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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 50
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
peter [removed] [ Afanofoldradio@[removed] ]
Radio Once More's St. Patrick's Day [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]
Arthur Anderson Radio Interview - To [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
3-16 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Arthur Anderson on KZPS Dallas on Ma [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
3-17 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:09:32 -0500
From: Afanofoldradio@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: peter [removed]
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Peter Graves- who worked as a radio announcer and actor in college before
heading to Hollywood in the 1950's- has died 4 days short of his 84th
birthday as the result of a heart attack in Pacific Palisades, California
Sunday
March 14th. He was the brother of TV "Gunsmoke" star James [removed]
ed kienzler springfield illinois _afanofoldradio@[removed]_
(mailto:afanofoldradio@[removed])
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:09:38 -0500
From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Once More's St. Patrick's Day Show
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that on Wednesday at 9pm EDT, Radio Once
More's "The Live Show" will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Our very
special guest will be radio legend Arthur Anderson, who not only performed on
everything from The Mercury Theater to Let's Pretend, but was for 29 years
the voice of the Lucky Charms Leprechaun. In addition, we will be playing
Irish-themed radio shows. We will also be joined by our good friend Roy
Bright, who appears every Sunday at 6pm EDT in our popular segment"Roy
Remembers".
So please join us on Wednesday March 17th at 9pm EDT for "The Live Show"
and our St. Patrick's Day celebration. You can tune in our show at
[removed]. Hope to see you there!
Ken Stockinger
Co-Host, "The Live Show"
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:09:44 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arthur Anderson Radio Interview - Tomorrow March
17
Arthur Anderson, author of "An Actor's Odessy from Orson Welles to Lucky the
Leprechaun," will be interviewed tomorrow, March 17, beginning at 9:50 [removed]
ET on the Bulldog Rude Awakening Show, WOCM FM [removed] in Ocean City, MD,
regarding the book, being a fake Irishman on St. Patrick's Day and the
Friends of Old Time Radio Convention.
You can listen online here: [removed]
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:10:42 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-16 births/deaths
March 16th births
03-16-1859 - Alexander Popov - Turinsk District, Russia - d. 1-13-1906
One of three claimants for inventor of radio (along with Marconi and
de Forest)
03-16-1885 - Rev. Dr. William L. Stidger - Moundsville, WV - d. 8-7-1949
pastor: "Getting the Most Out of Life"
03-16-1886 - Howard Pierce - d. 1-4-1973
Owned a piece of the Lone Ranger
03-16-1889 - Elsie Janis - Columbus, OH - d. 2-27-1956
First female announcer on network radio
03-16-1891 - Phil M. Donnelly - Lebanon, MO - d. 9-12-1961
governor missouri: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
03-16-1892 - James C. Petrillo - Chicago, IL - d. 10-23-1984
union leader" Head of the American Federation of Musicians
03-16-1893 - Isobel Elson - Cambridge, England - d. 1-12-1981
actor: Jessie Hughes "Young Dr. Malone"
03-16-1894 - Elizabeth Lennox - Ionia, MI - d. 5-3-1992
singer: "Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra"; "American Album of Familiar
Music"
03-16-1896 - Arthur Hale - d. 10-17-1971
announcer, newscaster: "Confidentially Yours"; "The Richfield Reporter"
03-16-1897 - Conrad Nagel - Keokuk, IA - d. 2-24-1970
actor, emcee: "Silver Theatre"; "Passing Parade"
03-16-1897 - M. Barnard Eldershaw - Darlington, Australia - d. 9-20-1956
writer: "The Watch on the Headland"
03-16-1901 - Edward Pawley - Kansas City, KS - d. 1-27-1988
actor: Steve Wilson "Big Town"
03-16-1906 - Arch Presby - Canada - d. 3-8-1987
announcer, emcee: "Smilin' Ed and His Buster Brown Gang"
03-16-1906 - Henny Youngman - London, England - d. 2-24-1998
comedian: (Take my wife, please) "Kate Smith Hour"; "Radio Hall of Fame"
03-16-1908 - Robert Rossen - NYC - d. 2-18-1966
film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
03-16-1916 - Mercedes McCambridge - Joliet, IL - d. 3-2-2004
actor: Sunny Richards "I Love A Mystery"; Martha Ellis Bryant "Defense
Attorney"
03-16-1916 - Walter Reed - Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA - d.
