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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2009 : Issue 194
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
10-14 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. [ Wich2@[removed] ]
10-15 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Re: MICHAEL HAYDE'S SUPERMAN [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
Robert L. Richards [ Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed] ]
September 2009 Deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Hughes was there, but only as necess [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Suspense television [ mchone@[removed] ]
Track 5 etc. [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
10-16 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:06:24 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-14 births/deaths
October 14th births
10-14-1879 - Miles Franklin - Talbingo, Australia - d. 9-19-1954
wirter: "The Thorny Rose"
10-14-1890 - Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower - Denison, TX - d. 3-28-1969
general, president: "War Production Drive Program"; "Let's All Back
the Attack"
10-14-1891 - Joseph M. White - NYC - d. 2-28-1959
singer: (The Silver Masked Tenor) "Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra"
10-14-1893 - Hal Burdick - Osceola, WI - d. 6-12-1978
actor, writer: "Do You Believe In Ghosts"; "Dr. Kate"
10-14-1893 - Lillian Gish - Springfield, OH - d. 2-27-1993
panelist: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Suspense"
10-14-1896 - Bud Flanagan - Whitechapel, London, England - d. 10-20-1968
singer, actor: Sang signature tune for "Dad's Army"
10-14-1905 - Gene Stone - d. 4-28-1997
writer: "The Great Gildersleeve"
10-14-1906 - Benita Hume - London, England - d. 11-1-1967
actor: Victoria Cromwell Hall "Halls of Ivy"; "General Electric Theatre"
10-14-1906 - Russell Thorson - Eau Claire, WI - d. 7-6-1982
actor: Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery"; Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"
10-14-1907 - Karl Schlichter - d. 2-7-1979
writer: "California Caravan"
10-14-1907 - Pert Kelton - Great Falls, MT - d. 10-30-1968
actor: Agnes "Magnificent Montague"; Lolita "We Are Always Young";
"Milton Berle Show"
10-14-1908 - Allan Jones - Old Forge, PA - d. 6-27-1992
singer: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "New Old Gold Show"
10-14-1909 - Dorothy Kingsley - NYC - d. 9-26-1997
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-14-1914 - Norma Ransom - Chicago, IL - d. 9-24-1998
actor: "Destination Freedom"
10-14-1922 - Claire Niesen - Phoenix, AZ - d. 10-4-1963
actor: "Mary Noble "Backstage Wife"; Peggy O'Neill "The O'Neills"
10-14-1925 - Vance McCune - d. 11-3-1989
comedian, actor: Wash "Tom Mix"; "The Sinclair Wiener Minstrels"
10-14-1930 - Stella Castellucci - Los Angeles, CA
staff musician for ABC
10-14-1932 - Enrico Di Giuseppi - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-31-2005
operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
10-14-1940 - Christopher Timothy - Bala, Wales
actor: "50th Anniversary of the Goon Show"
October 14th deaths
01-07-1887 - H. Leopold Spitalny - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 10-14-1971
conductor: "Goin' To Town"; "Serenade to America"; "Vest Pocket
Varieties"
01-29-1874 - Owen Davis - Portland, ME - d. 10-14-1956
writer: "The Gibson Family"; "Pulitzer Prize Plays"
02-08-1888 - Edith Evans - London, England - d. 10-14-1976
actor: "Kaleidoscope"
02-11-1916 - Walter Brown Newman - NYC - d. 10-14-1993
writer: "Escape"; "Gunsmoke"; "On Stage"; "Robers of the Gazette"
03-28-1919 - Vic Raschi - West Springfield, MA - d. 10-14-1988
baseball pitcher: "National Guard Show"
04-29-1870 - Cosmo Hamilton - d. 10-14-1942
lecturer: "Unwritten History"
