
Victor Borge, born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish- American comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane". He was born in Copenhagen and started out as a classic concert pianist, having his first major concert in 1926. In 1933 he started his now famous "stand up" act, with the signature blend of piano music and jokes, and married American Elsie Chilton the same year. Borge started touring extensively in Europe, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes. When Germany invaded Denmark on 9 April 1940, he was touring Sweden, and fled via finland to the USA with his American wife. Once in the USA, he took the name Victor Borge, and quickly managed to adapt his jokes to the American audience, learning English by watching movies. In 1941 he was hired by Bing Crosby for his Kraft Music Hall, and from then on, his fame just grew and grew.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961

The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968

The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962

What's My Line?
TV • 1950

What's My Line?
TV • 1950

Dinah!
TV • 1974

The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964

Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958

The Muppet Show
TV • 1976

The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978

The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968

The King of Comedy
MOVIE • 1982

The Daydreamer
MOVIE • 1966