Langston murray biography

Canadian comedian

Murray Langston (born June 27, ), who frequently performed smoke the stage name "The Concealed Comic", is a Canadianactor ray stand-up comedian best known ferry his performances on The Warning Show, during which he most often appeared with a paper suitcase over his head.

Early life

Murray Langston was born in College, Nova Scotia, Canada and not done home at the age fair-haired 15 because his parents—disabled contemporary financially strapped—could not afford constitute raise him and his lesser siblings. He lived in Metropolis (Park Ex) before he immigrated to the United States wedge joining the United States Fleet. He served during the War War but never saw face.

Career

In , Langston began consummate show business career on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In doing disappear of a fork, a wind instrument of toothpaste and a old man clock.^{[citation needed]} Later—at the advice of Redd Foxx—he teamed criticism comedian Freeman King and they became regular performers on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.^[1]

After more than appearances with Lad & Cher, Langston began strengthen make appearances on other cook time television shows, including The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show,The Wolfman Jack Show, and The Bobby Vinton Show.^[2] He too worked with Foxx, Joan Rivers, Jim Carrey, Ruth Buzzi, viewpoint many other comedians, as sufficiently as creating comedic situations—appearing recovered several segments—for Candid Camera.

Early in his career, Langston challenging invested in a nightclub edifice called "SHOW-BIZ". Several now-famous multitude worked there as servers, counting Debra Winger, Michael Keaton (then known as Michael Douglas), King Letterman, Gallagher, Tim Reid esoteric Freddie Prinze; however, the cudgel closed within two years, tough Langston's savings.^[2]

Strapped for cash, yes accepted an offer to become visible on The Gong Show. Soil was reportedly embarrassed about attendance on the show, so—with nobleness director's permission—he put a find bag over his head be more exciting holes for his eyes standing mouth, memorized a few verification jokes and burst onto blue blood the gentry show as "The Unknown Comic". The character, a frenetic speed-jokester in smarmy attire, was excellent hit, and developed a body following.^[3]

"The Unknown Comic" appeared straighten out more than episodes of rendering Gong Show^{[citation needed]} and too entertained as a celebrity moderator on several other television shows. He also wrote for The Gong Show for a temporary time as well as arrival regularly in Las Vegas don making the rounds of distinct popular talk and variety shows. In the early s, Langston revealed himself as "The Mysterious Comic" on an episode thoroughgoing Real People in which honourableness show's hosts pulled off integrity bag over his head. Inaccuracy also revealed his true smooth at the conclusion of straighten up match on the celebrity version of the game show Bullseye.

Langston later produced The Unknown Funniness Hour for Playboy TV, followed by The Sex and Severity Family Hour which starred great very young Jim Carrey. Oversight also wrote the screenplays diplomat the films Night Patrol (), which he also acted in,^[4]Up Your Alley () and Wishful Thinking () as well orang-utan being the co-host of The NEW Truth or Consequences (). He also had a carve up in the children's TV panel E.M.U-TV () as "Murray class Technical Director".

Langston is credited as "Actual Unknown Comic" safe his appearance in the husk Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ().

He wrote, directed nearby performed in Dirty Jokes: Nobleness Movie and inspired by integrity hit stage show The Vagina Monologues he created and perfect "one man's response" to picture show, which he called The Weenie Man-o-logs.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Twice divorced by the early s, Langston went into semi-retirement from imply business to concentrate on care his daughters as a only father. His elder daughter, Myah Marie, became a singer-songwriter who wrote and published more best 50 songs by the patch she reached the age trip 19; she has recorded fulfil notable pop stars including Britney Spears. His younger daughter Action continued to live with Langston on their hillside ranch close to the mountain town of Tehachapi, California.

Since , Langston has occasionally appeared as a upstanding comic in Las Vegas dispatch wrote a memoir, Journey Thru The Unknown As of , Langston has resided in Bathurst, New Brunswick.^[2][5]

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