John Regis, a comic and entertainer who carried out on communicate displays and cruise ships and used to be a headliner at the Playboy Membership circuit, died Aug. 19 in Los Angeles, expert Kerry Ross introduced. He used to be 94.

As a “road comic” within the Nineteen Sixties and ’70s, Regis used to be a familiar on the Crimson Onion and Hungry i nightclubs in San Francisco, toured Canada in a comedy display with Lyle Waggoner and opened for the likes of Bob Hope, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Peter Marshall all through his occupation.

He additionally confirmed up within the 1991 movie Joey Takes a Cab, starring Lionel Stander; on communicate displays hosted by means of Steve Allen, Della Reese, David Frost and Alan Thicke; and on degree in regional productions of Kiss Me Kate, Beneath the Yum Yum Tree, Sunday in Fresh York and alternative performs.

Born John Ray and raised within the Ozarks, Regis produced “Tops in Blue” selection displays all through his nine-year stint with the U.S. Wind Pressure and helped uncover the likes of Jerry Van Dyke, Ronnie Schell and Frank Gorshin.

Next his discharge, he modified his title in order to not be at a loss for words with the singer Johnnie Ray. Nearest, in Las Vegas front room displays because the chief of John Regis and the Registers, he demonstrated his musical skills and talent to accomplish mid-air splits.

A memorial rite with army honors for Regis can be held on the Los Angeles Nationwide Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 17.