Durward Kirby
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Kirby in 1962
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| Born |
Homer Durward Kirby August 24, 1911 Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 2000 (aged 88) Fort Myers, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | "Durwood Kirby" (misspelling of first name) |
| Occupation | Television host/Announcer |
| Years active | 1946–1974 |
Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000, sometimes misspelled Durwood Kirby) was an American television host and announcer. He is best remembered for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.
Kirby was born in Covington, Kentucky. His family moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, when he was 15. Kirby graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, then entered Purdue University to study engineering. However, he dropped out to become a radio announcer.
By 1936, Kirby was an announcer for WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1937, an Associated Press news story reported that Kirby "made a name for himself" with his reporting on the Ohio River flood of 1937. He also worked at radio stations in Chicago and Indianapolis before the war.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Following the war, Kirby hosted Club Matinee in Chicago with Garry Moore on the NBC Blue radio network before moving to television in 1949 as an announcer. He also worked on Meet Your Navy and Honeymoon in New York on network radio.
Kirby was a regular on Moore's television shows from 1950 to 1968. (The Associated Press's obituary for Kirby gives his years of working with Moore's television show as 1950-1951, 1958-1964, and 1966-1967.) Kirby also appeared as a host, announcer, or guest on other television programs. He served as one of NBC Radio's Monitor "Communicators".
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