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Charles James Correll (February 2, 1890 – September 26, 1972) was an American radio comedian, actor and writer, known best for his work in the radio series Amos 'n' Andy with Freeman Gosden. Correll voiced the main character Andy Brown, along with various lesser characters.
Charles Correll Jr. (January 23, 1944 – June 4, 2004) was an American television director and cinematographer. The son of Charles Correll Sr. of the sitcom Amos & Andy, his brother is Richard Correll, a former child actor and later a television director.
Charles Correll was born on 23 January 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and The Winds of War (1983). He was married to Robin Kellick.
- Charles Correll
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While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden) and Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), as well as incidental characters.
From 1943 to 1955, Amos ‘n’ Andy was a weekly situation comedy. The duo hosted The Amos ‘n’ Andy Music Hall from 1954 until their final broadcast on November 25, 1960. Charles Correll died on September 26, 1972. Freeman Gosden died on December 10, 1982. Amos ‘n’ Andy was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
Charles J. Correll. American comedian. Learn about this topic in these articles: main reference. In Gosden and Correll. In 1929 Gosden and Correll, both white, broadened their appeal by devising a larger cast of characters for a new nightly radio program, Amos ’n’ Andy, thus creating one of the first situation comedies.
Sep 27, 1972 · CHICAGO, Sept. 26—Charles J. Correll, the Andy of the “Amos ‘n’ Andy” radio show for more than 30 years, from. 1928 to 1960, died today of a heart attack in Wesley Memorial Hos pital. He was 82...
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