Kent Walton Kent Walton Kent Walton (22 August 1917 – 24 August 2003), born Kenneth Walton Beckett, was a British television sports commentator, presenter and actor. He is best remembered as the predominant commentator on ITV's coverage of British professional wrestling from 1955-1988. Despite a transatlantic accent which led many to believe he was Canadian, he was born in Cairo, Egypt, the son of the finance minister in the colonial government. He grew up at Haslemere in Surrey and went to Charterhouse School. He attended the Embassy School of Acting in London and appeared in rep. On the outbreak of war in
Gerald Williams (tennis commentator) Gerald Williams (tennis commentator) Gerald Williams (24 June 1929 – 21 January 2016) was a British tennis commentator and journalist. Williams wrote for the "Croydon Advertiser" and the "Daily Mail". Williams presented the nightly round-up of Wimbledon coverage on BBC television for ten years with Des Lynam. Williams was born in Surrey and would spend his teenage years in Llangynog in Carmarthenshire and Croydon in south London. Williams studied at Carmarthen Grammar School and would join the "Croydon Advertiser" after school, becoming the sports editor of the newspaper after a few years. Williams would subsequently work join the "Daily Mail"