George Fenneman
Birth Name:
George Watt Fenneman
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Graduated from San Francisco State College in 1942 with a degree in speech and drama
- Quote: "Listen, those were the biggest 15 years of my life․ 'You Bet Your Life' was my career․"
- Best known as comedian Groucho Marx's straight man on the television show "You Bet Your Life․"
- On "Dragnet," he was the announcer who proclaimed "The names have been changed to protect the innocent," a role that he later parodied on an episode of "The Simpsons․"
- Served as the television spokesman for Home Savings of America from 1978 until 1995