05-03-1903 - Bing Crosby - Tacoma, WA - d. 10-14-1977
singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
05-16-1881 - Henry Harlan Smith - Izard County, AR - d. 10-14-1931
emcee: "Hoss Hair Pullers"
06-20-1909 - Errol Flynn - Hobart, Tasmania - d. 10-14-1959
actor: Christopher Casanova "Modern Adventures of Casanova"; "Lux
Radio Theatre"
07-22-1907 - Perry Botkin - Richmond, IN - d. 10-14-1973
musician: (Perry Botkin and Trio) "The King's Men"
07-27-1916 - Keenan Wynn - NYC - d. 10-14-1986
actor: Moe 'Shrevie' Shrevnitz "The Shadow"; Gregory Smith "Amazing
Mr. Smith"
07-28-1915 - Frankie Yankovic - d. 10-14-1998
polka king: "Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks"; "Guest Star Time"
08-13-1913 - Melvin Frank - Chicago, IL - d. 10-14-1988
film writer, producer, director: "Pepsodent Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-25-1918 - Leonard Bernstein - Lawrence, MA - d. 10-14-1990
conductor: "Metropolitan Opera"
09-02-1917 - Cleveland Amory - Nahant, MA - d. 10-14-1998
writer: "Brain Trust"
09-16-1899 - Sam Spewack - Ukraine, Russia - d. 10-14-1971
writer: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-21-1935 - Sigrid Valdis - Bakersfield, CA - d. 10-14-2007
actor: "Shaken, Not Stirred"
09-28-1913 - Ellis Peters - Horsehay, England - d. 10-14-1995
author: Her "Brother Cadfael" novels were adapted for radio
10-10-1911 - Zeke Manners - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-14-2000
singer, disc jockey: "Zeke Manners and His Gang"; "Zeke Manners"
10-21-1920 - Hy Averback - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-14-1997
announcer, actor: "Sealtest Village Store"; "Bob Hope Show"; "Take It
or Leave It"
Ron
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:07:47 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mighty oaks from little acorns [removed]
From: Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed];
Richard Wilson described the first
rehearsal of WofW ... Welles ... loudly yelling out "This is the worst
script we've ever done!"
That conforms with Bill Herz's recollections when I helped Christian Blees
interview him: basically, that the whole week of production the consensus
was, "this is an embarrassingly silly piece of crap!'
-Craig W.
[removed] - There's more on the recording of the early Mercs, in a post that I
don't think has made the Digest yet?
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:08:01 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-15 births/deaths
October 15th births
10-15-1879 - Jane Darwell - Palmyra, MO - d. 8-13-1967
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-15-1879 - Sara Allgood - Dublin, Ireland - d. 9-13-1950
actor: "Radio Guild"; "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-15-1881 - P. G. Wodehouse - Guildford, Surrey, England - d. 2-14-1975
author: (Jeeves and Wooster) "Forecast"; "Stagestruck"
10-15-1893 - Ina Claire - Washington, [removed] - d. 2-22-1985
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-15-1896 - Joe Sanders - Thayer, KS - d. 5-14-1965
bandleader: (The Ole Left Hander) "Nighthawks Frolic"
10-15-1898 - Ransom Sherman - Appleton, WI - d. 11-26-1985
actor: Uncle Dennis "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Hap Hazard "Hap Hazard"
10-15-1900 - Fritz Feld - Berlin, Germany - d. 11-18-1993
actor: "NBC Uinversity Theatre"; "Nightbeat"; "Advs. of the Saint"
10-15-1900 - Mervyn LeRoy - San Francisco,CA - d. 9-13-1987
film director: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Songs By
Sinatra"
10-15-1908 - Gus Hatula - d. 10-9-1997
audio engineer for WXYZ
10-15-1908 - Herman Chittison - Flemingsburg, KY - d. 3-8-1967
jazz pianist: "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "The Gloom Dodgers"
10-15-1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith - Iona Station, Canada - d.
