Starter of this subject: jan ross
Last post in this subject: 11/27/1999
Messages in this subject: 1
| jan ross | 11/27/1999 1 replies |
| I have an autograph from "the Mad Russian" but can't read the entire name. The first name looks like Burt. Can anyone tell me who the mad russian was? |
| Charles Sexton | 11/27/1999 0 replies |
| The "Mad Russian" was played by Bert Gordon whose real name was Barney Gorodetsky. He was a dialect comic who created the character of the Mad Russian on the Eddie Cantor show in 1935. He appeared as the Russian through the remainder of Cantor's radio caree. (From Dunning's On the Air) |