Wendell Niles American radio and television announcer (1904–1994)
Wendell Niles (December 29, 1904[ citation needed ] – March 28, 1994) was an announcer during the American golden age of radio and later in television.
Career
Niles worked on such radio shows as The Charlotte Greenwood Show Hedda Hopper's Hollywood [ 2] The Adventures of Philip Marlowe ,[ 3] The Man Called X ,[ 4] The Bob Hope Show The Burns & Allen Show The Milton Berle Show The Chase and Sanborn Hour The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak along with Gerald Mohr .
He began in entertainment by touring in the 1920s with his own orchestra,[ 5] Dorsey Brothers and Bix Beiderbecke .
In the early 1930s, Niles was an announcer at radio station KOL in Seattle. He moved to Los Angeles, California , in 1935 to join George Burns and Gracie Allen .[ 5]
He and his brother, Ken Niles , developed one of the first radio dramas, which eventually became Theatre of the Mind .[ 6]
He toured with Bob Hope during World War II and narrated a 1936 Academy Award -winning short film on the life of tennis great Bill Tilden . Niles and Don Pridle were co-hosts of the ABC radio program Icebox Follies in 1945.[ 7]
Among his film credits are Knute Rockne, All American Ronald Reagan and Hollywood or Bust Martin & Lewis comedy, 1956) as himself.[ 8]
Wendell Niles was the announcer for TV's "America's Show Of Surprises"... It Could Be You Hatos-Hall production Your First Impression Let's Make a Deal Jay Stewart .[ 9]
Niles and his brother, Ken, are the first brothers to have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .[ citation needed ]
References
↑ Golden, Luther (March 18, 1968). "Familiar Voice To Play Golf" . The Pensacola News . Florida, Pensacola. p. 11. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ West, Virginia (November 4, 1945). "KECA mike memos" (PDF) . Radio Life. Retrieved April 17, 2015 . [ dead link ] ↑ Dunning, John (1998). "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe". On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3 . Retrieved October 16, 2019 .↑ Wilk, Ralph (January 2, 1948). "Los Angeles" (PDF) . Radio Daily. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015 . 1 2 Brady, David E. (March 31, 1994). "Wendell Niles, Veteran of Radio and TV, Dies" . The Los Angeles Times . California, Los Angeles. p. B 5. Retrieved August 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com . ↑ "Wendell Niles" . latimes.com . Retrieved November 12, 2023 .↑ " . The Jackson Sun . June 17, 1945. p. 24. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .1 2 T. H. R. Staff (February 8, 2019). "Wendell Niles Jr., Producer for Film and Television, Dies at 88" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 12, 2023 . ↑ "Wendell Niles" . Phi Delta Theta Museum . Retrieved November 12, 2023 .
