Ben Grauer
Radio personality, Film actor
1908 – 1977
Who was Ben Grauer?
Benjamin Franklin Grauer was a US radio and TV personality, following a career during the 1920s as a child actor in films and on Broadway. He began his career as a child in David Warfield's production of The Return of Peter Grimm. Among his early credits were roles in films directed by D.W. Griffith.
Grauer was born in Staten Island, New York. After graduating from Townsend Harris High School, he received his B.A. from the City College of New York in 1930. Grauer started in radio as an actor but soon became part of the broadcasting staff at the National Broadcasting Company. He was one of the four narrators, along with Burgess Meredith, of NBC's public affairs series The Big Story, which focused on courageous journalists.
In 1954, he married interior designer Melanie Kahane.
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- Born
- Jun 2, 1908
Staten Island - Also known as
- Grauer, Ben
- Spouses
- Melanie Kahane
(1954 - )
- Melanie Kahane
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 31, 1977
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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