Ed Wynn Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
ED WYNN
Born: November 09, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: June 19, 1966 in Beverly Hills, California
Biography
On April 26, 1931, ED WYNN (1886-1966), born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, made his first appearance as Texaco's "Fire Chief" before a live radio audience. His popular radio series The Texaco Fire Chief ran from 1932 to 1935. He later starred in CBS's first Los Angeles-based variety show, The Ed Wynn Show, from Oct. 6, 1949 to July 4, 1950. The show won the first Emmy Award for "Best Live Show" in 1949, and it would also win a Peabody Award. Wynn won the first Emmy for Most Outstanding Live Personality. He later appeared as Albert Dussell in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), which earned him a 1960 Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor, and in the TV movie Requiem for a Heavyweight(1956) with son Keenan Wynn.
1967-Vacation-Playhouse (Performer), 1966-The-Daydreamer (Performer), 1965-Those-Calloways (Performer), 1964-Burke's-Law (Performer), 1963-77-Sunset-Strip (Performer), 1961-Rawhide (Performer), 1958-Marjorie-Morningstar (Performer), 1954-1958-Shower-of-Stars (Performer), 1957-On-Borrowed-Time (Performer), 1956-Playhouse-90 (Performer), 1951-Alice-in-Wonderland (Performer), 1957-Screen-Snapshots-1856:-The-Mocambo-Party (in person), 1955-The-George-Gobel-Show (in person), 1955-The-Red-Skelton-Hour (in person), 1951-The-Kate-Smith-Evening-Hour (in person), 1976-That's-Entertainment,-Part-II (Other), 1997-20th-Century-Fox:-The-First-50-Years (Other), 1960-The-32nd-Annual-Academy-Awards (in person), 1988-Muppet-Babies (Other), 1961-1966-The-Red-Skelton-Hour (Performer), 1965-Dear-Brigitte (Performer), 1959-1963-Twilight-Zone (Performer), 1961-Babes-in-Toyland (Performer), 1960-Startime (Performer), 1959-Miracle-on-34th-Street (Performer), 1959-The-Diary-of-Anne-Frank (Performer), 1958-The-Ed-Wynn-Show (Performer), 1956-The-Great-Man (Performer), 1949-1950-The-Ed-Wynn-Show (Performer), 1936-Wash-Your-Step (Performer), 1930-Follow-the-Leader (Performer), 1965-Shindig! (in person), 1964-The-Patsy (in person), 1963-The-Sound-of-Laughter (in person), 1959-Startime (in person), 1953-This-Is-Your-Life (in person), 1950-1952-All-Star-Revue (in person), 1949-1950-The-Ed-Wynn-Show (in person), 1959-1962-General-Electric-Theater (Performer), 1961-The-Absent-Minded-Professor (Performer), 1995-Pioneers-of-Primetime (Other), 1990-The-Three-Stooges-60th-Anniversary-Special (Other), 1975-Hooray-for-Hollywood (Other), 1986-Classic-Comedy-Teams (Other), 2008-The-Age-of-Believing:-The-Disney-Live-Action-Classics (Other), 1986-Disney-Sing-Along-Songs:-Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Other), 1983-The-MGM-Three-Stooges-Festival (Other), 1967-The-Gnome-Mobile (Performer), 1965-The-Greatest-Story-Ever-Told (Performer), 1964-Slattery's-People (Performer), 1964-Mary-Poppins (Performer), 1963-Son-of-Flubber (Performer), 1960-Cinderfella (Performer), 1959-Wagon-Train (Performer), 1959-Meet-Me-in-St.-Louis (Performer), 1964-1965-The-Hollywood-Palace (in person), 1959-1962-The-Garry-Moore-Show (in person), 1960-Westinghouse-Desilu-Playhouse (in person), 1953-1959-The-Ed-Sullivan-Show (in person), 1959-The-Milton-Berle-Show (in person), 1957-1958-The-Steve-Allen-Plymouth-Show (in person), 1958-December-Bride (in person), 1957-The-Kate-Smith-Show (in person), 1950-1951-The-Colgate-Comedy-Hour (in person), 1951-Operation-Wonderland (in person), 1950-The-Saturday-Night-Revue-with-Jack-Carter (in person), 1932-Hollywood-on-Parade (in person), 2009-To-Oz!-The-Making-of-a-Classic (Other), 2009-The-Boys:-The-Sherman-Brothers'-Story (Sound), 1958-The-Ed-Sullivan-Show (Other), 2008-Shemp-Cocktail:-A-Toast-to-the-Original-Stooge (Other), 1954-1980-Walt-Disney's-Wonderful-World-of-Color (Other), 1965-That-Darn-Cat! (Performer), 1965-Bonanza (Performer), 1964-Walt-Disney's-Wonderful-World-of-Color (Performer), 1957-The-Alcoa-Hour (Performer), 1957-The-20th-Century-Fox-Hour (Performer), 1933-The-Chief (Performer), 1927-Rubber-Heels (Performer), 1958-The-Dinah-Shore-Chevy-Show (in person), 1954-Red-Skelton-Revue (in person), 1954-What's-My-Line (in person), 1943-Stage-Door-Canteen (in person), 1992-The-Music-of-Disney:-A-Legacy-in-Song (Sound), 1992-The-Music-of-Disney:-A-Legacy-in-Song (Other), 1962-The-New-March-of-Dimes-Presents:-The-Scene-Stealers (in person), 1947-Screen-Snapshots-Series-27,-No.