jonathan winters
Jonathan Winters is a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Lambda chapter). [1]
Jonathan Winters was an utter original, a wildly improvisational comic whose work careened from childlike prankishness to bitter satire and from bizarre sound effects to straight-faced moralizing — often all within the same bit. [2]
The real Jonathan Winters was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 11, 1925. [...] Eileen encouraged Jonathan to enter a local talent contest in Dayton, which he did, and he won a wrist watch, but the performance led him to a job as an early morning disc-jockey on radio station WING in Dayton (1946). [3]
Mercurial and manic, Winters veered from character to character and premise to premise at breakneck speed, yet with balletic grace; for all of the seeming chaos inherent in his comedy, his aesthetic remained remarkably consistent and pure, his stream-of-consciousness narratives and radical concepts all refracted through the same singularly bent worldview. [2]
His interest in art led him to Dayton Art Institute where he studied for over two years and met the girl who would become his wife, Eileen. [3]
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (born November 11, 1925) is an American comedian and actor. [...] In 1957, he performed in the first color television show, a 15-minute routine sponsored by Tums. [1]
According to the book “Tomorrow I Die”, Winters appeared in the short film “Screen Test of Mike Hammer” as a wino. [4]
Winters was born in Bellbrook, Ohio, the son of Alice Kilgore (n?e Rodgers), a radio personality, and Jonathan Harshman Winters II, an investment broker. [...] He began comedy routines and acting while studying at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. [...] The comedian referred to this incident obliquely in his stand-up act, most famously on his 1960 comedy album The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters. [1]
After serving two-and-a-half years in the South Pacific, he returned to Ohio and attended Kenyon College. [3]
After appearing in the 1963 feature comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, he returned to the studio to record 1964’s Whistle Stopping, a concept album written by future Tonight Show scribe Pat McCormick commenting on the upcoming presidential elections. [2]
He is a descendant of Valentine Winters, founder of the Winters National Bank in Dayton, Ohio (now part of JPMorgan Chase). [1]
Sources:
[1] Jonathan Winters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Jonathan Winters: Information from Answers.com
[3] JONATHAN WINTERS | BIOGRAPHY
[4] Jonathan Winters (I) - Biography