Art Gilmore

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Biography

Arthur Wells Gilmore, known as Art Gilmore (March 18, 1912 – September 25, 2010) was an American actor and announcer heard on radio and television programs, children's records, movies, trailers, radio commercials, and documentary films. He also appeared in several television series and a few feature films.

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Known For

Rear Window

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Killing

Narrator (uncredited)

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Saboteur

Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

The Nutty Professor

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

Five Graves to Cairo

Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Waltons

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2001	Moonbeams MOVIE	Moon
1977	The Amazing Howard Hughes MOVIE	Newsreel Announcer
1977	The Amazing Howard Hughes TV	Newsreel Announcer
1972	The Waltons TV	Self
1972	The Waltons TV	Radio Announcer (voice)
1972	The Waltons TV	Radio Host (voice)
1972	The Waltons TV	The Radio Announcer (voice)
1972	The Waltons TV	Newscast Announcer (voice)
1972	The Waltons TV	Newsreel Announcer (voice)
1972	The Waltons TV	Poetry Pantry Announcer (voice)
1972	Emergency! TV	Battalion Chief
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV	Norman Keller
1968	Adam-12 TV	Lt. Val Wangsgard
1968	Adam-12 TV	Captain Moore
1968	Adam-12 TV	Lt. Moore
1967	Dragnet TV	Capt. Mert Howe
1967	Dragnet TV	Capt. Merton Howe
1967	Dragnet TV	Capt. Lambert
1967	Dragnet TV	Lt. Moore
1967	Dragnet TV	Capt. Larry Walton
1967	Dragnet TV	Capt. Harry Nelson
1967	Dragnet TV	Capt. Hugh Brown
1964	Action on the Beach MOVIE	Narrator
1963	Johnny Cool MOVIE	Self
1963	The Nutty Professor MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1960	The Gallant Hours MOVIE	Narration (Japanese scenes)
1960	Who Was That Lady? MOVIE	Television Announcer (uncredited)
1960	Squad Car MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)
1958	An Evening with Fred Astaire MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1958	The Mating Urge MOVIE	Narrator
1958	Suicide Battalion MOVIE	Captain Hendry (uncredited)
1958	The Narcotics Story MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1957	Mainline U.S.A. MOVIE	Narrator
1956	VistaVision Visits Austria MOVIE	Narrator
1956	The Killing MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)
1955	Highway Patrol TV	Narrator (voice)
1955	Caribbean Playgrounds MOVIE	Narrator
1955	Unchained MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1955	Wiretapper MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1955	Big Trains Rolling MOVIE	Narrator
1955	The Trojan Horse MOVIE	Narrator
1954	Rear Window MOVIE	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1954	Susan Slept Here MOVIE	The Oscar (voice) (uncredited)
1954	The Whistler TV	Self
1954	Carnival in Rio MOVIE	Narrator
1954	Public Defender TV	Frank Leonard
1954	Creature from the Black Lagoon MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1954	It Should Happen to You MOVIE	Don Toddman (uncredited)
1953	New Doorways to Learning MOVIE	Narrator
1953	Winter Paradise MOVIE	Narrator
1953	Desert Killer MOVIE	Narrator
1952	Here We Go Again MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1952	Switzerland Sportland MOVIE	Narrator
1951	Dragnet TV	Self
1951	Dragnet TV	Capt. Harry Didion
1951	The Tanks Are Coming MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Announcer
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Announcer / Radio Disk Jockey (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Announcer (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self - Announcer
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Announcer / Newscaster
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Announcer / Game Show Emcee
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self - Announcer/Walter Crankcase (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self - Announcer (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self - Announcer (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self - Announcer (voice)
1951	The Red Skelton Show TV	Self -Announcer (voice)
1951	Boston Blackie TV	Self
1951	Lost Planet Airmen MOVIE	Radio Voice
1951	A Place in the Sun MOVIE	Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1951	The Screen Director MOVIE	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951	The Living Christ TV	Narrator
1950	Grandad of Races MOVIE	Narrator
1950	So You Want to Hold Your Husband MOVIE	Soap Opera Narrator
1950	Riviera Days MOVIE	Narrator
1950	Appointment with Danger MOVIE	Narrator
1949	King of the Rocket Men MOVIE	Newscaster
1949	Cinderella Horse MOVIE	Narrator
1949	My Dream Is Yours MOVIE	Self
1948	This Theatre and You MOVIE	Narrator (uncredited)
1948	Let's Sing a Song from the Movies MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1948	On the Track MOVIE	Self (narrator)
1948	So You Want to Be a Detective MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1948	Calgary Stampede MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1948	So You Want to Build a House MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1948	Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song MOVIE	Narrator
1948	So You Want to Be a Gambler MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1948	Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1948	So You Want an Apartment MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	Let's Sing an Old Time Song MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	So You Want to Hold Your Wife MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	The Unsuspected MOVIE	Announcer (uncredited)
1947	Power Behind the Nation MOVIE	Narrator
1947	Let's Sing a Song of the West MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	So You Want to Be a Salesman MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	It's Done with Arrows MOVIE	Narrator
1947	So You're Going on a Vacation MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	So You Want to Be in Pictures MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	So You're Going to Be a Father MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1947	Backlash MOVIE	Radio Commentator (Voice)
1946	So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck MOVIE	Narrator
1946	So You Want to Keep Your Hair MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1946	So You Want to Play the Horses MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1943	The Voice That Thrilled the World MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1943	Cavalcade of Dance MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1943	Women at War MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1943	Action in the North Atlantic MOVIE	President Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)
1943	Five Graves to Cairo MOVIE	Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943	Mission to Moscow MOVIE	Commentator (uncredited)
1943	Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter MOVIE	Narrator
1942	So You Think You Need Glasses MOVIE	Narrator
1942	So You Want to Give Up Smoking MOVIE	Narrator
1942	The Right Timing MOVIE	Commentator
1942	Saboteur MOVIE	Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
1941	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance MOVIE	Newsreel Announcer

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