Freeman Fisher Gosden Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Freeman F. Gosden was born on May 5, 1899 in Richmond, Virginia, USA as Freeman Fisher Gosden. He was a writer and actor, known for The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951), Calvin and the Colonel (1961) and Check and Double Check (1930). He was married to Jane S. Gosden and Leta Marie Schreiber. He died on December 10, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
He died of heart failure at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, on the morning of December 10, 1982.
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 1777 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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Profiled in "Old-Time Radio Memories" by Mel Simons (BearManor Media).
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Gosden and his partner Charles J. Correll began developing their "Amos 'n' Andy" characters, along with over 100 additional minor personalities on Chicago radio in the late 1920s. First heard on WEBH and followed on WGN the team hit gold when they were picked up on NBC's Red Network as a quarter-hour serialized show, captivating audiences each night at 7:00 pm (except Sundays). They were to radio what Milton Berle would be to TV some 20 years later: they popularized a medium, at one point capturing 60% of all radio listenership and being credited for selling 4.4 million radios.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 332-334. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 240-241. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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A longtime friend and neighbor of Frank Sinatra, he was Sinatra's best man at his wedding to fourth wife Barbara Marx in 1976.
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His daughter Virginia Marie was born in the spring of 1930. His son Craig Leigh was born in September, 1949. Virginia and another son were from his first marriage. Craig was from his marriage to Jane Stoneham.
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Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith; pg. 17-19, article titled 'Amos and Andy'. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.
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Gosden and Charles J. Correll's "Amos 'n' Andy" (1928-1955) was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Best known as the voice of Amos Jones and George "Kingfish" Stevens on the long running radio show "Amos n' Andy".
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Calvin and the Colonel
1961-1962
TV Series creator - 26 episodes
The Amos 'n Andy Show
1951-1955
TV Series creator - 78 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Calvin and the Colonel
1961-1962
TV Series
Colonel Montgomery J. Klaxon
The Amos 'n Andy Show
1952
TV Series
Narrator
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
Amos
The Lion Tamer
1934
Short
Amos Jones (voice)
The Rasslin' Match
1934
Short
Amos Jones (voice)
Check and Double Check
1930
Amos
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Amos 'n Andy Show
1951
TV Series producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Check and Double Check
1930
performer: "Am I Blue?" 1929 - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
TV Movie documentary special thanks - as Freeman Gosden
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Is Your Life
1960
TV Series
Himself
Unusual Occupations L-1-3, No. 3
1942
Documentary short
Himself / Amos Jones (as Freeman Gosden)
Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood
1940
Documentary short
Himself - Rose Bowl Parade Spectator
The March of Time: Volume 1, Number 5
1937
Documentary short
Himself (as Amos and Andy)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jazz
2001
TV Mini-Series documentary
Amos (from 'Check and Double Check' (1930)) (uncredited)
Biography
1995
TV Series documentary
Amos
Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America
1993
TV Special documentary
Himself
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
Documentary
Himself - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (uncredited)
$400,000
