Gary Crosby

Gary Evan Crosby (June 27, 1933 – August 24, 1995) was an American actor and singer. His parents were Bing Crosby (of whom he wrote a highly critical memoir), and the singer and actress Dixie Lee.

Biography Gary Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Stanford University. He also recorded duets with Louis Armstrong and at least one 45-single with Sammy Davis Jr. He also performed on several variety programs, including ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Radio star In the mid-1950s, he had his own radio program, The Gary Crosby Show, on CBS. The musical variety program debuted June 6, 1954, as a summer replacement for Bing Crosby's show.

Actor As an actor, Crosby appeared in many television programs. On March 20, 1955, he appeared on The Jack Benny Program Season 5, Episode 13. Later, he was briefly under contract to 20th Century-Fox in the late 1950s. He appeared in a number of supporting roles for the studio, normally comedies in which Crosby played a soldier: Mardi Gras (1958) with Pat Boone; Holiday for Lovers (1959), as Carol Lynley's love interest; A Private's Affair (1959), with Sal Mineo; The Right Approach (1961) with Frankie Vaughan.

He is perhaps best remembered for his recurring roles as Eddie the scheming bellhop on The Bill Dana Show and Officer Ed Wells on NBC's Adam-12 from 1968 to 1975, as well as appearances on several other shows produced by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited (including an episode of Dragnet 1969 and five episodes of Emergency!).

In 1964, Crosby appeared in the last filmed episode of The Twilight Zone. Entitled "Come Wander with Me", the episode co-starred Bonnie Beecher (in her very first role) and was directed by Richard Donner.

In 1965, he made a guest appearance on Perry Mason as singer Jazbo Williams in "The Case of the Frustrated Folk Singer". Unlike Gary, Lindsay stated that he preferred to remember "all the good things I did with my dad and forget the times that were rough".

Gary Crosby's adopted son, Steven, stated in a 2003 interview:

Death Gary Crosby died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, in 1995, and is interred at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

Family relations Brother of Phillip and Dennis (twins) and Lindsay Crosby Half-brother of Harry Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Crosby Nephew of the bandleader Bob Crosby Cousin of Chris Crosby Uncle of Denise Crosby

Discography

Singles

"Play a Simple Melody" with Bing Crosby (1950) "Sam's Song" with Bing Crosby (1950) "When You and I Were Young Maggie" with Bing Crosby (1951) "Moonlight Bay" with Bing Crosby (1951) "Down by the Riverside" with Bing Crosby (1953) "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" with Bing Crosby (1953) "Cornbelt Symphony" with Bing Crosby (1954) "The Call of the South" with Bing Crosby (1954) "Mambo in the Moonlight" (1954) "Got My Eyes On You" (1954) "Palsy Walsy" (1954) "Loop-De-Loop Mambo" (1954) "There's a Small Hotel" (1954) "Ready Willing and Able" (1954) "Yaller Yaller Gold" (1955) "Give Me a Band and My Baby" (1955) "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" with Louis Armstrong (1955) "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" with Louis Armstrong (1955) "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar" with Sammy Davis Jr. (1955) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" with Sammy Davis Jr. (1955) "Truly" (1955) "Ayuh Ayuh" (1955) "Mississippi Pecan Pie" (1955) "His and Hers" (1955) "Easy Street" with Louis Armstrong (1956) "Lazy Bones" with Louis Armstrong (1956) "Judy, Judy" (1958) "Cheatin' On Me" (1958) "Sentimental Journey" (1959) "After the Lights Go Down Low" (1959) "The Happy Bachelor" (1959) "This Little Girl Of Mine" (1959) "Yellow Bird" (1960) "High Hill Country" (1960) "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (1961) "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (1961) "That's Alright Baby" (1962) "Who" (1962) "Town Girl" (1967) "I'm Gonna Call My Baby" (1967) "Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord" with Bill Thompson's Dreamers "Get A Load O' Me"

Albums A Crosby Christmas (EP) – with Dennis Crosby, Phillip Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Bing Crosby (1950) Gary Crosby and Friend (EP) – with Bing Crosby (1953) Gary Crosby (1957) Judy, Judy (EP) (1958) Rocking the Blues (EP) (1959) Breezin' Along (EP) (1959) Belts The Blues (1959) The Happy Bachelor (1960) Dos billetes Para Paris (EP) – with Joey Dee and Jeri Lynne Fraser (1962)

Filmography

Out of This World (1945) The Jack Benny Program (TV series) (1955) Mardi Gras (1958) Holiday for Lovers (1959) A Private's Affair (1959) The Right Approach (1961) Battle at Bloody Beach (1961) Two Tickets to Paris (1962) Operation Bikini (1963) The Twilight Zone, "Come Wander with Me" (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Perry Mason, "The Case of The Frustrated Folk Singer" (1965) Wings of Fire (1967) The Flying Nun, Season 3 Episode 3 (1969) Mayberry RFD, "The Moon Rocks" (1971) Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972) Sandcastles (1972) Adam-12, various episodes Emergency!, various episodes Partners in Crime (1973) The Bionic Woman, "Bionic Beauty" (1976) Wonder Woman, "Light-Fingered Lady" (1978) Three on a Date (1978) Project U.F.O., "Sighting 4003: The Fremont Incident" (1978) Project U.F.O., "Sighting 4022: The Camouflage Incident" (1978) Vega$, (1980) Hunter, various episodes The Night Stalker (1987) Chill Factor (1989) In the Heat of the Night, "When The Music Stopped" (1992)