Gayne Whitman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Gayne Whitman born Alfred D Vosburgh March 19 1890 August 31 1958 was an American radio and film actor He appeared in 213 films between 1904 and 1957 In some early films he was credited under his birth name He was born in Chicago Illinois As Alfred Vosburgh he was the leading man in the film Princess of the Dark 1917 Soon after that he changed his screen name to Alfred Whitman because 1917 was not a good time to have a German sounding name Beginning in 1921 Whitman acted at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles He returned to films in 1925 when he received a contract with Warner Bros On radio Whitman played the title role in Chandu the Magician was the narrator on Lassie and Strange as It Seems and was an announcer on Paducah Plantation and other programs