-3:-Out-of-This-World-Series (in person), 1990-Disney-Sing-Along-Songs:-Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Other), 1995-American-Masters (Other), 1961-1962-Walt-Disney's-Wonderful-World-of-Color (in person), 1984-Stooge-Snapshots (Other), 1970-The-Hollywood-Palace (Other)
Laugh,-Town,-Laugh! - Performer (June 22, 1942 - July 25, 1942), Boys-and-Girls-Together - Performer (October 1, 1940 - March 15, 1941), Hooray-For-What! - Performer (December 1, 1937 - May 21, 1938), Alice-Takat - Production (February 10, 1936 - February 1936), The-Laugh-Parade - Performer (November 2, 1931 - May 21, 1932), Simple-Simon - Performer (March 9, 1931 - March 21, 1931), Simple-Simon - Performer (February 18, 1930 - June 14, 1930), Manhattan-Mary - Performer (September 26, 1927 - May 12, 1928), The-Grab-Bag - Performer (October 6, 1924 - March 14, 1925), The-Perfect-Fool - Performer (November 7, 1921 - July 1, 1922), The-All-Star-Idlers-of-1921 - Performer (July 15, 1921 - Closing date unknown), Ed-Wynn's-Carnival - Performer (April 5, 1920 - August 14, 1920), Shubert-Gaieties-of-1919 - Performer (July 17, 1919 - October 18, 1919), Sometime - Performer (October 4, 1918 - June 7, 1919), Doing-Our-Bit - Performer (October 18, 1917 - February 9, 1918), The-Passing-Show-of-1916 - Performer (June 22, 1916 - October 21, 1916), Ziegfeld-Follies-of-1915 - Performer (June 21, 1915 - September 18, 1915), Ziegfeld-Follies-of-1914 - Performer (June 1, 1914 - September 5, 1914), The-Deacon-and-the-Lady - Performer (October 4, 1910 - October 15, 1910)
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH 1931 - HFSID 292896Album leaf, signed the year he debuted on radio as the Texaco Fire Chief Signature: "Ed Wynn/1931", 3¾x2¼. Ink note (unknown hand) at lower edge: 12/17/31 - N.Y., N. Y.Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/30/1927 - HFSID 169325Actor and comedian Ed Wynn wrote this letter in pencil to his family from France in 1927 about his impending tour of 9 countries. Written on the back of a French picture postcard. Autograph letter signed "Sonny Ed" in pencil. 1 page, 5½x3½.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CIRCA 1932 - HFSID 142100Comedian and actor Ed Wynn wrote this telegram-style note in pencil on the back of a 1932 letter from attorney Charles J. Goldman about the publishing of his script from The Texaco Fire Chief radio program with the Uproar Company.
Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CIRCA 1932 - HFSID 142101Comedian and actor Ed Wynn wrote this telegram on the back of a 1932 Western Union telegram from attorney Charles J. Goldman about the distribution of publishing The Texaco Fire Chief radio scripts by the Uproar Company and Texaco's opposition to the scheme.
Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH NOTE UNSIGNED CIRCA 1936 - HFSID 46970Ed Wynn wrote this unsigned letter, saying that a 1936 letter that he received from Uproar Company was "some kind of a holdup". This was in regards to a 1932 contract that he signed with Uproar to publish his scripts for the radio show The Fire Chief.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 22148Small card signed "Sincerely" by comedian and actor Ed Wynn in blue ink Autograph sentiment signed "Sincerely/Ed Wynn". 3½x2. On April 26, 1931, Wynn (1886-1966), born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, made his first appearance as Texaco's "Fire Chief" before a live radio audience.
Sale Price $90.00
$100.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1930 - HFSID 511Signed "Best Wishes" by the popular actor and comedian in 1930, with a 3x1¾ image of him as Simple Simon from the early 1930s Broadway revue Simple Simon affixed Autograph sentiment signed: "Best Wishes/Ed Wynn/1930".
Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPH TELEGRAM SIGNED CIRCA 1932 - HFSID 46971Actor and comedian Ed Wynn wrote this telegram to say that Texaco objected to the scripts of his radio show The Texaco Fire Chief from being printed by the Uproar Company. This was the beginning of a four-year legal battle that rose all the way to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1941 - HFSID 156728B/ publicity photo of a perplexed-looking Ed Wynn surrounded by sad-eyed dog Hummels, signed "Sincerely" in 1941 Inscribed photograph signed "To Edw. S. Hoffmeister/Sincerely/Ed Wynn/1941".
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 176441Signed b/w publicity photo by Edward Ozern of actor Ed Wynn sitting at a table between his son Keenan Wynn and Keenan's first wife Eve Photograph signed "Ed Wynn". Black ink notations on verso in unknown hand. B/w, 10x8 overall, 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ image, one surface.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 251949B/w Warner Brothers publicity photo of 1958's Marjorie Morningstar of comedian and actor Ed Wynn with his arms crossed in a suit and bowtie, signed in blue ink. Signed at the Washington premiere of 1959's The Diary of Anne Frank. Photograph signed: "Ed Wynn" in blue ink.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1936 - HFSID 22147B/w publicity photo from MGM of Ed Wynn as Texaco's Fire Chief, signed in blue in 1936 Photograph signed "Ed Wynn" in blue ink. B/w, 7¾x10 overall, 7¼x9¼ image, one surface. Captioned in bottom left corner: "ED WYNN - Metro Goldwyn-Mayer".
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ED WYNN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1955 - HFSID 257469Sepia-toned publicity photo of comedian Ed Wynn as Texaco Fire Chief, signed "Sincerely" in 1935 Photograph signed: "Sincerely/Ed. Wynn/1935". Sepia, 8x10. Wynn is depicted wearing his Texaco Fire Chief hat.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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ED WYNN - CONTRACT SIGNED 04/09/1951 - HFSID 258916Actor Ed Wynn signed this contract in 1951 to hire bicycle act the Theron Troupe for an appearance on the TV variety show Four-Star Revue. Contract signed "Ed Wynn" in black ink and by a representative of the Theron Troupe in blue ink.
Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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ED WYNN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/17/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 46976Actor and comedian Ed Wynn signed this document in 1933 to appoint his brother Leon Leopold as trustee for 250 shares of stock in Minnylee, Inc. held by his first wife Hilda Keenan Wynn. Document signed "Ed Wynn" in green ink and "Leon Leopold" in black ink.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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ED WYNN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/05/1933 - HFSID 46974Ed Wynn signed this document to resign as president of the Amalgamated Atlantic Seaboard Network in 1933. This ended his attempt to establish an alternative radio network, which eventually left him deep in debt and helped drive him to a nervous breakdown. Document signed "Ed Wynn".
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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ED WYNN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/26/1935 - HFSID 46978Deposition signed by Ed Wynn in 1935 in a lawsuit brought against him for $65,000 in New York County Supreme Court, with six unsigned pages requesting a Bill of Particulars from the plaintiffs Document signed "Ed Wynn" and by notary public, both in black ink.
Sale Price $378.00
$420.00
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ED WYNN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 10/04/1951 - HFSID 272809Carbon Typed DS: "Ed Wynn" in ink, 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1951 October 4. On William Morris Agency, Inc. "Inter-Office Correspondence" sheet to Mr. Sam Sacks. Headed: "Re: Ed Wynn - September 22nd, 1951 Show".
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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ED WYNN - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 12/24/1932 - HFSID 500961932 certificate for 250 shares in Wynn Commercial Enterprises, signed by actor and comedian Ed Wynn as president to his brother Leon Leopold, trustee to his first wife Hilda Keenan Wynn Stock certificate signed "Ed Wynn" as President in black ink and by secretary in green ink.
Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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ED WYNN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/04/1958 - HFSID 169192Ed Wynn signed this letter in 1958 to authorize Twentieth Century Fox to send to the Kurt Frings Agency any checks he received for performing in the 1959 movie The Diary of Anne Frank. Wynn earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as Albert Dussell.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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ED WYNN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/14/1935 - HFSID 46972Comedian and actor Ed Wynn wrote this letter from New York City in 1935 to convene a meeting of one of his corporations because "my funds are running rather low." Typed letter signed "Ed Wynn". 1 page, 8½x11. New York City, Oct. 14, 1935. Addressed to Mr. Joseph P.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE - AUTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 285011Forty-six signatures of famous persons from politics, entertainment and the arts, collected in a Waterman's Autograph Album from 1932 as part of a national contest Autograph Album signed: [Explanatory ink notes (unknown hand) are written here in brackets.] "Daniel C.…"
Sale Price $2,762.50
$3,250.00