4-28-2006
economist: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Meet the Press"
10-15-1909 - Robert Trout - Wake County, NC - d. 11-14-2000
commentator: "Headlines & Bylines"; "Robert Trout with the News Til Now"
10-15-1912 - Vivian Fridell - Milwaukee, WI
actor: Mary Noble "Mary Noble, Backstage Wife"; "Road of Life"
10-15-1912 - "Zeb" Tennis - Missouri - d. 8-10-1972
fiddle: "Plantation Boys"
10-15-1915 - Nellie Lutcher - Lake Charles, LA - d. 6-8-2007
jazz singer: "Jubilee"; "Spotlight Revue"; "Command Performance"
10-15-1917 - Jan Miner - Boston, MA - d. 2-15-2004
actor: Ann Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "Lora Lawton "Lora
Lawton"
10-15-1917 - Merrill Ash - d. 11-9-1999
newscaster: KOMO Seattle, Washington
10-15-1918 - Bob Sherry - Chattanooga, TN - d. 2-17-2003
announcer: "Archie Andrews"; "Author Meets the Critics"
10-15-1918 - Bobby Gimby - Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 6-20-1998
musician, songwriter: "Happy Gang"
10-15-1918 - Harold Gast - d. 12-28-2003
writer: "Front Page Farrell"; "Real Stories from Real Life"
10-15-1918 - Robert Lee - Elyria, OH - d. 7-8-1994
writer: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
10-15-1921 - Allan Drake - Massachusetts - d. 3-8-1986
actor: "The Ethel Merman Show"
10-15-1921 - Geri Fontane - New Milford, NJ - d. 9-13-1993
singer: (The Fontane Sisters) "Chesterfield Supper Club"
10-15-1921 - Robert Rockwell - Chicago, IL - d. 1-25-2003
actor: Philip Boynton "Our Miss Brooks"
10-15-1922 - Paul Kasander - Detroit, MI - d. 10-17-2002
actor: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Lone Ranger"; "Green Hornet"
10-15-1926 - Jean Peters - Canton, OH - d. 10-13-2000
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-15-1929 - Art James - d. 3-28-2004
announcer: Armed Forces Radio
October 15th deaths
10-16-1904 - Raymond Meurer - d. 10-15-1974
Part owner of WXYZ
11-11-1899 - Pat O'Brien - Milwaukee, WI - d. 10-15-1983
actor: Dan Carson "Dan Carson"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Family Theatre"
11-13-1922 - Jack Narz - Louisville, KY - d. 10-15-2008
announcer: "Meet Corliss Archer"; "Tenneessee Ernie Ford Show"
11-23-1911 - Edward Breuder - Hoboken, NJ - d. 10-15-1989
director of CBS radio network music division
12-18-1919 - Ralph Levy - Phildelphia, PA - d. 10-15-2001
director: "Burns and Allen"
Ron
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:08:15 -0400
From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: MICHAEL HAYDE'S SUPERMAN
Well, this has been a wonderful day! Just a couple of hours after completing
an interview over Ireland's NEWSTALK radio, I received the latest Digest and
found Dave Siegel's endorsement of my book, "FLIGHTS OF FANTASY." I'm deeply
honored by the kind words.
In closing, Mr. Siegel noted that he "has never met nor spoken to Mr. Hayde."
I sure hope we can rectify that at next week's FOTR convention, Dave! With
only a visit to the Author's Panel, I'll otherwise be manning a table with
BearManor Media titles galore, including my own, to satisfy those of you who
prefer to support OTR authors and publisher Ben Ohmart directly, bypassing
the healthy chunk that Amazon (and other online vendors) deduct from each
sale.
Michael
[removed]
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:08:53 -0400
From: Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Robert L. Richards
I thought this might be a Miller pseudonym, mostly due to the alliteration,
but found a little on him. He also has an IMDB database:
Robert L. Richards was a film screenwriter. Richards worked on a number of
notable films of the 1940s and 1950s including Winchester '73, Johnny Stool
Pigeon, and Act of Violence. Richards was blacklisted in Hollywood because of
his left wing views. He wrote under various pseudonyms to get work, until he
finally gave up and became a carpenter. He retired to P-tzcuaro, Mexico,
where he died, still bitter about the career he had lost.
Considering the fact he was blacklisted he sounds like a writer for the
Cavalcade.
