John Dotson Lee Jr. (July 4, 1898 â€" December 12, 1965) was an
American singer, dancer and actor known for voicing the role of Br'er
Rabbit in Disney's Song of the South (1946) and as the clownish,
cringing, tremulous-voiced shyster pseudo-lawyer Algonquin J. Calhoun
in the CBS Amos 'n' Andy TV and radio comedy series in the early
1950s. Much of his career was spent in vaudeville, but he also
performed in motion pictures, on recordings and in television. He
released a record (as "Johnnie Lee") in July 1949 called "You Can't
Lose A Broken Heart" (Columbia Records # 30172), with backup vocals by
The Ebonaires. Lee also starred in an all-black musical comedy called
"Sugar Hill" in 1949 at Las Palmas Theatre in California.He died of a
heart attack on December 12, 1965 age 67.
American singer, dancer and actor known for voicing the role of Br'er
Rabbit in Disney's Song of the South (1946) and as the clownish,
cringing, tremulous-voiced shyster pseudo-lawyer Algonquin J. Calhoun
in the CBS Amos 'n' Andy TV and radio comedy series in the early
1950s. Much of his career was spent in vaudeville, but he also
performed in motion pictures, on recordings and in television. He
released a record (as "Johnnie Lee") in July 1949 called "You Can't
Lose A Broken Heart" (Columbia Records # 30172), with backup vocals by
The Ebonaires. Lee also starred in an all-black musical comedy called
"Sugar Hill" in 1949 at Las Palmas Theatre in California.He died of a
heart attack on December 12, 1965 age 67.
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