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by **Jadoo** » Mar 19th, '11, 21:35

I'm interested in famous entertainers who used to be, or still are, magicians.
So far I have found out about;
Stephen Fry, as described in his autobiography.

Woody Allen, in a Parkinson interview.

Lewis Caroll and Bob Monkhouse, according to the venerable John Fischer.

Neil Gaiman mentioned he studied coin magic for awhile in the back of 'American Gods.'

Rudyard Kipling asked to become a member of the magic circle.

Orson Welles ( he often referred to himself as a magician. On youtube there is a Jimmy Grippo clip where Welles is being shown a card trick, and looks mighty put out!)

Dick Cavett on his on-line blog.

Does anyone know of any other famous former magicians? And where did you hear of it?
Thanks.

by **jim ferguson** » Mar 19th, '11, 21:40

Christopher Biggins
Jeremy Beadle
Guy Hillingworth
Richard Wiseman

by **phillipnorthfield** » Mar 19th, '11, 21:53

Neil Patrick Harris
Orson Welles
Criss Angel... :lol:

by **kartoffelngeist** » Mar 19th, '11, 22:08

Prince Charles is in the Magic Circle too I believe. Apparently Dickens was into magics too...

by **mastermindreader** » Mar 19th, '11, 22:55

Johnny Carson
Cary Grant
Barbara Stanwyck
Steve Martin
Bob Barker
Steve Allen
Dom DeLuise
Muhammed Ali

by **kolm** » Mar 19th, '11, 22:57

Dallas Campbell
Does Dom Wood count?

by **magicmentalist** » Mar 19th, '11, 23:11

dick van dyke
don johnson
steve martin
arsenio hall
bill bixby
mohammed ali

by **dup** » Mar 20th, '11, 08:11

Jason Alexander (George Costanza from Seinfeld).

by **spooneythegoon** » Mar 20th, '11, 10:20

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a magician. He almost killed himself with it infact, swallowing a coin!

by **magicofthemind** » Mar 20th, '11, 10:56

Cy Endfield

by **Jadoo** » Mar 20th, '11, 13:17

Muhammand Ali? What?! Cannot picture that at all.

by **TonyB** » Mar 20th, '11, 13:24

Muhammed Ali was well known as a magician. He did tricks at press conferences, he was doing the Balducci levitation years before Blaine. He even performed magic on one Parkinson appearance. He still does a limited amount of tricks.

He loved performing for kids who hung around his training camps. I believe that he was a member of the Society of American Magicians. I have seen some great pics of him in his performing cloak.

As a side note his great grandfather was an Ennis man (my home town) and we had him over last year to give him the freedom of the town. A great day.

by **Tomo** » Mar 20th, '11, 13:44

Woody Allen as a hypnotist: three hours of frantic pleading and a full refund.

I'll get me coat...

by **jacko** » Mar 20th, '11, 14:00

Marc Warren who played Danny Blue in Hustle (don't know if he's famous enough...)

Richard

by **sleightlycrazy** » Mar 20th, '11, 21:57

OJ Simpson... He makes candles and evidence disappear... :wink:

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