Complex sentence: Born William Gordon Connell in Berkeley, California, he began his career by performing with his wife Jane Sperry Bennett Jane in such San Francisco night clubs as "The Purple Onion" and "The Hungry I".
Split into simpler sentences: Born William Gordon Connell in Berkeley, California, Gordon married Jane Sperry Bennett. He began his career by performing with his wife Jane in such San Francisco night clubs as "The Purple Onion" and "The Hungry I".