Spoiler : Born in Little Rock, Arkansas 3/6/1900; died 2/3/1971 of an aneurysm at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California. He had lost a leg in 1963 due to gangrene. Comedian-actor on stage, screen, radio and television for over half a century. He began his career as a teenager in blackface, then made his Broadway debut in 1920. Screen debut in Marie Galante (1934). Last movie was The Seven Minutes (1971).

Spoiler : Emcee for The Original Amateur Hour on WHN-New York beginning in 1935 when Major Bowes moved to the NBC network. Flippen broadcast baseball games on New York radio during the 1930s. The sergeant on The Rookies for Mutual-Radio (1941). Host of radio programs including Battle Of The Sexes on NBC (1942-1944); Correction, Please on NBC (1945); That's Life on CBS (1946-1947); Earn Your Vacation on CBS-Radio (1949). Regular panelist on Stop Me if You've Heard This One for NBC-Radio (1939-1940). Regular performer on This Is Your FBI for ABC-Radio (1948-1953). Captain Homer Nelson on Ensign O'Toole for NBC-TV (1962-1963).