Mel Brandt

Melville Brandt (June 18, 1919 – March 14, 2008^[1]) was an actor and NBC staff announcer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Brandt joined the network around 1948. His radio announcing credits included The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, Author Meets the Critics, and The Eternal Light. In 1975, he announced for a syndicated radio program called Faces of Love.

On television, Brandt's familiar voice was heard over the second animated version of the NBC Peacock from 1962 to 1975, announcing that the program was in "living color" on NBC. He also announced the opening of the television soap opera, The Doctors. His introduction was "The Doctors: The Emmy Award winning program, dedicated to the brotherhood of healing." He was also announcer on GE College Bowl on NBC from 1963 to 1970; his introduction was "Match wits with the champions in America's favorite question and answer game, live from New York, the General Electric College Bowl," and after a brief plug for General Electric would introduce "the man with the questions, Robert Earle."

Brandt replaced Don Pardo as the announcer on Saturday Night Live during the 1981-82 season (though there are two episodes from that season where Mel Brandt was replaced by Bill Hanrahan as show announcer).

Brandt was one of the stars of the first television soap opera, Faraway Hill, broadcast in 1946 on the DuMont Television Network.

References

1. ^ Social Security Death Index

External links

• Mel Brandt at the Internet Movie Database
• Mel Brandt radio credits
• Mel Brandt's obituary

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Name	Brandt, Mel
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	June 18, 1919
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Date of death	March 14, 2008
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