Carl Ballantine

Biography: Part of the motley crew commandeered by Ernest Borgnine on the popular 1960s TV series "McHale's Navy" (1962), tall, gangly, beady-eyed, bulb-nosed comic actor Carl Ballantine was better known in other ports as the ultimate "magician". Billed as "The Amazing Ballantine," "The Great Ballantine" and "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician" during his long career, Carl made a comedy career out of being inept -- the magician who could never finish a trick or get the trick right in the first ... Click Here to read more about Carl Ballantine!