Kenny Delmar

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Kenny Delmar

Kenneth Howard Delmar (born Kenneth Frederick Fay Howard; September 5, 1910, Boston, Massachusetts – July 14, 1984, Stamford, Connecticut) was an American actor active in radio, films, and animation. An announcer on the pioneering radio news series The March of Time, he became a national radio sensation in 1945 as Senator Beauregard Claghorn on the running "Allen's Alley" sketch on The Fred Allen Show. The character Delmar created was a primary inspiration for the Warner Bros. cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 5, 1910 (Boston), Died July 14, 1984 (Stamford)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	75620	12/22/1949	Texas, li'l darlin'	Kenny Delmar	vocalist
Decca	75623	12/22/1949	Reprise : The yodel blues	Kenny Delmar	vocalist
Decca	75626	12/22/1949	The yodel blues	Kenny Delmar ; Mary Hatcher	vocalist
Decca	75627	12/22/1949	Politics	Kenny Delmar ; Loring Smith	vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Delmar, Kenny," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/311817.

Delmar, Kenny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/311817.

"Delmar, Kenny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.