Wendell Niles

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-12-29 (90 years old)

Deathday

1994-03-28

Place of Birth

Livingston, Montana, USA

Wendell Niles

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wendell Niles (December 29, 1904 – March 28, 1994) was one of the great announcers of the American golden age of radio. He was an announcer on such shows as The Charlotte Greenwood Show, Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe,[2] The Man Called X,[3] The Bob Hope Show, The Burns & Allen Show, The Milton Berle Show and The Chase and Sanborn Hour . On February 15, 1950, Wendell starred in the radio pilot for The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak along with Gerald Mohr. He began in entertainment by touring in the 1920s with his own orchestra, playing with the Dorsey Brothers and Bix Beide...

Acting

1943

Here Comes Elmer

as Radio Announcer

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

as Wendell Niles (uncredited)

1953

The Hitch-Hiker

as Wendell Niles

1941

A Man Betrayed

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1955

I Died a Thousand Times

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1942

A Tragedy at Midnight

as Show Announcer

1932

The Crowd Roars

as First Radio Announcer

1956

A Strange Adventure

as Newscaster (uncredited)

1943

The Masked Marvel

as Newscaster

1948

Street Corner

as Wendell Niles

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Monteray Police Announcer (uncredited)

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Radio Announcer

1939

Indianapolis Speedway

as First Radio Announcer

1939

Four Wives

as Concert Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1939

Espionage Agent

as Radio Announcer Introducing Garrett

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Self - Announcer (uncredited)

1940

Gaucho Serenade

as Radio Announcer

1940

Three Faces West

as Man-on-the-Street Radio Announcer

1945

Swingin' on a Rainbow

as Radio Announcer

1941

Harmon of Michigan

as Wendell Niles

1937

Marked Woman

as Radio News Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

1956

Hollywood or Bust

as Wendell Niles (uncredited)

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