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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 25
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
2-6 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
2-7 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
2-8 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:23:11 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-6 births/deaths
February 6th births
02-06-1878 - Walter B. Pitkin - Ypsilanti, MI - d. 1-25-1953
author: "The Clearing House of Hope"; "We Americans"
02-06-1883 - Bennett Kilpack - Long Melford, England - d. 8-18-1962
actor: Mr. Keen "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"; "James Benson
"David Harum"
02-06-1888 - Hugh Aspinwall - d. 1-23-1981
tenor, chief announcer: WHT Chicago, Illinois
02-06-1888 - Lucille Gleason - Pasadena, CA - d. 5-18-1947
actor: "Jimmy Gleason's Diner"
02-06-1889 - Richard Bonelli - Port Byron, NY - d. 6-7-1980
baritone: "Universal Rhythm"
02-06-1895 - Babe Ruth - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-16-1948
baseball legend: "Advs. of Babe Ruth"; "Here's Babe Ruth"
02-06-1897 - Erna Sack - Spandau-Berlin, Germany - d. 3-2-1972
singer: (The German Nightingale) "General Motors Concerts"
02-06-1899 - Ramon Novarro - Durango, Mexico - d. 10-30-1968
actor: Freelance
02-06-1902 - George Brunis - New Orleans, LA - d. 11-17-1984
trombonist: "This Is Jazz"; "Tennessee Ernie Show"
02-06-1902 - Louis Nizer - London, England - d. 11-10-1994
attorney, author: "Words at War"; "Author Meets the Critics"
02-06-1903 - Claudio Arrau - Chillans, Chile - d. 6-9-1991
classical pianist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Music America Loves Best"
02-06-1911 - John Allen Wolfe - Louisville, KY - d. 6-6-1996
announcer: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Woman of Courage"
02-06-1911 - Ronald "Dutch" Reagan - Tampico, IL - d. 6-5-2004
panelist, actor: Hollywood Byline"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-06-1913 - John Lund - Rochester, NY - d. 5-10-1992
actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; Chaplain Jim
"Chaplain Jim"
02-06-1913 - Porter Bourne - d. 8-28-2001
announcer: WXYZ Detroit
02-06-1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft - Norfolk, NE - d. 5-22-2005
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
02-06-1916 - Violet Koehler - Wilton, WI - d. 10-4-1973
guitar: (Coon Creek Girls) "WLS National Barn Dance"; "Renfro Valley
Barn Dance"
02-06-1917 - Penny Olsen - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-17-2000
singer: (Wife of Johnny Olsen) "Ladies Be Seated"; "Rumpus Room"
02-06-1917 - Raymond Katz - NYC - d. 3-23-2000
director, creator: "Navy Hour"; "Maisie"; "Woman of the Year"
02-06-1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor - Budapest, Hungary
actor: Intermission Guest: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-06-1919 - Joe Graydon - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-19-2001
singer: "Your Hit Parade"
02-06-1926 - Bob Trow - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 11-2-1998
wrote and produced commercials for radio
02-06-1926 - Nancy Overton - NYC - d. 4-5-2009
singer: (The Chordettes)"Stars for Defense"; "Guest Star"
02-06-1927 - Smoky Burgess - Caroleen, NC - d. 9-15-1991
sportscaster: "Sports Report"
02-06-1929 - Keith Waterhouse - Leeds, Yorkshire, England - d. 9-4-2009
author: his book "Billy Liar" adapted for radio
02-06-1933 - Leslie Crowther - Nottingham, England - 9-28-1996
comedian: "Crowther's Crowd"; "Variety Playhouse"
02-06-1934 - Bryan Cooper - Paris, France
writer: "Operation North Sea"; "The Ragged Edge"
02-06-1943 - Fabian (Forte) - Philadelphia, PA
