

ENGINEER VOICEY ACTOR PROFESSIONAL
“Not only was Ken gifted with a great voice, he was a consummate professional in the booth … and a fun guy to be with out of the booth.” “Ken was the go-to narrator for many of our biggest projects,” Neville said via email. Over the years, Hiller was heard on thousands of radio and television commercials and industrial films, and often donated his time and talent to fundraisers benefiting local nonprofits in the Twin Cities, according to film producer and friend John Neville, who met Hiller in Minneapolis in the 1970s and worked with him over three decades. Paul, Minn., in 1972, quickly establishing himself as a voice-over talent. Looking to move on to a bigger media market, Hiller relocated to Minneapolis and St. While living in Hawaii, he married his first wife, Judy their children, Eric and Kristin, were born here.
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As an actor, he appeared in stage productions and on television in the original “Hawaii Five-O.” He also developed and hosted the TV show “Hiller’s Chillers,” a showcase for scary movies. Hiller also worked at KHON and expanded into producing and directing, forming his own company, Unprecedented Productions. Hiller was part of the crew that recorded rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s Maui concert on July 30, 1970, his last on U.S. With a rich baritone voice, he went on to work as a disc jockey for KPOI and voice-over actor.Īs a recording engineer at Commercial Recording Studios, his discography includes Hula Records albums by Sunday Manoa, Palani Vaughan and Tony Lindsey and Friends. His media career began in the early 1960s when he talked his way into a job as a sound recording engineer at a Honolulu radio station. With his red hair, beard and sketch pad, people called him “Vinnie” for his resemblance to Vincent van Gogh, according to Marge Hiller, his wife of 42 years. After a stint in the Air Force, he traveled the country as a portrait artist. Former Honolulu broadcast personality and recording engineer Ken Hiller, who later narrated record-breaking radio dramas of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” series, died July 13 in Gulf Breeze, Fla., following a long illness.
