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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Edward Joseph Herlihy (August 14, 1909 – January 30, 1999) was a prominent American radio and television announcer. He was well-known for his distinctive voice and as the announcer for NBC's "The Kraft Music Hall" during the 1940s and 1950s. He was also the announcer for numerous commercials and shows, including The Jack Parr Tonight Show. Additionally, Herlihy appeared in bit parts in several…
Known for
- Sports on the Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)1997
- The Flood of ‘55 — Narrator (archive footage)1995
- Don't Drink the Water — Narrator1994
- Malcolm X — Joe Louis Announcer1992
- The Republic Pictures Story — Narrator1991
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Newscaster1988
- A Fine Mess — TV Reporter1986
- It's Garry Shandling's Show — Announcer (voice)1986
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment — Dooley1985
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure — Mr. Buxton1985
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909
- Active to
- 1999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 367
- Total plays
- 646
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Boston College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Ed Herlihy 1959.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1909-08-14
- date of death
- 1999-01-30
- writing language
- English language
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