Ray Sparenberg was a host of early horror movies from 1958 to 1963 as a character called Selwin, on

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flooding the U.S. in the 1950s and 60s, Sparenberg later hosted different film themes as other characters such as an

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External links

*https://www.webcitation.org/5kn5f7ScZ?url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/3257/Selwin.html TV Horror Hosts' webpage on Selwin *http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/whatwewatched/whatwewatched.asp a history site with Selwin images and description Horror hosts Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Indianapolis {{US-tv-bio-stub