Art Gilmore - Turner Classic Movies

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Also Known As

Arthur D. Gilmore, Arthur Gilmore

Birth Place

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Born

March 18, 1912

Died

September 25, 2010

Cause of Death

Natural Causes

Biography

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Art Gilmore is best known for his voice acting, a career that has taken him into the worlds of radio, television, movies, trailers, and commercials. Gilmore grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and went on to graduate from Washington State University in 1931. By 1936, he was working as a staff announcer at Warner Brothers' KFWB, a radio station in Hollywood. He eventually moved up to read the ...

Filmography

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

The Gallant Hours (1960)

Narration on Japanese seq

Suicide Battalion (1958)

The Narcotics Story (1958)

The Mating Urge (1958)

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Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) He Was Totally Disinterested

Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Meatball With Gravy

Biography

Art Gilmore is best known for his voice acting, a career that has taken him into the worlds of radio, television, movies, trailers, and commercials. Gilmore grew up in Tacoma, Washington, and went on to graduate from Washington State University in 1931. By 1936, he was working as a staff announcer at Warner Brothers' KFWB, a radio station in Hollywood. He eventually moved up to read the news on CBS' KNX. After serving in the Navy in World War II, Gilmore returned to Hollywood to pursue a singing career. While singing never panned out, Gilmore was a hit as a radio announcer, working on "Amos 'n' Andy" and "Dr. Christian," where he introduced many to Herbert W. Armstrong and Garner Ted Armstrong. In television he worked as an announcer on the comedy series "The Red Skelton Hour," the live musical series "An Evening with Fred Astaire," and the family drama "The Waltons" to name a few. He also made appearances on television on shows like the crime dramas "Adam-12," "Dragnet 1967," and the adventure show "Emergency!." In film, he was the voice of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the biographical drama "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and the radio announcer in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Rear Window." After establishing his impressive voice work career, Gilmore was named president of AFTRA, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

The Gallant Hours (1960)

Narration on Japanese seq

Suicide Battalion (1958)

The Narcotics Story (1958)

The Mating Urge (1958)

Jazz Ball (1958)

The Killing (1956)

The Boss (1956)

Radio announcer

Carolina Cannonball (1955)

Wiretapper (1955)

Police detective

Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

Tea for Two (1950)

Radio announcer

My Dream Is Yours (1949)

Radio announcer

The Unsuspected (1947)

Radio station announcer

Backlash (1947)

Radio commentator

Rendezvous 24 (1946)

Thompson/Narrator

The Man Who Dared (1946)

Radio announcer

Deadline for Murder (1946)

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Cast (Special)

Another Evening With Fred Astaire (1959)

The Claudette Colbert Show (1958)

Host (Comedy Spot)

Misc. Crew (Special)

An Evening With Fred Astaire (1958)

Cast (Short)

Action on the Beach (1964)

Goofballs and Tea (1958)

Sportsman's Holiday (1955)

Ski Valley (1955)

When Fish Fight (1954)

Valley of the Sun (1954)

Under the Little Big Top (1953)

Sporting Courage (1953)

Winter Paradise (1953)

Unfamiliar Sports (1952)

Desert Killer (1952)

Thar She Blows! (1952)

Snow Frolics (1952)

The Naughty Twenties (1951)

The Screen Director (1951)

To Bee or Not to Bee (1951)

The Will to Win (1951)

Women of Tomorrow (1950)

Grandad of Races (1950)

Stranger in the Lighthouse (1950)

So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)

Wild Water Champions (1950)

That's Bully (1950)

Treachery Rides the Trail (1949)

Calgary Stampede (1949)

Water Wonderland (1949)

So You Want an Apartment (1948)

So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)

So You Want To Be On The Radio (1948)

Let's Sing a Song from the Movies (1948)

So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)

Let's Sing Grandfather's Favorites (1948)

Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight (1948)

So You Want to Build a House (1948)

Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song (1948)

Let's Sing an Old Time Song (1947)

So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)

So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)

So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)

LET'S SING A SONG OF THE WEST (1947)

So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)

So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)

So You're Going on a Vacation (1946)

Cavalcade of Dance (1943)

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

So You Think You Need Glasses (1942)

So You Want to Give Up Smoking (1942)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)

Life Events

Videos

Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) He Was Totally Disinterested Following credits at the Bay Meadows track in San Mateo, California, director Stanley Kubrick with Art Gilmore’s narration, written by Jim Thompson from the Lionel White novel, introducing conspirators Jay C. Flippen, Joe Sawyer the barkeep, Elisha Cook at the window, in The Killing, 1956.

Killing, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Meatball With Gravy Sherry (Marie Windsor), having just heard from her milquetoast husband about the plan to rob the racetrack, visits Val (Vince Edwards) whom we learn is her lover, wondering after a fade to black how they might profit, in Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, 1956, starring Sterling Hayden.

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