Lonnie Burr
| Lonnie Burr | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Leonard Burr Babin May 31, 1943 Dayton, Kentucky |
| Other names | The Velvet Smog |
Lonnie Burr (born May 31, 1943) is an American actor, dancer/choreographer, singer, director and author, best known for having been a star on the original Mickey Mouse Club television show from 1955 to 1959.
Burr was born in Dayton, Kentucky. He is of Danish, French, Scots-Irish and German descent. His parents were Howard Babin and Dorothy Burr, a vaudeville dance team that performed in film and on stage as "Dot and Dash".
At age four Burr started dance lessons and was soon making live appearances on local TV shows as well as acting on radio and turned professional at five. By six he began working on national television and radio, acting in commercials and landed his first film appearance in A Yank in Korea (1950). He had his first recurring television role as the next door neighbor Oliver Quimby on The Ruggles situation comedy (1950–1951). He guest starred on such series as The Range Rider (as Jimmy in the 1953 episode "The Holy Terror"), The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Roy Rogers Show, The Alan Young Show, The Donald O'Connor Show, and Father Knows Best. He was the child lead on the soap opera Dr. Paul and the voice of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee for two years, both on radio. His stage career began at the Pasadena Playhouse at age six.
Lonnie landed his first guest star role as the title character on a segment of The Range Rider and the same year, his eighth, he performed his first stage lead in The Strawberry Circle. His film roles include Queen for a Day (1951), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and Apache (1954).
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