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- Birth nameWalter Ernest Carlson Jr.
- Nickname
- Wamp
- Walter Carlson was born on March 17, 1902 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Présumé innocent (1990), Cowboy in the Clouds (1943) and Both Barrels Blazing (1945). He died on August 18, 1960 in Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA.
- The son of Swedish immigrants, Wamp Carlson, with fellow Nutmeggers Dwight "Red" Latham and Guy Bonham, formed a group called the "Tastyeast Jesters" who first performed singing commercials on radio for shows sponsored by the Green Brothers Company of Springfield, Mass., and Trenton, N.J., the makers of Tastyeast candy bars in 1930. Changing their name to "The Jesters", the group was best known for their novelty songs and snappy patter.
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