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Arthur Q. Bryan

Arthur Q. Bryan, American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality (died 1959)

Born
May 8, 1899
Died
November 18, 1959
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1899

About Arthur Q. Bryan

Arthur Quirk Bryan was an American actor and radio personality. He is best remembered for his longtime recurring role as well-spoken, wisecracking Dr. Gamble on the radio comedy Fibber McGee and Molly and for voicing the Warner Bros. cartoon character Elmer Fudd. Bryan was first hired for the new Great Gildersleeve series, to play the part of Cousin Octavia's secretary/assistant, Lucius Llewellyn (using the Elmer Fudd voice), and later one of Gildersleeve's cronies, Floyd Munson, the barber. On May 5th 1949, Bryan appeared as "Clarence, the Guardian Angel" on the Screen Directors Playhouse radio series' rendition of Frank Capra's film It's a Wonderful Life.

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The world when Arthur Q. Bryan was born

Arthur Q. Bryan was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Arthur Q. Bryan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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