Joseph Sirola
Joseph Anthony Sirola (October 7, 1929 – February 10, 2019), also known as The King of the Voice-Overs, was an American commercial, film, television, theatre actor and theatre producer. Life and career. 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. Sirola began his career in 1959, as appearing in the soap opera television series "The Brighter Day", playing the role of "Peter Nino". Later in his career, he co-starred in a Broadway play, titled, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", playing the role of "Christmas Morgan", in 1960. In 1960s–1970s, Sirola co-starred in another Broadway play, titled, "Golden Rainbow", playing the role of "Lou Garrity", in 1968. He also appeared in a few films and television programs, including, "Gunsmoke", "Hang 'Em High", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Chuka", "Get Smart", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Perry Mason", "Strange  Bedfellows" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told". Sirola was later nicknamed by the name The King of the Voice-Overs from The Wall Street Journal, in 1970. In 1970s–2000s, Sirola appeared and guest-starred in numerous film and television programs, including, "Hawaii Five-O", "The Super Cops", "Mannix", "", "Wonder Woman", "Quincy, M.E.", "Seizure", "The Rockford Files", "Spin City", "Love, American Style", "Charlie's Angels", "Terrible Joe Moran", "", "The Ellen Burstyn Show" and "". He also starred in two short-lived television programs, titled, "The Montefuscos" and "Wolf". Sirola also did voice-over work for numerous television commercials from the 1970s thru  the 1990s including ads for Ford, Mobil, Wendy's and Nyquil. In 2000s–2015, Sirola began producing for Broadway plays, including, "Time Stands Still", "Stick Fly", "The Trip to Bountiful", "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" and "Love Letters". He also won and was nominated for Drama Desk Awards and Tony Awards. Sirola retired his career, in 2015. Death. Sirola died in February 2019 of complications from respiratory failure at the hospital in New York, at the age of 89.