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Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921 – December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer, who used Fred Foy as his professional name. He is best known for his narration of The Lone Ranger. Radio historian Jim Harmon described Foy as "the announcer, perhaps the greatest announcer-narrator in the history of radio drama."
Shortly after graduating from high school in 1938, Foy began in broadcasting with a part-time position at WMBC, a 250-watt independent station in Detroit. He moved to WXYZ in 1942, but World War II interrupted his radio career.
He was inducted August 28, 1942, entering the American armed forces September 11, 1942. Attached to the 14th Special Service Company, Sergeant Fred Foy became the American voice on Egyptian State Broadcasting, delivering news and special programs to the Allied Forces in Cairo. He handled the distribution throughout the Middle East of American recordings, in addition to local broadcasts of Command Performance, Mail Call, Personal Album, Radio Bric-a-Brac and Front Line Theatre. He also announced The American Forces Programme. For Stars and Stripes he did American News Letter, a weekly summary of news from America, plus sport flashes and items from various theatres of war. For Cairo cinemas, he announced Headline News of the Day. Foy helped stage and announce USO sponsored programs, including a Jack Benny broadcast from Cairo to New York and an Andre Kostelanetz concert with Lily Pons.
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REPS Archive Video: Clip From 1996 features Fred Foy, Herb Ellis, Parley Baer, Sam Edwards, Colby Chester, Bill Brooks appear in The Lone Ranger old time radio re-creation in an episode from the series titled Fear. Sound Effects by Ray Erlenborn and Stewart Conway.
Dennis Daily shares another of his more than 200 "American Montage" broadcasts from his days with the old UPI Radio Network. In this episode, Dennis visits with Fred Foy. He was the narrator of "The Lone Ranger" from 1947 until the end of the show's run. His intro to the show, over the William Tell Overture, is thought to be one of the most memorable in broadcast history.
Retirement tribute from WABC Eyewitness News to Fred Foy 12-13-1985
Full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/fred-foy
DENNIS DAILY goes into the archives for comments from some really interesting people; this time around you'll hear from legendary FRED FOY, the best-known narrator of "The Lone Ranger."
In The Service Of His Country For three years, Staff Sgt. Adam L. Dickmyer was commander of the relief and assistant sergeant of the guard, the sentinels who maintain an around-the-clock vigil at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Staff Sgt. Dickmyer was killed by an IED while serving his country in Afghanistan. Also, hear about the announcer of one of the best-known Western serials on radio and television. Listen to his famous introduction. Staff Sgt. Adam L. Dickmyer, 26, of Winston Salem, N.C., was an Infantryman assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. He joined the Army in Oct. 2002 and arrived at Fort Campbell in Nov. 2009. His awards and decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendatio...
Fred Foy, the Lone Ranger announcer ("Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!") on radio, played the part of Lone Ranger once, when Brace Beemer (radio's Lone Ranger) had laryngitis. This is a re-creation of that radio show, with Fred Foy reprising his Lone Ranger role and also performing his regular role as the show's announcer. It was performed in April 1996 at the 11th Annual Cincinnati Old Time Radio and Nostalgia Convention. My daughter Karen Hughes plays the little girl, and I am the outlaw without a beard in the opening scene. The other outlaw, Steve Thompson, still acts at the conventions. The man doing sound effects right at the beginning is the late Barney Beck, who did sound effects for The Shadow and Superman. Much more about old-time radio a...
Frederick Foy and Raqui Thomas performing in the hit gospel stage play "Everybody's Man" written and directed by Debra L. Atkins. Songs written by Frederick Foy. For more information please call 832-423-9090. ** Please subscribe, share or comment on this clip!**