Arte Johnson Arte Johnson Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson (born January 20, 1929) is an American comic actor who was a regular on television's "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". His best-remembered characters on the sketch show were a German soldier with the catchphrase "Verrrry interesting...", and an old man who habitually propositioned Ruth Buzzi's spinster character. Johnson was born January 20, 1929, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and is the son of Abraham Lincoln and Edythe Mackenzie (Golden) Johnson. His father was an attorney. Johnson attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he worked at the campus radio station and the UI Theater Guild
Albert Martin (soldier) Island]] [[Category:1808 births]] [[Category:1836 deaths]] [[Category:People from Gonzales, Texas]] [[Category:Norwich University alumni]] [[Category:Burials in Rhode Island]] Albert Martin (soldier) Albert Martin (January 6, 1808 – March 6, 1836) was a merchant and Captain of the Gonzales Mounted Rangers who delivered Travis's famous letter "To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World" and who died while defending the Alamo garrison. Martin was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Joseph S. Martin, a merchant, and Abbey B. Martin. Martin's parents were fourth cousins, and both of their fathers both fought in the Revolutionary War. Albert Martin attended Vermont's Norwich