Dick Whittinghill

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Dick Whittinghill, Dick Whittinghill (born March 5, 1913, Montana – died January 24, 2001, Los Angeles, California) was an American movie and television actor, recording artist and radio disc jockey in the United States. His early music career included membership in The Pied Pipers vocal group which sang with Tommy Dorseys big band.Beginning in 1950, Whittinghill was for almost three decades a popular disc jockey at radio station KMPC-AM in Los Angeles. After his retirement, he was heard on a recorded Sunday program on KMPC, and later as afternoon drive personality at KPRZ, Los Angeles, reversing his traditional KMPC role, as former KMPC afternoon DJ Gary Owens was then KPRZ morning man.Among the features of his program were the story records, sent in by listeners, in which a short anecdote was completed with a line from a song. For example, the spider told Little Miss Muffet, You can keep the curds but give me...All the Way (whey). (using Frank Sinatras song).[edit] Helen TrumpWhittinghill also spoofed the long-running radio serial, The Romance of Helen Trent with The Romance of Helen Trump, written and narrated by Whittinghill and Foster Brooks. Helen Trump was The story that asks the question Can a woman of 35?... Find love and romance with a man twice her urge? One of Helens suitors was a politician named C. Dewey Detterwick, with whom, Whittinghill said, Helen doesnt drive any more, because when C. Dewey drives, he sees spots—lonely spots. Whittinghill made great use of Freddy Fill and his Orchestra in the last 10 or 15 seconds before news broadcasts.[edit] Television appearancesWhittinghill made television appearances as well, including a number of appearances on Dragnet in the 1960s, once as himself. He always signed off from his morning show with Im walkin out the door, with you on my mind... from the Nat King Cole record, Walkin. A sly punster and a master of double-entendre, longtime listeners knew that Montana-born Whittinghill was really walkin out the door with ewe on [his] mind.His morning traffic reporter was Paul Pierce. Dick nicknamed him Panther Pierce. Whittinghill utilized the services of Freddie Fill and his Orchestra to fill the last few seconds of air time prior to news broadcasts. Upon his retirement from KMPC in August 1979, he was succeeded in morning drive by another legendary Los Angeles radio voice, Robert W. Morgan.Dick Whittinghill was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame as of November 8, 2008.[edit] External linksRadio Hall of Fame websiteIndustry Central profile of Dick WhittinghillDick Whittinghill at the Internet Movie Database This United States biographical article related to radio is a stub. 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