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:09:11 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: September 2009 Deaths
02-08-1920 - Robert Garnett "Buddy" Blattner - St. Louis, MO - d.
9-4-2009
announcer: teamed with Dizzy Dean on St. Louis Browns radio
03-15-1916 - Frank Coghlan, Jr. - New Haven, CT - d. 9-7-2009
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Doctor Christian"
02-25-1928 - Larry Gelbart - Chicago, IL - d. 9-11-2009
writer: "Bob Hope Show"; "Duffy's Tavern"; "Jack Parr Show"
08-01-1921 - Jack Kramer - Las Vegas, NV - d. 9-12-2009
tennis pro: guest on the "Tex and Jinx Show"
11-07-1918 - Fred Cusick - Boston, MA - d. 9-15-2009
sportscaster "Irish Hour"
11-09-1936 - Mary Travers - Louisville, KY - d. 9-16-2009
singer: (Peter, Paul and Mary) "Voices of Vista", "Guard Session"
09-07-1921 - Art Ferrante - NYC - d. 9-19-2009
pianist: (Ferrante and Teicher) "The Zero Hour"; "Hollywood Radio
Theatre"
12-17-1929 - William Safire - NYC - 9-27-2009
producer: "Tex McCrary Show"
06-21-1925 - Byron Palmer - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-30-2009
actor: "Plays for Americans"
Ron
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:11:04 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Hughes was there, but only as necessary
Three different actors played the title
role, Bennett Kilpack was Mr. Keen the longest, and Arthur Hughes saw
the final show. Phil Clark also played the part.
I was thinking we might have put this slight misnomer to rest. But alas, it
still pops up. Bennett Kilpack and Philip Clarke (note spelling) played Mr.
Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons -- Kilpack from the sleuth's inception in 1937
to 1950, and Clarke from 1950 to 1955.
"Just Plain" Arthur Hughes (he of afternoon barbering-counseling fame)
supplied during the reptitious absences of Bennett Kilpack, 22 times between
June 20, 1946 and April 15, 1948, in a period of nearly 100 live broadcasts.
For the most part listeners did not realize Kilpack was ill. It was enough
that the announcer told us "We appreciate Arthur Hughes stepping in to
substitute in the absence of Bennett Kilpack as Mr. Keen tonight" or some
similar bit of trivia. The word "ill" might be attached but more often
wasn't. What is clear is that Kilpack was not permanently relinquishing his
role to Hughes or anybody else, fully intending to return to the studio as
quickly as he could. He did so after being gone at one stretch 9
consecutive weeks and another time 7 weeks. When he returned to the show
each time, aired with 52 new performances annually, he went right on as if
he had never missed an installment.
Kilpack remained in the title role through the 1314th show broadcast October
26, 1950. The following week, November 3, announcer Larry Elliott advised:
"We thank Phil Clarke for appearing tonight in the role of Mr. Keen for
Bennett Kilpack, who was unable to appear." He echoed that statement five
consecutive weeks. On the broadcast of December 7, 1950, Kilpack's name was
never mentioned again, only that "Philip Clarke plays Mr. Keen." It was
Clarke, not Hughes, who was there on the final show, September 26, 1955.
The intriguing backstory behind both Kilpack and Clarke, both native Brit
thespians, is recalled in meticulous detail in "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost
Persons: A Complete History and Episode Log of Radio's Most Durable
Detective" ([removed]).
There were many more
than three sponsors Anacin, Kolynos (a toothpaste), BiSoDol antacid
mints, Hill's cold tablets, Heet liniment, Dentyne, Aerowax, RCA Victor
and Chesterfield cigarettes.
