James Edward Jordan (November 16, 1896 â€" April 1, 1988) was the
American actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly and
voiced the albatross Orville in Disney's The Rescuers (1977).Jordan
was born in 1896 on a farm near Peoria, Illinois. He attended St.
John's Church in Peoria, and his family eventually sold the farm and
moved into Peoria. It was at church choir practice that he met Marian
Driscoll, whom he married on August 31, 1918.:247Jim Jordan went on
the vaudeville circuit, both as a solo act and with his wife, Marian,
at various times until 1924. They went entirely broke in 1923, having
to be wired money by their parents to get back to Peoria from Lincoln,
Illinois.:247Jim and Marian Jordan got their major break in radio
while performing in Chicago in 1924; Jim said he could give a better
performance than the singers they were listening to on the radio, and
his brother Byron bet $10 that Jim couldn't do it. By the end of the
evening, Jim and Marian had their first radio contract, at $10 per
show for 26 weeks as The O'Henry Twins, sponsored by Oh Henry!
candy.:247
American actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly and
voiced the albatross Orville in Disney's The Rescuers (1977).Jordan
was born in 1896 on a farm near Peoria, Illinois. He attended St.
John's Church in Peoria, and his family eventually sold the farm and
moved into Peoria. It was at church choir practice that he met Marian
Driscoll, whom he married on August 31, 1918.:247Jim Jordan went on
the vaudeville circuit, both as a solo act and with his wife, Marian,
at various times until 1924. They went entirely broke in 1923, having
to be wired money by their parents to get back to Peoria from Lincoln,
Illinois.:247Jim and Marian Jordan got their major break in radio
while performing in Chicago in 1924; Jim said he could give a better
performance than the singers they were listening to on the radio, and
his brother Byron bet $10 that Jim couldn't do it. By the end of the
evening, Jim and Marian had their first radio contract, at $10 per
show for 26 weeks as The O'Henry Twins, sponsored by Oh Henry!
candy.:247
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