Kenneth Howard "Kenny" Delmar (September 5, 1910, Boston, Massachusetts – July 14, 1984, Stamford, Connecticut) was an American actor active in radio, films and animation.
Delmar is notable for his performances as Senator Beauregard Claghorn on Fred Allen's radio program, which he did while also serving as the show's regular announcer. The role was a major influence on the Warner Brothers' cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. At the height of his popularity, Delmar also starred as Claghorn in a 1947 theatrical feature film, "It's a Joke, Son".
Delmar was also announcer and voice performer on the Alan Young Radio Show. One of the characters that he played was Counselor Carteblanche who is obviously similar in mannerisms and voice to Senator Claghorn. http://www.archive.org/details/otr_alanyoung for sample shows.
In the infamous 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles' adaptation of The War of the Worlds, he played the voice of the unnamed Secretary of the Interior, who, on Welles' direction, sounded suspiciously like then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also was heard as Commissioner Weston on early episodes of The Shadow.
Delmar was also a well-utilized cartoon voice talent whose voice was familiar to baby-boomers as Commander McBragg, The Hunter and other Saturday morning cartoon icons.
He is buried in Stamford's Long Ridge Union Cemetery.
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