When discord dreadful bursts her brazen bars, And shatters locks to thunder forth her wars.

Comedian, actor and writer                          

Selected Works:

Books:

I Love Her, That's Why - 1955
Living It Up or They Still Love Me in Altoona- 1976
The Third Time Around - 1980
How to Live to be 100 or More 1983
Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness 1984
Dear George 1986
Gracie, A Love Story - 1988
All My Best Friends - 1989
Wisdom of the 90s - 1991
100 Years 100 Stories - 1996

Films:

The Big Broadcast - 1932
International House - 1933
College Humor - 1933
Six of a Kind - 1934
Many Happy Returns - 1934
Love in Bloom - 1935
Here Comes Cookie - 1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936 - 1935
College Holiday - 1936
A Damsel in Distress - 1937
College Swing - 1938
Honolulu - 1939
The Solid Gold Cadillac - 1956 narrator
The Sunshine Boys - 1975
Oh, God! - 1977
Movie Movie - 1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1978
Just You and Me, Kid - 1979
Going in Style - 1979
Oh, God Book II - 1980
Oh, God! You Devil! - 1984
18 Again! - 1988
A Century of Cinema - 1994 documentary
Radioland Murders - 1994
Short Subjects:
Lambchops - 1929
Fit to Be Tied - 1930
Pulling a Bone - 1931
The Antique Shop - 1931
Once Over, Light 
100% Service - 1931
Oh, My Operation - 1932
The Babbling Book - 1932
Your Hat - 1932
Let's Dance - 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 - 1933
Walking the Baby - 1933
Screen Snapshots: Famous Fathers and Sons - 1946
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Grows Up - 1954
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty - 1955
All About People - 1967 narrator
A Look at the World of Soylent Green - 1973
The Lion Roars Again - 1975

Radio series:

The Robert Burns Panatella Show- 1932–1933; CBS
In their debut series, George and Gracie shared the bill with Guy Lombardo and his orchestra. The pair launched themselves into national stardom with their first major publicity stunt, Gracie's ongoing search for her missing brother.

The White Owl Program - 1933–1934
The Adventures of Gracie 1934–1935
The Campbell's Tomato Juice Program 1935–1937
The Grape Nuts Program 1937–1938
The Chesterfield Program 1938–1939
The Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Program 1939–1940
The Hormel Program 1940–1941
Advertised a brand new product called Spam this show featured musical numbers by jazz great Artie Shaw.
The Swan Soap Show 1941–1945
This series featured a radical format change, in that George and Gracie played themselves as a married couple for the first time, and the show became a full-fledged domestic situation comedy. This was George's response to a marked drop in ratings under the old "Flirtation Act" format.
Maxwell House Coffee Time 1945–1949
The Amm-i-Dent Toothpaste Show 1949–1950

TV series:

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950–1958

Broadcast live every other week for the first two seasons, 26 episodes per year. Starting in the third season, all episodes were filmed and broadcast weekly, 40 episodes per year. A total of 291 episodes were created.
The George Burns Show 1958–1959
An unsuccessful attempt to continue the format of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show without Gracie, the rest of the cast intact.
Wendy and Me 1964–1965
George plays narrator in this short-lived series, just as he had in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, but with far less on-screen time, as the focus is on a young couple played by Connie Stevens and Ron Harper. Stevens is, essentially, playing a version of Gracie's character.
George Burns Comedy Week 1985
Another short-lived series, a weekly comedy anthology program whose only connecting thread was George's presence as host. He does not appear in any of the actual storylines. He was 89 years old when the series was produced.                          

Mother Dorothy Bluth
Father Nathan Birnbaum, George being the ninth of twelve children.
First wife Hannah Siegal - divorced.
Second wife Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen - 1926 - 1964