Dwight Whist is an American voice actor and radio announcer. He took part in the filming of several films. His voice was generally known to the public. He taught acting for several years.
Biography
Dwight Weist was born in Palo Alto, California. He had 3 sisters. He spent his childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Dwight was educated at Central High School in this city. Since his school days, he has taken part in theatrical performances. He then graduated from Wesleyan University in Ohio. He took part in the discussion club and was part of the theater troupe.
White's radio debut took place in Columbus, Ohio. He worked as an announcer for WAIU during his student years. Dwight has participated in radio plays. He could easily change voices and speak with different accents. The actor parodied the speech of celebrities. He carefully prepared for each performance, for a long time studying the voices of the people he was to portray. White also wrote radio scripts.
The actor worked on television. He hosted Seeking Tomorrow and Walter Cronkit Special News. In 1956, White, along with Bob Barron, founded the Weist-Barron School, which trained actors in New York. It later changed its name to the Weist-Barron School of Television and the Weist-Barron Hill School of Acting. In addition to the main office in New York, there were branches in York City and Los Angeles. Dwight has been teaching for 35 years.
Personal life
White was the pilot of his own plane. Life circumstances forced him to take up piloting. His family lived on the banks of the Tomahawk in Orange. He had to fly home from New York by plane. White's first Fairchild appeared in 1940. With the outbreak of World War II, he handed it over for government purposes. Then he got a seaplane.
The actor's wife was the nurse Elizabeth Maxwell. Their wedding took place in 1935. After their divorce, Dwight remarried. In 1956, Avery Hathaway became his second wife. Among the actor's hobbies is gardening. He also loved to craft and create toys. On July 16, 1991, he died of a heart attack. His death occurred on Block Island in Rhode Island. The actor had 5 children - a daughter and sons, as well as seven grandchildren.
Voice acting
In 1939, Dwight appeared as a commentator on the short comedy with the original title For Your Convenience. Dorothy Patrick worked with him on the creation of the picture. The director of the film is Ira Zhenet. The film is only 9 minutes long. He was then the narrator in the crime short drama Who's Delinquent? This picture lasted 16 minutes. The actor had to wait 9 years for the second role in the movie. In the same year, he voiced This Is America: Sports' Golden Age. The drama is directed and written by Philip H. Reisman Jr. Willie Hopp, Johnny Weissmuller, William T. Tilden, Jack Dempsey and Earl Sand starred.
Then he was invited to play the role of narrator in the short film by Robert Youngson and Alan Crosland Some of the Greatest 1955. John Barrymore, Warner Oland, Mary Astor, Estelle Taylor, Montague Love and Myrna Loy took part in the making of the film. Dwight's next dubbing job was in the film Gadgets Galore. Directed by Robert Youngson. This historic short drama features Ward Wilson, Russell Simpson and Barney Oldfield. Barney also acted as the narrator, as did Dwight.
As narrator and presenter, Whist was featured in Mechanix Illustrated No. 1938, Passport to Nowhere in 1947, Fireplace Theater from 1949-1955, Fifty Years Before Your Eyes 1950, Blaze Busters 1950, Horsehide Heroes 1951, and Looking for Tomorrow , Which was shown in the period from 1951 to 1986. His voice has been heard in The MacArthur Story, Magic Movie Moments, They Were Champions, When Sports Were King and The Age of Mechanics. He also worked on the short films The Future Is Now 1955, I Will Never Forget a Face 1956, Born to Fight 1956, The Golden Age of Comedy 1957 and When Comedy Was King of Cinema 1960.
In 1983, Dwight's voice could be heard in Woody Allen's comedy Zelig. In the story, an ordinary guy magically gets superpowers. Now he can be embodied in various personalities, including historical ones. The film was nominated for Oscar, Golden Globe, Saturn, British Academy Prize. In addition, the film won the Pasinetti Award for Best Picture. The picture was presented at the Venice International Film Festival. It was shown not only in the USA and Italy, but also in Argentina, France, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain.
Two years later, Whist landed the role of Farnsworth in the melodrama "9 1/2 Weeks." The film is directed by Adrian Line. The main characters were played by Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Dwight voiced the main character Adso in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. This detective thriller by Jean-Jacques Annaud, co-produced by Germany, Italy and France, won the Cesar and the British Academy Prize. In 2015, the film was screened at the Munich International Film Festival. In 1987, Woody Allen invited the actor to work in the family comedy The Age of Radio. Probably, without Dwight it would have been impossible to shoot this picture, because the main theme is radio in the 1930s and 1940s. The film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar. The film received the British Academy Prize.
