Stu Nahan (June 23, 1926 – December 26, 2007) was an American sportscaster best known for his television broadcasting career in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1990s. He is also remembered for his role as a boxing commentator in all of the Rocky films. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6549 Hollywood Blvd. on May 25, 2007.
In what is the last-known film directed by Edward D. Wood Jr., the legendary cult auteur - of Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) and Glen or Glenda (1953) fame - Stu's name and a cryptic sentiment appear in the North Hollywood location-shot footage. In The Young Marrieds (1972), protagonist Ben exits a strip club in daylight, and as the camera pans with his exit, a sign next to the door is visible in passing: Loser of the Week Stu Nahan and His Computer.
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His nephew Bruce Nahin was the co founder of Chippendales Male Exotic Dance Review and is a movie producer with Continuum Pictures.
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Stu also had one daughter Marcie who died of epilepsy in the 1980's. He had one brother Melville who also traveled with him and his mother to Canada.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6549 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Longtime sports news broadcaster in Los Angeles.
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Moved with his mother to Canada at the age of 2.
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After his career as goalie failed, he became a truck driver (1954).
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Worked in the Los Angeles TV market from 1968 to 1999.
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Father of a daughter, Kathleen, and two sons, Mick and K.C..
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Appeared in all six Rocky movies as a fight commentator.
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Hosted a childrens' cartoon show in Philadelphia in the late 1960s where he starred as Captain Philadelphia (WKBS - Kaiser Broadcasting - Channel 48). He was also the play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL during this time.
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Starred as "Skipper Stu" in a children's daily TV cartoon show during the mid-to-late 50s on a local Sacramento TV station.
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In the 1960s, he was the sports caster for a local TV station in Sacaramento, Calif., KCRA. He also was a goalie on the local ice hockey team.