Danny Thomas

About Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas was an actor, singer, philanthropist, comedian and producer. Born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz, he used the pseudonym Danny Thomas in the early 1940s to hide the fact that he was a nightclub comedy act from his family and friends.

He appeared in a few films in the late 1940s and early 1950s before finding fame on television as the star of the sitcom, “The Danny Thomas Show”, which ran from 1953 until 1964.

Outside of entertainment, he garnered admiration for his philanthropic projects, which include the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  

Family Life

Both his mother, Margaret Taouk and his father, Charles Yaqoob Kairouz, were Lebanese immigrants to the United States. He had three children with his wife, Rose Marie Cassaniti.

Achievements

He is an inductee of the Television Hall of Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Death

He died of heart failure on 6 February 1991.

Danny Thomas photo gallery

Title

Publicity photo of Danny Thomas and Angela Cartwright from Make Room for Daddy. Note: The file was formerly a non-free file. New information proves it to be a free use PD pre-1978 image.

Author

CBS Television
Uploaded by Kdm85 at en.wikipedia

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DThomas.jpg

License

Public domain

Title

Danny Thomas and his television daughter, Angela Cartwright, play house in this publicity photo from the television program, Make Room for Daddy.

Author

CBS Television.

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danny_Thomas_Angela_Cartwright.JPG

License

Public domain

Title

Publicity photo of Danny Thomas as Jerry Dingle from the Baby Snooks radio show.

Author

Gene Lester, photographer.

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danny_thomas_jerry_dingle_baby_snooks_1945.JPG

License

Public domain

Title

Publicity photo of Danny Thomas, Jack Benny and Bob Hope from a March 1968 Jack Benny special.

Author

NBC Television
Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_benny_hope_benny_special_1968.JPG

License

Public domain

Title

Early publicity photo of Danny Thomas. He was still performing in Detroit and using the name Amos Jacobs at the time. The photo back indicates that he was working at WMBC radio and also performing at a Detroit cafe. Thomas worked at WMBC from 1932 to 1940 on a local radio show called The Happy Hour Club. He moved to Chicago in 1940 and it was there where he changed his name to Danny Thomas.

Author

There are no identification markings on the photo. It may have been the property of Thomas himself and was distributed by him when he tried for bookings and for publicity purposes. The cafe he was performing at may have distributed it to the local newspaper to publicize his engagement at their establishment. The description of this photo is that it was part of a newspaper's photo bank.

"We have acquired one of the largest collections of Original, AP, UPI and various other news service photos from several news media outlets."

Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Early_photo_of_Danny_Thomas.JPG

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F.A.Q. about Danny Thomas

When is his birthday?

Danny Thomas' birthday is on January 6, 1912.

In how many days is his birthday?

Danny's birthday is in 243 days

How old was Danny when he died?

He was 79 years old.

When did he die?

He died in February 6, 1991.

How old would he be today?

Danny Thomas would be 112 years old if he was alive today.

Where was Danny from?

He was born in Deerfield, Michigan, U.S..