ED AMES - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 192911

ED AMES. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Alex/Sincere Regards/Ed Ames". B/w, 4x5. Singer and stage and television actor Ed Ames (born Edmond Dantes Urick in 1927) is best known to television audiences for his role as Mingo (1964-1968) on the TV series, Daniel Boone, and for a related appearance on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson, on which he threw a tomahawk into the groin of a target, creating a classic television moment. Ames has also appeared as a guest star in a number of TV series, from The Rifleman (1962) to The Marshal (1995), and he has appeared in two made-for-TV movies, Cricket on the Hearth and Androcles and the Lion (both 1967), and in the 1978 miniseries, Greatest Heroes of the Bible. Long before he went into acting, however, Ames, who was nicknamed "The Boston Baritone", had found success as a singer, first with his brothers (Joe, Gene and Vic), who appeared regularly in nightclubs and had their own TV show, The Ames Brothers Show, in 1955. In the 1960s, Ames was a successful solo artist, charting four Top 20 hits: "Try to Remember" and "Time, Time" (both 1966); "My Cup Runneth Over" (1967); and, "Who Will Answer?" in 1968. Slightly creased at blank margins and corners, light black mark at lower left edge. Minor surface creases and postal impression (not evident head on). Name written (unknown hand) on verso (light impression at upper right background). Overall, fine condition.