singer: "NASA Special Report"
02-06-1951 - Kevin Whatley - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
actor: "Sherlock Holmes"
February 6th deaths
01-06-1912 - Danny Thomas - Deerfield, MI - d. 2-6-1991
actor: Amos "Bickersons"; Postman "Fanny Brice Show"
01-19-1922 - Guy Madison - Pumpkin Center, CA - d. 2-6-1996
actor: Wild Bill Hickok "Wild Bill Hickok"
01-26-1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1990
composer: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Command Performance"
03-09-1902 - Robert St. John - Chicago, IL - d. 2-6-2003
newscaster: 1943-46, NBC, weekdays at 10 [removed]
03-30-1913 - Frankie Laine - Chicago, IL - d. 2-6-2007
singer: "Big Show"; "Philco Radio Time"; "Spotlight Revue"
04-15-1918 - Hilda Simms - Minneapolis, MN - d. 2-6-1994
actor: "New World A' Coming"
05-02-1878 - Roy Atwill - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1962
actor, comedian, composer: "The Fred Allen Show"; "The Fred Waring Show"
05-15-1905 - Joseph Cotten - Petersburg, VA - d. 2-6-1994
actor: Matthew Bell "Private Files of Matthew Bell"; "Mercury Theatre
on the Air"
06-13-1917 - Si Zentner - NYC - d. 2-6-2000
bandleader, trombonist: "Si Zentner and His Orchestra"; "Guard Session"
07-06-1898 - Hans Eisler - Germany - d. 2-6-1962
orchestra leader: "The Littlest Angel"; "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas"
07-15-1925 - Phil Carey - Hackensack NJ - d. 2-6-2008
actor: "Family Theatre"
07-31-1919 - Norman Del Mar - Hempstad, England - d. 2-6-1994
conductor: "Scottish Orchestra"
08-07-1909 - Sheldon Stark - NYC - d. 2-6-1997
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Straight Arrow"
08-11-1868 - Edgar Norton - London, England - d. 2-6-1953
actor: "I Love A Mystery"
08-26-1919 - Frances Wayne - Boston, MA - d. 2-6-1978
vocalist: "The Woody Herman Show"
09-07-1891 - Roscoe Karns - San Bernadino, CA - d. 2-6-1970
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
09-10-1906 - Ruth Stafford Peale - Fonda, IA - d. 2-6-2008
religious leader: "The Aldrich Family"
09-10-1927 - Gwen Watford - London, England - d. 2-6-1994
actor: "Barnstaple"
10-01-1921 - James Whitmore - White Plains, NY - d. 2-6-2009
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-07-1915 - Francis Hunt - Buffalo, NY - d. 2-6-1993
vocalist: (Lou Bring Orchestra) "Kraft Music Hall"
12-06-1913 - Karl Haas - Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany - d. 2-6-2005
musician, broadcaster: "Adventures in Good Music"
12-26-1906 - Ashley Buck - d. 2-6-1980
writer: "We Are Always Young"
12-29-1898 - Pat Padgett - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-6-1990
comedian: January "Show Boat"; Pat "Model Minstrels"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:23:33 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-7 births/deaths
February 7th births
02-07-1812 - Charles Dickens - Portsmouth, England - d. 6-9-1870
author: Many of his works adapted for radio
02-07-1866 - George Ade - d. 5-1-1944
humorist: WJZ New York City
02-07-1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Pepin, WI - d. 2-10-1957
author: some her works adapted for radio
02-07-1883 - Eubie Blake - Baltimore, MD - d. 2-12-1983
jazz pianist: "Ragtime"; "White House Jazz Festival"
02-07-1885 - Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, MN - d. 1-10-1951
novelist: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Ford Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
02-07-1895 - Irving Aaronson - NYC - d. 5-10-1963
bandleader: "Irving Aaronson and His Orchestra"
02-07-1896 - Earl Burtnett - Harrisburg, PA - d. 1-2-1936
orchestra leader: KHJ Los Angeles, California
02-07-1901 - Bob Stephenson - Washington - d. 9-5-1970
