KEN MURRAY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 08/03/1968 - HFSID 343487

KEN MURRAY
The actor who made one of the many cameos in Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood signed this check for $13.80
Check signed: "Ken Murray" in brown ink, 6x2¾. August 3, 1968. Unnumbered check, drawn on his account at the Security First National Bank in Beverly Hills, California. Made payable to Ah Fongs for $13.80. Ken Murray (1903-1988) was a vaudevillian, actor, and radio and television entertainer who hosted The Ken Murray Show, an hour-long variety show on Saturday nights on CBS (1950-1952). It was also broadcast on the radio nationally; at the time, televisions were still not present in the majority of households. Another show he hosted called Where Were You?  aired locally in the Los Angeles, California area from 1954 to 1957. He performed in various films, including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Follow Me, Boys! (1966), and Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976). Perhaps his most important contribution to Hollywood, however, was his use of home movies with Hollywood celebrities. He sent footage of actors like Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin to his grandparents, and he later used this film to create films like Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963). They provide a first-hand account of Hollywood stars behind the scenes. He wrote a number of books over the decades, including an autobiography. Bank cancellation holes throughout, not affecting signature. Ink note in an unknown hand at top right margin. Otherwise, fine condition.