Jim Jordan

Biography

Jim Jordan was a vaudeville performer and radio personality who rose to fame alongside his wife Marian as The O'Henry Twins in Chicago in 1924, landing their first radio contract after Jim proved he could outperform local singers. He went on to star in the popular sitcom Fibber McGee and Molly, which became one of radio's most beloved programs until its decline in the 1950s. Jordan also voiced Disney's iconic albatross Orville in The Rescuers (1977) before a stroke left him comatose, claiming his life just months later.