Willard Waterman
Birth Name:
Willard Lewis Waterman
Birth Place:
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Received a Clio Award for his appearance in the Boss and Peterson radio commercial for Sony in 1980
- The national board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Arts honored him for his dedication to the welfare of performers everywhere in 1995
- Was a founding member of the American Federation of Radio Artists, later renamed the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- Studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin, but spent his free time acting in student theater and radio productions
- Befriended actress Uta Hagen while the two were in college
- Known for his blustering, larger-than-life persona as an actor and radio personality
- One of his most famous roles was on the radio as the title character in "The Great Gildersleeve․"
- Joined the Psi Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity
- Was the only person to have served as a member of the American Federation of Radio Artists' board of directors in four different locations, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York
- Worked in war production in the Nash-Kelvinator plant in Kenosha, Wis․, during World War II