Ronnie Burns ( actor ) - wikipedia Ronnie Burns ( actor ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2011 ) Ronnie Burns With actress Jacqueline Beer from the Burns and Allen television show, 1956. Ronald Jon Burns ( name given after adoption ) ( 1935 - 07 - 09 ) July 9, 1935 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. November 14, 2007 ( 2007 - 11 - 14 ) ( aged 72 ) Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1950 -- 61 Spouse ( s ) Peggy Lyon ( m. 1965 ; div. 1972 ) Janice Powell ( m. 1977 ) Children Parent ( s ) George Burns Gracie Allen Ronald Jon `` Ronnie '' Burns ( July 9, 1935 -- November 14, 2007 ) was an American television actor. He is primarily remembered as the son of comedians George Burns and Gracie Allen and a regular cast member of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ( 1950 -- 58 ) on CBS. Biography Born in Evanston, Illinois, Ronnie Burns was five weeks old when he was adopted in Chicago September 27, 1935, by George Burns and Gracie Allen. His older sister, Sandra Jean, had been adopted the year before and was then 13 months old. According to George Burns, Ronnie had been the most sickly baby up for adoption from the agency, and Gracie chose him because she particularly felt he needed their help. On October 10, 1955, Burns joined the cast of the CBS television series, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, playing himself but cast as a novice actor and college student studying drama who tended to look askance at his parents ' comedy style. He first appeared on the show on October 18, 1954 as the bridesgroom on the episode `` Gracie Gives a Wedding in Payment of a Favor '' ( Season 5, Episode 3 ). Upon joining the show full - time, numerous episodes revolved around the fictional Ronnie Burns ' dating and social life. His good looks and popularity helped the show gain the attention of younger viewers in its final years. Later he appeared on The George Burns Show ( 1958 -- 59 ), a short - lived series produced after his mother retired from show business. Burns starred in the 1960 -- 61 NBC comedy series Happy, in which he and Yvonne Lime Fedderson played Chris and Sally Day, the parents of a talking baby. He played the manager of the Palm Desert Hotel in Palm Springs. Lloyd Corrigan, Doris Packer, and Burt Metcalfe had supporting roles. He made an uncredited appearance as Wallace on the `` Young at Heart '' episode of The Honeymooners, which featured Ralph Kramden ( Jackie Gleason ) trying to roller skate with disastrous results. Burns made a cameo appearance on Bachelor Father starring John Forsythe. Never comfortable with celebrity, Burns left acting. He produced a situation comedy, Wendy and Me ( 1964 -- 65 ), in which his father starred. He then went into real estate investment and raised horses at a ranch he owned in Santa Ynez, California. Ronnie Burns died November 14, 2007, of cancer, at his Pacific Palisades home. References ^ Jump up to : `` Ronnie Burns, 72, Who Played Role in Parents ' Show, Is Dead ''. The New York Times. Associated Press. November 17, 2007. Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Burns and Allen Adopt Boy ''. The New York Times, September 28, 1935. Jump up ^ Burns, George. Gracie : A Love Story. Jump up ^ Adams, Val, `` News of Television ''. The New York Times, September 25, 1955. ^ Jump up to : Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 -- Present. New York : Ballantine Books, 1988 ( fourth edition ), ISBN 0 - 345 - 35610 - 1 External links Ronnie Burns on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ronnie_Burns_(actor)&oldid=838937127 '' Categories : 1935 births 2007 deaths American male television actors People from the Greater Los Angeles Area American adoptees Deaths from cancer in California Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2011 All articles needing additional references Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 30 April 2018, at 07 : 15 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who plays ronnie on the burns and allen show
Answer: Ronald Jon "Ronnie" Burns