Don Wilson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-09-01 (82 years old)

Deathday

1982-04-25

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Don Wilson

Biography

Don Wilson (September 1, 1900 – April 25, 1982) was an American announcer and actor in radio and television, with a Falstaffian vocal presence, remembered best as the rotund announcer and comic foil to the star of The Jack Benny Program. His film roles included small appearances as announcers or commentators in several films, and an appearance as Mr. Kettering opposite Marilyn Monroe in Niagara. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting

1937

Artists & Models

as Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Larceny

as Master of Ceremonies

1946

The Chase

as Fats

1938

Ferdinand the Bull

as Narrator (voice)

1953

Niagara

as J.C. Kettering

1959

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn

as Radio Announcer

1950

Charlie's Haunt

as Announcer

1960

1935

Broadway Melody of 1936

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1940

1941

The Roundup

as Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover

2000

Celebrate Christmas With Mickey, Donald & Friends

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

1941

Swing It Soldier

as Brad Saunders

1940

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as Radio Show Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1952

Sailor Beware

as Mr. Chubby

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Radio Interviewer (uncredited)

1953

The Stars Are Singing

as Radio Announcer

1945

Out of This World

as Radio Announcer

1948

Desert Empire

as Narrator

1963

General Foods Opening Night

as Himself (narrator)

1943

Show-Business at War

as Self (uncredited)

1943

Dangerous Blondes

as Himself, Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1943

Mardi Gras

as Announcer

1947

1939

$1,000 a Touchdown

as Announcer

1938

Radio City Revels

as Don Wilson - Radio Station Announcer

1940

1945

Radio Stars on Parade

as Don Wilson - Announcer

1937

Behind the Mike

as Tiny Martin

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

as Narrator (Ferdinand The Bull) (voice) (archive sound)

1945

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Self, Radio Announcer

1940

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Don Wilson -Radio Program Announcer

Production

1973

Paper Moon

as Thanks

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