Bill Goodwin

Birth Name:

William Nettles Goodwin

Birth Place:

San Francisco, California, United States

Profession

Actor

Died of a suspected heart attack in his car when he was only 47
Left the University of California to take a radio announcing job that would lead him to be one of the top names in his profession
Was skilled at weaving advertisements into the storyline of a radio show
Best known for playing the straight man for comic Bob Hope
During his years as a radio, television and screen personality, he announced for Joe Penner, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Edgar Bergen, Sammy Kaye and Frank Sinatra
Cultivated the on-air persona of a jovial ladies' man, and often gave George Burns a hard time about his appearance and age
On film, he often played the friend of the story's hero

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