Howard Claney

After graduating from Allegheny High School, he studied at Carnegie Tech.

His Broadway credits included Lolly (1929), King Henry V (1928), Caponsacchi (1926), The Immortal Thief (1926), The Little Poor Man (1925), Macbeth (1924), Voltaire (1922), The S. S. Tenacity (1922), Don Juan (1921), Lillian (1921), Liliom (1921), and A Man of the People (1920).

[6] His career in radio began when he announced a remote broadcast of a performance of Vincent Lopez and his orchestra.

[2] Other programs for which he was the announcer included The Voice of Firestone, Log Cabin Dude Ranch, The Famous Actors Guild, Waltz Time,[7] General Motors Concerts,[8] Information Please,[9] Amanda of Honeymoon Hill,[10] American Melody Hour,[11] The American Album of Familiar Music,[10]: 24  The Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air,[10]: 228  Mr. Chameleon,[10]: 233  and Stella Dallas.

In the 1930s, several exhibitions highlighted his work, and he sold many painting in oil and watercolor.