Lester Joseph Damon was an American character actor best known for his nearly 30 years performing on radio.
22 Facts About Les Damon
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Les Damon began acting in the early 1930s traveling with different stock companies in and out of the United States.
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Les Damon first started acting with the Albee Stock Company in Providence.
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In 1934, Les Damon became an apprentice with the Old Vic Company in Lambeth, England.
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Les Damon remained there for a year until he came back to the United States.
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In 1943, Les Damon was drafted into the United States Military.
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Les Damon served in the Fourteenth Air Force of the Army Air Forces as a technical sergeant.
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Les Damon served at the IBN outlet in Bhamo, Burma where he announced live spots between transcribed rebroadcasts of stateside programs, along with news broadcasts, interviews, and other assorted local features.
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Les Damon was rewarded a Bronze Star for his service during World War II.
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Les Damon returned to the States in 1938 after his stock company along his stage career folded.
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Les Damon became a frequent voice in Hummert soaps of the late 1930s, usually playing either sympathetic go-getters or stern authority figures, in series such as The Romance of Helen Trent and Houseboat Hannah.
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Les Damon would remain a Hummert and daytime soap favorite through the early 1940s.
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On July 2,1941, Les Damon became known as "The Thin Man" on NBC Radio's The Adventures of the Thin Man.
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Les Damon starred in this program opposite Claudia Morgan who played his wife Nora.
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Les Damon would leave the series shortly after its move to CBS in 1943 to serve in the military.
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In 1950, Damon replaced Tremayne on the radio program The Falcon on Mutual when Damon became free-lance investigator and troubleshooter Michael Waring, known as the Falcon.
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Les Damon remained on The Falcon until 1953, being replaced by actor George Petrie.
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Les Damon continued making frequent appearances on radio up until the end of his life.
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Les Damon made his last appearance on radio on the June 17,1962 episode of Suspense entitled "Lunatic Hour".
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In July 1962, Damon was admitted into the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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Les Damon is buried in Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey.
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Les Damon is buried with her family in Kinderhook, Illinois.