Don Ameche

This cheerful, ever-smiling Hollywood leading man and singer of the 1930s and 40s later made a highly successful comeback as a geriatric character actor. With his distinctive, buttery baritone and crisp diction, Ameche first made his mark on the radio on "The Chase & Sanborn Hour" and "The Bickersons". He was signed by 20th Century-Fox in the mid-1930s and immediately became one of the studio's busiest leading men, typically as confident young …