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Edward Joseph Herlihy was an American newsreel narrator for Universal-International. He was also a long-time radio and television announcer for NBC, hosting The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour in the 1940s and 1950, and was briefly interim announcer on The Tonight Show in 1962. He was also the voice of Kraft Foods radio and TV commercials from the 1940s through the early 1980s. When he died in 1999, his obituary in The New York Times said he was "A Voice of Cheer and Cheese".
Birth Name
Edward Joseph Herlihy
Born
Saturday, 14 August 1909
Died
Saturday, 30 January 1999
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Atrocity Exhibition | Self | 2024 |
Prince Andrew: Banished | Self - newsreel announcer | 2022 |
The Mortician: The Story of Paul Bearer | Self | 2020 |
I Am Ali | Newsreel narrator | 2014 |
The Sixties | Self - Newsreel Narrator | 2013 |
The Untold History of the United States | Self - Universal-International Newsreader | 2012 |
JFK: The Lost Bullet | Self | 2011 |
A Football Life | Narrator - Army-Navy Game Newsreel | 2011 |
The Search for Michael Rockefeller | Self | 2011 |
Reagan | Self | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Atrocity Exhibition | Self | 2024 |
Prince Andrew: Banished | Self - newsreel announcer | 2022 |
The Mortician: The Story of Paul Bearer | Self | 2020 |
I Am Ali | Newsreel narrator | 2014 |
The Sixties | Self - Newsreel Narrator | 2013 |
The Untold History of the United States | Self - Universal-International Newsreader | 2012 |
JFK: The Lost Bullet | Self | 2011 |
A Football Life | Narrator - Army-Navy Game Newsreel | 2011 |
The Search for Michael Rockefeller | Self | 2011 |
Reagan | Self | 2011 |
Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible | Self - Newsreel Narator | 2010 |
The Sons of Tennessee Williams | Self | 2010 |
Double Take | Self - Newsreel Narrator | 2009 |
Sputnik Fever | Self | 2007 |
Air Crash Investigation | Self | 2003 |
MythBusters | Self | 2003 |
Cold War | Self | 1998 |
Secrets of War | Self | 1998 |
Sports on the Silver Screen | Self - Newsreel Announcer | 1997 |
Don't Drink the Water | Narrator | 1994 |
Malcolm X | Joe Louis Announcer | 1992 |
The Republic Pictures Story | Narrator | 1991 |
American Experience | Self | 1988 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Newscaster | 1988 |
Korea: The Forgotten War | Narrator | 1987 |
It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Self - Announcer | 1986 |
A Fine Mess | TV Reporter | 1986 |
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1986 |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Mr. Buxton | 1985 |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Dooley | 1985 |
Seeing Red | Newsreel Announcer | 1983 |
Zelig | Pathe News Announcer (voice) / Pathe News Announcer | 1983 |
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number | 1983 | |
The King of Comedy | Himself / Ed Herlihy | 1982 |
If You Love This Planet | Universal Newsreel Narrator | 1982 |
Timewatch | Self | 1982 |
The Chosen | Newsreel Announcer | 1981 |
The Force Beyond | Newsreel Voice | 1977 |
Yesterday's Witness | Self | 1976 |
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? | Self - Announcer / Self - Announcer/Narrator | 1976 |
Saturday Night Live | Banshee Spokesperson | 1975 |
Ten from Your Show of Shows | The Narrator | 1973 |
The Tonight Show | Self - Announcer | 1962 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - Announcer | 1958 |
The Kraft Music Hall | Announcer / Self - Announcer | 1958 |
Max Liebman Spectaculars | Oldsmobile Announcer | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | Himself - Announcer | 1953 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Commercial Announcer / Pitchman for Colgate Tooth Paste / Pitchman for Colgate Toothpaste | 1950 |
The Bob Hope Show | Self - Announcer | 1950 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Self / Announcer / Himself - Announcer / Himself - Announcer (voice) / Himself - Announcer (as Ed Hurley) | 1948 |
Kraft Theatre | Announcer / Self - Announcer | 1947 |
People Are Funny | Self - Announcer | 1946 |