- This article concerns the actor. For the actor/director, see Edward Burns. This article is about the actor-director born in 1968 for other people with the same name see Edward Burns (disambiguation.
Edd Byrnes (born Edward Byrne Breitenberger on July 30, 1933) is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 77 Sunset Strip is
Early life
Born Edward Byrne Breitenberger in New York City on 30 July 1933, Edd shared an impoverished and unhappy childhood with brother Vincent and sister Jo-Ann. The City of New York Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. When Edd was 13, his father died. Edd then dropped his last name in favor of "Byrnes" based on the name of his maternal grandfather, a New York City fireman. The City of New York
Screen Career
His most famous role was as Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson, III, on the ABC television detective series 77 Sunset Strip. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U 77 Sunset Strip is He played a continuously hair-combing serial killer in the pilot, Girl on the Run, but he was so popular as a result that the producers brought back the following week as a regular cast member in a different role. Girl on the Run is a 1958 Private detective film starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. explained the situation to the audience:
We previewed this show, and because Edd Byrnes was such a hit we decided that Kookie and his comb had to be in our series. Efrem Zimbalist Jr (born November 30 1918 is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F So this week, we'll just forget that in the pilot he went off to prison to be executed.
—From the pre-credit sequence for the episode "Lovely Lady, Pity Me"
Kookie's constant tending of his ducktail haircut led to many jokes and a hit song, "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb", which he recorded with Connie Stevens. The Kookie character was an example of the hipster sidekick who talks jive talk and knows what is "the word on the street".
Byrnes was later hired to host the pilot version of Wheel of Fortune. Created by Merv Griffin, the daytime version of the American Game show Wheel of Fortune aired on NBC from January 6 He has appeared in many television programs and movies including three Spaghetti Westerns.
Byrnes also made a cameo appearance in an episode of Married… with Children, in which he appeared with the music group Anthrax whereupon Anthrax sang "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb".
He also played the role of Vince Fontaine in the 1978 smash movie Grease.
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