announcer: "Jeff Regan, Investigator"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
02-07-1903 - Graeme Lorimer - Wyncote, PA - d. 9-6-1983
writer: "Maudie's Diary"
02-07-1908 - Bill Johnstone - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-1-1996
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; Sam Young "Pepper Young's
Family"
02-07-1908 - Larry "Buster" Crabbe - Oakland, CA - d. 4-23-1983
actor: "George Jessel Show"; "Hollywood Showcase"
02-07-1914 - George Bassman - NYC - d. 6-26-1997
arranger for Andre Kostelanetz
02-07-1915 - Arthur Kurland - d. 12-24-1992
producer: "Keep 'Em Rolling"
02-07-1915 - Eddie Bracken - Astoria, NY - d. 11-14-2002
comedian: "Eddie Bracken Show"; Dizzy Stevens "Aldrich Family"
02-07-1918 - Eugene Cines - NYC - d. 3-22-2004
manager of CBS Music Library
02-07-1921 - Wilma Lee Cooper - Valley Head, WV - d. 9-13-2011
bluegrass musician: "Country Style [removed]"; "Country Music Time"
02-07-1923 - Jiri Pelikan - Olomouc, Czechoslovakia - d. 6-26-1999
head of the state run radio system who eliminated censorship
02-07-1923 - Keefe Brasselle - Elyria, OH - d. 7-7-1981
actor: "Stars in the Air"
02-07-1924 - Flo Gibson - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-7-2011
actor: "Pat Novak for Hire"
02-07-1924 - Hattie Jacques - Sandgate, Kent, England - d. 10-6-1980
actor: Sophie Tuckshop "It's That Man Again"; Agatha Dangelbody
"Educating Archie"
02-07-1926 - Al Ramsen - NYC - d. 3-12-1984
actor: "Lights Out"; "Suspense"; "The Ford Theatre"
02-07-1936 - Teddy Bart - Johnstown, PA
host: "Teddy Bart's Roundtable"
02-07-1949 - Susan Boyd - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 6-18-2004
writer: "Another Day"
February 7th deaths
01-21-1867 - John Bratton - Wilmington, DE - d. 2-7-1947
composed "Teddy Bears Picnic" used as theme for "John and Sparky"
02-09-1910 - Peanuts Holland - Norfold, VA - d. 2-7-1979
jazz trumpeter, singer: "One Night Stand"; "Jubilee"; "Yank Swing
Session"
02-14-1896 - Anson Weeks - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1969
bandleader: "Lucky Strike Show"; "Lady Esther Serenade"; "[removed]
Coffee Program"
02-22-1918 - Sid Abel - Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 2-7-2000
sportscaster: "Play By Play Detroit Red Wings"
02-23-1851 - Frederick Warde - Deddingnton, England - d. 2-7-1935
actor, lecturer: WMC Memphis, Tennessee
04-28-1924 - Blossom Dearie - East Durham, NY - d. 2-7-2009
singer: "Woody Herman Orchestra"
04-30-1924 - Sonny Day - d. 2-7-2005
singer: (Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole Opry"
05-09-1920 - William Tenn (Phil Klass) - London, England - d. 2-7-2010
science fiction writer: Works adapted for "X Minus One"; "Dimension X"
05-29-1919 - Carol Batdorf - d. 2-7-1995
woman's program on KVOS Bellingham, Washington
06-27-1900 - Rev. James G. Keller - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1977
priest: "The Christophers"
06-30-1918 - Stewart Foster - Binghamton, NY - d. 2-7-1968
singer: "Stewart Foster Show"; "Galen Drake"; "On a Sunday Afternoon"
07-19-1911 - Dennis Conrad Bardens - Midhurst, England - d. 2-7-2004
editor of weekly BBC radio documentaries "Focus"
08-10-1896 - Walter Lang - Memphis, TN - d. 2-7-1972
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
08-18-1940 - Molly Bee - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 2-7-2009
singer: "Hometown Jamboree"; "Rex Allen Show"
08-22-1909 - Philip G. Epstein - NYC - d. 2-7-1952
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-01-1908 - Paul Sullivan - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-7-1986
news commentator: Monday thru Saturday 15-minute show on CBS
09-17-1914 - Lindsay Hardy - Victor Harbor, South Australia - d.
