Bloofer gent: Zacherley
Every year this blog celebrates a haunting hottie from bygone days. This year I'm moving away from the big screen to celebrate a gent, a veritable he-siren, who guaranteed aural pleasure to the good people of the United States in the 1950s and 60s - John Zacherle, also known as Zacherley. While he began his career as an actor in westerns on a Philadelphia radio station, within just a few years he moved on to host Shock Theater on the same station. It really was the golden era for horror hosts; Vampira is the best known but there were many more. Zacherle's deep-as-the-tomb tones drew people in. Dick Clark - he of American Bandstand fame - dubbed him 'the cool ghoul' and was one of the people who assisted him in cutting his first record, the hit single Dinner With Drac . When the radio station changed hands, John Zacherle moved on; a TV career in New York lay ahead, as did that Y on the end of his name, as he donned ghoulish makeup to present Zacherley At Large in 19...
