This cheerful, ever-smiling Hollywood leading man and singer of the 1930s and 40s later made a highly successful comeback as a geriatric character actor. With his distinctive, buttery baritone and crisp diction, Ameche first made his mark on the radio on "The Chase & Sanborn Hour" and "The Bickersons". He was signed by 20th Century-Fox in the mid-1930s and immediately became one of the studio's busiest leading men, typically as confident young men or exotic romeos in light comedies, musicals and dramas. Noted for his perennial earnestness and high level of boyish energy, Ameche played one of
