Jimmy Wallington
Jimmy Wallington | |
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Career | |
Show | The Big Show, The Fred Allen Show/Texaco Star Theater, The Life of Riley |
Station(s) | NBC, CBS |
Style | Announcer |
Country | United States |
Jimmy Wallington was an American radio personality.
After playing small roles in a few Hollywood films, he was the announcer for several popular radio shows in the 1940s and 1950s.
For his work on radio, Wallington has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6660 Hollywood Blvd.[1]
Biography
Wallington was the announcer for several popular radio shows in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, including
After years as a radio announcer, he became a TV star in California doing Life Insurance and other commercials. He ended his professional radio career as a Voice of America radio announcer in the Worldwide English service.[2]
Filmography
Movies
- Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951) .... Himself[3]
- Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938) .... Nick Nichols[3]
- Start Cheering (1938) .... Announcer[3]
Radio
- During August 1934 toured, with the Three X Sisters, Mary Small, and other entertainers, as NBC radio personality at the famous Steel Pier music hot spot.
- The Alan Young Show ... himself - announcer[4]
- The Big Show (1950–1951) .... Himself - Announcer[5]
- The Life of Riley (1949–1951) .... Himself - Announcer
- Screen Director's Playhouse(1949–1951) .... Himself - Announcer
- Stranger Than Fiction (1934–1939) .... Himself - Announcer
- The Fred Allen Show (1940s) .... Himself - Announcer[2]
- The Martin and Lewis Show (1949–51) . . . Himself - Announcer[2]
Announcer NBC radio mid-1930s https://www.myspace.com/my/photos/photo/22962106/ Jimmy Wallington radio NBC
Television
- Panic (1958) .... Radio Announcer (1 episode)
- Toast of the Town (1955) .... Himself (1 episode)
- This Is Your Life (1954) .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1953) .... Himself - Announcer[6]
References
- ^ Wallington, Jimmy. "Hollywood Walk of Fame Directory". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ a b c Wallington, Jimmy. "Old Radio Forums". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ a b c Wallington, Jimmy (2011). "NY Times Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 16.
- ^ Wallington, Jimmy. "Premier Collections - The Big Show Volume 1". Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ Stiller, Jerry. "Stiller Mania - Chapter 12 "Seeing Eddie Cantor"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
External links
- Jimmy Wallington at IMDb