Don Ameche was an Academy Award winning American actor and a major
radio star, achieving memorable success during the late 1940s playing
opposite Frances Langford in The Bickersons (below), a radio comedy
series about a combative married couple. It began on NBC in 1946 and 
moved to CBS the following year where it continued until 1951. Don 
Ameche also enjoyed a substantial Broadway career.

Don Ameche and Francis Langford during a Bickersons
radio show

Don Ameche won a Best Supporting Oscar for his role (above)
in the Ron Howard film Cocoon, 1985. 

Ameche in Harry and The Hendersons, 1987