- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLeonard Lebitsky
- Nicknames
- Fat Jack
- The Mouth That Roared
- Height1.65 m
- Jack E. Leonard was an American comedian whose sarcastic insult-based humor was imitated by Don Rickles.
Born Leonard Lebitsky on April 24, 1910, Leonard made his show business bones as a nightclub comedian and became well-known to the public for his appearances on TV variety and game show after breaking through on Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957).
In addition to his night club act and TV gigs, he made comedy records. On the night of May 9, 1973, Leonard suffered a heart attack and collapsed just after coming off-stage at a performance at the Rainbow Room at New York's Rockefeller Center. He died in hospital early the following morning after undergoing cardiac bypass surgery. He was 63 years old.- IMDb mini biography by: Jon C. Hopwood
- SpousesGladys Esther Westling (aka Monnet Esther Alvarez)(January 8, 1970 - March 11, 1973) (his death)Kay Emerald (acrobat; née Katherine E. Rosen)(? - November 21, 1967) (her death, 1 child)
- RelativesAlyssa Maxwell Zelman(Niece or Nephew)
- Panama straw hat, with the brim snapped up all around
- Spinning the Panama hat laterally atop his bald pate
- His heavy pratfalls. Thud!
- One of Frank Sinatra's favorite comedians, Jack double-billed occasionally with Frank Sinatra Jr..
- Bespectacled, rotund, bald-headed American nightclub and TV comic whose forte was the art of insult, often opening his act with the line, "Good evening, opponents!".
- A frequent guest on Toast of the Town (1948).
- Leonard's wife, Monnet Alvarez, was an artist and his daughter, Brenda Leonard Cowart, is an accomplished jazz pianist who has played for such Las Vegas shows as "City Lites", "Folies Bergere" and "Lido de Paris".
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