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Birth
Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Death
29 Jan 1990 (aged 72)
Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Burial
San Angel Inn, Álvaro Obregón Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico GPS-Latitude: 19.3492415, Longitude: -99.2098613
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Voice Announcer, Actor, Director, Businessman, Voice Actor, Singer and Performer. He was a Mexican film, television, radio, voice and theatre actor, announcer and bussinessman with American descent, known for being the voice of radio station Stereorey from most of its era. Born Kenneth Smith Herrera, he started his career in the 1940s, and was characterized by having an excellent diction of both the Spanish and English languages. In 1955, he founded, with Enrique Candiani, the voice acting company CLADSA, located in Mexico City, active since said year until its closing in 1972, and fondly remembered for being the first voice acting studio that dubbed to Spanish the "Looney Tunes" productions from 1962 until 1972. For Stereorey, he worked from 1967 until 1990, recording promos for all the seats of said station. In this same station he participated narrating various commercials, and on television he lent his voice in at least one advertising. Among his historical achievements, he broadcast live to Mexico the moon landing from the NASA facilities in Houston, Texas, in 1969.
Voice Announcer, Actor, Director, Businessman, Voice Actor, Singer and Performer. He was a Mexican film, television, radio, voice and theatre actor, announcer and bussinessman with American descent, known for being the voice of radio station Stereorey from most of its era. Born Kenneth Smith Herrera, he started his career in the 1940s, and was characterized by having an excellent diction of both the Spanish and English languages. In 1955, he founded, with Enrique Candiani, the voice acting company CLADSA, located in Mexico City, active since said year until its closing in 1972, and fondly remembered for being the first voice acting studio that dubbed to Spanish the "Looney Tunes" productions from 1962 until 1972. For Stereorey, he worked from 1967 until 1990, recording promos for all the seats of said station. In this same station he participated narrating various commercials, and on television he lent his voice in at least one advertising. Among his historical achievements, he broadcast live to Mexico the moon landing from the NASA facilities in Houston, Texas, in 1969.

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  • Originally Created by: GraciTopCat
  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243708438/ken-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Ken Smith (13 Jan 1918–29 Jan 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 243708438, citing Panteón Jardín de México, San Angel Inn, Álvaro Obregón Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico; Maintained by Find a Grave.