<P> He appeared on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show a total of 11 times, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet a total of 16 times, I Love Lucy, My Little Margie, Perry Mason, I Married Joan, December Bride, It's a Great Life, Angel, Gunsmoke, and General Electric Theater . Kearns played Fred on Professional Father . In 1959 Kearns appeared as criminologist Edward Langley in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Perjured Parrot". </P> <P> Kearns' final role was as George Wilson, the grouchy, cantankerous neighbor in CBS's Dennis the Menace based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham . After his death, Kearns was replaced in the cast by Gale Gordon, who played George Wilson's brother John . Kearns and Gordon had worked together prior to Dennis the Menace, on the old radio show The Cinnamon Bear . </P> <P> In the last episode that aired before Kearns' death, episode 89 entitled "Where There's a Will", the story dealt with Mr. Wilson making out a will and explaining that Dennis would inherit his gold watch when he dies . The last episode Kearns filmed was titled "The Man Next Door", episode 100, and shown on May 6, 1962 . Sylvia Field as George's wife, Martha, remained for a few more broadcasts, with John Wilson appearing in episode 103, "John Wilson's Cushion", which aired on May 27, 1962 . There were references to George being' back east' in subsequent shows . While Kearns was still filming episodes, the show introduced Edward Everett Horton as George's Uncle Ned, beginning with episode 90 . Horton subsequently appeared twice more . In season four, Field was replaced in the cast by Sara Seegar, playing John Wilson's wife, Eloise . </P> <P> Kearns never married nor had any children . Describing himself as a night owl who hated to get up early in the morning, Kearns enjoyed cooking, reading novels, writing, traveling, going to the movies, and playing cards in his spare time . He was a member of the exclusive Societe des Gentilhommes Chefs de Cuisine, a club for the gentlemen chefs . The members traded original recipes with other club members . Kearns also wrote plays and scripts for his various radio shows . His favorite hobby was playing the organ . Kearns, who was musically trained by his mother, had played the pipe organ for a Los Angeles theatre in the 1930s . Kearns purchased a Hammond organ and installed it in a studio apartment he designed and built in the 1940s . He later purchased a larger 26 rank Wurlizter organ that had been designed for Warner Brothers in 1929 . He then designed and built a soundproof 2 - 1 / 2 story home around the organ . Kearns delighted in playing the organ for his guests . </P>

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