- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Francis Burns
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Appeared on the Andy Griffith show after Don Knotts departed. He played a bumbling deputy in the tradition of Barney Fife. After his partnership with George Carlin ended, he teamed with Avery Schreiber after meeting at Chicago's Second City comedy club. Jack appeared on Saturday Night Live In 1977 and turned to writing In in the 1980's.
- IMDb mini biography by: Allan
- SpouseViolet Ruth Torre(June 4, 1965 - ?) (divorced)
- ChildrenNone
- In his act, he would ask a question, then say "Hunh" several times after hearing the answer.
- Started out in stand-up as one-half of the comedy team "Burns & Carlin" with George Carlin. After the duo broke up, Jack went on to become a member of the famed Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, where he met Avery Schreiber. He and Schreiber would perform as a comedy team for several years before Jack would go on to become the head writer on the first season of The Muppet Show (1976).
- He can currently be heard on radio stations in a series of commercial spots, starring Vince and Larry, the crash test dummies. The series of commercials -- of which there are currently three -- are new versions of a series of TV ads, which Burns did with the late Lorenzo Music. Burns is the voice of Vince.
- He is interred at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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