Donald Newton Rickles (October 7, 1927 – February 19, 1985) was an American radio and television announcer, news anchor, and actor.
Other stations where he worked early in his career included KGW and KEX in Portland and KVAN in Vancouver, Washington.
He was part of a core group of West Coast announcers for the network who, in his early years, included Don Stanley, Arch Presby, Eddy King, and Frank Barton; by the 1970s, the main core announcing lineup had become Rickles, Stanley, Victor Bozeman, and Peggy Taylor.
Rickles' radio announcing credits included The Whisperer, The Great Gildersleeve, Night Beat, and NBC University Theater.
He appeared in sketches on, and frequently did voice-over work for, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and in a memorable 1978 episode of The Tomorrow Show, host Tom Snyder and he spent 10 minutes playing the Milton Bradley electronic game Simon.