When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

In 1986 he appeared in Nickelodeon's Halloween Special Mystery Magical Special. In 2010 he ended his 31-year career. [citation needed] In 1977 as a teenager Burton entered his first magic competition and won first prize.

In 2010 he ended his 31-year career. Lance Burton (born William Lance Burton on March 10 1960 in Columbia Kentucky[citation needed]) is an American stage magician.