Roger Grimsby

Roger Grimsby

Infobox actor
name = Roger Grimsby


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birthdate = September 23, 1928
deathdate = June 25, 1995
deathplace = New York, New York

Roger Grimsby (September 23, 1928 – June 23, 1995) was an American news anchor and actor.

A graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota, Grimsby started his anchoring career on KGO-TV in San Francisco in the early 1960s. He then moved to New York City's WABC-TV in 1968, where he served as co-anchor on Eyewitness News alongside Tom Dunn from 1968 through 1970, and Bill Beutel from 1970 on. Grimsby was fired from WABC-TV on April 16, 1986 and went to WNBC-TV's Live at Five as a commentator from 1987 to 1989. He then worked at KUSI in San Diego.

Grimsby was known for beginning his broadcasts with the phrase "Good evening, I'm Roger Grimsby. Here now, the news" and ending them with the phrase "Hoping your news is good news, I'm Roger Grimsby." Chevy Chase later spoofed the opening line on "Saturday Night Live"'s Weekend Update segment with his catchphrase, "Good evening, I'm Chevy Chase and you're not." He often appeared in films, usually playing himself as an anchorman, and had roles in "Bananas", "The Exterminator", "Ghostbusters", "Turk 182", and "Nothing but Trouble".

Grimsby died of lung cancer in New York at the age of 66.

External links

*imdb name|id=0342339|name=Roger Grimsby
* [http://www.uhfnocturne.com/news/KGO_News.html UHF Nocturne] - print ads for KGO featuring Roger Grimsby
* [http://www.broadcastlegends.com/grimsby.html Broadcast legends] -Roger Grimsby Bio


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