Peter Donald

Donald was born in Bristol, England, in 1918. His father (a comedian) and mother (a singer) were performers in Vaudeville. He graduated from the Professional Children's School in New York in 1936. ==Radio==

Donald first appeared on radio in 1927, playing Tiny Tim in a production of A Christmas Carol. He became an announcer on CBS in 1931. In 1952, Donald served as host of ''Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'' for six weeks while McNeill was away. ==Stage==

Donald appeared on Broadway in Bitter Sweet (1929–1930) and Give Me Yesterday (1931). ==Television==

Donald was the host of two early television series, The Ad-Libbers (1951) and Masquerade Party (1954–1956), and he made numerous TV guest appearances as a comedian (The Colgate Comedy Hour, The NBC Comedy Hour) and panelist (Pantomime Quiz, ''What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth). His TV appearances as an actor included Prize Performance (1950) and ABC Showcase (1950). He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1962, and one of his last TV appearances was on the daytime panel show Get the Message'' in 1964. In the early 1950s, he lived in Manhattan on the south side of 58th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway. He hosted the Texaco Star Theater on the NBC television network on September 14, 1948. At the show's closing he announced that Milton Berle would commence hosting on the next week's show & Berle momentarily appears. In addition to Donald's delightful stories, the show's highlight is Sid Caesar's tour de force performance of his WWII bombing parody skit from the 1946 film Tars and Spars. ==Writing==

Donald wrote "plays, satirical sketches, and song lyrics." ==Recognition==

His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 6665 Hollywood Boulevard. (Another source says that the star, in the Television category, is at 6661 Hollywood Boulevard and that it was dedicated February 8, 1960.) ==Personal life==

Donald was married to Jo Janis, an actress in radio. ==References==