Editing Eddie Cantor (section)

==Film and television==
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[[File:Getting A Ticket (1929).webm|thumb|left|Cantor in a 1929 musical-comedy short, ''Getting A Ticket'']]
Cantor also made numerous film appearances. He had previously appeared in a number of short films, performing his ''Follies'' songs and comedy routines, and two silent features (''Special Delivery'' and ''Kid Boots'') in the 1920s. He was offered the lead in ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' after it was turned down by [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]]. Cantor also turned the role down (so it went to [[Al Jolson]]), but he became a leading Hollywood star in 1930 with the film version of ''[[Whoopee! (film)|Whoopee!]],'' shot in two-color [[Technicolor]]. He continued making films over the next two decades until his last starring role in ''If You Knew Susie'' (1948). 
[[File:Eddie Cantor - 1933.jpg|thumb|in ''[[Roman Scandals]]'' (1933)]]
On May 25, 1944, pioneer television station WPTZ (now [[KYW-TV]]) in Philadelphia presented a special, all-star telecast which was also seen in New York over WNBT (now [[WNBC]]) and featured cut-ins from their Rockefeller Center studios. Cantor, one of the first major stars to agree to appear on television, was to sing "We're Havin' a Baby, My Baby and Me". Arriving shortly before airtime at the New York studios, Cantor was reportedly told to cut the song because the NBC New York censors considered some of the lyrics too risqué. Cantor refused, claiming no time to prepare an alternative number. NBC relented, but the sound was cut and the picture blurred on certain lines in the song. This is considered the first instance of television censorship.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1944/05/27/archives/cantor-censored-in-televised-act-nbc-official-says-part-of-the.html Cantor Censored in Televised Act"]. ''The New York Times''. May 27, 1944.</ref>

[[File:Eddie cantor television 1952.JPG|thumb|180px|Cantor as host of ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'', 1952]]
From 1950 to 1954, Cantor was a regular guest host on the television variety series ''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]''. In 1950, he became the first of several hosts alternating on the NBC television variety show ''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'', in which he would introduce musical acts, stage and film stars and play comic characters such as "Maxie the Taxi". In the spring of 1952, Cantor landed in an unlikely controversy when a young [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], appeared as a guest performer. Cantor embraced Davis and mopped Davis's brow with his handkerchief after his performance. When worried sponsors led NBC to threaten cancellation of the show, Cantor's response was to book Davis for two more weeks. Cantor suffered a heart attack following a September 1952 Colgate broadcast, and thereafter, curtailed his appearances until his final program in 1954. In 1955, he appeared in a filmed series for syndication and a year later, appeared in two dramatic roles ("George Has A Birthday", on NBC's ''Matinee Theatre'' broadcast in color, and "Size.man and Son" on CBS's ''Playhouse 90''). He continued to appear as a guest on several shows, and was last seen on the NBC color broadcast of ''The Future Lies Ahead'' on January 22, 1960, which also featured [[Mort Sahl]].

===Animation===
Cantor appears in caricature form in numerous ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoons produced for Warner Bros., although he was often voiced by an imitator. Beginning with ''I Like Mountain Music'' (1933), other animated Cantor [[cameo role|cameos]] include ''Shuffle Off to Buffalo'' ([[Harman-Ising]], 1933) and ''[[Billboard Frolics]]'' ([[Friz Freleng]], 1935). Eddie Cantor is one of the four "down on their luck" stars (along with [[Bing Crosby]], Al Jolson, and Jack Benny) snubbed by [[Elmer Fudd]] in ''[[What's Up, Doc? (1950 film)|What’s Up, Doc?]]'' ([[Bob McKimson]], 1950). In ''[[Farm Frolics]]'' ([[Bob Clampett]], 1941), a horse, asked by the narrator to "do a canter", promptly launches into a singing, dancing, eye-rolling impression. The Cantor gag that got the most mileage, however, was his oft-repeated wish for a son after five famous daughters. ''[[Slap-Happy Pappy]]'' (Clampett, 1940) features an "Eddie Cackler" rooster that wants a boy, to little avail. Other references can be found in ''[[Baby Bottleneck]]'' (Clampett, 1946) and ''Circus Today'' ([[Tex Avery]], 1940). In ''Merrie Melodies'', ''[[The Coo-Coo Nut Grove]]'' Cantor's many daughters are referenced by a group of singing quintuplet girls. In ''Porky’s Naughty Nephew'' (Clampett, 1938) a swimming Cantor gleefully adopts a "buoy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.i-foo.com/~eocostello/wbcc/eowbcc-c.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007104507/http://www.i-foo.com/~eocostello/wbcc/eowbcc-c.html|url-status=dead|title=From ''The Warner Bros. Cartoon Companion'', E.O. Costello, ed.|archive-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref> An animated Cantor also appears prominently in [[Walt Disney]]'s "[[Mother Goose Goes Hollywood]]" ([[Wilfred Jackson]], 1938) as [[Little Jack Horner]], who sings "[[Sing a Song of Sixpence]]".