“Willie” and Edmonia Sue Coleman, who, according to a 1990 Times article, brought him home from a Chicago hospital when he was four days old.
8, 1968, Coleman was the adopted son of W.G.
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That included income from movies such as “On the Right Track” and “Jimmy the Kid” and TV movies such as " The Kid With the Broken Halo” and “The Kid With the 200 I.Q.” - as well as the animated series “The Gary Coleman Show.”īorn Feb. He more than held his own during his first appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in 1978, which led Carson to jokingly ask his young guest, “What night are you available for guest host?”Īt the height of his TV series success, Coleman reportedly earned $64,000 per week and is said to have made $18 million during his TV heyday.
Praised by comedy legends Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, Coleman was in big demand for TV talk shows. The scene-stealing Coleman quickly became a pop-culture icon, whose recurring line “Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?” became a national catchphrase. Many important actors, even stars, don’t have it. “When he walks onto a stage, something has happened, and you feel it,” Lear told TV Guide. In a 1979 TV Guide article headlined “Small Wonder,” Coleman was described as having “the comic delivery” of Jack Benny, Groucho Marx and Richard Pryor. But from his mouth come words … well, you just have to be there.” “At 50 pounds and belt-buckle high, he’s small enough to be a Christmas tree ornament. “Its appeal rests chiefly on Gary, a black Pillsbury Doughboy, tiny and cuddly with a face like a pincushion,” The Times’ Howard Rosenberg wrote in 1979.
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