Frequent entertainer in Las Vegas, as well as at the Blue Angel club in New York and the Hungry I in San Francisco. His dead pan-delivered comedy routine consisted either of caustic or satirical social commentary or self-deprecating humour.
Mother's maiden name was Riccio.
Rotund, soft-voiced comedian best known for his gentle wit and for providing the voice of Frosty the Snowman on several of the beloved Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, most notably "Frosty the Snowman" and "Frosty's Winter Wonderland."
Was discovered in a Winslow, Ontario, nightclub in 1963, by TV personality Steve Allen, who persuaded him to appear in his show 'Celebrity Talent Scouts'.