Dwight Weist
Acting1910Palo Alto, California, USA
Biography
Dwight Weist, Jr. (January 16, 1910 - July 16, 1991) was an actor and announcer in the era of old-time radio.
Known For
The Name of the Rose
Adso as an Old Man / The Narrator (Voice)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Farnsworth
Zelig
Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)
Radio Days
Pearl Harbor Announcer
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Blaze Busters
Narrator
The Camps of Death
Narrator (multiple segments) (voice) (archive footage)
Golden Glamour
Narrator (voice)
Acting History
1987
Radio Days
as Pearl Harbor Announcer
1986
The Name of the Rose
as Adso as an Old Man / The Narrator (Voice)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Farnsworth
1983
The Camps of Death
as Narrator (multiple segments) (voice) (archive footage)
Zelig
as Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)
1957
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1956
Born to Fight
as Narrator (voice)
1955
Golden Glamour
as Narrator (voice)
When the Talkies Were Young
as Narrator (voice)
1950
Blaze Busters
as Narrator