Yes there were. American Home Products, though never acknowledged on the
air by that nomenclature, was behind most of it, including Bi-So-Dol,
Kolynos, Fly-Ded, Hill's, Aerowax, Black Flag, Anacin, Old English, Heet,
Kriptin, et al. -- the very same folks who were bringing the matinee misery
of (Our Gal) Sunday Brinthrope, Helen Trent, (Just Plain) Bill Davidson, and
David (Front Page) Farrell to millions every weekday afternoon, all of
them -- Keen included -- under the ever-watchful eyes of producers Frank and
Anne Hummert. When, after 14 years, American Home Products began to let go
of the purse strings feeding Mr. Keen (on July 20, 1951), filling the void
were Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company (Chesterfield, Fatima), RCA (RCA Victor
recordings and electronic equipment), American Chicle Company (Dentyne,
Beemans Pepsin, Chiclets), Anahist Company (Anahist), Eno-Scott and Bowne
(Brylcreem), Procter & Gamble (Lava), Nestle (Nescafe), Murine Company
(Murine), and sustaining.
The track record of the prolific radio sponsor that worked at hiding its
identity, American Home Products, is exposed in great detail in "Sold on
Radio: Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting"
([removed]).
Those daytime characters are introduced in "The Great Radio Soap Operas"
([removed]). And the
Hummerts? Their lives are an open book in "Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio
Factory: The Programs and Personalities of Broadcasting's Most Prolific
Producers" ([removed]).
Jim Cox
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:11:18 -0400
From: mchone@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Suspense television
My wife ordered a DVD of Suspense television programs from NetFlix. They are all
from 1949. We watched a couple of them last night and to paraphrase what the kid
said "the pictures are better on the radio versions".
Roby McHone
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:12:20 -0400
From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Track 5 etc.
Thanks to Jack French for putting the "Train loading on track 5" mystery to
rest. I should point out that Mr. Katz is an excellent writer who has
contributed often to Nostalgia DIgest Magazine. His most recent article,
about the making of the 1934 film The Silver Streak, is available in the
current autumn issue ([removed]).
Steve
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:59:20 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-16 births/deaths
October 16th births
10-16-1854 - Oscar Wilde - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-30-1900
writer: Some of his writings adapted for radio
10-16-1886 - Will Harridge - Chicago, IL - d. 4-9-1971
american league president: "Memorial Program for Colonel Jocob Rupert"
10-16-1888 - Eugene O'Neill - NYC - d. 11-27-1953
playwright: "NBC Presents Eugene O'Neill"; "Pulitzer Prize Plays";
"Best Plays"
10-16-1891 - Wilfred Lytell - NYC - d. 9-10-1954
actor: Doc Barron "Just Plain Bill"; "Wings Over America"
10-16-1893 - Carl Carmer - Cortland, NY - d. 9-12-1976
historical advisor: "Cavalcade of America"
10-16-1899 - Mary Taylor - d. 8-18-1957
consumer advocate: "Consumer Time"
10-16-1900 - Lloyd Corrigan - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-7-1969
actor: Judge Hunter "One Man's Family"
10-16-1903 - "Wild Bill" Elliott (Gordon Nance) - Pattonsburg, MO - d.
11-26-1965
actor: Wild Bill Elliott "Wild Bill Elliott"
10-16-1904 - Raymond Meurer - d. 10-15-1974
Part owner of WXYZ
10-16-1910 - Douglas Browning - Norwood, OH
announcer: "Douglas Browning Show"; "Ladies Be Seated"
10-16-1911 - Molly O'Day - Bayonne, NJ - d. 10-22-1998
actor: "Barnyard Jamboree"
10-16-1912 - Berry Kroeger - San Antonio, TX - d. 1-4-1991
actor: Michael Waring/The Falcon "The Falcon"; Reed Bannister "Big
Sister"
10-16-1912 - Maidie Norman - Villa Rica, GA - d. 5-2-1998
character actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
10-16-1917 - Alice Pearce - NYC - d. 3-3-1966
