William Lundigan was an athletic man standing 6' 2" and weighing 170 pounds. He attended Syracuse University, where he played football, basketball, and tennis. His athletic prowess was noticed by Charles R. Rogers, head of production at Universal Studios, who gave him a chance to break into the film industry.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth
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The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
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$500 a week |
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The Underwater City (1962)
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$10,000 |
The athletic William Lundigan stood 6' 2" and weighed 170 pounds. He played football, basketball and tennis at Syracuse (NY) University. He was discovered by Charles R. Rogers, head of production at Universal Studios. Rogers happened to tune into radio station WFBL in Syracuse. He was so intrigued by a voice he heard reading a commercial that he gave instructions for the speaker to be located, brought to New York and tested for movie possibilities. The speaker, of course, was Lundigan. He had gotten the announcing job because his father owned the building that housed WBFL. Later in his career Lundigan was successful as the host of the CBS programs Climax! (1954) and Shower of Stars (1954). For these programs he delivered on-air commercials for their sponsor, Chrysler Motors. Off screen he traveled as a goodwill ambassador for the company, covering over 100,000 miles on the road and visiting 560,000 people in 90 weeks.
