He died on October 27, 1972 in New York City, New York. Gender:Male. Lew Parker. USS Indianapolis Survivors 75th Anniversary. But the guy who helped me even more than the others was Bob Hope.”Mr. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.Share this memorial using social media sites or email.Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.You may not upload any more photos to this memorialThis photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorialThis photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorialAlso an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles.You have chosen this person to be their own family member.Enter a valid email address and a feedback message.We were unable to submit your feedback at this time. Died:27-Oct-1972. On December 20th, Congressional bill S.2101, the USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act, was signed into law. His father was head of the team of Parker and Decker, a twoman blackface act. The director relented, however, and the young comedian stayed on for the New York and Chicago runs.He then appeared in Vincent Youmans's “Rainbow.” Parts in “Spring Is Here,” “Heads Up” and “Girl Crazy” followed and then what Vinton Freedley, hiring him, called “a good comedy role” in “Red, Hot and Blue.” It turned out to be a small part, chiefly because the stars were Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman and Mr. Hope and there were few if any laughs left over.In 1941, Mr. Parker began a run of almost two years in United Service Organizations shows in the South and Southwest Pacific, followed by a role in the musical “Are You With It?”He took over the Ole Olsen role in the road company of the Olsen and Johnson extravaganza “Hellzapoppin.’” A number of television appearances followed over the years, among them “Star Time,” with Frances Langford; “The Big Store” and Ed Sullivan's “Toast of the Town,” plus appearances in Moliere's, “The Amorous Flea,” “The Front Page,” “Inside U.S.A.” and “George White's Scandals.”Surviving are his widow, Betty Kean, the comedienne, with whom he often appeared, and a daughter, Mrs. Deirdre Mahon of London.A funeral service will be held at the Universal Funeral Chapel, Lexington Avenue at 52d Street, tomorrow at 2 P.M.TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.
Born:29-Oct-1907. Lew Parker. Parker and Kean were survived by a daughter and two grandchildren. Lew Parker, comedian of Broadway's musicals, Hollywood's movies and radio and television, died of cancer yesterday at St. Clare's Hospital. FOR SOME AWARDS WE USE PROBABILITIES BASED ON KNOWN SERVICE DETAILS. A system error has occurred. Would you like to submit a comment or tribute? The act broke up when the elder Parker married and “retired into business,” as the son put it.The youngster got a job in the chorus of “The Ramblers” when his father died and was dismissed for being late for a number on the opening night. Chester Lew Parker is among the 8,434 American Gold Star casualties recorded in our archive with close ties to West Virginia.This is a substantial number of individuals who gave their lives in … This provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the crew of USS Indianapolis, in recognition of their perseverance, bravery, and service to the United States. He was married to Betty Kean. Please try again later.Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the mapPlease check your email and click on the link to activate your account.Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions.Lew Parker, Comedian, Dead; Father of ‘That Girl’ on TV