Don Wilson

Don Wilson

Don Wilson (September 1, 1900 – April 25, 1982) was an American announcer and actor in radio and television, with a Falstaffian vocal presence, remembered best as the rotund announcer and comic foil to the star of The Jack Benny Program. His film roles included small appearances as announcers or commentators in several films, and an appearance as Mr. Kettering opposite Marilyn Monroe in Niagara. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Title: Don Wilson
  • Popularity: 4.675
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1900-09-01
  • Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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  • Also Known As: Donald Harlow Wilson, Donald H. Wilson, Donald Wilson, Don H. Wilson
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Don Wilson Movies

  • 1948
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    Larceny

    Larceny

    5.6 1948 HD

    Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Payne

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  • 1946
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    The Chase

    The Chase

    6.1 1946 HD

    Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Robert Cummings

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  • 1941
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    Swing It Soldier

    Swing It Soldier

    5 1941 HD

    In this musical comedy, a pregnant disc jockey misses her husband who is fighting overseas. Stressed out by the situation and her job, she decides to...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Ken Murray

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  • 1938
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    Ferdinand the Bull

    Ferdinand the Bull

    6.5 1938 HD

    This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Milt Kahl

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  • 1953
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    Niagara

    Niagara

    6.792 1953 HD

    Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Marilyn Monroe

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  • 1959
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    The Mouse That Jack Built

    The Mouse That Jack Built

    6.7 1959 HD

    In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin playing ability lives, along with a mouse version of...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1946
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    The Kid from Brooklyn

    The Kid from Brooklyn

    6.2 1946 HD

    Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Danny Kaye

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  • 1934
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    The Hot Choc-late Soldiers

    The Hot Choc-late Soldiers

    5.4 1934 HD

    A group of confectionary soldiers go to war against a neighboring cookie castle.

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Don Wilson

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  • 1935
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    Broadway Melody of 1936

    Broadway Melody of 1936

    6.278 1935 HD

    Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1940
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    Screw Drivers of 1940

    Screw Drivers of 1940

    1 1940 HD

    Film-within-a-film: two men eating lunch at restaurant see another Shell Oil film entitled "The Largest Club in the World" with Lew Lehr and Don...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Andrew Tombes

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  • 2000
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    Celebrate Christmas With Mickey, Donald & Friends

    Celebrate Christmas With Mickey, Donald & Friends

    6.8 2000 HD

    This charming collection features 7 classic Disney cartoons from the 30's and 40's. "The Cookie Carnival" The other unrelated christmas short is...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Marcellite Garner

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  • 1940
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    Buck Benny Rides Again

    Buck Benny Rides Again

    1 1940 HD

    Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1940
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    Love Thy Neighbor

    Love Thy Neighbor

    6.5 1940 HD

    Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1952
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    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

    6.1 1952 HD

    Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dean Martin

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  • 1943
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    Du Barry was a Lady

    Du Barry was a Lady

    6.1 1943 HD

    Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Red Skelton

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  • 1953
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    The Stars Are Singing

    The Stars Are Singing

    5 1953 HD

    After she enters the United States illegally, 15-year-old Polish singer Katri Walenska (Anna Maria Alberghetti) finds herself under the wing of...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Rosemary Clooney

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  • 1941
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    The Roundup

    The Roundup

    8 1941 HD

    Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest Day's The Roundup was first filmed in 1920 with Fatty...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Richard Dix

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  • 1945
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    Out of This World

    Out of This World

    7.3 1945 HD

    An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Eddie Bracken

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  • 1948
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    Desert Empire

    Desert Empire

    1 1948 HD

    A travelogue, this film provides a guided tour of pre-World War II Utah and of course does not pretend to cinematic greatness. Recommended viewing...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Manny Nathan

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  • 1963
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    General Foods Opening Night

    General Foods Opening Night

    1 1963 HD

    Fearing they'll all be fired after hearing Phil Silvers is getting his own show on the General Foods line up, the actors and actress band together to...

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    Cast: Lucille Ball

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  • 1943
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    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    7 1943 HD

    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Walt Disney

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  • 1943
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    Dangerous Blondes

    Dangerous Blondes

    5.8 1943 HD

    Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Allyn Joslyn

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  • 1938
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    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

    7 1938 HD

    This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

    Genre:

    Cast: Judy Garland

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  • 1943
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    Mardi Gras

    Mardi Gras

    1 1943 HD

    The first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the Paramount 1943-44 production season. The series would...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Betty Jane Rhodes

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  • 1947
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    The Corpse Came C.O.D.

    The Corpse Came C.O.D.

    5.7 1947 HD

    Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: George Brent

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  • 1939
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    $1,000 a Touchdown

    $1,000 a Touchdown

    2 1939 HD

    A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joe E. Brown

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  • 1945
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    Radio Stars on Parade

    Radio Stars on Parade

    1 1945 HD

    A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Wally Brown

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  • 1938
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    Radio City Revels

    Radio City Revels

    8 1938 HD

    A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly under his own name. Comedy.

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    Cast: Jack Oakie

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  • 1940
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    Two Girls on Broadway

    Two Girls on Broadway

    6.8 1940 HD

    Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Lana Turner

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  • 1937
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    Behind the Mike

    Behind the Mike

    1 1937 HD

    Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: William Gargan

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  • 2004
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    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

    8.3 2004 HD

    Six more animated stories from the Disney studios. 'Three Blind Mousketeers' follows the misadventures of the outrageous trio. In 'Three Little...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Sterling Holloway

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  • 1945
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    Of Japanese Descent

    Of Japanese Descent

    1 1945 HD

    A public relations film which implies that the relocation and interment of Japanese Canadians was benign and necessary. Views of a Vancouver slum,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Don Wilson

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  • 1943
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    6.1 1943 HD

    An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Eddie Cantor

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  • 1970
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    Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

    Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

    1 1970 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1969
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    The Jack Benny Birthday Special

    The Jack Benny Birthday Special

    1 1969 HD

    A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1950
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    Charlie's Haunt

    Charlie's Haunt

    1 1950 HD

    The residents of a small town are haunted by the ghost of Charlie McCarthy, who doesn't like the fact that they are a very careless bunch and are...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Edgar Bergen

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  • 1937
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    Artists & Models

    Artists & Models

    1 1937 HD

    An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1960
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    Jack Benny Christmas Show

    Jack Benny Christmas Show

    1 1960 HD

    It's the week before Christmas and Jack drops by Edgar Bergen's house to go over the upcoming show's script with his guest star. When Edgar is...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1973
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    Paper Moon

    Paper Moon

    7.868 1973 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tatum O'Neal

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  • 1961
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.375 1961 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ralph Edwards

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  • 1965
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    The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

    7.6 1965 HD

    Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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