Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder," which he introduced. Nelson was their primary vocalist and, from August of 1932, he featured in duets with his other star vocalist, Harriet Hilliard. Nelson's calm, easy vocal style was popular on records and radio and quite similar to son Rick's voice, and Harriet's perky vocals added to the band's popularity.
Ozzie Nelson appeared with his band in feature films and short subjects of the 1940s, and often played speaking parts, displaying a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, as in the 1942 musical Strictly in the Groove. He shrewdly promoted the band by agreeing to appear in "soundies," three-minute musical movies shown in "film jukeboxes" of the 1940s. In 1952, when he and his family were established as radio and TV favorites, they starred in a feature film, Here Come the Nelsons, which actually doubled as a "pilot" for the TV series.
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 20, 1906
Died
June 3, 1975
Birthplace
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
The Big Street
1942
People Are Funny
1946
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
The Impossible Years
1968
Sweetheart of the Campus
1941
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944
The Movie Orgy
1968
Strictly in the Groove
1942
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
1943
Wave-a-Stick Blues
1944
Take It Big
1944
Disneyland '59
1959
Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra
1940
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Adam-12
1968
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Love, American Style
1969
Love, American Style
1969
Love, American Style
1969
Night Gallery
1970
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
This Is Your Life
1952
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
The Barbara McNair Show
1969
Ozzie's Girls
1973