Stubby Kaye

Stubby Kaye was a comic actor and singer who portrayed Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the Broadway and movie versions of Guys and Dolls. Born in New York City, Kaye performed in vaudeville and in 1939 won a Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio contest. During World War II, he performed in USO shows. In 1950, he made his Broadway debut in the musical Guys and Dolls, which was based on a likeable lowlife created by writer Damon Runyon and featured songs by Frank Loesser. As gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Kaye sang "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat." He reprised the role in the 1955 movie...