Carl Ballantine

Carl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the wisecracking Ballantine's mock chagrin. He has been credited with creating comedy magic and has influenced comedians and magicians alike.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1917-09-27

Died: 2009-11-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	McHale's Navy	Torpedoman Lester Gruber	46
2	1966	Penelope	Boom Boom	56
3	1968	Speedway	Birdie Kebner	58
4	1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Abel Swanson	62
5	1973	Saga of Sonora	Ringo	0
6	1973	The Girl Most Likely To...	Dr. Hankin	66
7	1976	Revenge of the Cheerleaders	Dr. Ivory	46
8	1976	How to Break Up a Happy Divorce	Conductor	0
9	1977	The World's Greatest Lover	Uncle Harry	58
10	1979	The North Avenue Irregulars	Sam	64
11	1979	Just You and Me, Kid	Reinhoff the Remarkable	55
12	1986	The Best of Times	Arturo	56
13	1989	Hollywood Chaos	A. G.	0
14	1992	Nickel & Dime	Old Timer #3	0
15	1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Freddie	57
16	1998	My Giant	Rabbi	52
17	1998	Susan's Plan	Harold Beyers	48
18	2002	Farewell to Harry		30
19	2006	Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story	Realtor in China	0
20	2011	Troupers		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Comedian-Magician	50
3	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	53
4	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	44
5	1959	Startime		60
6	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
7	1962	The Virginian	Matty Ryan	64
8	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
9	1962	McHale's Navy	Lester Gruber	67
10	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
11	1965	Laredo		63
12	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Carl Tucker	78
13	1966	That Girl		61
14	1966	The Monkees	Hubbell Bensen	65
15	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	Ernie	57
16	1969	The Debbie Reynolds Show		70
17	1969	Love, American Style	Leo	60
18	1976	Laverne & Shirley		72
19	1976	Alice		70
20	1977	CHiPs	Marvello the Great	68
21	1979	B. J. and the Bear		55
22	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		63
23	1980	One in a Million	Max Kellerman	50
24	1984	Night Court	Philip Falcone	73
25	1984	Double Trouble	Rollo	57
26	1984	The Cosby Show	The Great Ballantine	70
27	1988	Garfield and Friends		72
28	1991	P.S. I Luv U		58
29	1994	Spider-Man	Lenny Luntz (voice)	83
30	1995	Freakazoid!		78