- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Lumpy
- Hugh Brannum was born on January 5, 1910 in Sandwich, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Danny Thomas Show (1953), The Fred Waring Show (1949) and Captain Kangaroo (1955). He was married to Joan Pilkington and Marjorie Ellen Homan. He died on April 19, 1987 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
- SpousesJoan Pilkington(1973 - April 19, 1987) (his death)Marjorie Ellen Homan(August 8, 1931 - ?) (divorced)
- Played bass in the orchestra accompanying Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians on NBC radio in the 1940s and 1950s (and later the Waring TV program) as "Lumpy" Brannum. Originated stories about "Little Orley," a farm kid, for the Waring radio show and recorded under the name Uncle Lumpy.
- Actor Thomas L. Brannum was his only child (with his first wife before he married Joan, a CBS staff member whom he met while working on the Capt. Kangaroo TV show).
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