Jack Benny in an off camera moment during rehearsal for The Jack Benny Show. Image dated May 20, 1951 [Photo: CBS via Getty Images] ...

Along the way he added jokes to his act, and adopted the stage name Jack Benny. He got his own radio show in 1932, and made it a hit with his portrayal of a comically petty miser.

The Fred Allen show, 06/26/49 / (Fred Allen, Jack Benny) -- 4. The Jack Benny program, 02/24/52 / by Sam Perrin ... [et al.] (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson) -- 5.