I think the first time my ugly mug was framed in a picture tube was in September of 1964 when I made my network debut on Rudee Valee's "On Broadway Tonight" variety show as a member of the folk music trio "The City Folk". After watching the reruns a couple of times I was convinced that my future did not lie in my appearance.

As I began to do more and more radio commercials in the 60's, it was inevitable that my talents were sought for TV commercial soundtracks as well. In the decades of babbling that make up the body of my career, there are countless voice-overs for commercials from Coca Cola to Las Vegas Tourism, as well as dozens of broadcast documentary narrations including the popular A&E network series "America's Castles", The History Channel's "America's Most Endangered", Public Broadcasting's "Swissrail Travel", a Discovery Channel series on American Presidential politics called "November Warriors", and many more. I have also been the off-camera promotional voice for several TV stations such as:

• WSOC - Charlotte, NC
• WKRG - Mobile, AL
• KMBC - Kansas City, MO
• WCSC - Charleston, SC

But you have about as much chance of seeing my visage on the tube as you do of meeting the Pope at a Marilyn Manson concert! I've popped up occasionally to beg for bucks on the local public broadcasting station, and there are a couple of industrial videos and one or two TV commercials that I did on camera in a moment of weakness, but as a rule I am strictly a voice for hire. The rest of me is not ready for prime time.

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