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R.I.P. Art Gilmore at 98

I always liked hearing his voice. Since it is in so many TV shows and motion pictures, it will continue to be heard for decades to come. R.I.P.
 
I wasn't familiar with him at first. I went to Youtube and listened to his voice. Of course I knew who he was. What a voice! What a talent!
 
I don't mean to hijack a post, but I have been wondering for years about another movie voice over talent from the 50's and 60's. He later went on to do the voice work for "The World tomorrow" with Herbert W. Armstrong. I have heard him on movie trailers from B films to classics. I think I have even heard him on network stuff.

Here's a clip from Youtube that's and Armstrong Intro..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wX7aLl1kDM&feature=related
 
ricksegers said:
I don't mean to hijack a post, but I have been wondering for years about another movie voice over talent from the 50's and 60's. He later went on to do the voice work for "The World tomorrow" with Herbert W. Armstrong. I have heard him on movie trailers from B films to classics. I think I have even heard him on network stuff.
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I think that is the voice of Art Gilmore - just maybe a little older. I know Art Gilmore did the opening for the radio show of "The World Tomorrow that had Garner Ted Armstrong, Herbert W. Armstrong's son.
 
Art Gilmore was the one who introduced "The World Tomorrow." (remember it distictly when WCKY Cincinnati aired it overnight.)
He also announced the CBS radio version of Amos n' Andy,and for several television shows including "Highway Patrol" and "The Red Skelton Hour." And don't for get all of those sci-fi movie trailers from the 1950s notably: "The Blob."

He may be remembered best in the drive-in scene in "Grease" when Danny and Sandy (Travolta and ON-J) were watching a Martin and Lewis movie trailer voiced by Gilmore on the big screen.

Rest in Peace Art..your voice will be missed
 
In terms of film trailers, it's notable that Art Gilmore outlived his puttable successor - Don La Fontaine ("in a world where...")
 
ricksegers said:
I don't mean to hijack a post, but I have been wondering for years about another movie voice over talent from the 50's and 60's. He later went on to do the voice work for "The World tomorrow" with Herbert W. Armstrong. I have heard him on movie trailers from B films to classics. I think I have even heard him on network stuff.

Here's a clip from Youtube that's and Armstrong Intro..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wX7aLl1kDM&feature=related
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Thanks for helping me out on this guys...That voice has intrigued me for years and I could never find out who it was.
 
ricksegers said:
ricksegers said:
I don't mean to hijack a post, but I have been wondering for years about another movie voice over talent from the 50's and 60's. He later went on to do the voice work for "The World tomorrow" with Herbert W. Armstrong. I have heard him on movie trailers from B films to classics. I think I have even heard him on network stuff.

Here's a clip from Youtube that's and Armstrong Intro..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wX7aLl1kDM&feature=related
Click to expand...

Thanks for helping me out on this guys...That voice has intrigued me for years and I could never find out who it was.
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I remember hearing the "World Tomorrow" announcements, and thinking - "hey - that's the movie trailer guy."
 
Art has been the anncr on "The World Tomorrow" since at least the mid-1960's. I remember him announcing "The Red Skelton Show" and lots of "Children's" records (I have one w/Sylvester & Tweetie."

"This is Art Gilmore Speaking."
 
He also appeared as a police squad captain in numerous "Dragnet" episodes in both the '52-'59 and '67-'70 NBC runs. He shared announcing duties on the show with George Fenneman.
 
The King Bee said:
He also appeared as a police squad captain in numerous "Dragnet" episodes in both the '52-'59 and '67-'70 NBC runs. He shared announcing duties on the show with George Fenneman.
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You can also sample some of Art Gilmore's voice-over talents on this clip, the 1958 NBC COLOR special "An Evening With Fred Astaire" with Art doing the intro and outro. What a "set of pipes" he had! Here it is...... (ENJOY!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oivx0aJJmC8
 
The King Bee said:
He also appeared as a police squad captain in numerous "Dragnet" episodes in both the '52-'59 and '67-'70 NBC runs. He shared announcing duties on the show with George Fenneman.
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On the original radio and 1950's TV versions of Dragnet, Hal Gibney co-announced, usually to read the "footnotes" at the end of each episode that detailed what happened at the suspect's trial.

Then, on the first three seasons [1967-69] of the second TV version, the footnotes were announced by none other than John Stephenson, who's about as well-known for playing Mr Slate on The Flintstones as well as for voicework on other fine Hanna-Barbera cartoons, plus some commercials.

George Fenneman did the footnotes for each Dragnet episode in its final season, 1969-70, in addition to the show's epitaph about the story being true and...you know the rest.
 
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