Maurice Tarplin

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Maurice Tarplin (April 1, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts - May 12, 1975) was a radio actor best known as the narrator of The Mysterious Traveler, employing a voice once described as "eerily sardonic." [1]

Tarplin was also a familiar voice as Dr. Weird on The Strange Dr. Weird and Inspector Faraday on Boston Blackie. He was heard on numerous other shows, including The Shadow, Theater Five, The March of Time (as Winston Churchill), [2] Gangbusters and various soap operas. He played Los Angeles District Attorney Richard Hanley on The Guiding Light. On Myrt and Marge he played Barnie Belzer, and he was in several episodes of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.

In later years, Tarplin did voiceovers for TV commercials and worked on the English language soundtracks for foreign films.

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Jack. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking, 1986
  2. ^ "The March Toward War"

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