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Kenneth ("Ken") Roberts

Kenneth ("Ken") Roberts (born Saul Trochman on Feb. 22, 1910 in New York City, was a radio and television announcer and performer. He was a active in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, most notably for soap operas The Secret Storm and Love of Life. In 1935, he founded the American Guild of Radio Announcers and Producers, which eventually became part of the American Federation of Radio Artists, a forerunner of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, known as AFTRA. In later years, he worked on a number of television shows and movies. He was the announcer for several episodes of The Electric Company. Roberts died in Manhattan on June 19, 2009, of pneumonia. He was the father of actor Tony Roberts.