John Calvert Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Madren Elbern "John" Calvert (born August 5, 1911) is an American magician who has performed on stage (including Broadway) for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. He is also a film actor who appeared in numerous movies. He was the subject of a biographical documentary entitled John Calvert – His Magic and Adventures. Calvert was born in New Trenton, Indiana and became fascinated with magic at age eight when his father took him to see the magician Howard Thurston perform in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, he performed his first trick for his Sunday school class -... MORE

Madren Elbern "John" Calvert (born August 5, 1911) is an American magician who has performed on stage (including Broadway) for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. He is also a film actor who appeared in numerous movies. He was the subject of a biographical documentary entitled John Calvert – His Magic and Adventures. Calvert was born in New Trenton, Indiana and became fascinated with magic at age eight when his father took him to see the magician Howard Thurston perform in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, he performed his first trick for his Sunday school class - he made an egg appear from under another boy’s coat. He made his initial magic tour when he was eighteen, performing in town halls in Kentucky backroad towns. His small troupe consisted of one assistant and “Gyp the Wonder Dog”. He returned home with a $2.65 profit. Through the depression years and into the 1940s, he continually increased the size of his magic show, adding illusions and personnel, and he gained notoriety by performing daredevil stunts for publicity. From the mid-1940s through the late 1950s, he performed in approximately forty films, including starring roles in three Film Classic LESS