Don Pardo

Film & TV

Westfield, Massachusetts, USA

He is best known for his long tenure on "Saturday Night Live" from its inception in 1975 until he died in 2014. Over his seven-decade career, he became an iconic voice on NBC, narrating shows like "The Price Is Right" and "Jeopardy!" and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2010.

Known for

• Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives — Self2008
• Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation — Self (voice) (archive footage)2007
• 30 Rock — Sid2006
• Saturday Night Live: Christmas — (archive footage)1999
• "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos — Self1998
• The Godson — Self1998
• Stay Tuned — Game Show Announcer1992
• The Earth Day Special — Weekend Update Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1990
• The Simpsons — Don Pardo (voice)1989
• Totally Minnie — Announcer1988

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Spain

Active from

1942-11-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

534

Total plays

3,069

Dominick George "Don" Pardo (born February 22, 1918) is an American radio and television announcer. He is known as the voice of the long-running late night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. Pardo is noted for his long association with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as The Price Is Right, Jeopardy!, and NBC Nightly News. He has been the announcer of Saturday Night Live for all but one of its seasons. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Don+Pardo">

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Don

Family name

Pardo

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Westfield

Place of death

Tucson

Occupation

voice actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Number of children

5

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