1. Guy Marks was an American actor, comedian, singer and impressionist.
13 Facts About Guy Marks
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Guy Marks had a natural gift for mimicry, and his impressions of celebrities such as Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Boris Karloff, and many others were considered among the best.
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Guy Marks was the youngest of 11 children born to Ermelindo and Adelina Scarpa, who had emigrated from Italy to America at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Guy Marks sailed around the world, including stops in Rio de Janeiro and Hong Kong.
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Guy Marks began working nightclubs in New York, Atlantic City and Chicago, and by the end of the 1950s Marks, Martino and Fisher were all winners on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.
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Guy Marks made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 29,1960.
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Guy Marks appeared in the first 19 episodes of the show's second season as Freddy, manager to Bishop's character, when he was suddenly replaced.
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The character allowed Guy Marks to show off his talents for imitating animals and inanimate objects, such as foghorns and frogs.
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Guy Marks was second banana again, in 1967, when he was featured as the American Indian "Pink Cloud" in the 1967 ABC comedy Western Rango, starring Tim Conway.
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Guy Marks ended the decade with an appearance as a thief trying to hold up Lucille Ball on the Here's Lucy show.
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Guy Marks attracted international attention with the surprise novelty hit song "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas", which parodied the medleys and other popular music conventions of the big band era.
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Guy Marks was married at least three times, once to Barbara Thomas then to a Kathleen and to Judy Marie De Salle.
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Guy Marks died on November 28,1987, at the Atlantic City Medical Center-Pomona in Pomona, NJ.