Known for:	Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Red Badge of Courage
Birth name:	Jeremiah Schwartz
Birthday:	7 October 1905, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Height:	6' (1.83 m)

The main street of Kingman, Arizona, near Devine's birthplace of Flagstaff, Arizona, is named Andy Devine Boulevard. Honorary mayor of Van Nuys, California. Father of Tad Devine and 'Dennis Devine', who played his sons in Canyon Passage.. Played "Hap Gorman" on the first season of NBC TV's and MGM's Flipper. Mentioned in the song "Pencil Thin Mustache" by Jimmy Buffett Was a licensed amateur (ham) radio operator with the call sign WB6RER. The call is now owned by an amateur radio club in Kingman, AZ, which holds an annual event in memory of their favourite son. His high-pitched, gravelly voice was the result of a childhood accident. While running with a stick (some accounts say a curtain rod) in his mouth, he tripped and fell, ramming the stick through the roof of his mouth. For almost a year, he was unable to speak at all. When he did get his voice back, at length, it had the wheezing, almost duo-toned quality that would ultimately make him a star.

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