Spoiler : Born in Livingston, Montana 12/9/1906; died 11/2/1988 of heart failure in Santa Monica, California. Brother of Wendell Niles. Niles began his radio career in the 1920s at KJR-Seattle. By 1930, he was at KHJ-Los Angeles where his duties included acting as their drama coach. By 1933, he was chief announcer at KHJ. Screen debut playing himself in Hollywood Hotel (1937). Last movie was playing Doctor Henry Bromley, the dentist in The Fat Man (1951). Announcer for radio programs including Lady Esther Serenade (ca. 1932-?); Parties at Pickfair, aka Mary Pickford Dramas (1934-1936); Burns And Allen on CBS (1934-1937); Hollywood Hotel (also co-producer 1934-1938); Campbell’s Tomato Juice Program (ca. 1936-1937); Kay Kyser's Kollage of Musical Knowledge on NBC (1938-?); Gatewood To Hollywood on CBS (1939); Southern Cruise on CBS (producer and announcer, 1941); The Camel Caravan on CBS (1942-1943); The Judy Canova Show (ca. 1943-ca. 1944) Blue Ribbon Town (1943-1944); The Life Of Riley on NBC-BLUE and ABC (ca 1944-?); The Danny Kaye Show on CBS (1945-1946); The Adventures of Maisie (ca. 1945-ca. 1947); The Beulah Show on CBS (1945-1946); Calamity Jane on CBS (1946); The Amazing Mrs Danbury on CBS (1946); The Affairs of Ann Scotland (1946-1947); Phone Again Finnegan (1946-1947); The Amazing Mr. Smith (1946-1947); The Rudy Vallee Show (1946-1947); Suspense on CBS (1947); audition program for Mulligan's Travels (1947); Take It Or Leave It on NBC (1947-1948); A Date With Judy on NBC (1947-1949); The King’s Men (1949); Leave It To Joan on CBS (1949-1950) Big Town (ca. mid 1950s). Announcer, and performed continuing roles in sketches on The Abbott And Costello Program for the NBC and ABC Radio Networks (1940-1949).