Vale: Max Rowley

Veteran TV and radio announcer Max Rowley, best known for Perfect Match, The Great Temptation and It’s a Knockout! has died, aged 87.

Rowley always ended his voice-over work on television shows with the tag, “Max Rowley speaking.”

He had a long radio career and mentored many at his own training school, the Max Rowley Media Academy.

Rowley debuted as a teenager in radio serials and on stage including A Town Called Alice, A Man Named Peter, Edge of Darkness with roles at 2UE, 2GB, 2UW, AWA and the ABC.

He acted in Come in Spinner, The Dismissal, Harp in the South, Dad and Dave, Sons and Daughters, and guested in The Mavis Bramston Show, The Paul Hogan Show and The Tony Hancock Show.

He was the Voice of the Seven Revolution on Channel 7 before switching to Channel 9 from 1975-80 as their Promotions voice-over Announcer and then to Channel 10 in much the same role until 1982.

He was the voice of Perfect Match, The Great Temptation, It’s a Knockout!, Name That Tune, The Norman Gunston Show and more.

He once recalled, “I was auditioning for a Television ‘Voice Over’ job when the creative individual in charge of the session as he walked me out of the building made the prophetic statement…’I wouldn’t pursue ‘Voice Over’ if I were you. I can’t see a future in it for you.’I spent the next half century recording over 10,000 professional Voice over jobs. I also thank him for his encouragement.”

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Source: RadioInfo