Vintage Radio Vault · On the air Kenny Delmar

Kenny Delmaras Senator Beauregard Claghorn · The Fred Allen Show1910 – 1984

Photo: Published by Pittston Gazette-see links above., Public domain

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Kenny Delmar

Radio actor and comedian; creator of Senator Beauregard Claghorn, the inspiration for Foghorn Leghorn.

Kenny Delmar was a radio and television actor best known for creating the character of Senator Beauregard Claghorn on The Fred Allen Show — a pompous, blustering Southern senator whose speech patterns directly inspired the Warner Bros. cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.

1910Born

1984Died

1Radio credits

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The Fred Allen Show

Senator Beauregard Claghorn

1945-1949· NBC/CBS

Known For

The Fred Allen Show (1940s)

Senator Claghorn character