Arthur Gary
Arthur John Gary (January 28, 1914 in New York City – October 31, 2005 in New York) was an American radio and television announcer.
A graduate of New York University, Gary's announcing career spanned from 1936 to 1984. From the 1940s until his retirement, he was part of a core group of East Coast announcers for NBC which included Don Pardo, Bill Wendell, Vic Roby, Mel Brandt, Jerry Damon, Dick Dudley, Howard Reig, and Wayne Howell.
Gary was a newscaster and one of the main announcers for the long-running radio program, The Eternal Light . His other radio announcing credits included Dimension X , The Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel , and Author Meets the Critics . He also announced for various NBC television programs over the years, and handled program introductions and closes, station identifications, promos, bumpers, teasers, taglines, public service announcements, sign-ons and sign-offs for both the network and its New York owned-and-operated station, WNBC-TV.
Gary died of leukemia at age 91.
References
[edit ]- Obituary in The New York Times, November 1, 2005.
External links
[edit ]- Arthur Gary radio credits Archived 2011年07月15日 at the Wayback Machine
- Video clip from 1980 containing WNBC-TV sign-off by Arthur Gary Archived 2011年07月26日 at the Wayback Machine