Jim Jordan (actor)
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With wife Marian, as Fibber McGee and Molly
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| Birth name | James Edward Jordan[1] |
| Born | November 16, 1896[2]:247 Peoria, Illinois |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Beverly Hills, California |
| Show | Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Style | Comedy |
| Country | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Marian Jordan (1918–1961; her death) Gretchen Stewart (1962–1988; his death) |
| Children | Kathryn; Jim, Jr.[2]:247 |
James Edward "Jim" Jordan (November 16, 1896 – April 1, 1988)[1] was the American actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly and voiced the albatross Orville in Disney's The Rescuers (1977).
Biography
Jordan was born in 1896 on a farm in Chautauqua, Illinois, near Peoria, Illinois. He attended St. John's Church in Peoria, and his family eventually sold the farm and moved into Peoria. It was at church choir practice that he met Marian Driscoll, whom he married on August 31, 1918.[2]:247
With Marian
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Jim Jordan went on the vaudeville circuit, as a solo act, but the concert circuit with his wife, Marian, at various times until 1924. They went entirely broke in 1923, having to be wired money by their parents to get back to Peoria from Lincoln, Illinois.[2]:247
Jim and Marian Jordan got their major break in radio while performing in Chicago in 1924; Jim said he could give a better performance than the singers they were listening to on the radio, and his brother Byron bet $10 that Jim couldn't do it. By the end of the evening, Jim and Marian had their first radio contract, at $10 per show for 26 weeks as The O'Henry Twins, sponsored by Oh Henry! candy.[2]:247
After Marian
Marian Jordan died in April 1961.[1][2]:252 Jim Jordan married Gretchen Stewart (1909-1998) in 1962; they remained married for the rest of his life,[1] and he remained in semi-retirement.[2]:252
In 1988, he died at the age of 91 at the Beverly Hills Medical Center from a blood clot in his brain, caused by a fall at his home.[3] He is buried next to Marian Jordan in the Saint Ann section of Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, and is next to the plot of Sharon Tate.[1]
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- 1896 births
- 1988 deaths
- American male radio actors
- American male voice actors
- Accidental deaths from falls
- People from Peoria County, Illinois
- Radio personalities from Illinois
- Vaudeville performers
- Accidental deaths in California
- 20th-century American male actors
