Art Gilmore
Birthday: Born in 1912-03-18 in Tacoma, Washington, USA
Deathday: 2010-09-25
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Art Gilmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Dragnet
Character:
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects....
Emergency!
Character:
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area....
Adam-12
Character: Lt. Val Wangsgard
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12....
The Waltons
Character:
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II....
Highway Patrol
Character: Narrator
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized....
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character: Norman Keller
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted....
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Announcer
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
Character:
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The Red Skelton Show
Character: Announcer / Radio Disk Jockey (voice)
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Announcer (voice)
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Self - Announcer
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
Adam-12
Character: Captain Moore
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12....
Dragnet
Character: Capt. Mert Howe
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles....
Dragnet
Character: Capt. Merton Howe
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles....
Dragnet
Character: Capt. Lambert
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles....
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Announcer / Newscaster
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Announcer / Game Show Emcee
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
Dragnet
Character: Lt. Moore
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles....
Dragnet
Character: Capt. Harry Didion
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects....
The Waltons
Character: Radio Announcer (voice)
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II....
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Self - Announcer/Walter Crankcase (voice)
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
Adam-12
Character: Lt. Moore
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12....
The Living Christ
Character: Narrator
The first ever made for TV miniseries documents the story of Jesus Christ from birth to resurrection....
Dragnet
Character: Capt. Larry Walton
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles....
The Red Skelton Show
Character: Self - Announcer (voice)
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awa...
The Waltons
Character: Radio Host (voice)
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II....
The Waltons
Character: The Radio Announcer (voice)
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II....
The Waltons
Character: Newscast Announcer (voice)
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II....
Movie Credits
The Killing
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own....
The Unsuspected
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears....
The Tanks Are Coming
Character: Narrator (voice)
An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II....
Women at War
Character: Narrator (voice)
Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow who wants to become an officer, farm girl Stormy Hart wants to become involved in motor transport, and Lorna Travis seeks to win the approval of her father, a major general, who has very chauvinist views on the role of women in the military. Intensive training and guidance prepares the three to make a contribution to the success of the upcoming wa...
The Mating Urge
Character: Narrator
An exploitation pot-boiler, posing as an anthropology art-film, and supposedly filmed by seventeen different cameraman in Africa, Malaya, India, Ceylon, Bali, New Guinea and New Hebrides....
Here We Go Again
Character: Narrator (voice)
When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then his rival for the widow as they go on to a local fair. tempers flair and a challenge to a boxing match is met. Edited and adapted from Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)....
The Narcotics Story
Character: Narrator (voice)
Semi-documentary on how marijuana dealers lure small-town teenagers into heroin use and prostitution and how the police help to fight it....
Desert Killer
Character: Narrator
Desert Killer is a 1952 short film directed by Larry Lansburgh about a hunter tracking a sheep-killing mountain lion. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel....
Who Was That Lady?
Character: Television Announcer (uncredited)
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel an...
An Evening with Fred Astaire
Character: Narrator (voice)
A one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire....
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay....
Susan Slept Here
Character: The Oscar (voice) (uncredited)
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall....
Johnny Cool
Character:
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S....
Suicide Battalion
Character: Captain Hendry (uncredited)
Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. The men spend their last hours drowning their sorrows in a bar, but time is running out. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Jet Attack"....
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Character: Narrator
Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses....
Rodan! The Flying Monster!
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
US dubbed and edited version of the Japanese film Rodan. A mining engineer investigates the death of his fellow co-workers and discovers prehistoric dragonfly nymphs emerging from the mines. As he heads deeper into the mines, he makes a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature....
Cavalcade of Dance
Character: Narrator (voice)
Ballroom dancers Veloz and Yolanda perform the various dance fads of the first half of the twentieth century....
The Gallant Hours
Character: Narration (Japanese scenes)
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal....
Calgary Stampede
Character: Narrator (voice)
The pageantry of Calgary's colorful celebration of its past, culminating with its world famous rodeo, is chronicled....
The Nutty Professor
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times....
VistaVision Visits Austria
Character: Narrator
This short travelogue, visiting Austria, was shot in VistaVision....
It Should Happen to You
Character: Don Toddman (uncredited)
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city....
Five Graves to Cairo
Character: Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans....
Saboteur
Character: Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend....
Grandad of Races
Character: Narrator
Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, directed by André de la Varre. It won an Oscar at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 for Best Short Subject....
Moonbeams
Character: Moon
With his father having an affair and his family growing apart, young Dave (Peter Haderlein) starts having conversations with the moon (Art Gilmore). When his relatives, psychologist (Castulo Guerra) and teacher (Mary-Joan Negro) think he's going crazy, Dave attempts to prove his new friend is real. This independent coming-of-age movie is a wholesome and heartwarming tale for the entire family....
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Character: Newsreel Announcer
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder....
Lost Planet Airmen
Character: Radio Voice
Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group uses new rocket-powered flying suit to thwart shadowy saboteur known only as "Dr. Vulcan"....
Big Trains Rolling
Character: Narrator
A production of the association of American Railroads outlining the wonders of America's rail system....
Mainline U.S.A.
Character: Narrator
A documentary on the railroads of America produced by the Association of American Railroads...
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Character: Narrator (voice)
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures....
Let's Sing a Song from the Movies
Character: Narrator (voice)
This audience sing-along features tunes from four musicals with the lyrics appearing on screen. Numbers include "Am I Blue?" from 1929's On with the Show!....
Action in the North Atlantic
Character: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships....
Appointment with Danger
Character: Narrator
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective....
Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight
Character: Narrator (voice)
In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In the Evening By the Moonlight", and "Shine on Harvest Moon", about moonlight are presented....
Mission to Moscow
Character: Commentator (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism....
A Place in the Sun
Character: Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition....
King of the Rocket Men
Character: Newscaster
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions....
Backlash
Character: Radio Commentator (Voice)
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation....
Winter Paradise
Character: Narrator
Winter Paradise is a 1953 English language documentary directed by John Jay, starring Art Gilmore. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film....
Rear Window
Character: Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder....
Cinderella Horse
Character: Narrator
A 1948 English language short film written and directed by De Leon Anthony, Harry O. Hoyt, and Edwin E. Olsen, starring Art Gilmore. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel....
My Dream Is Yours
Character:
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further, Martha meets and becomes att...
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Character: Newsreel Announcer
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh....