Biography

Channing Pollock (August 16, 1926 – March 18, 2006) was an American magician and film actor. Channing Pollock was the son of Robert Burns Pollock and Marjorie Leppert. While his parents attended a lecture of famed playwright Channing Pollock, the author noticed that Majorie was pregnant. After finding out that the couple shared the same last name, he joked that the baby should be named after him. He died before his namesake became famous.

After serving in the US Navy during World War II, Channing married his childhood sweetheart, Naomi Phelps, a daughter of a preacher. He first became interested in magic after reading Professor Hoffmann's Modern Magic in his early 20s. Pollock used his G.I. Bill to study at the Chavez School of Magic in La Verne, California from which he graduated in 1952. After graduating from the famed Chavez School of Magic in Hollywood, California, Naomi soon became his partner on stage until their divorce in 1959. The marriage produced one son, Russell.

His second marriage was to Josephine (Jozy) Bolton from England on January 13, 1960. Jozy soon became his onstage partner. They divorced in 1968.

In January 1969, he married Corinne Shoong.