Lester Tremayne

 Lester Tremayne (April 16, 1913 – December 19, 2003)

He was a radio, film and television actor. Born in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, Illinois, United States, where he began in community theater. His radio career began in 1931, and during the 1930s and 1940s, Tremayne was often heard in more than one show per week. Replacing Don Ameche, he starred in The First Nighter Program from 1936 to 1942. He starred in The Adventures of the Thin Man and The Romance of Helen Trent during the 1940s. He also starred in the title role in The Falcon, and played detective Pat Abbott in The Abbott Mysteries in 1946–47. Tremayne was once named one of the three most distinctive voices on American radio. The other two were Bing Crosby and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His film credits include A Man Called Peter, The Racket, The Angry Red Planet, The War of The Worlds, Say One for Me, North by Northwest, The Monolith Monsters, The Monster of Piedras Blancas and The Fortune Cookie. He appeared in numerous shows (Perry Mason (1957), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), 77 Sunset Strip (1958), etc.) along with a few sitcoms. After a six-decade-plus career in radio, television, and films, Les was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. He died of heart failure at the age of 90, and is interred at Westwood Memorial Park.