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Phil Harris

Cast, Announcer

Phil Harris

Born June 24, 1904. (Wikidata)

570 episodes in 13 shows · 1938–1954

Bandleader and singer Phil Harris became musical director of Jack Benny's radio program in 1936, playing a hard-drinking Southerner who called Benny Jackson, and he returned to the show from 1948 to 1952. With Alice Faye he co-hosted The Fitch Bandwagon starting in 1946, which became The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show and ran until 1954. Later he was best known for Disney voice roles, especially Baloo in The Jungle Book.

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The Jack Benny Program345 · Cast

1938 2

1939 2

1940 19

1941 34

1942 30

1943 21

1944 32

1945 31

1946 31

1947 27

1948 35

1949 24

1950 25

1951 24

1952 8

The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show207 · Cast

1946 1

1947 2

1948 9

1949 39

1950 35

1951 35

1952 33

1953 29

1954 24

Tales of the Texas Rangers4 · Cast, Announcer
Command Performance3 · Cast
The Fitch Bandwagon3 · Cast
Fibber McGee and Molly1 · Cast
Kraft Music Hall1 · Cast
Lum and Abner1 · Cast
Suspense1 · Cast
The Eddie Cantor Show1 · Cast
The Fred Allen Show1 · Cast
The Life of Riley1 · Announcer
  • Peg Goes to Work December 15, 1950 · appears in a Christmas public service announcement
The Screen Guild Theater1 · Cast

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