8-20-2001
actor: "The Bombadier"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-16-1920 - Leo McKern - Sydney, Australia - d. 7-23-2002
actor: Horace Rumpole "Rumpole of the Bailey"
03-16-1920 - Wolf Rilla - Berlin, Germany - d. 10-19-2005
writer for the BBC
03-16-1924 - Beryl Davis Plymouth, England
vocalist: "Your Hit Parade"; "Jubilee"
03-16-1925 - Lane Nakano - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-28-2005
actor: "The Big Show"
03-16-1926 - Jerry Lewis - Newark, NJ
comedian: "Martin and Lewis Show"
03-16-1927 - Dick Beals - Detroit, MI
actor: Dan Reid "Lone Ranger"
03-16-1927 - Olga San Juan - Brooklyn, NY
actor: "Frank Morgan Show"; "[removed] Journal"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-16-1927 - Ruby Braff - Boston, MA - d. 2-9-2003
performer: "Jazz from Storyville"
03-16-1929 - Betty Johnson - Guilford County, NC
singer: "The Johnson Family Singers"
03-16-1936 - Harry Kalas - Naperville, IL - d. 4-13-2009
sportscaster: Philadelphia Phillies
March 16th deaths
01-14-1901 - Bebe Daniels - Dallas, TX - d. 3-16-1971
actor: "Life with the Lyons"; "Louella Parsons"
02-16-1900 - Albert Hackett - NYC - d. 3-16-1995
playwright: "Star Spangled Theatre"
03-05-1903 - Minerva Pious - Odessa, Russia - d. 3-16-1979
commedienne: Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum "Fred Allen Show"
03-24-1902 - Thomas E. Dewey - Owosso, MI - d. 3-16-1971
presidential candidate: "Jack Benny Program"; "Racketbusters Roundtable"
04-03-1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Florence, Italy - d. 3-16-1968
composer: "Fourteen August"; God and Uranium Were On Our Side"
05-21-1918 - Anthony Alfred Ambrose - New Alexandria, PA - d. 3-16-2003
composer/singer: WHJB Greensburg, Pennsylvania
05-22-1911 - John W. Neher - Shelbyville, IL - d. 3-16-1972
singer, actor: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Cavalcade of America"
05-28-1922 - Scott McKay - Pleasantville, IA - d. 3-16-1987
actor: John Nelson "Barry Cameron"
06-06-1922 - Carol Richards - Harvard, IL - d. 3-16-2007
singer: "New Edgar Bergen Hour"; "Bing Crosby Show"
07-03-1900 - John Mason Brown - Louisville, KY - d. 3-16-1969
host-critic: "Of Men and Books"
07-31-1936 - David Halliwell - Brighouse, England - d. 3-16-2006
writer: "Spongehenge"; "There's a Car Park in Whitherton.
08-14-1893 - Carl Benton Reid - Lansing, MI - d. 3-16-1973
actor: Roger Allen "Big Sister"
08-31-1903 - Arthur Godfrey - NYC - d. 3-16-1983
emcee: (The Old Redhead) "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Arthur Godfrey's
Talent Scouts"
09-15-1903 - Jean Tennyson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-16-1991
soprano: "Great Moments in Music"
10-12-1891 - Perle Mesta - Sturgis, MI - d. 3-16-1975
renowned party giver: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
11-11-1899 - Harold J. "Pie" Traynor - Framingham, MA - d. 3-16-1972
sportscaster: KQV Pittsburgh
11-22-1939 - Terrence Edmond - Bristol, England - d. 3-16-2009
actor: "His Natural Life"
Ron
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:10:53 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arthur Anderson on KZPS Dallas on March 17
Arthur Anderson, author of An Actor's Odyssey from Orson Welles to Lucky the
Leprechaun, will be interviewed on KZPS Dallas, Lone Star [removed], tomorrow,
March 17 at some point between 7:00 [removed] and 9:00 [removed] CT to talk about the
book, the Friends of Old Time Radio Convention, and being a fake Irishman on
St. Patrick's Day.
