Sirola was born in
Carteret, New Jersey to
Croatian parents Anton, a carpenter and Ana (née Dubrovich), who ran a
boardinghouse at 363 West 19th Street in
Chelsea. He graduated from
Stuyvesant High School in 1947 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from
Columbia University in 1951. He then worked as a
sales promotion manager at the
multinational personal care corporation
Kimberly-Clark, at the age of 28. He served in the U.S. Military for the Korean War before getting his career in acting. Sirola began his acting career in 1959, appearing as Peter Nino in the television soap opera
The Brighter Day. In 1960 he co-starred in the Broadway play,
The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Sirola co-starred in another Broadway play,
Golden Rainbow, in 1968.
Chuka,
Get Smart,
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,
Perry Mason,
Strange Bedfellows and
The Greatest Story Ever Told. His work on television commercials, for which he won over 20
Clio Awards, led to
The Wall Street Journal nicknaming him “The King of the Voice-Overs” in 1970. and
Wolf. Sirola continued in voice-over work for television commercials including ads for
Ford,
Mobil,
Wendy's and
Nyquil. Sirola retired in 2015. == Death ==