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Doug Smith (cyclist)
Douglas, Doug or Dougie Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Douglas Smith (broadcaster) (1924–1972), British radio broadcaster * Doug Smith (composer) (born 1963), American composer and pianist * Douglas Burnet Smith (born 1949), Canadian poet * Ivan Stang (born 1953), American author born Douglass St. Clair Smith * Douglas E. Smith (1960–2014), American video game designer * Douglas Smith (actor) (born 1985), Canadian-American actor * Douglas Smith (special effects artist), visual effects artist of ''Independence Day'' movie * Douglas Smith (writer), American writer and historian of Russia Politics * Dougie Smith (born 1962), British political advisor * W. Douglas Smith (born 1958), American politician from South Carolina * Douglas Smith (Maine politician) (born 1946), American politician from Maine * Douglas M. Smith (born 1990), American politician from New York * Doug Smith (politician) (born 1967), American politician from West Virginia Sports * Doug Smith (pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Smith (broadcaster)
Douglas Arthur Smith''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' (11 February 1924 – 15 October 1972) was a British radio announcer and comedian who spent 25 years with the BBC. He began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service (now the World Service) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme. He is probably best remembered as the formal announcer on ''Beyond Our Ken'' (1958–1964), its successor ''Round the Horne'' (1965–1968) and the short-lived '' Stop Messing About'' (1969–1970), where his " BBC accent" was used to comic effect. In this role, he advertised ''Dobbiroids'' (a fictional product for horses) and the huge number of naïve sound effects he made to assist in the development of humorous and often bizarre plots. Smith performed "Nobody Loves a Fairy When She's Forty" in an episode of ''Round the Horne''. Many of his roles were portrayals of inanimate objects, e.g., volcanoes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |