
Joseph Kearns
Actor
Born: February 12, 1907 (55 years old)
Died: February 17, 1962
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Sherrard Kearns (February 12, 1907 – February 17, 1962) was an American actor, who is best remembered for his role as George Wilson ("Mr. Wilson") in the CBS television series Dennis the Menace from 1959 until his death in 1962, and for providing the voice of the Doorknob in the 1951 animated Disney film Alice in Wonderland. Kearns suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on February 11, 1962, during the third season of Dennis the Menace. He was hospitalized but never regained consciousness and died five days after he had turned 55.
Filmography (20)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951, ★ 7.2)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959, ★ 7.8)
- I Love Lucy (1951, ★ 7.9)
- Storm Center (1956, ★ 6.8)
- Perry Mason (1957, ★ 7.7)
- The Jack Benny Program (1950, ★ 7.8)
- Jerks of All Trades (1949, ★ 6.6)
- The Hucksters (1947, ★ 6.9)
- Our Miss Brooks (1956, ★ 6.6)
- The Gift of Love (1958, ★ 7.2)
- Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951, ★ 6)
- Gunsmoke (1955, ★ 6.7)
- General Electric Theater (1953, ★ 6.4)
- Dennis the Menace (1959, ★ 6.5)
- Peter Gunn (1958, ★ 6.5)
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950, ★ 7.1)
- The Real McCoys (1957, ★ 5.6)
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952, ★ 5.9)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958, ★ 6.4)
- The Girl Most Likely (1958, ★ 2.6)