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Born in Indianapolis, Harry von Zell was an announcer, singer, and actor on national radio and television. As a staff announcer he worked with Fred Allen, Phil Baker, Eddie Cantor, and Ed Wynn. At one time in the 20’s and 30’s he was announcing as many as 20 network shows each week.
Nov 23, 1981 · LOS ANGELES (AP) Harry von Zell, whose deep baritone voice made him one of the top announcers of radio's golden era, has died of cancer at age 75, his son Ken announced. Von Zell, who wanted to be an actor but even at the height of his career in the 1950 s on the Burns and Allen radio and television shows was typecast as an announcer, died Saturday at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Calabasas.
Harry Rudolph von Zell (July 11, 1906 – November 21, 1981) was an American announcer of radio programs, and an actor in films and television shows. He is best remembered for his work on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show .
1946 So's Your Antenna (Short) Harry Von Zell / Hoodlum Harry (as Harry Von Zell) 1946 Till the End of Time Scuffy (as Harry Von Zell) 1945 How DOooo You Do Harry
Harry Rudolph von Zell (July 11, 1906 – November 21, 1981) was an American announcer of radio programs, and an actor in films and television shows. He is best remembered for his work on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show .
Jul 11, 2021 · Harry Von Zell’s longest-running radio relationship began in the fall of 1940, as the announcer/comic foil to Eddie Cantor on It’s Time to Smile. (Von Zell had worked on Smile’s summer incarnation, hosted by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.) Harry would serve in the second banana capacity until 1949 and became so identified with “Banjo Eyes ...
Harry von Zell. Born in Indianapolis, Harry von Zell was an announcer, singer, and actor on national radio and television. As a staff announcer he worked with Fred Allen, Phil Baker, Eddie Cantor, and Ed Wynn. At one time in the 20’s and 30’s he was announcing as many as 20 network shows each week. As an actor, von Zell appeared in 28 films ...
