Lou Steele

Lou Steele (7 March 1928 - 25 February 2001) was an American actor, radio, and television announcer.

Born Louis Ferraioli on 7 March 1928, he is well known for working in a supportive role with such actors as Judith Anderson, Joseph Cotten, Fortunio Bonanova, John Bromfield, Carleton Carpenter, Wendell Corey, and Albert Dekker.

Lou was also an announcer on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean War, and was the voice who informed the troops that their commander, General Douglas MacArthur, had been recalled by President Harry S Truman.

Beginning in the 1950s, Lou was an announcer on WNEW-TV Channel 5 out of New York City. Prior to that, he was a staff announcer on radio station WPAT in Paterson, New Jersey. In the late 1980s, Steele was an anchor of a nightly newscast on a low-power television station in New York. [1]

Lou Steele was well known for voicing the catch phrase, coined by his announcer-booth colleague Tom Gregory: "It's 10 P.M. Do you know where your children are?" In addition, in the early 1980s Steele voiced another brief public service announcement for the station, "It's 7 P.M. Did you hug your child today?"

While on at WNEW-TV Lou was also the host for the local horror show Creature Features (1969-1973). Known as "The Creep," Lou would appear without the normal make-up or costume typical of horror hosts of the day. At various times, Lou would conduct contests that involved coming up with trivia questions, made-up quotes spoofing notable horror film titles, or flashing parts of a title at select times throughout that night’s movie. Contest winners were announced on air.

Steele died on 25 February 2001 in his home in Paterson, New Jersey of a heart attack.

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