Ed Ames

At 96 years old, Ed Ames has this physical status:

Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick; July 9, 1927) is an American popular singer and actor.

He is best known for his appearance in "My Cup Runneth Over" and "Who Will Answer?" as a Mingo in Daniel Boone's television series. "When the Snow is on the Roses," the narrator says.

He performed with his brothers, The Ames Brothers, in the 1950s.

Personal life

Ed Ames married Sarita (Sara) Cacheiro in 1947 and the three children, Sonya, Ronald, and Linda (aka Marcila) were born in 2007). The couple wed in Santa Monica, California, on October 5, 1973. In 1998, Ames married Jeanne Arnold Saviano.

He attended UCLA, earning his degree in theater and cinema arts in 1975 while continuing his work. Ames, who was 47 years old at the time, "I am a secular Jew but I am extremely concerned about Israel and the Jewish communities of Europe," became president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Zionist Organization of America.

Ames lived in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, and Teaneck, New Jersey, where he appeared in Daniel Boone.

He also owned a part of the Phoenix Suns from 1968 to 1987.

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Early life and career

Ames was born in Malden, Massachusetts, United States, to Jewish parents Sarah (Zaslavskaya) and David Urick (aka Eurich), who had immigrated from Ukraine. He was the youngest of nine children, five boys, and four girls.

Ames grew up in a modest household. He studied at the Boston Latin School and was educated in classical and opera performance, as well as literature. The brothers formed a quartet and regularly won competitions around the Boston area while high school. The three brothers met with Amory Brothers quartet later that night, when they were hired by bandleader Art Mooney to New York City. Playwright Abe Burrows aided the brothers in their quest, advising that the siblings change their organization's name to the Ames Brothers.

The Ames Brothers first signed Decca Records in 1947, but Decca released only three singles by the brothers, one supporting Russ Morgan, but not because of the Musician Union's ban in 1948 (a holdover from the 1942-1944 musicians' strike). They signed with Coral Records, a Decca affiliate, as the ban was over. The double-sided "Rag Mop" and "Sentimental Me" were their first major hits in the 1950s. The brothers remained with RCA Victor Records and continued to prosper throughout the 1950s, with hits including "It Only Hurts For A Little While," "You, You, You," and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane." The brothers appeared on television variety shows on television and television, and they had a 15-minute show of their own in 1955.

Acting career

The Ames Brothers disbanded in the early 1960s, and Ed Ames, who pursued a career in acting, attended the Herbert Berghof School. His first appearance in Arthur Miller's The Crucible was off-Broadway, and he went on to star roles in The Fantasticks off-Broadway and Carnival!

Ames was a member of Carnival's national touring company. His dark skin and prominent facial features made him regularly as a Native American. In the Broadway production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opposite Kirk Douglas, he played Chief Bromden.

Talent scouts at 20th Century Fox recruited Ames to appear on the television show Daniel Boone, alongside Fess Parker, in which he was invited to play Mingo. In Walter Pidgeon's show, his father, an English officer, was a Fourth Earl of Dunmore. Mingo was the Earl's eldest son and was therefore entitled to claim the title as the fifth Earl in the show, but the Cherokee Nation decided to remain a part of the Cherokee Nation.

Ames also portrayed Taramingo, Mingo's evil twin brother, in an episode of Season One. Caramingo was Ames' main character, but Mingo followed him throughout the entire series.

In the 1963 episode "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Part Two," Ames appeared as a wanted murderer holed-up in a hotel during a smallpox quarantine, with Kurt Russell in the title role. In 1963, he appeared on Richard Egan's NBC modern western series Redigo.

Ames learned some tricks in throwing a tomahawk while playing Mingo on television. When he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on April 27, 1965, he had one of his career's most memorable performances.

Ames and Johnny Carson were discussing Ames' tomahawk throwing skills during the show. Carson asked Ames if he'd know how to hit a target from across the room when Ames said he could hit a target from across the room. Ames agreed, and a chalk outline of a cowboy was brought on to the stage. Ames proceeded to throw the tomahawk, which struck the "cowboy" square in the groin with the handle facing upwards as the studio band performed a bar of Adventures of Pow Wow. The audience erupted with laughter, which has been dubbed the longest sustained laugh by a live audience in television history.

Ames began to walk toward the tomahawk but Carson interrupted him and allowed the situation to be remembered for its humour. "Think, I'm going to another market, John," Ames said to Carson, "I'm going to another company." "I didn't even know you were Jewish," Carson said. "Welcome to Frontier Bris" says the narrator.

Carson asked Carson if he'd like to throw, to which Carson replied, "I can't hurt him any more than you did." The clip became a favorite of Carson's own annual highlight show and subsequent blooper television specials.

Ames became a fixture on the Kenley Players circuit in Shenandoah (1976, 1979, 1986), and Man of La Mancha (1984).

Singing career

When Ames Brothers were still with the Ames Brothers, Ames released the single "Bean Song (Which Way To Boston?) under the name "Eddie Ames." In January, 1957, there was a baby in the United Kingdom.

In 1965, Ames returned to performing as a solo artist. Ames is best known for his baritone voice. "Want to Remember" was his first RCA Victor chart song, as he began his RCA Victor chart debut. The album debuted just at number one on the charts. "My Cup Runneth Over" was a huge success in 1967. The album was both a pop hit and an adult contemporary radio smash. He had less success on the pop charts shortly after, and Adult Contemporary hits were limited with "Time, Time," "When the Snow Is on the Roses," and "Timeless Love," which Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote later. "Who Will Answer?" he performed on the Pop Top Twenty one for the first time in his singing career. In 1968, the first traces of his life were recorded. No. 1 is on the no. 1 of "apologies." In the Canadian RPM Magazine's top singles chart, 47 people were ranked 47th.

During the Christmas season, Ames' distinctive baritone is a regular radio presence, as well as his appearance on "Do You Hear What I Hear?" The song received its best-selling treatment from Bing Crosby in 1962, but Ames' version, which appeared a few years later, is in regular holiday rotation.

In the John Wayne/Batjac Productions film "The War Wagon," Ames also sang the "Ballad of the War Wagon."

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