born Sept. 8, 1922, Yonkers, N.Y., U.S.
U.S. comedian.
He began his career as a band musician but switched to comedy. Noted for his pantomime skills and his ability to mimic foreign languages at high speed, he performed comic routines in live television shows and costarred with Imogene Coca (1908–2001) and Carl Reiner in the popular comedy variety program Your Show of Shows (1950–54). He created his own Caesar's Hour (1954–57) and later appeared in television specials.