Charlie Hill

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Charlie Hill
Born (1951-07-06)July 6, 1951
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died December 30, 2013(2013-12-30) (aged 62)
Oneida, Wisconsin
Occupation Comedian, writer, actor

Charles Allan 'Charlie' Hill (July 6, 1951 – December 30, 2013) was an Oneida-Mohawk-Cree stand-up comedian, actor and writer.[1] He wrote for the television series Roseanne.[2]

Background

Born in Detroit, Michigan, he moved to his family's homestead on the Oneida reservation in 1962. In 1969, he graduated from West De Pere High School and then went to University of Wisconsin–Madison where he majored in speech and drama. He was involved in the Broom Street Theatre Group. He left college and moved to Los Angeles where he worked as an actor and comedian.[3]

Career

His first network appearance was on the The Richard Pryor Show. Hill was the first Native American comedian to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and made multiple appearances on Late Night with David Letterman.[2] He was chosen as host for the First Americans in the Arts Awards show in Hollywood three times, once cohosting with singer Joanne Shenandoah.[4]

He appeared on many television shows, hosted a night of Native American comedians on a Showtime special, was the topic of a PBS documentary On and Off The Res' with Charlie Hill,[2] and was interviewed about American Indian activist Dennis Banks in the David Mueller/Lynn Salt documentary, A Good Day to Die. As a stand-up comedian, he appeared in venues all over the world and has been a regular at The Comedy Store in Hollywood.[5]

Death

Hill died December 30, 2013, in Oneida, Wisconsin, after a long battle with lymphoma.[6][7]

Awards

  • Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Award, 2009

Film and Television

References

  1. ↑ Charlie Hill profile, The New York Times; accessed December 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NPR profile; accessed December 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ Charlie Hill-obituary
  4. ↑ Charlie Hill: The Indian Spirit is American
  5. ↑ The Comedy Store
  6. ↑ Indian Country Today Media Network: Comedian Charlie Hill Walks On
  7. ↑ Warrior of Comedy Charlie Hill Has Walked On at 62

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