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Died aged 74GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn07/04/1897Died20/02/1972 (aged 74)Died inLos AngelesCauseprostate cancerWikidataQ3097952 ↗Buried atGreenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & CemeteryTMDb#167927 ↗
Walter Winchell was an American syndicated newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes, and Jazz Age slang.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereMovie | Self (archive footage) | 106 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Movie | Self (archive footage) | 78 |
| 1968 | The Movie OrgyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 71 |
| 1962 | The Lucy ShowSeries | Narrator (voice) | 65 |
| 1962 | Wild HarvestMovie | Narrator (voice) | 65 |
| 1961 | DondiMovie | Walter Winchell | 64 |
| 1960 | College ConfidentialMovie | Walter Winchell | 63 |
| 1960 | The BellboyMovie | Walter Winchell (uncredited) | 63 |
| 1959 | The UntouchablesSeries | Narrator | 62 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries | — | 61 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music HallSeries | Self | 61 |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell FileSeries | — | 60 |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan StoryMovie | Self | 60 |
| 1956 | Telephone TimeSeries | — | 59 |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show BusinessMovie | Walter Winchell (voice) (uncredited) | 57 |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Series | Self | 53 |
| 1949 | Sorrowful JonesMovie | Himself (voice) (uncredited) | 52 |
| 1947 | Daisy KenyonMovie | himself | 50 |
| 1947 | Is Everybody Listening?Movie | Walter Winchell | 50 |
| 1937 | Wake Up and LiveMovie | Walter Winchell | 40 |
| 1934 | The Hollywood Gad-AboutMovie | Walter Winchell | 37 |
| 1933 | Broadway Thru a KeyholeMovie | Walter Wenchell - Newscaster | 36 |
| 1930 | The Bard of BroadwayMovie | — | 33 |