Ernie Anderson

Ernie Anderson
Anderson c. 1961
Born
Ernest Earle Anderson

November 12, 1923 (1923-11-12)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1997(1997-02-06) (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television personality
  • announcer
  • horror host
  • DJ
Years active1946โ€“1997
Known forGhoulardi
The voice of ABC
Spouses
Marguerite Hemmer
(m. 1947; div. 1966)
Edwina Gough
(m. 1968; div. 1995)
Bonnie Skolnick
(m. 1996)
Children9, including Paul Thomas

Ernest Earle Anderson (November 12, 1923 โ€“ February 6, 1997) was an American radio and television personality, horror host, and announcer.

Known for his portrayal of "Ghoulardi", the host of late night horror films on WJW Channel 8 on Cleveland television from 1963 to 1966,[1] he worked as an announcer for the ABC television network from the late 1970s until the mid-1990s.

He is the father of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, whose production entity is known as the Ghoulardi Film Company.

  1. ^ "Cleveland legend Ghoulardi casts long shadow decades later". cleveland.com. October 26, 2017.