Warren Hull Biography

Fast Facts

• Originally studied business at New York University but switched to the Eastman School of Music after deciding to pursue a career in music instead
• Said to be the 23rd grandson of both King Henry II and Robert de Vere
• After dying of congestive heart failure, he was buried at the North Cemetery in Waterbury, Conn
• Started working as a radio announcer in 1923, serving as the master of ceremonies for the first "Your Hit Parade" radio program
• Became a chorus boy in Shubert operas and operettas in New York City, which eventually led to work on Broadway
• Played the trumpet and saxophone in high school and sang and acted in school productions
• His stint as a host for "Strike It Rich" started in 1948 when he started hosting the radio series that would later be adapted for television
• A popular serial actor in the action-adventure genre, he was known for starring in "The Green Hornet Strikes Again," in which he plays a millionaire newspaper publisher who fights crime as his alter ego, the Green Hornet
• Played leading men in dramas and musicals for Warner Bros․ while on contract with the studio
• Retired to a farm in Connecticut with his fourth wife in his 60s