Cotton (John Byner) trying to persuade Chris (Rob Estes) in a Silk Stalkings episode

John Byner (born John Biener on June 28, 1938 in New York City) is an actor, comedian, and impressionist who has had a lengthy television and movie career. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the impression of being someone else by imitating the other persons voice and mannerisms. ...

His voice work includes the long-running cartoon series The Ant and the Aardvark, in which the title characters are voiced by Byner's dead-on impressions of Dean Martin, and Jackie Mason, respectively. The Aardvark The Ant The Ant and the Aardvark was a series of theatrical cartoons produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises from 1969 to 1971, about a blue Aardvark always trying to catch a red ant named Charlie. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza on June 9, 1931, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is an American stand-up comedian. ...

On The Ed Sullivan Show, where he made his first early TV appearances, he mimicked Ed Sullivan as well as anyone, including the "master" Sullivan impersonator, Will Jordan. His other impressions included John Wayne and sang as Dean Martin and Johnny Mathis. His ability to mimic "Toastmaster General" George Jessel came in handy during his appearances on panel programs such as celebrity "roasts" and other tributes.[1] Ed Sullivan The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Will Jordan (born July 27, 1927) is an American character actor who is best known for his uncanny resemblance to long-time TV host Ed Sullivan, coupled with his ability to present a dead-on impression of the mans unique nasal voice and self-conscious, quirky mannerisms. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison[1] and later changed to Marion Michael Morrison, popularly known as the Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... John Royce Mathis (b. ... George Jessel (April 3, 1898–May 23, 1981) was a U.S. actor, singer, songwriter, and movie producer. ...

On a 1967 episode of Get Smart, Byner played a KAOS agent who made a phone call to the Chief of CONTROL (played by Edward Platt), performed a perfect impression of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and told the Chief he was fired and replaced with agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams). Smart, the Chief and Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) foiled this plot to undermine CONTROL, and Byner's character was arrested. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Get Smart was an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre, which was quite popular in the mid-1960s. ... In the 1960s television show Get Smart, KAOS was the International Organization of Evil. ... Look up Control in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Edward C. Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American character actor best known for his portrayal of The Chief in the 1965-69 NBC television series Get Smart. ... “LBJ” redirects here. ... Get Smart was a United States comedy television series that ran from September 18, 1965 until 1970. ... For American former professional basketball player, see Don Adams (basketball). ... Agent 99 of CONTROL Agent 99 is a fictional spy portrayed by Barbara Feldon on the 1960s television series Get Smart. ... Barbara Feldon (born Barbara Hall on March 12, 1932 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Butler, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, whos best known as Don Adamss working partner and future wife Agent 99, on the successful 1960s sitcom, Get Smart. ...

In 1970, he hosted about 25 episodes of a syndicated half-hour musical variety series called Something Else.

In the late 1970s, he had a featured role as Detective Donahue on the tv series Soap. Soap was a successful American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. ...

In the 1980s he hosted the Canadian TV comedy series, Bizarre. That show introduced many people to hapless daredevil Super Dave Osborne, played by Bob Einstein. Bizarre was a weekly 1980s Canadian TV sketch comedy series. ... Super Dave Osborne in front of his trademark bulb wall Super Dave Osborne is a fictional character played by Bob Einstein. ... Super Dave Osborne (born November 20, 1940, in Los Angeles, California) is the stage name of Bob Einstein (brother of actor Albert Brooks), a comedic stuntman whose persona is modeled after Evel Knievel. ...

Over the years he has done straight acting work and also light characters in otherwise serious dramas, such as the mostly-harmless con artist "Cotton Dunn" in the 1990s cop series Silk Stalkings. Silk Stalkings logo using Mistral typeface. ...

One voice of his own invention is a high-pitched, raspy voice that defies easy description. It is vaguely similar to Donald Duck, only more intelligible. He has sometimes given that voice a character to go with it, "Felix Fossididdi". It was actually a voice that he and his brother came up with, which they would sometimes use when ordering in restaurants in order to try to spook the waitress. He used the voice for the character Gurgi in the Disney animated feature film The Black Cauldron. Donald Duck is an animated cartoon and comic-book character from Walt Disney Productions. ... Gurgi is a fictional character in The Chronicles of Prydain, the series of fantasy novels by Lloyd Alexander. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... The Black Cauldron can refer to. ...

Currently married to fourth wife, Anne Gaybis, he was previously divorced three times, and has at least 4 children from his first marriage.

In 2007, he appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman's Impressionist Week 2, in a fitting situation similar to his earlier appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... Ed Sullivan The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by former entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. ...

External links

• John Byner at the Internet Movie Database

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