George Mann (vaudeville performer) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

George Mann (vaudeville performer) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

George Kline Mann (December 2, 1905 â€" November 23, 1977) was best

known as the taller half of the comedic and acrobatic dance act, Barto

and Mann.Mann was born in Hollywood, California. His father, Mack

Andrew Mann, moved to California from Cassopolis, Michigan in the late

1800s and worked as a construction superintendent of railroad bridges.

His mother, Jean Kline Mann, was also from Cassopolis. Mack and Jean

met and married in Los Angeles, California.George Mann grew up in the

Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, moving to Santa Monica as a teenager

with his parents. George was listed as the "Snaps Editor" as well as

being responsible for all of the photography in the Athletic section

of the Venice Union Polytechnic High High School 1925 Annual, The

Gondolier. He was Vice President of the Junior A Class that would

graduate in June 1926, but didn't graduate with his class. During his

junior year, he was vice-president of the drama club and had a leading

role in the play, "What Happened to Jones?" with Irene Hervey, then

Irene Herwick. He played center on the varsity basketball team and was

a member of the swimming team.George studied dance with Roy Randolph

of the Randolph's La Monica Dance School in Santa Monica, California.

Shortly after turning 20, he developed a dance act - Mann & Clark -

with his high school friend Lester Clark. Signing with the William

Meiklejohn Agency, they performed together in Los Angeles for three or

four months before George signed on as a single with Fanchon and Marco

enterprises. George (6'6") was soon performing for comedic effect with

a much shorter (4'11") Dewey Barto (father of the comedian Nancy

Walker). Two days after George turned 21, George and Dewey signed a

ten-year contract with Fanchon and Marco as the comedy team Barto and

Mann.
George Mann (vaudeville performer) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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