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Wendell Niles
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Wendell Niles (December 29, 1904 – March 28, 1994) was one of the great announcers of the American golden age of radio. He was an announcer on such shows as The Charlotte Greenwood Show, Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe,[2] The Man Called X,[3] The Bob Hope Show, The Burns & Allen Show, The Milton Berle Show and The Chase and Sanborn Hour . On February 15, 1950, Wendell starred in the radio pilot for The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak along with Gerald Mohr.
He began in entertainment by touring in the 1920s with his own orchestra, playing with the Dorsey Brothers and Bix Beiderbecke.
Niles moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1935 to join George Burns and Gracie Allen.
He and his brother, Ken, developed one of the first radio dramas, which eventually became Theatre of the Mind.
-Los Angeles Magazine- How the intersection got its claim to fame
As actor
A Strange Adventure
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Hollywood or Bust
I Died a Thousand Times
The Square Jungle
The Hitch-Hiker
Street Corner
Hitchhike to Happiness
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Here Comes Elmer
The Masked Marvel
A Tragedy at Midnight
A Man Betrayed
Harmon of Michigan
Fashion Horizons
Gaucho Serenade
Three Faces West
Indianapolis Speedway
Four Wives
Espionage Agent
The Roaring Twenties
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Ever Since Eve
Marked Woman
The Crowd Roars