2-7-1994
writer: "26 Hours"
10-14-1907 - Karl Schlichter - d. 2-7-1979
writer: "California Caravan"
10-18-1918 - Bobby Troup - Harrisburg, PA - d. 2-7-1999
singer, actor: "Navy Swings"; "Bobby Troup Program"; "Bobby Troup Trio"
10-31-1912 - Dale Evans - Uvalde, TX - d. 2-7-2001
actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Roy
Rogers Show"
11-30-1884 - Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling - Portland, OR - d. 2-7-1968
clergyman: "The National Youth Conference"
12-21-1946 - Carl Wilson - Hawthorne, CA - d. 2-7-1998
singer: (Beach Boys) "Here's to Veterans"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:31:39 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-8 births/deaths
February 8th births
02-08-1828 - Jules Verne - Nantes, France - d. 3-24-1905
pioneering science fiction writer: Several of his works adapted for
radio
02-08-1868 - Evangeline Adams - d. 11-10-1932
astrologist: "Horoscope Talks"
02-08-1878 - Benicia Batione - d. 5-xx-1965
spanish instructor of conversational spanish: KOA Denver, Colorado
02-08-1886 - Charlie Ruggles - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-23-1970
comedian: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "This Is My Best"
02-08-1888 - Edith Evans - London, England - d. 10-14-1976
actor: "Kaleidoscope"
02-08-1890 - Irving Kaufman - Syracuse, NY - d. 1-3-1976
singer: "Champion Sparkers"; "Broadway Vanities"
02-08-1891 - Edward Bierstadt - d. 2-3-1970
writer: "The Shadow"; "Empire Builders"
02-08-1892 - Will Aubrey - Lithuania - d. 1-3-1958
actor: (The Bard of the Byways) "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
02-08-1893 - Ed Fitzgerald - Troy, NY - d. 3-22-1982
host: "The Fitzgeralds"
02-08-1894 - King Vidor - Galveston, TX - d. 11-1-1982
film director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
02-08-1902 - Lyle Talbot - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-3-1996
actor: "Your Hollywood Informer"; "Calling All Cars"; "The Unexpected"
02-08-1904 - Charles Sears - Hoopeston, IL - d. 8-12-1987
tenor: "National Barn Dance"; "Musical Memories"
02-08-1905 - Don Ball - Block Island, RI - d. 1-7-1974
staff announcer for CBS during the 1930s.
02-08-1905 - Henry King - d. 8-8-1974
orchestra leader: "Burns and Allen"
02-08-1905 - Truman Bradley - Sheldon, MO - d. 7-28-1974
announcer: "Easy Aces"; "Red Skelton & Co."; "Drene Show"
02-08-1907 - Phil Davis - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-10-1985
musician: "Avalon Time"; "Scramby Amby"
02-08-1907 - Ray Middleton - Chicago, IL - d. 4-10-1984
actor: Abraham Lincoln "Honest Abe"
02-08-1908 - Myron McCormick - Albany, IN - d. 7-30-1962
actor: Christopher Wells "Advs. of Christopher Wells"
02-08-1911 - Judith Allen - NYC - d. 10-5-1996
actor: Margo Lane "The Shadow"
02-08-1912 - Margot Stevenson - NYC - d. 1-2-2011
actor: Margo Lane "The Shadow"
02-08-1913 - Betty Field - Boston, MA - d. 9-13-1973
actor: Mary Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
02-08-1913 - Taylor Grant - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-24-1998
newscaster: "Headline Edition"
02-08-1915 - George "Doc" Abraham - Wayland, NY - d. 1-27-2005
gardner, host: "The Green Thumb"
02-08-1917 - Robert Dryden - d. 12-16-2003
actor: Doctor West "We Love and Learn"; Sergeant Maggio "Call the
Police"
02-08-1919 - Buddy Morrow - New Haven, CT - d. 9-27-2010
bandleader/trombonist: "One Night Stand"; "Army Bandstand"
02-08-1920 - Lana Turner - Wallace, ID - d. 6-29-1995
actor: "Abbott and Costello"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-08-1920 - Robert Garnett "Buddy" Blattner - St. Louis, MO - d.
