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Wendell Niles (December 29, 1904 – March 28, 1994) was one of the great announcers of the American golden age of radio. He was an announcer on such shows as ''The Charlotte Greenwood Show'', ''Hedda Hopper's Hollywood'', ''The Adventures of Philip Marlowe,〔Dunning, John. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. P. 12.〕 ''The Man Called X'', The Bob Hope Show'', ''The Burns & Allen Show'', ''The Milton Berle Show'' and ''The Chase and Sanborn Hour ''. On February 15, 1950, Wendell starred in the radio pilot for ''The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak'' along with Gerald Mohr. He began in entertainment by touring in the 1920s with his own orchestra, playing with the Dorsey Brothers and Bix Beiderbecke. Niles moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1935 to join George Burns and Gracie Allen. He and his brother, Ken, developed one of the first radio dramas, which eventually became ''Theatre of the Mind''. He toured with Bob Hope during World War II and narrated a 1936 Academy Award-winning short film on the life of tennis great Bill Tilden. Among his film credits is ''Knute Rockne, All American'' with Ronald Reagan. Wendell Niles was the announcer for "America's Show Of Surprises"..."It Could Be You", and the Hatos-Hall production "Your First Impression". Niles was also the original announcer for ''Let's Make a Deal'' during that show's first season in 1963 and 1964; he was later replaced by Jay Stewart. Wendell and his brother Ken Niles are the first brothers to have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died of cancer in his Toluca Lake home at the age of 89. ==References== *(Obituary ) in The New York Times, March 31, 1994. Retrieved on May 3, 2008. *(Obituary ) in Variety, March 30, 1994. Retrieved on May 3, 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wendell Niles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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