Charles Correll
Comedian, TV Program Creator
1890 – 1972
Who was Charles Correll?
Charles James Correll was an American radio comedian, best known for his work on the Amos 'n' Andy show with Freeman S. Gosden. Correll voiced the central character of Andy Brown, along with various supporting characters. Correll was born in Peoria, Illinois. Before teaming up with Gosden, he worked as a stenographer and a bricklayer. The two men met in Durham, North Carolina while working for the Joe Bren Producing Company. Both Correll and Freeman vacationed at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in the 1930s and would broadcast Amos 'n' Andy from there. From 1928 to 1934, the team never took a vacation away from their radio show. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Amos 'n' Andy on the air, 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 on the show before.
Correll's first marriage to Marie Janes headed for divorce court on May 26, 1937; the couple had been married for ten years and had no children. On September 11, 1937 in Glendale, California, he married Alyce McLaughlin, a former dancer; they had six children, Dorothy, Charles, Barbara, John, and Richard.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1890
Peoria - Also known as
- Charles James Correll
- Andy Brown
- Charles J. Correll
- Charles Correll, Sr.
- Spouses
- Marie Janes
(1927 - 1937/05/26) - Alyce McLaughlin
(1937/09/11 - 1972/09/26)
- Marie Janes
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Peoria
- Died
- Sep 26, 1972
Chicago - Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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