Ed Wynn was born on November 9, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wynn passed away on June 19, 1966 in Bevely Hills, California from Cancer.

Ed Wynn's birth name was Isaiah Edwin Leopold, he went by the nickname The Pefect Fool.

Wynn was an old-fashioned comedian, who, by recommendation of his son Keenan Wynn, became one of the world's most beloved clowns, and one of the best actors of his time. Ed became popular for roles throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

In 1927 Ed Wynn had a debut in the silent RUBBER HEELS. Wynn performed in the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, beginning in 1914, and directed, produced, wrote, and composed music for many of his subsequent Broadway successes, being known by then as The Perfect Fool.

During the 1930s, Ed Wynn became a pioneering radio comedy star, as the TEXACO FIRE CHIEF. Ed directed many plays and musicals before becoming an actor. Ed Wynn's career was energized by the coming of television; in 1949, he won an Emmy Award for THE ED WYNN SHOW (1949-50).

In 1959 Ed Wynn had an Oscar nomination for THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, as Albert Dussell, for Best Supporting Actor.

But perhaps Wynn's most endearing Disney credit was performing the voice of the Mad Hatter in the animated ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951).

Wynn will be best remembered for THE ED WYNN SHOW and for his role as Uncle Albert in MARY POPPINS.

Father of actor Keenan Wynn, with whom he appeared in Disney's THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961).

Ed Wynn's other notable credits include...

THE GNOME-MOBILE (1967)
THE DAYDREAMER (1996)
THAT DARN CAT! (1965)
MARY POPPINS (1964)
SON OF FLUBBER (1963)
THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961)
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959)
THE CHIEF (1933)
RUBBER HELS (1927)