Mel Allen
Actor
February 14, 1913 — June 16, 1996 (83 years)
Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions. Years after his death, he is still promoted as having been "The Voice of the Yankees." In his later years, he gained a second professional life as the first host of This Week in Baseball.
Filmography
| 1993 | Needful Things · as Baseball Announcer (voice) |
| 1990 | Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend · as Narrator |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! · as Baseball Announcer |
| 1977 | This Week in Baseball · as Narrator |
| 1976 | Most Wanted · as Detective Able |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen · as Baseball Announcer |
| 1968 | Ski for Two · as Narrator |
| 1968 | Island Hoppin' · as Narrator |
| 1958 | The RiflemanOn Plex |
| 1954 | Night People · as World Series Game Radio Announcer |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story · as Mel Allen - New York Yankees Radio Announcer |
| 2022 | It Ain't Over · as Self |
| 2020 | The Sounds of Baseball · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Mantle · as Self |
| 1995 | Murder in the First · as Self |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2 · as Self (voice) |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July · as Mel Allen |
| 1987 | New York Yankees (the Movie) · as Self |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid · as Mel Allen |
| 1982 | Million Dollar Infield · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson · as Self - Guest |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show · as Self |
| 1957 | The Mike Wallace Interview · as Self - Sports Announcer |
| 1954 | Shower of Stars · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person · as Self |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show · as Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour · as Self - Sportscaster |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |
| 1948 | The Milton Berle Show · as Self - Sportscaster |
| 1948 | Snow Capers · as Self - Narrator |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Self |