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Doc Marcus
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| Doc Marcus | |
| Flourished | 1910s - 1960s |
|---|---|
Doc Marcus, billed as The Mad Magician, was an American nightclub comedy magician.
He was known for his doubletalking and ability to let his upper plate of his false teeth to slip down while talking.[1]
In 1949, he was breifly on the Milton Berle television show.
In 1956 he returned to the United States from a 37-week tour in Europe, where he plaed London's Palladium. He toured Army installations with Joe DiMaggio in 1959.
He promotional photograph can be seen at the Conjuring Arts exhibit "The Many Faces of Magic."[2]
References
- ↑ Linking Ring, February, 1986, page 47
- ↑ http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/doc-marcus/