Biography: Ernest Earle Anderson was an American radio and television personality, horror host, and announcer. Known for his portrayal of "Ghoulardi", the host of late night horror films on WJW Channel 8 on Cleveland television from 1963 to 1966, he worked as an announcer for the American Broadcasting Company television network from the late 1970s until the mid-1990s. He is the father of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, whose production entity is known as the Ghoulardi Film Company.