Family tree of Eugene Twombly
Other
Born Eugene Tracy Twombly
American sound effects technician in radio and motion pictures
Born on April 27, 1914 in California , United States
Died on October 17, 1968 in Los Angeles, California , United States
Family tree
Report an error
More information
Eugene Tracy Twombly (April 27, 1914 – October 17, 1968) was a sound effects technician in radio and motion pictures.
... Eugene Tracy Twombly (April 27, 1914 – October 17, 1968) was a sound effects technician in radio and motion pictures.
Early life
Eugene Twombly was born in California in 1914 to Ralph H. and Marie L. Twombly (née Tracy; 1892–1958). He was the eldest of two children with a younger brother, Ralph Jr. (born 1922), and of partial Canadian ancestry from his paternal grandmother.
Career
He is best known for his sound work on The Jack Benny Program, where his wife, actress Bea Benaderet, played telephone operator Gertrude Gearshift. Other works included Arch Oboler's Lights Out, The Stan Freberg Show, The Gene Autry Show, The Whistler, and When the West Was Young, and a collaboration with Bill Cosby and Frank Buxton on The Bill Cosby Radio Program, which aired 145 episodes from January to July 1968.
The Jack Benny Program included occasional references to "Twombly, the sound-effects man," and Mel Blanc voiced a character called "George Twombly" who often interrupted Benny and his cast with impromptu sound effects. In the 1962 first season of The Beverly Hillbillies (where Benaderet had a recurring role as Cousin Pearl Bodine), two consecutive episodes, "The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed" and "The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted," featured a psychiatrist named "Dr. Eugene Twombly" who was played by Herbert Rudley.
Personal life and death
Gene Twombly was Bea Benaderet's second husband and the stepfather of actor Jack Bannon, and they resided in Calabasas, California. He died of a heart attack at age 54 on October 17, 1968, four days after her death from pneumonia and lung cancer and one day after her funeral. They are interred together at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.
References
External links
Eugene Twombly at IMDb
Find-a-Grave
... Eugene Tracy Twombly (April 27, 1914 – October 17, 1968) was a sound effects technician in radio and motion pictures.
Early life
Eugene Twombly was born in California in 1914 to Ralph H. and Marie L. Twombly (née Tracy; 1892–1958). He was the eldest of two children with a younger brother, Ralph Jr. (born 1922), and of partial Canadian ancestry from his paternal grandmother.
Career
He is best known for his sound work on The Jack Benny Program, where his wife, actress Bea Benaderet, played telephone operator Gertrude Gearshift. Other works included Arch Oboler's Lights Out, The Stan Freberg Show, The Gene Autry Show, The Whistler, and When the West Was Young, and a collaboration with Bill Cosby and Frank Buxton on The Bill Cosby Radio Program, which aired 145 episodes from January to July 1968.
The Jack Benny Program included occasional references to "Twombly, the sound-effects man," and Mel Blanc voiced a character called "George Twombly" who often interrupted Benny and his cast with impromptu sound effects. In the 1962 first season of The Beverly Hillbillies (where Benaderet had a recurring role as Cousin Pearl Bodine), two consecutive episodes, "The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed" and "The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted," featured a psychiatrist named "Dr. Eugene Twombly" who was played by Herbert Rudley.
Personal life and death
Gene Twombly was Bea Benaderet's second husband and the stepfather of actor Jack Bannon, and they resided in Calabasas, California. He died of a heart attack at age 54 on October 17, 1968, four days after her death from pneumonia and lung cancer and one day after her funeral. They are interred together at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.
References
External links
Eugene Twombly at IMDb
Find-a-Grave
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
Geographical origins
The map below shows the places where the ancestors of the famous person lived.
Loading...
An error has occured while loading the map.
They are related
Submit your relationship
×
Log in to your Geneanet account
Start your family tree
Create your family tree and take advantage of valuable tips to help you search your ancestors.
