Kenny Delmar
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Delmar in 1955
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| Born |
Kenneth Frederick Fay Howard September 5, 1910 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 14, 1984 (aged 73) Stamford, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | Senator Beauregard Claghorn |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Cochran Howard |
Kenneth Howard "Kenny" Delmar (September 5, 1910, Boston, Massachusetts – July 14, 1984, Stamford, Connecticut) was an American actor active in radio, films, and animation. An announcer on the pioneering radio news series The March of Time, he became a national radio sensation in 1945 as Senator Beauregard Claghorn on Fred Allen's program Allen's Alley. The character Delmar created was a primary inspiration for the Warner Bros. cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
Kenneth Frederick Fay Howard was born September 5, 1910, in Boston, but moved to New York City in infancy after the separation of his parents. His mother, Evelyn Delmar, was a vaudevillian who toured the country with her sister. Kenny Delmar was on the stage from age seven. His first screen appearance was in the D. W. Griffith film Orphans of the Storm (1921), in which he played the Joseph Schildkraut role as a child. During the Depression he left the stage to work in his stepfather's business. After running his own dancing school for a year he married one of his ballet teachers, Alice Cochran, and decided to try a career in radio.
By the late 1930s, Delmar was an announcer on such major radio series as The March of Time and Your Hit Parade. He played multiple roles in The Mercury Theatre on the Air's October 1938 radio drama The War of the Worlds. His main role was that of Captain Lansing, the National Guardsman who collapses in terror when confronted by the Martian invaders.Cavalcade of America featured him in their repertory cast, and also was heard as Commissioner Weston on early episodes of The Shadow.
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