- Lou Steele
Louis J. (Lou) Steele [ [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?letter=y&lastname=STEELE&firstname=LOUIS&ssn=158-16-1631&birth=07+Mar+1928&death=25+Feb+2001&middlename=J&namesiffix= Social Security Death Index] - based on this entry, by the time of his death he had legally changed his surname.] (7 March
1928 -25 February 2001 ) was an Americanactor ,radio , andtelevision announcer .Born Louis Ferraioli on 7 March 1928, he is well known for working in a supportive role with such actors as
Judith Anderson ,Joseph Cotten ,Fortunio Bonanova ,John Bromfield ,Carleton Carpenter ,Wendell Corey , andAlbert Dekker .Lou was also an announcer on Armed Forces Radio during the
Korean War , and was the voice who informed the troops that their commander, GeneralDouglas MacArthur , had been recalled by PresidentHarry S Truman .Beginning in the 1950s, Lou was an announcer on WNEW-TV Channel 5 out of
New York City . Prior to that, he was a staff announcer on radio station WPAT inPaterson, New Jersey . In the late 1980s, Steele was an anchor of a nightly newscast on a low-powertelevision station in New York. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D61331F932A05751C1A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]Lou Steele was well known for voicing the
catch phrase , coined by his announcer-booth colleagueTom Gregory : "It's 10 P.M. Do you know where your children are?" In addition, in the early 1980s Steele voiced another briefpublic service announcement for the station, "It's 7 P.M. Did you hug your child today?"While on at WNEW-TV Lou was also the host for the local horror show "Creature Features" (1969–1973). Known as "The Creep," Lou would appear without the normal make-up or costume typical of horror hosts of the day. At various times, Lou would conduct contests that involved coming up with trivia questions, made-up quotes spoofing notable horror film titles, or flashing parts of a title at select times throughout that night’s movie. Contest winners were announced on air.
Steele died on 25 February 2001 in his home in Paterson, New Jersey of a heart attack.
Filmography
* "
Some of My Best Friends Are... " (1971)
* "The Pawn " (1968)
* "September Affair " (1950)
* "The Furies " (1950)References
External links
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* [http://myweb.wvnet.edu/e-gor/tvhorrorhosts/hostsc.html#TheCreep The Creep]
* [http://www.tv-signoffs.com/1950s_signoffs.htm Web page with audio of 1959 WNEW-TV sign-off by Lou Steele]
* [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/5169/ 1983 video clip of Lou Steele announcing, "Did you hug your child today?"]
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