Art Gilmore

Biography

Art Gilmore was an American actor and announcer whose voice reached audiences over radio, television, and motion pictures. Raised in Tacoma, Washington, he attended Washington State University and entered broadcasting in 1935 at KOL Radio in Seattle; a year later he moved to KFWB in Hollywood and then to KNX as a news reader. On radio he announced Amos 'n' Andy, Dr. Christian, Sears Radio Theater, and other programs, and on television he introduced shows such as The George Gobel Show and The Red Skelton Show. He handled narration for 156 episodes of Highway Patrol and voiced all thirty-six installments of The New Breed, with on-camera roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Adam-12, Dragnet, and The Waltons. In film he supplied Franklin D. Roosevelt's voice in Yankee Doodle Dandy, narrated the Japanese sequences in The Gallant Hours (1960), and was heard on many movie trailers. He also recorded children's records and led AFTRA as president from 1961 to 1963.

98years old at death

Born March 18, 1912Tacoma
Died September 25, 2010Irvine
Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Also credited as Arthur Wells Gilmore

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 17 years1943 to 1960

Every film, newest first

1960The Gallant HoursIMDb rating 7.1
1954Creature from the Black LagoonIMDb rating 6.9
1944The Memphis BelleIMDb rating 7.4
1943Five Graves to CairoIMDb rating 7.3

Genres

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A change of course
Gilmore also held the office of president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, known as AFTRA, serving in that role from 1961 until 1963.

Art Gilmore movies on Netflix

The Gallant Hours1960IMDb rating 7.1as Narrator: Japanese Sequences (voice)
Creature from the Black Lagoon1954IMDb rating 6.9as Narrator (voice)
The Memphis Belle1944IMDb rating 7.4as Additional narration
Five Graves to Cairo1943IMDb rating 7.3as Trailer Narrator (voice)

Worked with

Art Gilmore made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Whit Bissell

James Cagney

Richard Jaeckel

William Schallert

Akim Tamiroff

Nestor PaivaJack ArnoldDirector, 1 film

Billy WilderDirector, 1 film

Robert MontgomeryDirector, 1 film

Films together

Whit Bissell1 film together, 1954
Whit Bissell's page
- Creature from the Black Lagoon1954IMDb rating 6.9Gilmore as NarratorvoiceBissell as Dr. Edwin Thompson
James Cagney1 film together, 1960
James Cagney's page
- The Gallant Hours1960IMDb rating 7.1Gilmore as Narrator: Japanese SequencesvoiceCagney as Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr.
Richard Jaeckel1 film together, 1960
Richard Jaeckel's page
- The Gallant Hours1960IMDb rating 7.1Gilmore as Narrator: Japanese SequencesvoiceJaeckel as Lt. Cmdr. Roy Webb
William Schallert1 film together, 1960
William Schallert's page
- The Gallant Hours1960IMDb rating 7.1Gilmore as Narrator: Japanese SequencesvoiceSchallert as Thomas G. Lamphier Jr.
Akim Tamiroff1 film together, 1943
Akim Tamiroff's page
- Five Graves to Cairo1943IMDb rating 7.3Gilmore as Trailer NarratorvoiceTamiroff as Farid
Nestor Paiva1 film together, 1954
Nestor Paiva's page
- Creature from the Black Lagoon1954IMDb rating 6.9Gilmore as NarratorvoicePaiva as Lucas
Jack ArnoldDirector, 1 film, 1954
All films by Jack Arnold
- Creature from the Black Lagoon1954IMDb rating 6.9Gilmore as Narratorvoice
Billy WilderDirector, 1 film, 1943
All films by Billy Wilder
- Five Graves to Cairo1943IMDb rating 7.3Gilmore as Trailer Narratorvoice
Robert MontgomeryDirector, 1 film, 1960
All films by Robert Montgomery
- The Gallant Hours1960IMDb rating 7.1Gilmore as Narrator: Japanese Sequencesvoice

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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