Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about RICH LITTLE!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Richard Caruthers Little is a Canadian-American impressionist and voice actor . he has been nicknamed “the man of a thousand voices” he attended Lisgar Collegiate Institute . he started his amateur acting career at Ottawa’s Little Theatre . he went on to become a successful disc jockey, frequently incorporating impersonations into his show . in 1963, Little issued two LPs in in the early 1960s, Little began hosting a radio talk-show on CJET in Smiths Falls, Ontario . he was asked to audition by Mel Tormé, who was working behind the scenes on a new variety he was a frequent guest on variety and talk shows . with Johnny Carson he captured the Tonight Show host’s voice and many onstage mannerisms . he later played Carson in the HBO TV-movi Carson was named “Comedy Star of the Year” by the American Guild of Variety Artists in 1974 . he was a regular guest on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts in the 1970s . Little’s best-known continuing television series was The Kopycats, first broadcast in 1972 . the cast included Little, Frank Gorshin, Marilyn Michaels, George Kirby . in 1981 Little appeared in a Little has starred in various HBO specials including the 1978 one-man show, rich little’s Christmas Carol . he has also appeared in several movies and released nine albums . his talent for impersonation has been used in in 1987, during “we the people 200: The Constitutional Gala” television special, Little personified various historical figures . Rich recorded crosswalk messages for intersections in Stewart’s home town of Indiana, PA using his imitation of the Little is a regular performer at the Laugh Factory in the Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas . his one-hour show includes video highlights from his television career . in 1998, Little was inducted into canada’s he has been a major supporter in helping veterans through the Gary Sinise Foundation . he married Jeannette Markey in 1994; they divorced in 1997 . jeanne married Marie Marotta from 2003 until he married his fourth wife, Catherine Brown, in a private ceremony in 2012 . Little has a daughter (Lyndsay Cottrell), born in 1988 .