Sam Balter
Biography
Sam Balter was an American basketball player who became a Los Angeles sportscaster. Born in Detroit, he grew up in Los Angeles, played for the UCLA Bruins and captained the team in 1929, and also turned out for an amateur club backed by Universal Pictures. He competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the United States basketball squad that won gold, playing in two games but not the final. From 1946 to 1962 he announced on radio station KLAC, began local television work in 1950, and became known for calling UCLA football and basketball, while writing sports columns for the Los Angeles Herald-Express. He later called games for the Los Angeles Stars basketball team and appeared in films and television shows, always cast as a radio announcer or sportscaster, and was named to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
88years old at death
- Born Detroit
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 10 years1950 to 1960
Every film, newest first
- 1960Tall StoryIMDb rating 5.9
- 1951Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible ManIMDb rating 6.6
- 1950The Underworld StoryIMDb rating 6.9
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Charles LamontDirector, 1 film, 1951
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Cy EndfieldDirector, 1 film, 1950
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