Spoiler : (birth name was David Allen Bolke) Born in New York City 9/24/1919; died 11/11/2004 of complications from a stroke in a Hendersonville, North Carolina hospital. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York. Married to Elvi Daniels (1958-2004 his death). Brother of actor Bradley Bolke. Attended school with actor Art Carney. Disk-jockey at radio station WINS-New York (1940-1941). Writer for vaudeville and comedy (1941-1945). Radio actor on the Bonny Maid Varieties and Jack Barry's Winky Dink (1945-1948). Phinas T. Bluster, Ugly Sam and Flubadub on Howdy Doody for NBC-TV (1947-1960) and NBC-Radio (1951-1953) . Voice of Oky Doky on The Adventures Of Oky Doky for DuMont-TV (1948-1949). Regular on The Steve Allen Show for NBC-TV (1958-1961). Voice of Deputy Dawg on the syndicated cartoon series (1960). Voice of Professor Weirdo, Flukey Luke and Fearless Fly on the ABC-TV cartoon series, Milton The Monster (1965-1968). Voice of Woofer on the syndicated cartoon series, Winky Dink And You (1969). Voice of Phineas T. Bluster on the syndicated television series of, The New Howdy Doody Show in 1976.