Lonnie Burr

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Lonnie Burr (born May 31, 1943) is an American entertainer and writer best known as one of only nine of the original thirty-nine Mouseketeers who remained under seven years of service for Walt Disney's iconic children's television show, the Mickey Mouse Club (1955-1959).

The MMC was the first national television show to star children who appeared primarily as themselves, as well as acting as characters in scenes and musical numbers.

The original show, which premiered in syndication in the 1960s, relaunched in 1975 and 1980s on the Disney Channel in the early 2000s, then in the early 2000s. Burr's film career included stints as an actor, dancer, stage actor, and choreographer, as well as his writing career, which included stints as a book author, playwright, scholar, and poet.

He continued to celebrate his Disney experience as an adult.

In an interview, Larry Moore said, "If I ever scale the Matterhorn or take my Pulitzer, I will always be identified as Mouseketeer Lonnie; that is the way the funeral will begin."

I've come to learn that this is a wonderful group.

Early life

Burr was born in Dayton, Kentucky. When he was three years old, the family moved to Highland Park, California. Lonnie attended Hollywood Professional School, a private school for children working in show industry, from the 1st to the 12th grade. He is of Danish, French, Ulster-Scots, and German descent. Howard Ambrose Babin and Dorothy Doloris Burr, both two brothers, were a nightclub and vaudeville dance team who performed from 1934 to 1941 as "Dot and Dash." (In the 1935 film Temptation, an African-American team of the same name appeared.)

Early performances

Burr began dancing with legendary tap instructor Willie Covan and soon was performing, singing, and doing imitators for live audiences and local Pasadena, CA television shows. Since being turned professional at the age of five, he began acting on radio. He was on national television, radio, films, theatre, and commercials by six (1949). His first two film appearances were in A Yank, Korea, and Queen for a Day (52), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and Apache (1954).

Burr's first recurring television role (1950-1951) was as next door neighbor Oliver Quimby on The Ruggles situation comedy starring Charlie Ruggles. Jimmy, the title character in the "The Mad Terror" episode of The Range Rider, made ten appearances on The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Alan Young Show, All Star Revue, Father Knows Best, and Father Knows Best.

On radio, he was seen on The Enchanted Lady as Buster Beetle, Prince Charming, and other characters, as the child lead on the NBC Radio soap opera Dr. Paul and in 1953 as Tiny Tim in Dickens' A Christmas Carol on Stars Over Hollywood. He was also the national radio voice of the enthusiastic boy who loved Chef Boyardee spaghetti for two years ("Oh Boy, it's Chef Boy-Ar-DEE!" "I believe it's been a long time" has been a joke in the news. Lonnie became the pre-recorded voice of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the 21st century, providing general information, opening and closing times, and giving safety and emergency assistance.

Lonnie's career as a stage actor began at age six at the renowned Pasadena Playhouse in California. He appeared in two plays before being accompanied in his first stage lead in The Strawberry Circle at age eight. His early television commercials included appearances during Space Patrol (1950s series) to eat a bowl of Chex, one of the show's sponsors, and The Lone Ranger, in which he and Clayton Moore (the original television Lone Ranger) all praised the goodness of Cheerios breakfast cereal. (Lonnie used to adore his cereal at the breakfast table).

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