Ken Carpenter

Ken Carpenter

Born: August 21, 1900
Died: October 16, 1984
in Avon, Illinois, USA

Movies for Ken Carpenter...

Showbiz Goes to War
Title: Showbiz Goes to War
Character: (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
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Cheers for Chubby
Title: Cheers for Chubby
Character: Narrator
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A cartoon film on the danger, prevention and treatment of overweight.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Self - Announcer
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Goodbye, Weeds
Title: Goodbye, Weeds
Character: Jim
Released: October 30, 1946
Type: Movie
A sales pitch for an herbicide/fertilizer for the lawn made by Sherwin Williams.
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Speaking of Animals No. Y6-1: Stork Crazy
Title: Speaking of Animals No. Y6-1: Stork Crazy
Character: Narrator
Released: October 18, 1946
Type: Movie
A "Speaking of Animals" comedy focusing on the young ones.
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True to Life
Title: True to Life
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
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Mystery Broadcast
Title: Mystery Broadcast
Character: Radio Announcer
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people involved in the case, but shortly afterwards the main suspects turn up dead.
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Strictly G.I.
Title: Strictly G.I.
Character: Self - Announcer
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. This entry (Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 20) was broadcast and filmed at a live performance at Camp Roberts, California. Lana Turner, Betty Hutton, Judy Garland and Bob Hope star.
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The Secret Code
Title: The Secret Code
Character: Newscaster
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
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New York Town
Title: New York Town
Character: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Released: October 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
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The Lady Eve
Title: The Lady Eve
Character: Himself - Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1941
Type: Movie
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Rhythm on the River
Title: Rhythm on the River
Character: Teddy Gardner (announcer)
Released: August 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and then try to sell their songs under their own name. The problem is every song publisher thinks they're copying Courtney's style.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.