episode. Death Brannum died of cancer in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1987. In popular culture A long-running but incorrect rumor claims Brannum was the father of musician Frank Zappa, apparently because of a Zappa composition titled "Son of Mr. Green Genes" on his 1969 album, Hot Rats. Along with Bob Keeshan, he is mentioned in the Jim Lehrer novel The Phony Marine. Discography Soloist and/or composer and/or arranger, as Hugh (Lumpy) Brannum, on the following Fred Waring recordings: Get Well Little Orley and His Coonskin Cap Little Orley and His Fly-Frog-Fish Orchestra Little Orley and the Cricket Little Orley and the Happy Bird Little Orley and the Haunted House Little Orley and the Little Engine Little Orley's Barn Dance Little Orley's Big Concert Little Orley–His Adventures as a Worm Little Orley–His Adventures with Dr. Feather Little Orley–His Adventures with the Cloud Little Orley–His Adventures with the Parade Little Rhumba Numba, The Orley and the Bubble Gum Orley and the Bull Fiddle Orley and the Ivy Orley and the Moon Orley and the Pancake References External links "Son of Mr. Greenjeans?"—Snopes Hugh Brannum biography on TVacres.com Hugh Brannum biography on LittleOrley.com New York Times obituary 1910 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American male actors Actors from Park Ridge, Illinois American male television actors Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania People from Sandwich, Illinois United States Marines United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II