Jim Ameche (August 6, 1915 â€" February 4, 1983) was an American radio
actor who is most notable for his role as radio's original Jack
Armstrong on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.Born James Amici in
Kenosha, Wisconsin, when his elder brother, Don, left his position as
the host and announcer for The Chase and Sanborn Hour in the early
1940s, Jim took over for the remainder of the show's run. He also was
heard as mountie Jim West on ABC's Silver Eagle (1951â€"55). Other
shows Ameche was heard on included Grand Hotel, Hollywood Playhouse,
and Big Sister. In the 1940s, he had several programs on WGN radio in
Chicago.He was heard on stations in Los Angeles and Palm Springs in
the late 1950s and early 60s. For many years he was a popular local
radio personality in the New York City area. By the late 1960s, he was
working as an announcer on New York's WHN and the TV pitchman for a
Longines Symphonette Society mail-order record album featuring clips
of old-time radio broadcasts. In the 1960s he also read radio
advertisements for Gibson wines. For many years, he was the afternoon
announcer on WQXR, the classical radio station of The New York Times,
and was a familiar and beloved voice. He also recorded numerous radio
ads in Phoenix, Arizona in his later years.He portrayed Alexander
Graham Bell in the 1957 film The Story of Mankind, the role his
brother Don had played in the film biography of Bell in 1939.
actor who is most notable for his role as radio's original Jack
Armstrong on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.Born James Amici in
Kenosha, Wisconsin, when his elder brother, Don, left his position as
the host and announcer for The Chase and Sanborn Hour in the early
1940s, Jim took over for the remainder of the show's run. He also was
heard as mountie Jim West on ABC's Silver Eagle (1951â€"55). Other
shows Ameche was heard on included Grand Hotel, Hollywood Playhouse,
and Big Sister. In the 1940s, he had several programs on WGN radio in
Chicago.He was heard on stations in Los Angeles and Palm Springs in
the late 1950s and early 60s. For many years he was a popular local
radio personality in the New York City area. By the late 1960s, he was
working as an announcer on New York's WHN and the TV pitchman for a
Longines Symphonette Society mail-order record album featuring clips
of old-time radio broadcasts. In the 1960s he also read radio
advertisements for Gibson wines. For many years, he was the afternoon
announcer on WQXR, the classical radio station of The New York Times,
and was a familiar and beloved voice. He also recorded numerous radio
ads in Phoenix, Arizona in his later years.He portrayed Alexander
Graham Bell in the 1957 film The Story of Mankind, the role his
brother Don had played in the film biography of Bell in 1939.
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