Author: Lonnie Burr
Alternate names: Mouseketeer Lonnie
Born: 31 May 1943
Died: ---
Bio: LONNIE BURR, author of TWO FOR THE SHOW: Great Comedy Teams*, was born in Dayton, KY in 1943. At five (1948) he became a professional actor/singer/dancer in live performance, radio, TV, films, Theatre including Broadway, nightclubs and even once in a circus. He became famous as Mouseketeer Lonnie, 1 of 4 boys (of 39 kids) who starred on the original MICKEY MOUSE CLUB  (1955-59) which also hit 18+ countries, today still rerunning since the '80s in Russia, and was translated into 5 langugages. In the U.S. the show reran in every decade since, last 1995-2002 on "Vault Disney" the Disney Channel and prompted two update series.

Lonnie's 60+ years career as an actor, choreographer/dancer, singer and 40 year career as an author - books, plays, poetry, newspapers (own column)-magazines-ezines: essays, humor, film & theatre criticism, star bios, etcetera leaves him a member of acting unions SAG, AEA, AFTRA, AGVA and writing unions Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild and WGAw Emeritus.

*TWO FOR THE SHOW: Great Comedy Teams (1979, hard cover - 3 editions) and updated and published as a paperback - TWO FOR THE SHOW: Great 20th Century Comedy Teams in 2000 - covers team comedy from vaudeville (1898) through radio, film, TV, records, tapes, CDs and DVDs through the break up of the least talented but LAST team, Cheech y Chong, in 1985 and the status of all teams for the next 15 years.

CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCIDENTAL MOUSEKETEER, Burr's memoir published in 2009, covers his performing in all media: live, radio, TV, film, theatre/Broadway, nightclubs and even once in a circus through January, 2009.

For more info about Burr's writing and acting, as well as choreography, directing and forays as an educator, go to: www.mouseketeerlonnieburr.com, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, IMDB and other search engines.