Pork pie hat as a result of the zoot suit connection it continued its association with African American music culture, particularly jazz, blues, and ska. In television between 1951 and 1955, Art Carney frequently wore one in his characterization of Ed Norton in "The Honeymooners", and in Puerto Rico the actor Joaquín Monserrat, known as "Pacheco", was the host of many children's 1950s TV shows and was known for his straw pork pie hat and bow tie—in this incarnation, the pork pie returned to its Buster Keaton style with rigidly flat brim and extremely low flat crown. In the 1960s in Jamaica, the
Frank Fenton (actor) Frank Fenton (actor) Frank Fenton Moran (April 9, 1906 – July 24, 1957), known as Frank Fenton, was an American stage, film and television actor. Born Francis Fenton Moran, the Georgetown University graduate lettered as a tackle on the school's football team. He also was active in Georgetown's undergraduate dramatic club, for which he directed and wrote plays. Fenton started his career on stage in New York, acting on Broadway in "An American Tragedy" (1926) billed as Frank Moran. As Frank Fenton, he starred in the Broadway versions of "Susan and God" with Gertrude Lawrence and as George Kittredge in