Watchers see familiar faces on TV commercials Ccamwrctalwfitching can be more entertaining when you know who youre looking for A familiar face to many Ac- tertians is that of McKeown son of Mr and Mrs Ralph McKeown Glen Williams He has many relatives In Acton and area Another face to watch for is that of Julian Reed Nerval son of Acton Ugh school teacher Mrs Marion Reed 17 commercials Bill McKeown has been In the business for three years and has done 17 commercials for television and countless number for radio He too started with beer commercials but with American beers including one still running for a beer known as Dolt The Canadian beer commercial was for O Keel e Old Vienna Three for Michigan State Auto Insurance were filmed in Toronto for an advertising agency A current one for Chiclets has On Jigger A current one for Chiclets has Bill and a girl on a Jigger travelling down railway tracks with a giant Chiclet box in front This was filmed In Atlanta Georgia during freezing cold weather and the actors are Love cosmetic ads on television have Bills voice in the background Radio has been a big field for him an advantage In this business where your face cannot be too much identified with one product cigars and believe it or not carry Bills voice New venture He has Just taken the plunge Into a new venture At the beginning of the year he formed a new group a show group with soft rock music and variety acts They are going Into the Choo- Club In Guelph The Talisman in the Beaver Valley and the Brown Derby in Toronto Bill Is married to the singing star of the Tommy Hunter show Family affair Julian Reed 35 has been in commercials for the past five years In fact it is a family affair with IS month old Melanle year old Robin and his wife all involved Ten year old Christopher has done work In films Melanie Is the baby Julian carries on his shoulders in the Workmen Compensation ad He guesses he has been In commercials but cant remember them all He does recall a Natural Gas ad a Bank of Commerce one on board ship a ad and a Minute Breakfast ad but best of all he remembers the first one he ever did in 1966 for He has also done many Voice over commercials where he doesnt appear but only his voice la heard The latest commercials which haven been shown yet are for Bank of Commerce and four for Shell Oil The Shell Oil ad Is scheduled for a March kickoff live theatre He has also done live theatre Including The Childrens Theatre in Toronto and Vancouver and the King and I in Kitchener where he sang the lead role Until recently he had his group known as The General Store His desire to be a performer came from his first appearance as Scrooge In A Christmas Carol at Nerval School Family homestead Julian and his family and his mother live in different parts of the old family homestead at Nerval Mrs Reed is presently In hospital with a broken hip Georgetown man Another local man in television is Bill Sykes of Georgetown He has only been a year in the business but has made six commercials and appeared in the Cbrwhin series The Sykes face appears in two Golden ads in one Gulf Oil with Wayne and Schuster one for the 1971 Gremlin for American Motors A Tea ad and a milk ad Most of these are running right now He is not new to show business either he was with Julian Reed in The General Store group has appeared In other groups and on stage in the Western United States and has sung with two of his brothers Ernie and Ray in many local shows Model too He has also appeared in magazine modelling and one of the ads more familiar might be the Imperial Margarine ad In a weak moment he appeared in some men fashion shows but is not too enthusiastic about it While busy making commercials it is not a full tune occupation with him He supervises Tim Horton DoNut Stores throughout Ontario He too Is married and wife Mary teaches school The Acton Free Press Wednesday February STATIONERY SPECIALII TOTE BAGS Plastic on only PRACTICING FOR the film they made during winter 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