- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Watt Fenneman
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Fenneman's most enduring role was as announcer and sidekick for Groucho Marx on over 200 episodes of the popular game show, You Bet Your Life, which ran throughout the 1950s until 1961. Fenneman was the foil and straight man for Groucho's comedy and wisecracking while at the same time managing the flow of the show as announcer.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rudy McGollicater
- SpouseMargaret Jane 'Peggy' Clifford(July 1942 - May 29, 1997) (his death, 3 children)
- In the early 1950s he donated a full-sized school bus to the McKinley Home for Boys located in Van Nuys, California.
- He appeared weekly on the Dragnet radio show and, along with co-announcer Hal Gibney, Fenneman was as much a part of the show's iconic sound as its star, Jack Webb.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on October 7, 1981.
- Attended and graduated from San Francisco Polytechnic High School in San Francisco, California.
- Received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama from San Francisco State College (1942).
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