Education
A native of San Francisco, California, Goodwin attended the University of California.
A native of San Francisco, California, Goodwin attended the University of California.
Upon his departure, he was replaced by Harry von Zell. He acted in stage productions on the West Coast before he began working in radio in 1930. His initial work on the air was at a station in Portland, Oregon.
lieutenant was followed by stints at stations in Sacramento, California, and Los Angeles, California.
Goodwin was known for frequently promoting the item sold by the sponsor of the show (Swan Soap or Maxwell House Coffee, among others, on radio. Carnation Evaporated Milk on television).
He was effective on radio in doing "integrated commercials", the first announcer to do so in which the advertisement was deftly woven into the show"s storyline. In 1945, Goodwin was the "featured comedian" as a regular on The Frank Sinatra Show.
In 1947, he had his own program, The Bill Goodwin Show, a situation comedy, also known as Leave lieutenant to Bill, which ran from April 26-December 13, 1947.
He was the announcer for the Blondie radio program Goodwin was inducted into the radio portion of the Hollywood February 8, 1960. His star is at 6810 Hollywood Boulevard.
Goodwin was found dead in his car on May 9, 1958, at the age of 47 after a heart attack in Palm Springs, California.
He is interred at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.