9-4-2009
announcer: teamed with Dizzy Dean on St. Louis Browns radio
02-08-1922 - Morley Meredith - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 2-3-2000
baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
02-08-1924 - Audrey Meadows - Wu Chang, China - d. 2-3-1996
actor: "The Honeymooners" (TV sound track on radio)
02-08-1925 - Francis Webb - Adelaide, Australia - d. 11-23-1973
writer: "Birthday"
02-08-1925 - Jack Lemmon - Newton, MA - d. 6-27-2001
actor: "Dimension X"; "X Minus One"; Dr. Brent "Road of Life"
02-08-1931 - James Dean - Byron, IN - d. 9-30-1955
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"
02-08-1941 - Martin Huston - Lexington, KY - d. 8-8-2001
actor: Jeep Allison "My Son Jeep"
02-08-1943 - Jan Needle - Portsmouth, England
wrote radio plays in New Zealand, England and Australia
February 8th deaths
01-13-1903 - Charles Kullman - New Haven, CT - d. 2-8-1983
singer: "The Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"
01-14-1920 - George Herman - NYC - d. 2-8-2005
newsman: CBS news writer
02-17-1897 - Ben Alley - West Virginia - d. 2-8-1970
singer: (the Golden Tenor) "Melody Lane"; "Sweethearts Of the Air"
02-24-1889 - Boyd Bunch - Chamois, MO - d. 2-8-1969
pianist, arranger: "Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians"
03-11-1919 - Mercer Ellington - Washington, [removed] - d. 2-8-1996
bandleader: (Son of Duke Ellington) "Genius of Duke"
06-04-1917 - Helen Wood - Clarksville, TN - d. 2-8-1988
actor: Elaine Dascomb "Those We Love"
06-10-1917 - Meredith Edwards - Denbighshire, Wales - d. 2-8-1999
actor: "The Cruel Sea"
06-12-1903 - Drue Leyton - Somers, WI - d. 2-8-1997
broadcast from Paris during WWII on "Voice of America"
06-22-1916 - Johnny Jacobs - Milwaukee, WI - d. 2-8-1982
announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Frontier Gentleman";
"Granby's Green Acres"
07-18-1913 - Marvin Miller - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-8-1985
actor: Ben Lyon "Jeff Regan, Investigator"; Gil Whitney "Romance of
Helen Trent"
09-09-1903 - Phyllis Whitney - Yokohoma, Japan - d. 2-8-2008
author: "The Young Book Reviewers"
09-10-1909 - Raymond Scott - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-8-1994
conductor, composer: "Your Hit Parade"; "Chicago Theatre of the Air"
09-28-1887 - Tom Terriss - London, England - d. 2-8-1964
actor/narrater: "Letters from Abroad"; "Vagabond Adverturer"
10-05-1905 - Harriet MacGibbon - Chicago, IL - d. 2-8-1987
actor: Lucy Kent "Home, Sweet Home"
10-06-1905 - Clinton C. Balmer - d. 2-8-1988
news commentator: WLVA Lynchberg, Virginia
10-07-1898 - Alfred Wallenstein - Chicago, IL - d. 2-8-1983
conductor: "Virtuosos"; "Voice of Firestone"
10-25-1897 - Marek Weber - Vienna, Austria - d. 2-8-1964
conductor/violinist: "Carnation Contented Hour"
11-01-1919 - John Secondari - Rome, Italy - d. 2-8-1975
novelist: "As Europe Sees the Marshall Plan"; "Prologue"
11-09-1911 - Dick Janaver - NYC - d. 2-8-1999
actor: Lee Kirby "Myrt and Marge"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Just Plain Bill"
11-14-1916 - Hubert Batey - d. 2-8-1980
sportscaster: WGPC Albany, Georgia
12-02-1914 - Tracy Roberts - Little Falls, NY - d. 2-8-2002
actor: "Suspense"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"
12-08-1928 - Jimmy Smith - Norristown, PA - d. 2-8-2005
jazz organist: Won a radio talent contest in Philadelphia at the age
of 9
12-22-1862 - Connie Mack - East Brookfield, MA - d. 2-8-1956
baseball manager: "The Shell Show"; "A Tribute to Lou Gehrig"
12-24-1913 - Myrtle 'Lulubelle' Wiseman - Boone, KY - d. 2-8-1999
singer: (Lulubelle and Scotty) "The National Barn Dance"
Ron
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