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
Color commentator sportif" (who is also a journalist). In Italy, the color commentator is usually referred to as responsible for the "commento tecnico" (technical comment) whereas the play-by-play commentator is the main "telecronista". In Italy, too, the color commentator is usually a person formerly directly involved in the sport (as an athlete/player/pilot or as a coach). Recent Formula 1 races have no fewer than three commentators: the "telecronista", a former pilot, and an engineer, the last two sharing the "commento tecnico". In Turkey, the term "spiker" is used for the play-by-play announcer whereas the color commentator is referred to simply as "yorumcu"