Jim Jordan
Birthday
1896/11/16
Day of death
1988/04/01 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Fibber McGee, James Edward Jordan
Biography
James Edward Jordan was the American actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee and Molly and voiced the albatross, Orville, in Disney's The Rescuers. Jim Jordan went on the vaudeville circuit, both as a solo act and with his wife, Marian, at various times until 1924. They went entirely broke in 1923, having to be wired money by their parents to get back to Peoria from Lincoln, Illinois. Jim and Marian Jordan got their major break in radio while performing in Chicago in 1924; Jim said he cou...Read more
Acting
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Fibber McGee (archive footage)
(1977) The Rescuers
as Orville (voice)
(1944) Heavenly Days
as Fibber McGee
(1971) The Great Radio Comedians
as Self
(1937) This Way Please
as Fibber McGee
(1942) Here We Go Again
as Fibber McGee
(1947) Is Everybody Listening?
as Fibber McGee
(1941) Look Who's Laughing
as Fibber McGee
(1945) The All-Star Bond Rally
as Fibber McGee
(1977) Disney's Greatest Villains
as Orville (voice) (archive footage)
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self