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John Reed King 10.25.1914 - 07.08.1979 (65 years old)

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ohn Reed King Born Wilmington, Delaware, October 25, 1914 Died Woodstown, New Jersey, July 8, 1979 Age 64 (heart attack) Actor, announcer, and emcee, based in both New York and Los Angeles. Heard on Double or Nothing, Gay Nineties Revue, Give and Take, Louis Prima, Jack Berch, Columbia Workshop, Duffy's Tavern, Missus Goes a'Shopping, Texaco Star Theater, Dr. Christian, Grand Central Station, Talent Jackpot, Our Best Girl, and Paul Whiteman.

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Born in Wilmington, Delaware 10/25/1914; died 7/8/1979 of a heart attack in Fresno, California. Educated at Princeton University. In 1933, he made his radio debut on station WPG-New Jersey. In 1935, he began his radio career.

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Host of radio programs including What's My Name on NBC (1941); Double Or Nothing on Mutual (1943-1945); The Missus Goes-A-Shopping on CBS (1944); Break The Bank on Mutual (1945-1946); Give And Take on CBS (1945-1953); Go For The House on ABC (1948-1949); Chance Of A Lifetime on ABC (1949-52); The Great Day on Mutual (1952).

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Announcer for CBS-Radio programs including The Columbia Workshop (?-?); The Heinz Magazine Of The Air (1936-1937); Our Gal Sunday (1937?-1959?); Gay Nineties Revue (1939-1944); Duffy's Tavern (1941-1942); Death Valley Days (1941-1944); The Texaco Star Theater (1943-1946); Death Valley Sheriff (1944-1945); The Stu Erwin Show (1945); The American School Of The Air (?-1948) and the syndicated program, The Woman (1946).

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One of four actors to play Sky King on the ABC and Mutual Radio Network series (1946-1954).

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Host of television programs including Missus Goes A-Shopping on CBS (1947); Chance Of A Lifetime on ABC (1950-1951); Battle Of The Ages on DuMont (1952); Give And Take on CBS (1952); There's One In Every Family on CBS (1952); Tootsie Hippodrome on ABC (1952); Why? on ABC (1953); What's Your Bid on ABC (1953); Where Was I? on DuMont (1952-1953); On Your Way for ABC (1954); Have A Heart on DuMont (1955); Let's See on ABC (1955); Let's See on ABC (1955).

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Later, King was a newscaster on local radio stations in California and Pennsylvania. Before his death, he was director of The First Federal Savings Association in Fresno, California.

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From March 1942, Arlene Francis cutting a cake in celebration of four years of radio show ‘What’s My Name?’ being on the air, which she co-hosted. Beside her is her male counterpart on the show at the time, John Reed King, and Ilka Chase.

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