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Profile of Jim Ameche
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Jim Ameche |
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6th August 1915 |
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Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA |
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Jim Ameche (born August 6, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin as James Ameche; died February 4, 1983 in Tucson, Arizona), was a younger brother of actor Don Ameche. Jim was radio's original "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy". For many years he was a popular radio personality in the New York City area. His most famous role was as Alexander Graham Bell in the 1957 film The Story of Mankind, the role his brother Don had played in a film biography of Bell in 1939. The two brothers' faces and voices were a close match. Jim Ameche died in 1983 of undisclosed causes.
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