- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBernard Joseph McNulty Jr.
- Nicknames
- King of the Cue-Cards
- King of the Cue Cards
- Barney McNulty is credited with producing the first cue cards for a national TV show in 1949. McNulty wrote out the first cue cards for The Ed Wynn Show (1949), one of the first national TV shows to originate in Hollywood, while working as an usher at the CBS studios in Columbia Square, Hollywood. He went on to form "Ad-Libs", a company that produced cue cards for such performers as Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles and many others.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpousesMarguerite M. Riley(June 2, 1956 - January 1971) (divorced, 2 children)Jill E. Irwin(? - December 17, 2000) (his death, 2 children)
- RelativesPenny Singleton(Sibling)
- Brother of Penny Singleton and June McNulty.
- Credited as the inventor of cue cards for TV.
- Credited with producing the first cue cards for a national TV show in 1949. Wrote first cue cards for The Ed Wynn Show (1949) and others.
- Father of Keith McNulty.
- Brother-in-law of Ray Flin.
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