About
Made up half of the comedy duo called Olsen and Johnson which featured them improvising lyrics to ragtime tunes and exchanging insults. They were also skilled vaudevillians.
Before Fame
He was a graduate of Northwest University and earned a degree in music.
Trivia
He performed on Broadway starting in 1938 in a show titled Hellzapoppin'.
Family Life
He married Lillian Olsen sometime in the 1910s and had three children: J.C., Joy, and Moya.
Associated With
He was part of a comedy duo just like Bud Abbott of Abbott and Costello.
