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A brief Who's Who of The
Avengers Radio Series...
Please click 'Further Detail' links for expanded biographies.
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Denis Smith
(Pre-recorded "Cold Water Omo" announcements)
Denis Smith was
a legend in South African radio circles. He was an actor, a
presenter, an announcer, and, most famously, a newsreader. He
fulfilled the latter role on Springbok Radio, reading the
evening news in The World At 7.00pm. Denis Smith died on
13th
May 2015.
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Malcolm Gooding
(Pre-recorded "Cold Water Omo" announcements)
Malcolm
Gooding is a South African voice artist and television presenter
famed for narrating the iconic radio programme Squad Cars
on Springbok Radio from 1968 to 1985. He is also well-known as a
disc jockey, newscaster and presenter of documentaries and
magazine programmes.
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Tony Jay
(Pre-recorded announcer on opening theme - "The Avengers")
Born in London
in 1933, Tony Jay was a founder member of the Royal Shakespeare
Company who emigrated to South Africa in 1955. He was involved
in many Springbok Radio productions and later forged a hugely
successful career in America, working with many of the great
directors of the modern era. Tony passed away in Los Angeles in
2006.
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Compiled and
written by Alan
Hayes
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