Ole Olsen

About

Made up half of the comedy duo called Olsen and Johnson which featured them improvising lyrics to ragtime tunes and exchanging insults. They were also skilled vaudevillians.

Before Fame

He was a graduate of Northwest University and earned a degree in music.

Trivia

He performed on Broadway starting in 1938 in a show titled Hellzapoppin'.

Family Life

He married Lillian Olsen sometime in the 1910s and had three children: J.C., Joy, and Moya.

Associated With

He was part of a comedy duo just like Bud Abbott of Abbott and Costello.