1. Gil Stratton later attended St Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree, and starred as goalie of the SLU hockey team.
16 Facts About Gil Stratton
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Gil Stratton first became interested in acting as a teenager.
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Gil Stratton debuted on Broadway at the age of 19 as Bud Hooper in the George Abbott musical Best Foot Forward.
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Gil Stratton later noted that he ended up spending much of his service umpiring baseball.
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When Gil Stratton completed his time with the Army, he returned to film, appearing in such features as Stalag 17, a role in The Wild One, and Bundle of Joy.
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Gil Stratton starred in a total of 40 films during his film career, sharing the big screen with other notable actors such as Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden.
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Gil Stratton starred in Waldo, an unsold television pilot that aired as an episode of the 1960 anthology series New Comedy Showcase.
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Gil Stratton was hired by Los Angeles television station KNXT in 1954 as a sportscaster and sports news anchor.
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Gil Stratton spent sixteen years as sports anchor of the show The Big News during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Gil Stratton was the last-surviving member of The Big News team prior to his death.
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Gil Stratton served as a sportscaster for California CBS AM radio station, KNX 1070, from 1967 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1997 and for KTTV for a time in the 70's and 80's.
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Gil Stratton covered the NFL as "the voice" of the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s, and called Major League Baseball games, Kentucky Derbies, and feature races from Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar Gil Stratton covered many other sports, such as hockey, tennis, track and field and golf.
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Gil Stratton sold the station to Bill Evans and returned again to KNX 1070 radio in 1986 as a weekend sports anchor.
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Gil Stratton retired again in 1997 but continued doing charity work, such as hosting many charity golf tournaments to raise funds for Henry Mayo Hospital in Santa Clarita, California.
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Gil Stratton taught classes in broadcasting at California State University Northridge.
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Gil Stratton died on October 11,2008, at the age of 86.