Richard Dawson Impersonations
Yeah well all the Hogan's Heroes fans on my FL remember when Newkirk did his Bogart, Lorre, & Greenstreet impersonations. Well I just found a video of Dawson on The Diana Dors (that's his first wife) show doing about 14 different impersonations in a row. It's a really a lot of fun to watch so I am sharing. :)
Now he says the name of the person he is impersonating before each impression but because of static I could not catch them all:
These are who he is impersonating in order
1) Not Sure
2) Billy Eckstine
3) George Sanders
4) Godfrey Winn
5) Nat King Cole
6) Peter Lorre
7) James Cagney
8) Not Sure
9) David Whitfield
10) Cary Grant
11) Liberace
12) Robert Mitchum
13) Not Sure
My favorites of the ones I am familiar with are Lorre, Cagney and Mitchum. They are all excellent impressions of these actors. Almost pitch perfect. In fact I couldn't even hear him say Cagney at first but I knew who he was doing right away from the voice.
And the final one (where he doesn't say the voice) it's killing me that I can't place it because I know I know that voice (and it's an excellent impression). I think it might possibly be Jerry Lewis. But if someone knows for sure who it is please let me know.
Click to viewNow he says the name of the person he is impersonating before each impression but because of static I could not catch them all:
These are who he is impersonating in order
1) Not Sure
2) Billy Eckstine
3) George Sanders
4) Godfrey Winn
5) Nat King Cole
6) Peter Lorre
7) James Cagney
8) Not Sure
9) David Whitfield
10) Cary Grant
11) Liberace
12) Robert Mitchum
13) Not Sure
My favorites of the ones I am familiar with are Lorre, Cagney and Mitchum. They are all excellent impressions of these actors. Almost pitch perfect. In fact I couldn't even hear him say Cagney at first but I knew who he was doing right away from the voice.
And the final one (where he doesn't say the voice) it's killing me that I can't place it because I know I know that voice (and it's an excellent impression). I think it might possibly be Jerry Lewis. But if someone knows for sure who it is please let me know.