Dan Seymour (announcer)
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Robert Taylor and Dan Seymour work on the television and radio program We, the People, 1950
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June 28, 1914 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | July 27, 1982 (aged 68) New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Announcer, master of ceremonies, producer, advertising executive |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Scharff (? - 1982, his death) |
| Children | 3 daughters, 1 son |
Dan Seymour (June 28, 1914 - July 27, 1982) was an announcer in the era of old-time radio and in the early years of television and later became an advertising executive.
Seymour was born in Manhattan. He attended schools in Paterson, New Jersey, and graduated from Montclair Academy. When he was 18, he traveled to study and teach stage techniques as a guest of the Austrian Ministry of Education. He was a dramatics major at Amherst College.
Seymour was once recognized as "Radio's best announcer." An obituary noted, "Seymour was best known as the deep-voiced announcer who startled Americans with a convincing, but fictional account of Martians landing on Earth in the War of the Worlds broadcast in 1938."
His first job in radio—announcing at a station in Boston, Massachusetts—came in 1935, after his college graduation. While at the station, he was also an announcer for the Yankee Network. In 1936, he resigned and joined CBS in New York City. His first major assignment there was announcing for Major Bowes Amateur Hour.
A significant assignment early in his career was becoming the announcer on We the People, a job that led to a position with the program's advertising agency, Young and Rubicam.
Other programs on which Seymour worked as announcer were The Henry Morgan Show,The Aldrich Family,Songs by Jack Smith,Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories,Sing It Again,Bobby Benson, and Original Gillette Community Sing.
Seymour was one of the producers of You and the News.
Seymour was master of ceremonies on Where Was I? and Sing It Again. He was the announcer for Tex and Jinx,Dunninger and Winchell, (also known as The Bigelow Show for part of its run), and The Swift Home Service Club.
In 1945, Seymour, director Tony Leader, and writer Judson Phillips combined efforts to create P.L.S. Productions, a radio producing team, with offices in New York City. The team's first program was You Make the News, which began November 15, 1945, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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