Ed Herlihy

Ed Herlihy was born on Aug 14, 1909 in USA. Ed Herlihy's big-screen debut came with Kraft Theatre - Season 1 directed by William A. Graham in 1947, strarring Announcer. Ed Herlihy is known for The King of Comedy: Deleted and Extended Scenes directed by Martin Scorsese, Diahnne Abbott stars as Rita Keane and Lou Brown as Band Leader. The upcoming new movie Ed Herlihy plays is The King of Comedy: Deleted and Extended Scenes which will be released on Mar 25, 2014.

Herlihy was a (non-buffoon) equivalent of Ed McMahon on "The Tonight Show" before Johnny Carson came along in 1962, bringing McMahon with him. Before there was Carson, Herlihy was the announcer during 'Jack Paar's tenure as Tonight Show host, having replaced Hugh Downs when the latter went over to host NBC's "Today" A handsome man, the mellifluous-voiced Herlihy had earlier worked on Perry Como's broadcasts, known originally as "The Chesterfield Supper Club." He had also provided commentary for Universal newsreels during the 1940's and was a major radio announcer during the 1930's and 1940's. And for almost 40 years beginning in 1947, he was a most pleasant-meined TV spokesman for the US cheesemaker Kraft Foods. (A brother, Walter Herlihy, was also a TV announcer in the early days.)