Ernie Anderson | |
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![]() Anderson c. 1961 | |
Born | Ernest Earle Anderson November 12, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | February 6, 1997 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 73)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) |
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Years active | 1946โ1997 |
Known for | Ghoulardi The voice of ABC |
Spouses | Marguerite Hemmer
(m. 1947; div. 1966)Edwina Gough
(m. 1968; div. 1995)Bonnie Skolnick (m. 1996) |
Children | 9, 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.