James Bernard Hausner (May 20, 1909 – April 1, 1993),[1] known professionally as Jerry Hausner, was an American radio and television actor, best known as Ricky Ricardo's agent in I Love Lucy and as the voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo and several characters such as Hemlock Holmes, The Mole, Broodles and Itchy in The Dick Tracy Show (he had also worked as a dialogue director for both of these cartoons). He was married to Velma McCall Hausner (1904 - 1978).[2]

Jerry Hausner
Jerry Hausner in The Monkees 1967
Born	James Bernard Hausner (1909-05-20)May 20, 1909 Cleveland, Ohio United States
Died	April 1, 1993(1993-04-01) (aged 83) Los Angeles, California United States

Career

On Broadway Hausner had the role of Sammy Schmaltz in Queer People (1934).[3] He also acted in stock theater and vaudeville before going into radio at WJAY in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

On radio, he was a regular on Blondie,[4] The Jim Backus Show,[5] The Judy Canova Show,[5]^: 182 Too Many Cooks,[5]^: 338 and Young Love.[5]^: 361

Hausner appeared as a courier who summons the Roman emperor Nero to a meeting called by the Devil in the 1969 KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play The Plot to Overthrow Christmas. He made guest appearances – in different roles – on The Patty Duke Show, He also provided special vocal effects in the 1975 animated film Hugo the Hippo.

Hausner was notable as the French tavern proprietor who, in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, introduces the German singer, played by Christiane Susanne Harlan, the future Mrs. Christiane Kubrick.

Death

Hausner died of heart failure on April 1, 1993, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 83 years old and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).[6]

Filmography

References

External links

• Jerry Hausner at IMDb
• Jerry Hausner