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Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz was born in Deerfield, Michigan. He  was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor and producer, whose career spanned five decades. He was best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy. He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He is the father of Marlo Thomas, Terre Thomas, and Tony Thomas. He was raised in Toledo, Ohio, attending St. Francis de Sales Church, Woodward High School, and finally the University of Toledo, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1932, he began performing on radio in Detroit at WMBC on The Happy Hour Club. In films, he starred in The Jazz Singer opposite the popular contemporary vocalist Peggy Lee, a 1952 remake of the 1927 original, and played songwriter Gus Kahn opposite Doris Day in the 1951 film biography I'll See You in My Dreams. Thomas became a successful television producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Mod Squad.