- Born Name: Kenneth Laurence Baker
- Birthday: 1912-09-30 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Medium: Film actor, singer
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Kenny Baker (entertainer), This article is about the American singer and actor. For other persons with this name, see Kenny Baker (disambiguation).Kenneth Laurence Kenny Baker (30 September 1912 – 10 August 1985) was an American singer/actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on radios The Jack Benny Program during the 1930s.At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day, whose lilting tenor was similar to Bakers), he appeared in seventeen film musicals including: (Mr Dodd Takes the Air (1937), At the Circus, The Harvey Girls (1946) and later co-starred with Mary Martin in the original Broadway production of Kurt Weill and Ogden Nashs One Touch of Venus. He returned to radio as a regular performer on Fred Allens Texaco Star Theater program of 1940-1942. Baker also recorded a number of hymn albums for his church. After retiring from performing in the early 1950s, he became a Christian Science practitioner and motivational speaker.He died of a heart attack in Solvang, California.[edit] Listen toCommand Performance 1942-03-18_ep004- Fred Allen & Kenny BakerJACK BENNY PODCAST - 1939-06-18 - Kenny Bakers finale on Jack Benny with new introduction.Best of Jack Benny Spotlight Podcast! 1935-11-03 - Kenny Bakers First Show! with new introduction.Fred Allen Podcast 1940-10-02 (ep 01)Grab It Or Leave It - Kenny Bakers First Show with Fred Allen! with new introduction.[edit] External linksKenny Baker at the Internet Movie DatabaseKenny Baker at AllmovieWikimedia Commons has media related to: Kenny BakerPersondataNameBaker, KennyAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birth30 September 1912Place of birthMonrovia, CaliforniaDate of death10 August 1985Place of deathSolvang, CaliforniaThis article about a United States film actor or actress born in the 1910s is a stub. 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