Edd "Kookie" Byrnes (born July 30, 1933) in New York City is an American actor best known for his starring role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. Byrnes also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as a television teen-dance show host, Vince Fontaine, and a single-charted recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie - Lend Me Your Comb" with Connie Stevens.