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Jackson Beck

1912-2004 US, New York City
Children's Music and Spoken Word

Born: July 23, 1912, New York City, New York, USA Died: July 28, 2004, New York City, New York, USA An American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts. Beck had a career in radio, television, and animation dating from 1931 with Myrt and Marge, among other roles. In 1934, he was the announcer for The Adventures of Babe Ruth on the radio. In 1943, he took over as narrator of radio's The Adventures of Superman; it was Beck who intoned the familiar prologue "strange visitor from another planet..." Decades later, he portrayed Perry White, Clark Kent's boss in Filmation's The New Adventures of Superman animated series and was narrator as well. He also impersonated Joseph Stalin and other world leaders for the March of Time radio series, starred as The Cisco Kid on radio from 1942 to 1945 and sleuth Philo Vance in a syndicated series from 1948 to 1950, and served as narrator for the radio adventures of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. In 1969, Beck used his deep, dramatic, modulated voice as the narrator of Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run. Three years earlier, he dubbed the English voice of the judge listing Tuco's many crimes before sentencing him to death by hanging in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Beck was one of the players in National Lampoon's first comedy album Radio Dinner in 1972. He was prominent as well in Allen's 1987 film Radio Days, dubbing the voice of the on-the-spot newsman. Beck also co-starred in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater (CBSRMT).

     
Genres
  • Children's Music
  • Spoken Word
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Take A Talking Trip (An Introduction To US Dialects)Norman Rose, Jackson Beck, Pat Bright, Arthur Anderson, Anne Costello1968Single
The Ugly Duckling/Goldilocks And The Three Bears/The Brementown MusiciansDick Van Patten, Billy Mure, Sybil Trent, Rita Lloyd, Evelyn Juster, Jack Grimes, Gwen Davies, Jackson Beck, Danny DavisAlbum
King Leonardo Theme Song / Odie-O-ColognieJackson Beck / Allen SwiftSingle
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