Wendell Niles (December 29, 1904[citation needed] – March 28, 1994) was an announcer during the American golden age of radio and later in television.

On February 15, 1950, Wendell starred in the radio pilot for The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak along with Gerald Mohr.

[6] He toured with Bob Hope during World War II and narrated a 1936 Academy Award-winning short film on the life of tennis great Bill Tilden.

[7] Among his film credits are Knute Rockne, All American (1940) with Ronald Reagan and Hollywood or Bust (the last Martin & Lewis comedy, 1956) as himself.

[citation needed] Niles died of Parkinson's disease in his Toluca Lake, California home at the age of 89.