Tom Breneman

Not to be confused with Thom Brennaman.
Tom Breneman's Restaurant is seen here as it looked in 1947. Breneman broadcast his Breakfast in Hollywood radio program from here in the late 1940s.

Thomas Breneman Smith (June 18, 1900 – April 28, 1948)[1][2] was an American radio personality. For most of his career, he was based in Southern California, in Los Angeles and Hollywood. His radio program was such a success that he established the eponymous Tom Breneman's Restaurant in Hollywood, which attracted many actors, musicians and others.

  1. ^ The draft registration card for Thomas Brenaman Smith of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania gives his birth date as June 18, 1900. The 1910 U.S. census conducted in April 1910 gives the age of 9 for Thomas Brenneman Smith of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. This matches a birth date of June 1900.
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