Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-03-18

Day of Death

2010-09-25 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Also Known As

Arthur Wells Gilmore

Arthur Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Biography

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.

Known For

The Killing

The Killing

Acting

The Killing

1956

The Killing

as

Narrator (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

1947

The Unsuspected

as

Announcer (uncredited)

The Tanks Are Coming

1951

The Tanks Are Coming

as

Narrator (voice)

Women at War

1943

Women at War

as

Narrator (voice)

Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter

1943

Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter

as

Narrator

The Mating Urge

1958

The Mating Urge

as

Narrator

Here We Go Again

1952

Here We Go Again

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want to Be a Detective

1948

So You Want to Be a Detective

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as

Narrator (voice)

The Narcotics Story

1958

The Narcotics Story

as

Narrator (voice)

Desert Killer

1953

Desert Killer

as

Narrator

Who Was That Lady?

1960

Who Was That Lady?

as

Television Announcer (uncredited)

An Evening with Fred Astaire

1958

An Evening with Fred Astaire

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want an Apartment

1948

So You Want an Apartment

as

Narrator (voice)

So You're Going to Be a Father

1947

So You're Going to Be a Father

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

1946

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

So You Want to Play the Horses

as

Narrator (voice)

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954

Creature from the Black Lagoon

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

So You Want to Build a House

1948

So You Want to Build a House

as

Narrator (voice)

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

1942

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

as

Narrator

So You Think You Need Glasses

1942

So You Think You Need Glasses

as

Narrator

So You Want to Be a Gambler

1948

So You Want to Be a Gambler

as

Narrator (voice)

Riviera Days

1950

Riviera Days

as

Narrator

Susan Slept Here

1954

Susan Slept Here

as

The Oscar (voice) (uncredited)

Johnny Cool

1963

Johnny Cool

as

Suicide Battalion

1958

Suicide Battalion

as

Captain Hendry (uncredited)

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

1946

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

as

Narrator

Cavalcade of Dance

1943

Cavalcade of Dance

as

Narrator (voice)

This Theatre and You

1948

This Theatre and You

as

Narrator (uncredited)

The Gallant Hours

1960

The Gallant Hours

as

Narration (Japanese scenes)

Calgary Stampede

1948

Calgary Stampede

as

Narrator (voice)

Switzerland Sportland

1952

Switzerland Sportland

as

Narrator

The Nutty Professor

1963

The Nutty Professor

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Action on the Beach

1964

Action on the Beach

as

Narrator

VistaVision Visits Austria

1956

VistaVision Visits Austria

as

Narrator

Carnival in Rio

1954

Carnival in Rio

as

Narrator

It Should Happen to You

1954

It Should Happen to You

as

Don Toddman (uncredited)

Five Graves to Cairo

1943

Five Graves to Cairo

as

Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Saboteur

1942

Saboteur

as

Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

1950

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

as

Soap Opera Narrator

Moonbeams

2001

Moonbeams

as

Moon

Grandad of Races

1950

Grandad of Races

as

Narrator

It's Done with Arrows

1947

It's Done with Arrows

as

Narrator

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

1941

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as

Newsreel Announcer

So You're Going on a Vacation

1947

So You're Going on a Vacation

as

Narrator (voice)

Lost Planet Airmen

1951

Lost Planet Airmen

as

Radio Voice

Mainline U.S.A.

1957

Mainline U.S.A.

as

Narrator

Big Trains Rolling

1955

Big Trains Rolling

as

Narrator

The Screen Director

1951

The Screen Director

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as

Narrator (voice)

Let's Sing a Song from the Movies

1948

Let's Sing a Song from the Movies

as

Narrator (voice)

The Right Timing

1942

The Right Timing

as

Commentator

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

So You Want to Be a Salesman

as

Narrator (voice)

Appointment with Danger

1950

Appointment with Danger

as

Narrator

Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight

1948

Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight

as

Narrator (voice)

Mission to Moscow

1943

Mission to Moscow

as

Commentator (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

1951

A Place in the Sun

as

Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)

King of the Rocket Men

1949

King of the Rocket Men

as

Newscaster

Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song

1948

Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song

as

Narrator

Backlash

1947

Backlash

as

Radio Commentator (Voice)

Winter Paradise

1953

Winter Paradise

as

Narrator

Rear Window

1954

Rear Window

as

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Let's Sing a Song of the West

1947

Let's Sing a Song of the West

as

Narrator (voice)

Let's Sing an Old Time Song

1947

Let's Sing an Old Time Song

as

Narrator (voice)

Cinderella Horse

1949

Cinderella Horse

as

Narrator

My Dream Is Yours

1949

My Dream Is Yours

as

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes

as

Newsreel Announcer

Power Behind the Nation

1947

Power Behind the Nation

as

Narrator

On the Track

1948

On the Track

as

Self (narrator)

New Doorways to Learning

1953

New Doorways to Learning

as

Narrator

The Trojan Horse

1955

The Trojan Horse

as

Narrator

Caribbean Playgrounds

1955

Caribbean Playgrounds

as

Narrator

Squad Car

1960

Squad Car

as

Narrator (uncredited)

Wiretapper

1955

Wiretapper

as

Narrator (voice)

Unchained

1955

Unchained

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Adam-12

Adam-12

as

Lt. Val Wangsgard

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Highway Patrol

Highway Patrol

as

Narrator (voice)

The Whistler

The Whistler

as

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as

Norman Keller

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Announcer

Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie

as

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Announcer / Radio Disk Jockey (voice)

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Announcer (voice)

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Self - Announcer

Adam-12

Adam-12

as

Captain Moore

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Mert Howe

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Merton Howe

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Lambert

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Announcer / Newscaster

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Announcer / Game Show Emcee

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Lt. Moore

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Harry Didion

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Radio Announcer (voice)

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Self - Announcer/Walter Crankcase (voice)

Adam-12

Adam-12

as

Lt. Moore

The Living Christ

The Living Christ

as

Narrator

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Larry Walton

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Self - Announcer (voice)

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Radio Host (voice)

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

The Radio Announcer (voice)

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Newscast Announcer (voice)

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Newsreel Announcer (voice)

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Harry Nelson

The Waltons

The Waltons

as

Poetry Pantry Announcer (voice)

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Self - Announcer (voice)

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Self - Announcer (voice)

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

as

Self -Announcer (voice)

Emergency!

Emergency!

as

Battalion Chief

Dragnet

Dragnet

as

Capt. Hugh Brown

Public Defender

Public Defender

as

Frank Leonard

Production

Crew

Directing