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Walter Kinsella (born August 16, 1900, in
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Walter Kinsella (born August 16, 1900, in New York City
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, died May 11, 1975, in Englewood, New Jersey
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)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 153. was an American theater, television and radio actor.
In his youth, Kinsella was active as a middle-distance runner in track events, winning more than 120 prizes in competition sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Union
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In the 1920s, he was featured in advertisements for Arrow collars.Aaker, Everett (2006). ''Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 318.
Kinsella's first Broadway
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stage appearance was in 1924, in ''What Price Glory?'' His other Broadway credits included ''Blessed Event'', ''Arrest That Woman'', and ''Juno''.
Kinsella's roles on radio programs included:
He also was a regular cast member of ''The Johnny Morgan Show'' and ''That's My Pop''.
Kinsella's most noted television role was that of Happy McMann in NBC
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's detective drama ''Martin Kane, Private Eye
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''. He also was the announcer for the Kane program. He made a guest appearance on ''Perry Mason
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'' in 1961 as defendant Carter Gilman in "The Case of the Duplicate Daughter."
Kinsella was married and had a son and a daughter.
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