Biography

In addition to movies and stage (Broadway in 1928 at age 17), Robert Light also was one of the first U. S. Armed Forces Network Radio broadcasters, signing the network on the air during WWII in France and Germany after D-Day. His engineer was Loyd Sigmon, inventor of the SigAlert traffic alert system. He was also president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association between 1959 and 1989, Advertising executive during the early 1950s, director and producer of Television shows, producer and writer of radio shows, including live variety radio shows.
- IMDb mini biography by: Robert Light, Jr.; Jon Light

Wrote and directed the first Television show for NBC.

Signed Armed Forces Network Radio on the air for the first time during WWII in Europe. Along with a fellow actor, Broderick Crawford, he built and organized the first U.S. Army radio station. Light then became the first commander of AFN, headquartered in the Pentagon.

Taught advertising and radio broadcasting in the Los Angeles Community College school system for twenty years.

It was said at his funeral that during his live audience radio variety shows he insisted all performers provide a script, in advance. He almost refused to allow a vaudeville act to perform live when they failed to produce their script.