Please try again later.To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site.We’ve updated the security on the site. Sandy Becker, Actor: Captain America.

Mr. Wizard the Lizard / Black Bark / Black Barkus / Erik von Bark / Fair Lady / Foreman / Frank / Gag Participant / General / Manager / Prospectors / Sergeant / Small Son / The Chief / The HelperHost / Hambone / Norton Nork / The Big Professor / Dr. Gesundheit / K. Lastima / Arthur Arrowroot He soon added a noontime program, Becker would also host a weekday afternoon and evening children's Becker's propensity for doing comic voices brought him much work in animation. Sandy Becker was born on February 19, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA as Sanford George Becker. This was a children's show which I viewed as a child on a local channel in New York City. Sandy Becker was born on February 19, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA as Sanford George Becker. His best-known work there was perhaps Mr. Wizard on On his morning and (later) afternoon children's programs, Becker created such characters as double-talking disc jockey Hambone, the addled, but brilliant Big Professor (who claimed to know the answer to every question in the world), rumpled Hispanic kid's show host K. Lastima, incompetent Another aspect of Becker's humor was derived from his interaction with his (often ethnically stereotyped) hand puppets, which included; Marvin Mouse, Googie, the German-accented Geeba Geeba, the English Sir Clive Clyde, Wowee the Indian, the space creature Sputnik, the Latino K. Lastima (the name taken from the Spanish phrase "¡Qué lástima!"

89 Minutes Of Vintage Television And Outtakes, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality … Sandy was too subtle and sophisticated for the 50s-60s. Before Fame.

American actor and television presenter who was known as the host of The Sandy Becker Show from 1955 until 1968. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab.

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'The Sandy Becker Show' proved even more successful than the weekday morning series so a Saturday evening edition was scheduled beginning March 27, 1961. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Ah me, most of his work is lost, beyond those cartoons and commercials, and a few video and kinescope snippets of him clowning around for the cameramen.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.