Channing Pollock (August 16, 1926 – March 18, 2006) was an American magician and film actor. Biography Channing Pollock was the son of Robert Burns Pollock and Marjorie Leppert. While his parents atteneded a lecture of famed playwright Channing Pollock, the author noticed that Majorie was with child. After finding out that the couple shared the same last name, he joked that the baby should be named after him. The famed author died before his name sake became famous. After serving in the US Navy during World War II, Channing married his childhood sweetheart, Naomi Phelps, a daughter of a preacher man. 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, to her knight in shining armor. Jozy soon became his onstage partner as well, being forced to wear a brunette wig. The marriage became rocky and they divorced in 1968 Career Magician Pollock was recognized as one of the most sophisticated and charismatic practitioners of his craft. Strikingly handsome with an enigmatic stage presence, he was best known for an act in which he would elegantly produce doves out of thin air, and he was often billed as "the most beautiful man in the world". Pollock's early work as a magician was on the nightclub circuit, where his talents were enhanced by his good looks. Pollock was skilled with sleight of hand and card manipulation. He appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1954, and went on to make several appearances at the London Palladium. By the mid-1950s Pollock was unsurpassed in his field, and he had spawned a great many imitators. But his act was unique, and the excitement in his routine was so tied up with his own personality (he always made a point of never smiling until he was taking his final bow) that copyists never had quite the same impact. In 1954 the Academy of Magical Arts and Sciences awarded him Magician of the Year. He appeared at cabaret venues and