Los Angeles, California, USA | 1926-11-18 | 1985-05-04

Ward Ellis was also the creator and choreographer of the musical group, the Doodletown Pipers. The group, under his direction, appeared on numerous television shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including "Make Your Own Kind of Music," which was an early 1970s summer replacement show on NBC, which also featured the Carpenters, Al Hirt, and Mark Lindsay.