Jackie Gayle, 76; Stand-Up Comic, Movie and TV Character Actor - Los Angel Tim

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• JACKIE GAYLE, 76; STAND-UP COMIC, MOVIE AND TV CHARACTER ACTOR
• JACKIE GAYLE(1926-2002)
• JOKEY JACKIE GAYLE
• JACKIE GAYLE

JACKIE GAYLE, 76; STAND-UP COMIC, MOVIE AND TV CHARACTER ACTOR

Jackie Gayle, the veteran send banana who opened Las Vegas shows for such lumari as Frank Satra, Tony Bent and Ta Turner and earned his own fame for character rol such films as “T Men, ” has died.

A stand-up edian nightclubs for 40 years, Gayle performed on the Playboy Club circu and major Las Vegas showrooms at Caars Palace, the Hilton and other rorts, openg for many stars, cludg not only Satra, Bent and Turner, but Tom Jon, Pl Anka, Pearl Bailey, Patti Page and Ed held the stage small saloons across the untry, and his reputatn earned him rol as himself or as a fictnal edian a handful of movi, cludg Woody Allen’s “Broadway Danny Rose. ”Gayle was 61 when Barry Levson st him his popular 1987 edy, “T Men, ” starrg Richard Dreyfs and Danny DeVo as warrg alumum-sidg salmen. Leonard Malt his annual Movie & Vio Gui wrote, “Stand-up ic Gayle is hilar as DeVo’s sal partner, who has ‘Bonanza’ on the bra.

JACKIE GAYLE(1926-2002)

” The Tim’ reviewer wrote that DeVo’s “partner, Sam (played wh magnificent sang-oid by Jackie Gayle) broods equently on the sex life of the ‘Bonanza’ boys. ”Gayle relished the opportuny to play somethg other than a edian and lighted the attentn the role brought him. ”The buzz over Gayle’s “T Men” performance earned him other movie rol and a part the Showtime ble televisn seri “The Boys, ” about five iends playg rds at a psdo Friars Club.

Gayle also had an HBO show of his own, “On Lotn Wh Jackie Gayle. Perennially popular on televisn talk shows and more than 20 of Dean Mart’s Celebry Roasts, Gayle also won actg rol episos of the televisn seri “L.

”Born Jack Potovsky the Flatbh sectn of Brooklyn, Gayle beme a profsnal dmmer at age 16 and worked for Sally Marr, Lenny Bce’s beiend the youth and urged him to abandon mic for stand-up. A pulsive joke-teller offstage as well as on, Gayle proved a natural. He opened the Los Angel Playboy Club 1964, and a Tim reviewer wrote of a subsequent performance there:“Gayle is a shrewd and sensive observer of our world who regniz the Everyman absurdi of life and seiz them....

JOKEY JACKIE GAYLE

He tossed off some really good imprsns of the celebrated dog imagary televisn mercials -- [Humphrey] Bogart on Poli-GripGayle is survived by his wife, Tracy, and son, funeral is schled for 1 p. OverviewBornDiedBirth nameMi BFaySpoeTracy Gayle(?

a one-man show on HBO lled "On Lotn wh Jackie Gayle. BgraphyTriviaFAQJackie Gayle(1926-2002)ActorPlay trailer1:33Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)Known for: Mavoy1998Jackie Gayle1984Sam1987Trc1982ActorPrev18199919981993199219921990199019891988–1989198919881987198419821980Vios1Alternative nameJackie GaleBornMarch 1, 1926Brooklyn, New York Cy, New York, USADiedNovember 23, 2002Miami Beach, Florida, USA(plitns followg open heart surgery)SpoeTracy Gayle? March 1 was the DOB of stand-up edian and ic actor Jackie Gayle (Jack Potovsky, 1926-2002).

Origally om Flatbh, Brooklyn, Gayle started out as a dmmer burlque bands when still a teenager. Gayle was well to middle age before he transplanted his talent for tellg jok backstage onto the stage self, makg his way to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Club circu and venu Las Vegas by the mid ’60s.

JACKIE GAYLE

Gayle’s last screen appearance was on the show Stark Ravg Mad wh Tony Shaloub and Neil Patrick Harris 2000.

Jackie Gayle (Jack Potovsky) was born on 1 March, 1926 Brooklyn, New York Cy, New York, USA, is an Actor.