Larry Daniels
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Larry Daniels was a stand-up comedian during the 1950s and ’60s. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show twice, once in 1956 and another time in 1960. He also performed on The Jack Paar Tonight Show and The Steve Allen Plymouth Show.
Daniels had roles in the 1945 film Road to Utopia, with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, and on the television series Phyllis, Make Room for Daddy and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Daniels got his start in vaudeville as a child. Over the course of his career he would perform at the Eden Roc in Miami Beach, the Palmer House in Chicago and the Copacabana in New York, among other renowned night spots. He is credited with giving Woody Allen one of his first writing jobs, and he spent four years as an entertainment director for the Army Air Force, producing, writing and directing musicals for the troops. Daniels continued his musical theater career with the revue Meet the People on Broadway.
Larry Daniels was a stand-up comedian during the 1950s and ’60s. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show twice, once in 1956 and another time in 1960. He also performed on The Jack Paar Tonight Show and The Steve Allen Plymouth Show.
Daniels had roles in the 1945 film Road to Utopia, with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, and on the television series Phyllis, Make Room for Daddy and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Daniels got his start in vaudeville as a child. Over the course of his career he would perform at the Eden Roc in Miami Beach, the Palmer House in Chicago and the Copacabana in New York, among other renowned night spots. He is credited with giving Woody Allen one of his first writing jobs, and he spent four years as an entertainment director for the Army Air Force, producing, writing and directing musicals for the troops. Daniels continued his musical theater career with the revue Meet the People on Broadway.
Daniels died February 6, 2015, in Reseda, California. He was 92.
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