Biography
Pop vocalist Ed Ames was created Ed Urick in 1927. The youngest of four brothers, he started to sing with Joe, Gene, and Vic in the past due ’40s. The Ames Brothers strike the very best Ten 3 x between 1954 and 1957, and starred within their personal series in 1955. Following the group split up in 1959, Ames journeyed to NY to study performing; he made an appearance in several stage productions and accepted a job within the series Daniel Boone playing Mingo the Indian. He started recording once again in 1964, ultimately notching seven strikes in the graphs, including 1967’s TOP single “My Glass Runneth Over.” Twelve albums had been eventually released from your middle-’60s to early ’70s, like the Greatest of Ed Ames (1969).
Quick Facts
Full Name Ed Ames
Date Of Birth July 9, 1927
Height 1.91 m
Profession Actor, Singer
Education Boston Latin School, University of California, Los Angeles
Nationality American
Spouse Jeanne Arnold, Sara Cacheiro
Children Sonya Urick, Linda Urick, Ronald Urick
Parents David Urick, Sarah Zaslavskaya
Siblings Vic Ames, Joe Ames, Gene Ames
Music Songs Try to Remember, My Cup Runneth Over, Who Will Answer?, Bon Soir Dame, When the Snow Is on the Roses, Christmas Is the Warmest Time of the Year, More I Cannot Wish You, My Love Is Gone From Me, Time, Time, Thing Called Love, The Ballad of the Christmas Donkey, Our Love Is a Living Thing, In the Arms of Love, Changing, Changing, Somewhere, My Love, It Seems a Long Long Time, Let Me So Love, The Seasons of Love, Timeless Love, Mingo, the Man with the Bullwhip, One Little Girl at a Time, Leave Them A Flower, Ballad Of The War Wagon, Joey, Joey, Joey, O Holy Night, There's a Kind of Hush, Apologize, Anywhere I Wander, Sweet Little Jesus Boy, Monday,Monday, The Erie Canal, My Horses Ain't Hungry
Albums Time, Time, Ed Ames on Broadway: Opening Night / More I Cannot Wish You, Who Will Answer? / My Cup Runneth Over, The Ed Ames Album, Hello Amigos, It's a Man's World, Reader's Digest Music: Ed Ames: The Reader's Digest Sessions, Vol. 2, Reader's Digest Music: Ed Ames - The Reader's Digest Sessions, Vol. 1, Ed Ames: Night and Day, Who Will Answer?, Pure Gold, My Cup Runneth Over, Christmas With Ed Ames/Christmas Is the Warmest Time of the Year, The Very Best Of Ed Ames, Sings Who Will Answer? (And Other Songs Of Our Time), When The Snow Is On The Roses
Nominations Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male
Movies Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider, The Impersonation Murder Case, Starlost: The Deception, Greatest Heroes Of The Bible, Daniel Boone
TV Shows Daniel Boone, The Danny Thomas Hour
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He owns a small ranch in Santa Ynez, Ca where they occasionally spend weekends. [March 2012] |
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Brother of Joe Ames, Gene Ames & Vic Ames. One of The Ames Brothers vocal group. Click on group name for additional credits. |
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As a solo recording artist for RCA Victor in the 1960s, he had four top-twenty hits on the national charts, "Try to Remember" and "Time, Time" in 1966, "My Cup Runneth Over" in 1967, and "Who Will Answer?" in 1968. |
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One of Ed Ames most memorable moments in television was when he threw his famous tomahawk on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1965. He threw the tomahawk and it landed right between the target's legs, thus prompting "I didn't even know you were Jewish". This event prompted one of the longest laughs in television history. |
Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Marshal |
1995 |
TV Series |
Vasalie Peshkov |
Jake and the Fatman |
1990 |
TV Series |
Spence Coggan |
In the Heat of the Night |
1988 |
TV Series |
Sheriff Ed Thompson |
Murder, She Wrote |
1985 |
TV Series |
Johnny Shannon |
Greatest Heroes of the Bible |
1979 |
TV Series |
Lot |
The Wide World of Mystery |
1975 |
TV Series |
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McCloud |
1974 |
TV Series |
Abel Hollister |
Kodiak |
1974 |
TV Series |
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The Starlost |
1973 |
TV Series |
Mr. Smith |
Daniel Boone |
1964-1968 |
TV Series |
Mingo
Taramingo |
Cricket on the Hearth |
1967 |
TV Movie |
Edward |
The Danny Thomas Hour |
1967 |
TV Series |
Edward Belton |
Androcles and the Lion |
1967 |
TV Movie |
Ferrovius |
Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider |
1966 |
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Mingo |
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters |
1963 |
TV Series |
Kennedy |
Redigo |
1963 |
TV Series |
John Talltree |
The Rifleman |
1962 |
TV Series |
Lee Coyle |
Mike Hammer |
1958 |
TV Series |
Ames Brother |
State Trooper |
1957 |
TV Series |
Singer |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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It's Garry Shandling's Show. |
1987 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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The Johnny Cash Show |
1969 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
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Cricket on the Hearth |
1967 |
TV Movie performer: "Don't Give Your Love Away" |
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Daniel Boone |
1964-1967 |
TV Series performer - 3 episodes |
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The War Wagon |
1967 |
performer: "Ballad Of The War Wagon" |
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Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Pioneers of Television |
2011-2014 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Himself |
My Music: 50s Pop Parade |
2007 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments |
2005 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Himself |
Land's End |
1996 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Treasure House: The Utah Mining Story |
1995 |
Documentary |
Narrator |
It's Garry Shandling's Show. |
1987 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Celebrity Bowling |
1972-1977 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show |
1962-1975 |
TV Series |
Actor / Himself / Himself - Singer / ... |
Dinah! |
1975 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
1964-1973 |
TV Series |
Himself - Guest / Himself |
The David Frost Show |
1972 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Stand Up and Cheer |
1971 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
1959-1970 |
TV Series |
Singer / Himself - Singer / Himself - Audience Bow / ... |
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters |
1970 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Hollywood Squares |
1969 |
TV Series |
Guest Appearance |
The Joey Bishop Show |
1968-1969 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Della |
1969 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Johnny Cash Show |
1969 |
TV Series |
Himself - Singer |
Operation: Entertainment |
1968-1969 |
TV Series |
Himself - Host |
The Kraft Music Hall |
1968 |
TV Series |
Himself |
I'll Bet |
1965 |
TV Series |
Himself |
That Regis Philbin Show |
1965 |
TV Series |
Himself |
You Don't Say |
1965 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Here's Hollywood |
1962 |
TV Series |
Himself |
The Ames Brothers Show |
1955 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Cavalcade of Stars |
1951 |
TV Series |
Himself - Guest Vocalist |
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I am a secular Jew, but I feel strongly about Israel and the Jewish communities of Europe. |
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Deep, rich, baritone voice |