Jim Gallant

Jim Gallant

Born: December 24, 1930
Died: May 6, 2014
in Marion, Ohio, United States of America
James “Jim” Roby Gallant was born on December 24, 1930 in Marion, Ohio.

Jim’s passion for broadcasting, radio and television was the path to his life-long CAREER that spanned 59 years in the entertainment industry. Jim was a professional disc jockey, a radio and TV staff announcer and a radio and TV newsman. Early in Jim’s career, he worked at WFMJ. Jim also worked in major markets including Dayton, Norfolk, Chicago, New Haven, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Miami, and spent the last 30 years working in Los Angeles as a voice-over artist, doing commercials and working in theatre, television and film.

Jim was also the host of his own TV show, Jim Gallant Connecticut Bandstand, out of New Haven, Conn. Jim was known as “the voice” in Kansas City. He was a host on Encore cable TV in Los Angeles. Jim was a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA).

He passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.

Movies for Jim Gallant...

America's Treasures
Title: America's Treasures
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: September 2, 2007
Type: Movie
From the desk on which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence to Dorothy's ruby slippers, the National Museum of American History houses many of America's greatest treasures and icons. Learn the stories of how they came to be a part of the museum's collection, and meet the people who have restored some of these treasures.
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Hangman
Title: Hangman
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
An abused wife convinces her psychiatrist to kill her wealthy husband.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Title: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Character: Bullet #3
Released: June 21, 1988
Type: Movie
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.