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Rod O'Connor (announcer)

Index Rod O'Connor (announcer)

Roderic George "Rod" O'Connor, Sr. (January 18, 1914–June 5, 1964) was an American radio and television announcer and occasional actor during the early years of television's golden age. [1]

52 relations: All Ashore, American Broadcasting Company, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Art Linkletter, Blue Network, California, Catholic Church, CBS, CBS Radio, Chicago, Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Cliff Arquette, Culver City, California, Danny Thomas, Dennis Day, Deseret News, Don McNeill (radio presenter), Don McNeill's Breakfast Club, Don Wilson (announcer), Duffy's Tavern, Ed Gardner, Father Knows Best, Fury (TV series), Golden Age of Television, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, House Party (radio and TV show), Houston, I Led 3 Lives, KSL (radio), KUTA-LD, Loretta Young, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, NBC, Ogden, Utah, Red Skelton, Rudy Vallée, Salt Lake City, Screen Actors Guild, South Dakota, Texas, Texas Carnival, The First Nighter Program, The Fuller Brush Man, The Jack Benny Program, The Loretta Young Show, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, The Red Skelton Show, Truman Bradley (actor), Utah, ..., WCCO (AM), WGN (AM). Expand index (2 more) »

All Ashore

All Ashore is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Richard Quine.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) was a performers' union that represented a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and voice-over announcers and other performers in commercials, stunt persons and specialty acts—as the organization itself publicly stated, "AFTRA's membership includes an array of talent".

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Art Linkletter

Arthur Gordon "Art" Linkletter (born Arthur Gordon Kelly, or Gordon Arthur Kelley (sources differ), July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality.

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Blue Network

The Blue Network (previously the NBC Blue Network) was the on-air name of the now defunct American radio network, which ran from 1927 to 1945.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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CBS Radio

CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation, and consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

The Church of Christ was the original name of the Latter Day Saint church founded by Joseph Smith.

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Cliff Arquette

Clifford Charles Arquette (December 27, 1905 – September 23, 1974) was an American actor and comedian, famous for his television role of Charley Weaver.

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Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California.

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Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian, singer, actor, and producer whose career spanned five decades.

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Dennis Day

Dennis Day (born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty; May 21, 1916 – June 22, 1988) was an American singer, radio, television and film personality and comedian of Irish descent.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Don McNeill (radio presenter)

Donald T. "Don" McNeill (December 23, 1907 – May 7, 1996) was an American radio personality, best known as the creator and host of The Breakfast Club, which ran for more than 35 years.

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Don McNeill's Breakfast Club

Don McNeill's Breakfast Club was a long-run morning variety show on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio (and briefly on television) originating in Chicago, Illinois.

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Don Wilson (announcer)

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.

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Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern was an American radio situation comedy that ran for a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941–42; NBC-Blue Network, 1942–44; and NBC, 1944–51), concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast.

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Ed Gardner

Ed Gardner (June 29, 1901 – August 17, 1963) was an American comic actor, writer and director, best remembered as the creator and star of the radio's popular Duffy's Tavern comedy series.

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Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin.

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Fury (TV series)

Fury (retitled Brave Stallion in syndicated reruns) is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960.

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Golden Age of Television

The first "Golden Age of Television" refers to the era of live television production in the United States, roughly from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

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Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

Holy Cross Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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House Party (radio and TV show)

House PartyDunning, John.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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I Led 3 Lives

I Led 3 Lives (also known as I Led Three Lives) is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953, to January 1, 1956.

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KSL (radio)

KSL Newsradio is a pair of radio stations located in Salt Lake City, Utah, which includes the original AM station KSL (1160 kHz, licensed to Salt Lake City) and the FM station KSL-FM (102.7 MHz, licensed to Midvale).

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KUTA-LD

KUTA-LD is a low-powered television station in Logan, Utah, broadcasting locally on digital channel 8.1.

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Loretta Young

Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City.

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Red Skelton

Richard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913September 17, 1997) was an American comedy entertainer.

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Rudy Vallée

Hubert Prior "Rudy" Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986) was an American singer, actor, bandleader and radio host.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide.

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South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas Carnival

Texas Carnival is a 1951 musical film directed by Charles Walters.

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The First Nighter Program

The First Nighter Program was a long-running radio anthology comedy-drama series broadcast from November 27, 1930, to September 27, 1953.

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The Fuller Brush Man

The Fuller Brush Man is a 1948 comedy film starring Red Skelton as a door-to-door salesman for the Fuller Brush Company who becomes a murder suspect.

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The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.

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The Loretta Young Show

The Loretta Young Show (originally known as Letter to Loretta) is an American anthology drama television series broadcast on Sunday nights from September 2, 1953, to June 4, 1961, on NBC for a total of 165 episodes.

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The Raleigh Cigarette Program

The Raleigh Cigarette Program (alternatively known as The Raleigh Cigarette Program Starring Red Skelton) was an American old-time radio comedy program that starred comedian Red Skelton.

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The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show is an American television comedy/variety show that, from 1951 to 1971, was an entertainment staple and an institution to a generation of viewers.

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Truman Bradley (actor)

Truman Bradley (February 8, 1905 – July 28, 1974) was an actor and narrator in radio, television and film.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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WCCO (AM)

WCCO (830 kHz) is a Class A clear-channel radio station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States and owned by Entercom.

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WGN (AM)

WGN, 720 kHz, is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_O'Connor_(announcer)

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