Dumke, Ralph, 1900-1964

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Dumke, Ralph, 1900-1964
Date of birth
1900-07-25
Date of death
1964-01-04
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 60526668
Wikidata: Q3418248
Library of congress: n 85216818
Sources of Information
  • Arcade varieties [MP] c1938:t.p. (Dumke)
  • Truitt, E. Who was who on screen, 1977(Ralph Dumke; b. 1900 d. 1964)
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Wikipedia description:

Ralph Ernest Dumke (July 25, 1899 – January 4, 1964) was an American comedian and actor who had an active career from the early 1920s up until his death in 1964. He rose to fame as part of a comedy duo with Ed East, performing nationally in vaudeville on the B. F. Keith Circuit from 1922 to 1932 and then headlining the nationally popular daily afternoon radio program "Sisters of the Skillet" on NBC Radio. In the 1940s Dumke worked as a character actor in Broadway musicals, and from 1949 to 1964 he worked in American film and television.

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