American film, television and stage actor, beauty pageant and television host, and radio news reporter and announcer, he was from a noted family. Palmer was the second of four children of Harlan G. Palmer; a politician, judge, and most notably the owner and publisher of the historic Hollywood Citizen News.
Palmer made his debut in film in the Tonight We Sing (1953). He starred with Jack Palance in Man in the Attic, with Gordon MacRae in The Best Things in Life Are Free and in several other films including Emergency Hospital and Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki and the 1956 film Glory. After acting as master of ceremonies for a touring Hollywood on Ice show, he starred with Ray Bolger in Where’s Charley? on Broadway in 1948. Palmer also made a number of television appearances.
Palmer hosted the Miss Universe 1958 and Miss Universe 1959 beauty pageants on the CBS and FOX television networks. Additionally, he hosted the syndicated variety program This is Your Music in 1955 and was co-host of Bride and Groom, which was originally broadcast on CBS and later on NBC in the 1950s.
Palmer married former beauty queen and actress Ruth Hampton in 1954. Later, until her death in 2004, Palmer was married for 30 years to actress and dancer Georgine Darcy who was best known for her role as Miss Torso in the highly acclaimed Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window. Byron Palmer died on 30 September 2009 at age 89.
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