Pork pie hat the "man-about-town", but its resurgence in the United States in the 1920s is credited to the silent film actor Buster Keaton who wore them in many of his films. The hats from his films were ones the actor made himself by converting fedoras and other hats into pork pies, creating more than a thousand in his lifetime. This kind of pork pie had a very flat top and similar short flat brim. Arguably the heyday of the pork pie hat occurred during the Great Depression. In this incarnation, the pork pie regained its snap brim and increased slightly in height.
Frank Nelson (actor) Screen Actors Guild as SAG-AFTRA) to assist member performers facing serious but temporary financial hardships. A Frank Nelson parody appears from time to time in recent years within the comic strip "Gasoline Alley", in which he annoys Skeezix whenever he tries to go shopping regardless of the location, and even filled in as his doctor once. Frank Nelson's mannerisms were also used in the "Evil Con Carne" character Estroy, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. Frank Nelson (actor) Frank Brandon Nelson (May 6, 1911 – September 12, 1986) was an American comedic actor best known for playing put-upon foils on radio and