1. Carleton Carpenter was the son of Carleton Upham Carpenter Sr.
12 Facts About Carleton Carpenter
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Carleton Carpenter lived in Warwick, New York, where he died on January 31,2022, at the age of 95.
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Carleton Carpenter served as a Seabee in the US Navy during World War II and helped to build the airstrip from which the Enola Gay took off for its flight to bomb Hiroshima.
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Carleton Carpenter began his performing career as a magician and an actor on Broadway, beginning with David Merrick's first production, Bright Boy, in 1944, followed by co-starring appearances in Three to Make Ready with Ray Bolger, John Murray Anderson's Almanac, and Hotel Paradiso.
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Carleton Carpenter was a featured player on the early television program Campus Hoopla, which was produced by NBC, via WNBT in New York City, and which aired from 1946 to 1947.
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Carleton Carpenter was brought to Hollywood in 1949 by independent producer Louis de Rochemont to play the boyfriend in Lost Boundaries.
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Carleton Carpenter gained fame in 1950 when he teamed up with Debbie Reynolds in Three Little Words and Two Weeks with Love.
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Carleton Carpenter returned to film in 1959 for Up Periscope for Warner Brothers and, much later, the independent films Cauliflower Cupids and Some of My Best Friends Are.
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Carleton Carpenter was still working occasionally as a stage actor in 2015.
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Carleton Carpenter wrote the musical Northern Boulevard, produced in New York City by actress Rosetta LeNoire.
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Carleton Carpenter wrote material for Debbie Reynolds, Kaye Ballard, Marlene Dietrich, and Hermione Gingold, and scripts for films and television.
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Carleton Carpenter was a successful mystery novelist in the 1970s and 1980s.