Gil Stratton was originally billed as Gil Stratton, Jr. He had a young, wholesome juvenile look when, at the age of 19, he debuted on Broadway creating the role of Bud Hooper in the 1941 Broadway musical "Best Foot Forward", in which he sang and danced. Stratton continued working in New York on stage and in radio, which got him his first featured film role with 'Mickey Rooney . He maintains a home in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles, but spends most of his time in Hawaii, where he also owns a radio station.
He has been the sports reporter for CBS Television in Los Angeles (KCBS-TV), and KNX Radio, since the early 50s.
His wife of many years, Dee Arlen, was a actress in television during the early 1950s and 1960s.
Ironically given his later career, Gils character, Mouse, in The Wild One mockingly mimics a race track commentator after Marlon Brandos gang disrupt the meet.
He was an announcer for the Los Angeles Rams, and for Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar horse racetracks.
Lives in Toluca Lake, California permanently.