actor: Daphne "Henry Morgan Show"
10-16-1917 - Rowena Clark - Staten Island, NY - d. 3-2-2004
actor: "Gateway to Hollywood"
10-16-1920 - Gus Wayne - The Bronx, NY - d. 1-23-1998
actor: Little Johnny for Phillip Morris
10-16-1920 - Sharon Douglas - Stevens County, OK
actor: Mildred Anderson "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Joan Davis
Time"
10-16-1921 - Linda Darnell - Dallas, TX - d. 4-10-1965
actor: "Hollywood Premiere"; "So You Want to Lead a Band"
10-16-1924 - Pierre Salinger - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-19-2004
press secretary to President JFK: "Meet the Press"
10-16-1924 - Robert Hall - Rochester, NY - d. 9-25-1967
actor, host: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Music 'til Dawn"
10-16-1925 - Angela Lansbury - London, England
actor: "NBC University Theatre"; "Suspense"
10-16-1925 - Lee Jordan - d. 11-20-2005
announcer, film critic: WCBS New York
10-16-1925 - Lenka Peterson - Omaha, NE
actor: "Theatre Five"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
10-16-1926 - Paul Duke - Richmond, VA - d. 7-18-2005
newscaster: "News of the World"
October 16th deaths
01-09-1921 - Lister Sinclair - Bombay, India - d. 10-16-2006
writer, actor: "American School of the Air"; "Stage Forty-Seven"
01-15-1909 - Gene Krupa - Chicago, IL - d. 10-16-1973
drummer: "Rhythm Masters"; "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"
01-22-1951 - Steve J. Spears - Adelaide, Australia - d. 10-16-2007
writer: "King Richard"; "Maggie's Ear"
02-03-1907 - James Michener - NYC - d. 10-16-1997
author: "You and the World"
03-08-1911 - Eunice Hanger - Mount Chalmers, Australia - d. 10-16-1972
writer: "From the Diary of a Bush Schoolmaster"
03-25-1925 - Len Dressler - d. 10-16-2005
voice of the Jolly Green Giant
03-26-1907 - Claude Stroud - Kaufman, TX - d. 10-16-1985
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Chaarlie McCarthy Show"
05-04-1924 - Merrill Mael - d. 10-16-2000
actor: Uncle Fletcher "Vic and Sade"
05-23-1901 - Arch McDonald - Hot Spring, AR - d. 10-16-1960
sportscaster: Washington Senators and Washington Redskins
07-10-1908 - Harry Golder - Detroit, MI - d. 10-16-1968
announcer: "The Lone Ranger"
07-16-1926 - Stanley Clements - Long Island, NY - d. 10-16-1981
actor: "Family Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-26-1921 - Jean Sheperd - South Chicago, IL - d. 10-16-1999
host: "The Jean Sheperd Show"
07-31-1911 - George Liberace - Menasha, WI - d. 10-16-1983
sideman: Orrin Tucker Band, Anson Weeks Band
08-21-1900 - Ken Carpenter - Avon, IL - d. 10-16-1984
announcer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "One Man's Family"; "Edgar Bergen/
Charlie McCarthy Show"
08-30-1898 - Shirley Booth - NYC - d. 10-16-1992
actor: Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"; "Hogan's Daughter"; "Strictly
Business"
09-12-1924 - Ella Mae Morse - Mansfield, TX - d. 10-16-1999
singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Everything for the Boys"; "Jubilee"
09-30-1921 - Deborah Kerr - Helensburgh, Scotland - d. 10-16-2007
actor: "Hollywood Calling"; "Hollywood Star Playhouse"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
10-07-1908 - Richard Caldicot - London, England - d. 10-16-1995
actor: "The Navy Lark"
10-11-1919 - Art Blakey - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-16-1990
jazz drummer: "Music for Moderns"
10-18-1892 - Leo G. Carroll - Weedon Northants, England - d. 10-16-1972
actor: Lux Radio Theatre
10-31-1910 - Donovan Joyce - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-16-1980
writer, producer, director: "T-Men"
11-23-1923 - Malcolm "Mel" Arter - d. 10-16-1998
disk jockey: WKOK Sunbury, Pennsylvania
12-03-1909 - Dana Suesse - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-16-1987
composer: "Good News of 1938"
12-14-1915 - Dan Dailey - NYC - d. 10-16-1978
singer, actor: "King's Men"; "Philip Morris Playhouse"
Ron
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