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- John Cameron Swayze was born on April 4, 1906 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Inside Detroit (1956), The Boston Strangler (1968) and Producers' Showcase (1954). He was married to Beulah Mae ?. He died on August 15, 1995 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- SpouseBeulah Mae ? (2 children)
- Before he became the pitchman for Timex, he was a national TV newsman on the evening news in the early to mid 1950s. He always wore a flower on his lapel and every evening after delivering the major portion of the news would say "Hopscotching in the world of headlines."
- Swayze was the pitch man for Timex watches in which Timexes were strapped to motorboat propellers, dunked underwater, fastened to the bottom of skis, after which he'd show the watch and say, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
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