Gene London(1931-2020)

Gene London was born on 9 June 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Johnny Jupiter (1953), Facts n' Fun (1953) and Kartoon Klub (1953). He died on 19 January 2020 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Alternative name
- Philip London
Born
- June 9, 1931
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
- January 19, 2020
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Other works
He and Michel Stuart were costume designers for Caryl Churchill's play, "Cloud 9," in association with Michel Kleinman productions at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City with Jeffrey Jones (Clive/Edward in Act II); Zjelko Ivanek (Betty in Act I; Gerry); Don Amendolia (Joshua/Cathy); Concetta Tomei (Edward in Act I; Victoria) Veronica Castang (Maud/Lin); E. Katherine Kerr (Ellen/Mrs. S./Betty in Act II); and Nicolas Surovy (Harry Bagley/Martin) in the cast. Michel Stuart and Harvey J. Klaris were producers. Tommy Tune was director. Lawrence Miller was set designer. Marcia Madeira was lighting designer. Maury Yeston was composer of title song and incidental music. Warren Hogan was sound designer.

Trivia
His shows were known for being educational as well as entertaining. A live "Story Telling" segment with drawings told tales that had a meaningful lesson at the end. He often brought on educational guests, in addition to the occasional appearances by stars like Lucille Ball, who were also parents. For a time he appeared on NBC's "Today" show with Dave Garroway. London engaged the children watching at home in holiday craft-making, hobbies, and songs, and related stories about the creations of holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, the Fourth of July, Halloween, etc.