Kenneth Howard Delmar (born Kenneth Frederick Fay Howard;[1] September 5, 1910 July 14, 1984) was an American actor active in radio, films, and animation. An announcer on the pioneering radio news series The March of Time, he became a national radio sensation in 1945 as Senator Beauregard Claghorn on the running "Allen's Alley" sketch on The Fred Allen Show.[2] The character Delmar created was a primary inspiration for the Warner Bros. cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
^"Milestones", Time, May 17, 1948
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of his parents. His mother, Evelyn Delmar, was a vaudevillian who toured the country with her sister. KennyDelmar was on the stage from age seven. His...
A Southern-accented, crime-fighting bloodhound detective (voiced by KennyDelmar, reprising his Senator Claghorn voice from The Fred Allen Show) chases...
"Allen's Alley" routines, Senator Claghorn, portrayed by Allen's announcer KennyDelmar, was a blustery Southern politician whose home was usually the first...
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character of Senator Claghorn, a blustery Southern politician played by KennyDelmar on Fred Allen's popular 1940s radio show. Foghorn adopted many of Claghorn's...
Moody, and KennyDelmar, the new show's announcer, as bellowing Southern senator Beauregard Claghorn. Pious is credited with bringing Delmar to Allen's...
of a local United States Army fort, one Colonel Kit Coyote (voiced by KennyDelmar impersonating Theodore Roosevelt) whose name is an obvious parody of...
gravelly voice of Commander McBragg was provided by veteran voice talent KennyDelmar, best known for his stammering non-stop talking as "Senator Claghorn"...
Fennelly), and boisterous Southern senator Beauregard Claghorn (announcer KennyDelmar). Texaco ended its sponsorship of the program in 1944. Some prominent...
in crowd scenes, envying this "hallowed circle" that included Sloane, KennyDelmar, Arlene Francis, Gary Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Jeanette Nolan, Paul...
Jackson Beck Bradley Bolke KennyDelmar Mort Marshall Norman Rose Delo States Larry Storch Allen Swift Narrated by KennyDelmar ("Tennessee Tuxedo" and "The...
Announcer), Frank Readick (Reporter Carl Phillips, Radio operator 2X2L), KennyDelmar (Policeman at farm, Captain Lansing, Secretary of the Interior, Bayonne...
Parker Fennelly The "Allen's Alley" cast (l to r): Fred Allen, KennyDelmar, Minerva Pious, Peter Donald and Parker Fennelly. Born (1891-10-22)October...
his back rent. In 1953, Conried left the program and was replaced by KennyDelmar as his cousin Maestro Wanderkin. Irma worked for the lawyer Mr. Clyde...
Cole 1943 The Fred Allen Show debut of Senator Claghorn Fred Allen, KennyDelmar October 7, 1945 "Jole Blon (Jolie Blonde)" Harry Choates 1946 Tubby the...
layout artist, (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1983). September 5: KennyDelmar, American actor (voice of Commander McBragg, The Hunter in King Leonardo...
Humphrey Bogart (Two-cylinder Crosley) David Carradine (VC Super Sports) KennyDelmar ('Senator Claghorn' on The Fred Allen Show) Tommy Dorsey President Dwight...
PM Eastern by the DuMont Television Network for a few months in 1949. KennyDelmar starred as a teacher in a classroom setting; he called on students to...
potential to make money. Farrell's musical Texas Li'l Darlin', featuring KennyDelmar, opened at the end of 1949. Texas Li'l Darlin' was the first hit in the...
The program was revived in 1949 as School House (also on DuMont) with KennyDelmar replacing Felton. Happy Felton's Spotlight Club, an audience-participation...
loud and chaotic at the chain of events that the Allen show announcer, KennyDelmar, was cut off the air while trying to read a final commercial and the...
playwright. Described as a "modern character actor", his roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Gideon in Minority Report...
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