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Biography:

Carl Ballantine (born September 27, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, magician and comic.

Under the guise of "Ballantine The Great" or "The Amazing Ballantine," Ballantine's trademark involves magic tricks, which always flop in comedic fashion.

His most recent film appearance was in Aimee Semple McPherson , a 2006 biographical film about the fabled female evangelist. He is probably best remembered as "Gruber", one of the PT boat sailors in the television series McHale's Navy which aired in the 1960's.

Ballantine was the husband of actress Ceil Cabot (8 March 1927 - 24 January 2000) and is the father of actress Sara Ballantine.

Filmography:

Actor:

  1. Aimee Semple McPherson (2006) .... Realtor in China
    ... aka Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story (USA: DVD title)
  2. Farewell to Harry (2002) .... Hickey
  3. The Million Dollar Kid (2000) .... Lieutenant
    ... aka Fortune Hunters (UK: DVD title) (USA: working title)
  4. Susan's Plan (1998) .... Harold Beyers
    ... aka Dying to Get Rich (USA: video title)
  5. My Giant (1998) .... Rabbi
  6. "Spider-Man" .... Lenny Lankowski (1 episode, 1996)
        - Sins of the Fathers Chapter 13: Goblin Wars (1996) TV episode (voice) (as Carl Ballentine) .... Lenny Lankowski
  7. "Freakazoid!" .... Huska (1 episode, 1995)
        - And Fanboy Is His Name (1995) TV episode (voice) .... Huska
  8. Oink (1995) .... The Doctor
  9. "Garfield and Friends" .... Al J. Swindler (4 episodes, 1989-1992)
        - Home Sweet Swindler/Forget-Me-Not Newton/The Great Inventor (1992) TV episode (voice) .... Al J. Swindler
        - Wonderful World/The Orson Awards/The Garfield Workout (1990) TV episode (voice) .... Al J. Swindler
        - Lemon Aid/U.S. Acres: Hog Noon/Video Airlines (1989) TV episode (voice) (as Carl Ballentine) .... Al J. Swindler
        - The Mail Animal/U.S. Acres: Peanut-Brained Rooster/Mummy Dearest (1989) TV episode (voice) (as Carl Ballentine)
  10. Mr. Saturday Night (1992) .... Freddie
  11. "P.S.I. Luv U" .... Mo Hornsby (1 episode, 1991)
        - What's Up, Bugsy? (1991) TV episode .... Mo Hornsby
  12. "The Cosby Show" .... The Great Ballantine (1 episode, 1987)
        - The Show Must Go On (1987) TV episode .... The Great Ballantine
  13. "What's Happening Now!" .... Mr. Higgins (1 episode, 1987)
        - Dwayne's Big Step (1987) TV episode .... Mr. Higgins
  14. "Night Court" .... Fabulous Falconi (1 episode, 1986)
        - Could This Be Magic? (1986) TV episode .... Fabulous Falconi
  15. The Best of Times (1986) .... Arturo
  16. "Blacke's Magic" (1986) TV series (unknown episodes)
  17. "Double Trouble" .... Rollo the Great (1 episode, 1984)
        - Do You Believe in Magic? (1984) TV episode .... Rollo the Great
  18. "Trapper John, M.D." .... Roland Shulman (1 episode, 1984)
        - My Son the Doctor (1984) TV episode .... Roland Shulman
  19. "Alice" .... Freddy (1 episode, 1982)
        - Spell Mel's (1982) TV episode .... Freddy
  20. "Fantasy Island" .... The Great Zachariah (1 episode, 1981)
        - Delphine/The Unkillable (1981) TV episode .... The Great Zachariah
  21. "One in a Million" (1980) TV series .... Max Kellerman (unknown episodes)
  22. Just You and Me, Kid (1979) .... Reinhoff the Remarkable
  23. "B.J. and the Bear" .... Magician (1 episode)
        - B.J. and the Seven Lady Truckers (????) TV episode .... Magician
  24. The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) .... Sam the Tailor
    ... aka Hill's Angels (UK)
  25. "CHiPs" .... Stevens (1 episode, 1978)
    ... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
        - Rustling (1978) TV episode .... Stevens
  26. The World's Greatest Lover (1977) .... Uncle Harry
  27. "Laverne & Shirley" (1 episode, 1976)
    ... aka Laverne & Shirley & Company (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Laverne & Shirley & Friends (USA: syndication title)
        - Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing (1976) TV episode
  28. How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976) (TV) .... Conductor
  29. Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976) .... Dr. Ivory
    ... aka H.O.T.S. III (UK: video title)
  30. "When Things Were Rotten" .... Waiter (1 episode, 1975)
        - Ding Dong, the Bell Is Dead (1975) TV episode .... Waiter
  31. The Fireman's Ball (1975) (TV)
  32. "The Ghost Busters" .... Merlin (1 episode, 1975)
    ... aka The Original Ghostbusters (USA: video title)
        - Merlin, the Magician (1975) TV episode .... Merlin
  33. The Girl Most Likely to... (1973) (TV) .... Dr. Hankim
  34. Saga of Sonora (1973) (TV) .... Ringo
  35. "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" .... Doc Ellery (1 episode, 1972)
        - Operation: Smokescreen (1972) TV episode .... Doc Ellery
  36. "Love, American Style" .... Chicken Little (segment "Love and the Newscasters") / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1972)
        - Love and the Happy Days/Love and the Newscasters (1972) TV episode .... Chicken Little (segment "Love and the Newscasters")
        - Love and the Athlete/Love and the Dummies/Love and Mother/Love and the Shower (1969) TV episode .... Leo (segment 'Love and the Shower')
  37. "The Partridge Family" .... Pitchman (1 episode, 1971)
        - Partridge Up a Pair Tree (1971) TV episode .... Pitchman
  38. "The Virginian" .... Matt (1 episode, 1971)
    ... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
        - The Politician (1971) TV episode .... Matt
  39. "The Debbie Reynolds Show" .... Newman (1 episode, 1970)
        - Advice and Dissent (1970) TV episode .... Newman
  40. "The Queen and I" (1969) TV series .... Becker (unknown episodes)
  41. "I Dream of Jeannie" .... Carl Tucker (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Used Car Salesman (1968) TV episode .... Carl Tucker
  42. "Mayberry R.F.D." .... Ernie (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Copy Machine (1968) TV episode .... Ernie
  43. Out of the Blue (1968) (TV) .... Claude
  44. The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) .... Abel Swanson
  45. Speedway (1968) .... Birdie Kebner
  46. "Laredo" .... Lemuel Beamish (1 episode, 1967)
        - Hey Diddle Diddle (1967) TV episode .... Lemuel Beamish
  47. "The Monkees" .... Hubbell Benson (1 episode, 1967)
        - Find the Monkees (1967) TV episode .... Hubbell Benson
  48. Penelope (1966) .... Boom Boom
  49. McHale's Navy (1964) .... Torpedoman Lester Gruber
  50. "McHale's Navy" .... Lester Gruber (39 episodes, 1962-1966)
        - My Ensign, the Lawyer (1963) TV episode .... Lester Gruber
        - The Happy Sleepwalker (1963) TV episode .... Lester Gruber
        - Scuttlebutt (1963) TV episode .... Lester Gruber
        - Have Kimono, Will Travel (1963) TV episode .... Lester Gruber
        - To Binghamton with Love (1963) TV episode .... Lester Gruber
          (34 more)
  51. "Car 54, Where Are You?" .... Al (3 episodes, 1961-1962)
        - Quiet! We're Thinking (1962) TV episode .... Al
        - Christmas at the 53rd (1961) TV episode .... Al
        - The Taming of Lucille (1961) TV episode .... Al
  52. "Shirley Temple's Storybook" .... Gonzorgo (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka The Shirley Temple Theatre (USA: third season title)
        - Babes in Toyland (1960) TV episode .... Gonzorgo
  53. "Startime" .... Merlin (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Ford Startime
    ... aka Lincoln-Mercury Startime
        - Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur (1960) TV episode (as The Amazing Mr. Ballantine) .... Merlin
  54. "The Steve Allen Show" .... Comedian-Magician (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
        - Salute to Jazz (1959) TV episode (as Mr. Ballantine the World Greatest Magician) .... Comedian-Magician
 

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