Patrick Joseph McGeehan (March 4, 1907 – January 3, 1988) was an American actor.
Early life Patrick Joseph McGeehan was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1907. He left home at age 14 when he went to sea, later working in vaudeville, and was a tightrope walker's assistant with the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Career McGeehan began his career in 1935 on radio.
He played Ben Calvert on the NBC radio soap, Aunt Mary (1942-1951). He was the narrator for Ceiling Unlimited on CBS (1942-1943). He played Detective Bill Lance on The Adventures of Bill Lance on CBS (1945). He was a comic foil for Red Skelton and the announcer for The Red Skelton Show on NBC (1951-1965).
For many years, McGeehan was one of a series of announcers who were the brunt of some of Skelton’s best known-lines. He was also an actor on The Adventures of Maisie (as Eddie Jordan) on the Mutual Radio Network (1949-1952), Stars over Hollywood on CBS (1941-1954), The Jack Benny Program (1932-1955) and Fibber McGee and Molly (1959). At his peak, McGeehan did more than 40 shows a week. He was the voice of The Hour of St. Francis, a Catholic radio show, where he gained worldwide recognition for his recitation of the peace prayer of St. Francis.
Throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, he had roles in many cartoons at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio; the Jimmy Durante Vulture in What's Buzzin' Buzzard (1943, Tex Avery), the Wolf in The Screwy Truant (1945, Avery), the Piano Player in The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945, Avery), Joe Wolf and the Bar Patrons in Wild and Woolfy (1945, Avery), the Cat in The Cat That Hated People (1948, Avery) and Bad Luck Blackie (1949, Avery), the Hunter in Doggone Tired (1949, Avery), the Lawyer and Dogcatcher in Wags to Riches (1949, Avery), Spike in Love That Pup (1949, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera), Jerry Mouse's Devil in Smitten Kitten (1952, Hanna-Barbera), and the Pound Worker and Joe Bear in Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952, Avery).
Personal life He was married to Bernice McGeehan. They had two children, including actress Mary Kate McGeehan.
Death McGeehan died at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on January 3, 1988. He was 80.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1941 Hoola Boola Jim Dandy Voice 1943 Nursery Crimes J. Snuffington Snodgrass Voice, uncredited What's Buzzin' Buzzard Jimmy Durante Vulture Voice, uncredited 1945 The Screwy Truant Wolf Voice, uncredited The Shooting of Dan McGoo Piano Player Voice, uncredited Wild and Woolfy Joe Wolf, Bar Patrons Voice, uncredited 1946 Screen Snapshots No. 1: Radio Characters Announcer - The Red Skelton Show Voice, uncredited 1947 The Uncultured Vulture Vultures Voice, uncredited1948 The Cat That Hated People Cat Voice, uncredited The Dark Past Commentator Voice, uncredited 1949 Bad Luck Blackie Cat Voice, uncredited Doggone Tired Hunter Voice, uncredited Wags to Riches Lawyer, Dogcatcher Voice, uncredited Love That Pup Spike Voice, uncredited 1952 Smitten Kitten Jerry's Devil Voice, uncredited Rock-a-Bye Bear Pound Worker, Joe Bear Voice, uncredited 1953 The Fossil Story Narrator Voice Son of the Renegade Narrator Voice 1954 Challenge the Wild 1956 Millionaire Droopy Lawyer, Dogcatcher Voice, uncredited 1957 Tops with Pops Spike Voice, uncredited 1959 Okefenokee Narrator Voice
Television Year Title Role Notes 1950 NBC Comics 1951–1965 The Red Skelton Show Self - Announcer 42 episodes 1953–1954 The Bob Hope Show Self - Announcer 7 episodes 1955–1958 People Are Funny Self - Announcer 2 episodes 1958–1959 The Loretta Young Show Narrator Voice 3 episodes 1959 Fibber McGee and Molly Self - Announcer 17 episodes 1960 Mel-O-Toons Self - Announcer 3 episodes 1960–1963 Insight Narrator Voice 7 episodes 1961 The Law and Mr. Jones Episode: "Exit"
Radio Year Title Role Notes 1942–1943 Ceiling Unlimited Narrator 1942–1951 Aunt Mary Ben Calvert 1945 The Adventures of Bill Lance Bill Lance 1948 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Guest "Thanksgiving Program" 1949–1952 The Adventures of Maisie Eddie Jordan
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