William Lundigan(1914-1975)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
The athletic William Lundigan stood 6' 2" and weighed 170 pounds. He
played football, basketball and tennis at Syracuse (NY) University. He
was discovered by Charles R. Rogers, head of production at Universal Studios.
Rogers happened to tune into radio station WFBL in Syracuse. He was so
intrigued by a voice he heard reading a commercial that he gave
instructions for the speaker to be located, brought to New York and
tested for movie possibilities. The speaker, of course, was Lundigan.
He had gotten the announcing job because his father owned the building
that housed WBFL. Later in his career Lundigan was successful as the
host of the CBS programs Climax! (1954) and Shower of Stars (1954). For these programs he
delivered on-air commercials for their sponsor, Chrysler Motors. Off
screen he traveled as a goodwill ambassador for the company, covering
over 100,000 miles on the road and visiting 560,000 people in 90
weeks.