For those not in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you can listen here:
[removed];action=listenlive&channe
l_title=.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:10:59 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-17 births/deaths
March 17th births
03-17-1877 - Edwin M. Whitney - Parma Center, NY - d. 6-5-1957
actor: Captain Jimmy Norton "Harbor Lights"; Judge Whipple "Real Folks"
03-17-1879 - Sid Grauman - Indianapolis, IN - d. 3-5-1950
theatre owner: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-17-1884 - Frank Buck - Gainesville, TX - d. 2-25-1950
wild animal hunter: "Bring 'em Back Alive"
03-17-1891 - Tim Healy - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-12-1947
commentator: "Calling All Stamp Collectors"; "Captain Tim Helay Spy
Stories"
03-17-1901 - Alfred Newman - New Haven, CT - d. 2-17-1970
composer, conductor: "Hollywood Star Time"; "Radio Hall of Fame";
"Silver Theatre"
03-17-1902 - Bobby Jones - d. 12-18-1971
renowned golfer, did a 15 minute show on golf
03-17-1902 - Jimmy Grier - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-4-1959
orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
03-17-1905 - Lisa Sergio - Florence, Italy - d. 6-22-1989
news and music commentator: "Let's Talk it Over"; "One Woman's Opinion"
03-17-1905 - Meredith C. Beckman - d. 4-28-1980
tenor: KMOX St. Louis, Missouri
03-17-1906 - Michael O'Shea - Hartford, CT - d. 12-3-1973
actor: "Textron Theatre"; "Radio Reader's Digest"; "Philip Morris
Playhouse"
03-17-1910 - Molly Weir - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 12-1-2004
actor: Tattie McIntosh "It's That Man Again"; Aggie "Life with the
Lyons"
03-17-1910 - Pat McVey - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 7-6-1973
actor: "Cavalcade of America"
03-17-1914 - Sammy Baugh - Temple, TX - d. 12-17-2008
football great: "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel"
03-17-1915 - Joel Cranston - Iowa - d. 9-21-1977
actor: "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"
03-17-1916 - Karl Weber - Columbus Junction, IA - d. 7-30-1990
actor: Ray Matson "Dr. Six Gun"; Phil Stanley "When a Girl Marries"
03-17-1916 - Mollie Hardwick - Manchester, England - d. 12-13-2003
author: "Madam, Will You Walk"; "Casting the Ruins"
03-17-1917 - Lily May Ledford - Kentucky - d. 7-14-1985
fiddle, banjo, singer: (Coon Creek Girls) "WLS National Barn Dance"
03-17-1918 - Bill Felton - Greenland, MI - d. 1-20-2005
newscaster, disc jockey: "Valley Varieties"; "Recreation Room"
03-17-1919 - Marx B. Loeb - d. 8-9-1991
director: "Suspense"; "Romance"
03-17-1919 - Nat "King" Cole - Montgomery, AL - d. 2-15-1965
singer: "King Cole Trio Time"
03-17-1922 - Irene Buri-Nelson - d. 7-7-2006
host: WLIP Kenosha, Wisconsin "Around Town"
03-17-1926 - Pat Connell - Great Falls, MT
announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
03-17-1927 - Patrick Allen - Nyasaland - d. 7-28-2006
narrator: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
03-17-1930 - Grover C. Mitchell - Whatley, AL - d. 8-6-2003
trombonist: "Count Basie and His Orchestra"; "Bring Back the Bands"
03-17-1938 - Zola Taylor - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-30-2007
singer: (The Platters) "Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party"
03-17-1946 - Budge Threlkeld - Pueblo, CO - d. 6-11-2005
actor: "High Street"
March 17th deaths
01-01-1928 - Helen Westcott - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-17-1998
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "My Wildest Dream"
02-16-1904 - George F. Kennan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-17-2005
post world war two diplomat: "Meet the Press"
02-21-1880 - Frank Orth - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-17-1962
actor: Inspector Faraday "Boston Blackie"
03-02-1909 - Narvin Kimball - d. 3-17-2006
vocal, banjo: (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) "Newport Jazz Festival"
04-11-1902 - Quentin Reynolds - NYC - d. 3-17-1965
author: "Britain Speaks"; "Quentin Reynolds"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"
04-18-1941 - John J. Jackson - d. 3-17-2004
rock-radio personality
05-31-1894 - Fred Allen - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1956
comedian: "Linit Bath Club"; "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"
06-10-1910 - Charles O'Connor - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1942
announcer: "Johnny Presents"; "Breezing Along"
07-16-1912 - Raphael (Ray) Barr - NYC - d. 3-17-1983
composer, arranger, pianist: "Cliquot Club Eskimos"
07-24-1903 - Hazel Arth - d. 3-17-1991
second place winner Atwater-Kent National Radio Auditions
08-13-1911 - Allan Aldous - Leederville, Western Australia - d.
3-17-2000
author: "Game as Ned Kelly"
08-16-1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg - West Orange, NJ - d. 3-17-1965
legendary football coach: "We the People"
08-26-1905 - George F. Hicks - Tacoma, WA - d. 3-17-1965
announcer: "Metropolitan Echoes"; "Death Valley Days"; "Seth Parker"
09-28-1919 - Tom Harmon - Rensselar, IN - d. 3-17-1990
sportscaster: "Here Comes Harmon"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
10-02-1886 - Tony Burger - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-17-1964
actor: "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"; "Kate Smith"
10-10-1900 - Helen Hayes - Washington, [removed] - d. 3-17-1993
actor: "New Penny"; "Electric Theatre"; "O'Neill Cycle"
12-06-1903 - Hugh Farr - Llano, TX - d. 3-17-1980
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
12-19-1908 - Bill Carlisle - Wakefield, KY - d. 3-17-2003
performer: "Grand Ole Opry"
Ron
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