role was Universal's How to Frame a Figg (1971) starring Don Knotts. In later years, he became a familiar face as the Pepperidge Farm's television spokesman between 1956 and 1977, delivering the slogan "Pepperidge Farm remembers" in his New England accent, then turned over the role to Charles C. Welch. Personal life In 1918, Fennelly met and married Catherine Deane "while both of them were playing in a stock company in Moline, Illinois". They had two daughters, Mary and Jane, and a son, John. Recordings In 1950, Fennelly made the children's record "Ride 'Em Cowboy (I and II)" (CGR-1003). In 1953, he recorded another children's item, "Hunters of the Sea" (Record Guild 9006). Death Fennelly died on January 22, 1988, aged 96, at his home in Peekskill, New York. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, four grandsons and one great-grandson. His widow, Catherine Fennelly (1892–1988), died five months later, aged 95. Their remains were interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Filmography References Further reading Old-Time Radio Memories by Mel Simons (BearManor Media). External links Parker Fennelly papers, 1896-1997, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. 1891 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male radio actors American male stage actors American male television actors Burials at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery People from Northeast Harbor, Maine Male actors from Maine