Burt Boyar
American writer and actor (1927–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Burt Boyar (November 30, 1927 – April 4, 2018[1]) was a Broadway columnist,[2] voice actor, and author. He voiced the title character of Archie Andrews for NBC Radio in 1945 [3] and co-wrote Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. with wife Jane Boyar and Davis himself.
Burt Boyar | |
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Born | Burton Anselm Boyar (1927-11-30)November 30, 1927 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | (2018-04-04)April 4, 2018 (age 90) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Author, biographer, columnist, actor |
Years active | 1939–2018 |
Spouse | Jane Boyar (deceased) |
Website | www |
Boyar's work as a columnist was featured in The Morning Telegraph, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and TV Guide.[4] He reached out to Davis for an interview after Mr. Wonderful opened on Broadway in 1956.[5][6] They became close friends and after almost a year they began working on the best-selling memoir.[7] Later a follow-up book, Why Me?, was published in 1989.[2] Boyer also compiled a book of photographs taken by Davis, entitled Photo by Sammy Davis Jr, which was published in 2007.[8]
Boyer's collection of material relating to Sammy Davis Jr. can be found at the Library of Congress.[9]