Stanley Andrews
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Stanley Andrews, born Stanley (or Stanislaw) Andrzejewski (August 28, 1891 - June 23, 1969) was an American actor best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program Little Orphan Annie and later as "The Old Ranger", the host of Death Valley Days.
Little is known of Andrews' early years, except that he was raised in the Midwest. He acted on stage and in radio since he was a young adult.
His first big role was on radio as Daddy Warbucks in the Little Orphan Annie series, were he starred from 1931 to 1936. He would appear in over 250 movies, which included Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Beau Geste, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Ox-Bow Incident, It's a Wonderful Life (he played Mr. Welch, though he was not credited), The Lemon Drop Kid and his final film role in Cry Terror! in 1958.
His role as the Old Ranger started in 1952 and ended in 1965, when the sponsors of Death Valley Days, U.S. Borax, decided it was time for a younger man who turned out to be future California governor and President Ronald Reagan. His last role, the television movie Missile Base at Taniak came in 1966.
He died in Los Angeles in 1969 at age 77.
