Carl Ballantine
Magician, TV Actor
1917 – 2009
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Who was Carl Ballantine?
Carl Ballantine, born Meyer Kessler, was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the wisecracking Ballantine's mock chagrin. He has been credited with creating comedy magic and has influenced both comics and magicians.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1917
Chicago - Also known as
- Meyer Kessler
- The Amazing Mr. Ballantine
- The Great Ballantine
- Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician
- Mr. Ballantine
- Ballantine
- Carl Ballentine
- Mr. Ballantine the World Greatest Magician
- Jipper
- Count Marakoff
- Spouses
- Ceil Cabot
(1955 - 2000/01/24)
- Ceil Cabot
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 3, 2009
Hollywood Hills
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on July 23, 2013
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