Lee Vines
{{Short description|Canadian-American television personality}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Lee Vines
|image =
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|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1919|4|11}}
|birth_place = Brantford, Ontario, Canada
|death_date = {{death date and age|2011|7|9|1919|4|11}}
|death_place = North Hollywood, California, U.S.
|occupation = Announcer, actor
|years_active = 1948–1990
|spouse = Catherine
}}
Lee Vines (April 11, 1919 – July 9, 2011) was a Canadian-born American radio and television announcer and actor. He was best known to television audiences in the 1950s as the announcer on the What's My Line? game show.{{cite news|title=Passings: Raymond Jones, Cal Montney, Allan Eckert, Lee Vines, Ramona Hahn, Frank Billerbeck |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110711,0,3498749.story?page=2 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2011-07-11|access-date=2011-07-12}}
Television announcer
He also was the announcer for other television shows including The Big Surprise,{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of television shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=104|edition=2nd}} Celebrity Talent Scouts,{{r|etvs|page1=173}} Down You Go,{{r|etvs|page1=282}} Fractured Phrases,{{r|etvs|page1=362}} The Funny Side,{{r|etvs|page1=373}} Make the Connection,{{r|etvs|page1=645}} Medic,{{r|etvs|page1=676}} Picture This{{r|etvs|page1=834}} Robert Q's Matinee,{{r|etvs|page1=900}} The Name's the Same, Password and Hallmark Hall of Fame. His acting and voice-over roles included Hong Kong Phooey and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (as WJM announcer Lee).{{r|etvs|page1=662}}
Radio Announcer
Radio programs for which Vines was the announcer included Bouquet for You,Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. p. 49 County Fair,{{r|rp|page1=84}} Dr. Standish, Medical Examiner,{{r|rp|page1=102}} The Janette Davis Show,{{r|rp|page1=172}} Kings Row{{cite magazine|last1=Plotnik|first1=Gene|title=Kings Row|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/50s/1951/Billboard%201951-03-10-OCR-Page-0008.pdf|access-date=12 February 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=March 10, 1951|page=8}} and Time for Love.{{r|rp|page1=335}}
Personal life
Vines was born on April 11, 1919, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, but immigrated to the United States. In 1943, he enlisted in the United States Army during World War II and served in the European Theater.
Vines died from complications of pneumonia and a fall at a convalescent facility in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, on July 9, 2011, at the age of 92.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0898939|name=Lee Vines}}
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Category:Deaths from pneumonia in California
Category:Radio and television announcers
Category:American male television actors
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States
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