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He starred in The Adventures of the Thin Man and The Romance of Helen Trent during the 1940s. He also starred in the title role in The Falcon, [ 4] and played detective Pat Abbott in Abbott Mysteries from 1946 to 1947. Tremayne was once named one of the three most distinctive voices on American radio.
Actor: The War of the Worlds. One of America's most heard men back in the day with thousands of radio programs to his credit and the possessor of one of the most prominent male voices of that medium's war-era "Golden Age," veteran actor Les Tremayne was considered to have the third most distinctive tones on the airwaves, only behind Bing Crosby ...
Actor: The War of the Worlds. One of America's most heard men back in the day with thousands of radio programs to his credit and the possessor of one of the most prominent male voices of that medium's war-era "Golden Age," veteran actor Les Tremayne was considered to have the third most distinctive tones on the airwaves, only behind Bing Crosby ...
Dec 23, 2003 · Les Tremayne, one of the best-known actors on radio in the 1930s and ‘40s who starred in “The Thin Man” and “The Falcon” but is best remembered as the longtime leading man on “The First Nighter,”...
Dec 19, 2003 · Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater.
Dec 24, 2003 · Les Tremayne, a honey-voiced leading man of radio's golden age, died on Friday at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 90 and lived in Los Angeles. The cause was heart failure, said his...
Dec 26, 2003 · Actor Les Tremayne dies at the age of 90. Tremayne was one of the best-known actors on radio in the 1930s and '40s. He starred in The First Nighter, The Thin Man and The Falcon.
Born in London, England in 1913, Les Tremayne moved to America with his mother four years later and went on to become one of radio’s busiest and best actors. At one time, he was one of the most recognizable voices in America, second only to President Franklin Roosevelt.
Over his 50-year career, Tremayne accumulated over 120 credits in television, film, and voice acting. Notable roles included Mentor in "Shazam!" (1974-1977), Edward Quartermaine in "General Hospital" (1978-1983), and the narrator in "The Pirates of Dark Water" (1991-1993).
Dec 25, 2003 · Actor Les Tremayne dies at the age of 90. Tremayne was one of the best-known actors on radio in the 1930s and '40s. He starred in The First Nighter, The Thin Man and The Falcon. NPR's Bob Edwards remembers Tremayne.