Don Wilson
Birthday
1900/09/01
Day of death
1982/04/25 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Also know as
Donald Harlow Wilson, Donald H. Wilson, Donald Wilson, Don H. 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) The Mouse That Jack Built
as Don (voice)
(1970) Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self
(1969) The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as ---
(1946) The Kid from Brooklyn
as Radio Announcer
(1950) Charlie's Haunt
as Announcer
(1960) Jack Benny Christmas Show
as Don Wilson
(1934) The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
as Narrator
(1935) Broadway Melody of 1936
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
(1940) Screw Drivers of 1940
as Don Wilson
(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) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Don Wilson
(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)
(1938) Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1943) Mardi Gras
as Announcer
(1947) The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Narrator
(1939) $1,000 a Touchdown
as Announcer
(1945) Radio Stars on Parade
as Don Wilson - Announcer
(1938) Radio City Revels
as Don Wilson - Radio Station Announcer
(1940) Two Girls on Broadway
as Announcer
(1937) Behind the Mike
as Tiny Martin
(2004) Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5
as Narrator (Ferdinand The Bull) (voice) (archive sound)
(1945) Of Japanese Descent
as Narrator
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self, Radio Announcer
(1955) A Midsummer Daydream
as Man
(1940) Comin' Round the Mountain
as Don Wilson -Radio Program Announcer
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Don Wilson
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self