Cast & creator
Carl Ballantine
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Love, American Style
Carl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the wisecracking Ballantine's mock chagrin. He has been credited with creating comedy magic and has influenced comedians and magicians alike.
Also known as: The Great Ballantine, The Amazing Ballantine
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television credits
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1948–2011 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (58)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Love, American Style
Leo
1969
Night Court
Philip Falcone
1984
The Cosby Show
The Great Ballantine
1984
The Virginian
Matty Ryan
1962
Garfield and Friends
1988
Alice
1976
I Dream of Jeannie
Carl Tucker
1965
Spider-Man
Lenny Luntz (voice)
1994
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Laverne & Shirley
1976
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Comedian-Magician
1956
That Girl
1966
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Partridge Family
Pitchman
1970
The Monkees
Bensen
1966
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
McHale's Navy
Lester Gruber
1962
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Laredo
1965
Freakazoid!
Huska (voice)
1995
Mayberry R.F.D.
Ernie
1968
CHiPs
Marvello the Great
1977
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Startime
Self
1959Startime
Merlin
1959
P.S. I Luv U
1991
When Things Were Rotten
The Waiter
1975When Things Were Rotten
Innkeeper
1975
Double Trouble
Rollo
1984
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1969
The Magic of David Copperfield
Self
1978
The Best of Times
Arturo
1986
One in a Million
Max Kellerman
1980
The North Avenue Irregulars
Sam
1979
The World's Greatest Lover
Uncle Harry
1977
The Girl Most Likely To...
Dr. Hankin
1973
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
Lenny Luntz (voice)
2002
Susan's Plan
Harold Beyers
1998
My Giant
Rabbi
1998
Penelope
Boom Boom
1966
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Abel Swanson
1968
Mr. Saturday Night
Freddie
1992
Nickel & Dime
Old Timer #3
1992
Just You and Me, Kid
Reinhoff the Remarkable
1979
The Million Dollar Kid
Lieutenant
2000
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Conductor
1976
Speedway
Birdie Kebner
1968Troupers
2011
McHale's Navy
Torpedoman Lester Gruber
1964
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Dr. Ivory
1976
Vaudeville
Self
1997
Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story
Realtor in China
2006
Saga of Sonora
Ringo
1973
Hollywood Chaos
A. G.
1989