Joe Penner: Joe Penner. Actor: College Rhythm. Mostly forgotten today, radio comic Joe Penner was a major craze back in Depression-era 1933 and 1934. There was no heavy social significance to his work and certainly no subtlety -- just a lot of slapstick silliness that helped audiences forget their troubles and get happy. Born József Pintér in Hungary, he arrived as a child in New York City. He changed his name to Joe...
Known For: College Rhythm (Joe), New Faces of 1937 (Seymore Seymore), The Life of the Party (Penner), Go Chase Yourself (Wilbur Meeley)