Mike Douglas
Mike Douglas ( born August 11, 1925 as Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr. in Chicago, † 11 August 2006 in North Palm Beach, Florida ) was an American singer, presenter and actor.
Life
Douglas began as a child singing in a choir and sang on a cruise ship on Lake Michigan later as a teenager. After his military service in the United States Navy, he moved to Los Angeles. He was a singer in the big band of Kay Kyser, and took with him two successful songs: In 1946, the Hoagy Carmichael song Ole Buttermilk Sky and The Old Lamplighter 1947. In 1950 he sang in the Walt Disney classic film Cinderella the prince. In 1961, his career later KYW - TV started out as talk show host in Cleveland at WKYC - TV. In his talk show The Mike Douglas Show occurred among others John Lennon, Bob Hope, Truman Capote and Richard Nixon, as well as The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and Herman 's Hermits 1961-1982. Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin owe their careers significantly the show by Mike Douglas. Back in 1967, achieved his mission every day six million viewers. Both of his polite - interested question style as well as the concept of his mission here, joined the celebrity talk with comedy acts and musical numbers, Mike Douglas is considered the precursor of Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres as well as the then equivalent of late-night king Johnny Carson in the daily program.
In 1982, Douglas withdrew into retirement and largely on the golf course.