Don Wilson

Born: 1900-09-01

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


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Niagara

as J.C. Kettering
Released: 1953-01-26

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara...

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Ferdinand the Bull

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1938-11-23

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to...

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Celebrate Christmas With Mickey, Donald & Friends

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 2000-01-01

This charming collection features 7 classic Disney cartoons from the 30's and 40's. "The Cookie...

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Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

as Narrator (Ferdinand The Bull) (voice) (archive sound)
Released: 2004-05-31

Six more animated stories from the Disney studios. 'Three Blind Mousketeers' follows the...

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Du Barry was a Lady

as Radio Interviewer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-08-13

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...

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Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Self, Radio Announcer
Released: 1943-09-25

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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Larceny

as Master of Ceremonies
Released: 1948-09-03

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief....

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The Chase

as Fats
Released: 1946-11-16

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with...

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Sailor Beware

as Mr. Chubby
Released: 1952-02-08

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to...

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The Mouse That Jack Built

as Don (voice)
Released: 1959-04-03

In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin...

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Dangerous Blondes

as Himself, Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-09-23

Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving...

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The Kid from Brooklyn

as Radio Announcer
Released: 1946-03-21

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer...

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Show-Business at War

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1943-05-21

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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Behind the Mike

as Tiny Martin
Released: 1937-09-26

Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

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Radio City Revels

as Don Wilson - Radio Station Announcer
Released: 1938-02-11

A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas...

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Out of This World

as Radio Announcer
Released: 1945-07-13

An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25%...

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Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self
Released: 1938-07-07

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The...

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The Stars Are Singing

as Radio Announcer
Released: 1953-03-11

After she enters the United States illegally, 15-year-old Polish singer Katri Walenska (Anna...

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Two Girls on Broadway

as Announcer
Released: 1940-04-19

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....

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Artists & Models

as Radio Speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-04

An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

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The Roundup

as Sheriff 'Slim' Hoover
Released: 1941-04-03

Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest...

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Buck Benny Rides Again

as Don Wilson
Released: 1940-05-31

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...

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Radio Stars on Parade

as Don Wilson - Announcer
Released: 1945-08-01

A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.

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$1,000 a Touchdown

as Announcer
Released: 1939-10-04

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...

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Broadway Melody of 1936

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Released: 1935-09-18

Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert...

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The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as Narrator
Released: 1947-06-02

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and...

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Love Thy Neighbor

as Radio Show Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-27

Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two...

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The Hot Choc-late Soldiers

as Narrator
Released: 1934-05-24

A group of confectionary soldiers go to war against a neighboring cookie castle.

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Charlie's Haunt

as Announcer
Released: 1950-08-19

The residents of a small town are haunted by the ghost of Charlie McCarthy, who doesn't like the...

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Swing It Soldier

as Brad Saunders
Released: 1941-11-07

In this musical comedy, a pregnant disc jockey misses her husband who is fighting overseas....

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Mardi Gras

as Announcer
Released: 1943-10-01

The first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the...

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Desert Empire

as Narrator
Released: 1948-01-01

A travelogue, this film provides a guided tour of pre-World War II Utah and of course does not...

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The Jack Benny Program

as Don Wilson
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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