Jimmie Dodd
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About this star
- Category: Television
- Star rank: 1584
- Address:
7003 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101659, -118.343226
Biography
Jimmie Dodd hosts The Mickey Mouse Club (1955).
Source: ultimatedisney.com
James Wesley Dodd (March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964) was best known as the MC of the popular 1950s Disney TV show, The Mickey Mouse Club, as well as the writer of its well-known theme song, The Mickey Mouse Club March. A slowed-down version of this march, with different lyrics, became the “Alma Mater” that closed the show.
Fact file
- Born: March 28, 1910 Cincinnati, Ohio
- Died: November 10, 1964 (aged 54) Honolulu, Hawaii
Read more about Jimmie Dodd at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Orange and Sycamore
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