Biography
Ken Niles (1906–1988) was an American radio announcer and occasional actor. He began his radio career in the late 1920s at KJR in Seattle, Washington, and created a series of original radio dramas called Theater of the Mind in 1928. He worked as a commercial announcer on programmes including Bing Crosby's series in the 1930s and several Camel Cigarettes-sponsored shows, notably The Abbott and Costello Show.
Niles appeared in a number of films, often in uncredited roles as announcers or narrators. His most notable screen credit was as the lawyer Leonard Eels in the film noir Out of the Past (1947). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his radio work, one of the first awarded to brothers alongside his sibling Wendell Niles.
