Last Updated September 8, 2010
01-01-1867 – Lew Fields – NYC – d. 7-20-1941
comedian: (Weber and Fields) “The Eveready Hour”; “George Jessel Show”
01-01-1878 – Edwin Franko Goldman – Louisville, KY – d. 2-21-1956
bandmaster: “The Cities Service Concert”; “The Pure Oil Band”
01-01-1879 – E.M. Forster – London, England – d. 6-7-1970
novelist: Many works adapted for radio
01-01-1889 – Alexander Smallens - St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 11-27-1972
conductor: “Rising Musical Star”
01-01-1889 – Charles Bickford – Cambridge, MA – d. 11-9-1967
actor: “Radio Hall of Fame”
01-01-1889 – Maurice Baron – Lille, France – d. 9-5-1964
conductor of various symphony orchestras for radio
01-01-1895 – Art Gillham – St. Louis, MO – d. 6-6-1961
piano playing vocalist: (Whispering Pianist) Plugged songs to sell sheet music
01-01-1895 – Bernard Schubert – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-4-1988
writer, producer: “The Falcon”; “Murder and Mr. Malone”
01-01-1897 – Walter Greaza – St. Paul, MN – d. 6-1-1973
actor: “Columbia Workshop”; “Suspense”
01-01-1900 – Xavier Cugat – Tirona, Spain – d. 10-27-1990
bandleader: (King of the Rhumba) “Camel Caravan”
01-01-1904 – George Landen Dann – Brisbane, Australia – d. 6-6-1977
writer: “Funerals for Field Mice”
01-01-1904 – Lou Kosloff – Chicago, IL – d. 2-12-1986
orchestra leader: “Blondie”; “Sad Sack”; “Sherlock Holmes”
01-01-1905 – Dick Aurandt – d. 7-16-1984
orchestra leader: “Voyage of the Scarlet Queen”; “Steve Canyon”
01-01-1905 – Richard Keith – NYC – d. 9-16-1976
actor: Ray Hunt “Myrt and Marge”; Frank W. Brock “Special Investigator”
01-01-1908 – Bob Russell – Passaic, NJ – d. 1-24-1998
singer, songwriter: Helped create “ Name that Tune”
01-01-1909 – Dana Andrews – Collins, MS – d. 12-17-1992
actor: Matt Cevetic “I Was A Communist for the FBI”
01-01-1909 – Frank Kettering – Monmouth, IL – d. 6-09-1973
bass player: (Hoosier Hot Shots) “National Barn Dance”
01-01-1911 – Hank Greenberg – NYC – d. 9-14-1994
baseball great: “Play Ball”; “We the People”; “Philco Radio Time”
01-01-1911 – Leona Ledoux – d. 8-16-1987
actor: Robespierre Higgins “Baby Snooks”; Bumstead Children “Blondie”
01-01-1913 – Norman Rosten – d. 3-7-1995
writer: “Cavalcade of America”; “An American in Russia”
01-01-1915 – Earl Sheldon – NYC – d. 11-14-1977
orchestra leader: “The Bickersons”; “Jack Smith Show”
01-01-1915 – Irv Orton – d. 5-xx-1960
musical director: “Double or Nothing”
01-01-1916 – Earl Wrightson – Baltimore, MD – d. 3-7-1993
singer: “Highways in Melody”; “Getting the Most Out of Life”
01-01-1917 – Shelby Storck – Kansas City, MO – d. 4-5-1969
actor: Speed Robertson “The Air Advs. of Jimmie Allen”
01-01-1917 – Ted Cott – Poughkeepsie, NY – d. 6-12-1973
announcer, emcee: “So You Think You Know Music?”; “Music You Want”
01-01-1919 – Carole Landis – Fairchild, WI – d. 7-5-1948
actor: “Warner Brothers Academy Award”; “Command Performance”
01-01-1922 – Robert De Cormier – Pinelawn, NY
choral director: “Christmas in Vermont with Countrypoint”
01-01-1923 – Milt Jackson – Detroit, MI – d. 10-9-1999
vibraphone: “Modern Jazz Quartet”
01-01-1928 – Helen Westcott – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-17-1998
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “My Wildest Dream”
01-01-1938 – Norma Jean Nilsson – Hollywood, CA
actor: Kathy Anderson “Father Knows Best”; Cookie Bumstead “Blondie”
01-01-1939 – Ray Bellew – Montreal, Canada – d. 10-10-2006
announcer for CBC radio
01-01-1947 – Neil Munro – Musselburgh, Scotland – d. 7-13-2009
actor: Quentin Nickles “Investigations of Quentin Nickles”
01-02-1865 – William Lyon Phelps – d. 8-21-1943
author, critic, scholar: “Information Please”
01-02-1888 – Tito Schipa – Lecce, Italy – d. 12-16-1965
operatic tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”; “La Rosa Concerts”
01-02-1892 – Artur Rodzinski – Dalmatia, Yugoslavia – d. 11-27-1958
concuctor: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “Cleveland Symphony Orchestra”
01-02-1894 – Robert Nathan – NYC – d. 5-25-1985
writer: “CBS Radio Workshop”
01-02-1901 – Hugh Ross Williamson – Romsey, England – d. 1-13-1978
author: “Paul, a Bondslave”
01-02-1904 – Bernardine Flynn – Madison, WI – d. 3-10-1977
actor: Sade Gook “Vic and Sade”; Mathilda Barker “Welcome Valley”
01-02-1904 – James Melton – Moultrie, GA – d. 4-21-1961
singer” “Palmolive Hour”; “Telephone Hour”; “Harvest of Stars”
01-02-1905 – Michale Tippett – London, England – d. 1-8-1998
composer: “Midsummer Marriage”
01-02-1913 – Anna Lee – Ightham, Kent, England – d. 5-14-2004
actor: “Soldiers in Greaspaint”; “Lifebuoy Show”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-02-1913 – David Levy – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-25-2000
producer: “ We the People”
01-02-1915 – Nick Fatool – Milbury, MA – d. 9-26-2000
drummer: (Member of the Big 7 Band) “Pete Kelly’s Blues”
01-02-1917 – Vera Zorina – Berlin, Germany – d. 4-9-2003
ballet dancer: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “I’m An American”
01-02-1918 – Joan Merrill – Baltimore, MD – d. 5-10-1992
singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
01-02-1920 – Charles Douglass – Mexico – d. 4-8-2003
radio engineer for the CBS radio network
01-02-1920 – Corny Peeples – Oak Park, IL – d. 11-15-1954
actor: William Snood “Tom Mix”; Bud Fairchild “Stepmother”
01-02-1920 – Isaac Asimov – Petrovich, Russia – d. 4-6-1992
Author: “I, Robot”; “Nightfall”
01-02-1920 – Richard Lewis – NYC – d. 5-25-2009
director, writer: “The Falcon”; “Suspense”
01-02-1923 – Mary Elizabeth Smith – Ft. Worth, TX
associate radio producer: “Wide, Wide World”
01-02-1925 – Larry Harmon – Toledo, OH – d. 7-3-2008
actor: “The Great Gildersleeve”
01-02-1925 – Richard Jessup – d. 10-22-1982
writer: “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”
01-02-1928 – Howard Caine – Nashville, TN – d. 12-29-1993
actor: “The Brighter Day”; “The Guiding Light”
01-02-1930 – Julius LaRosa – Brooklyn, NY
singer: “Arthur Godfrey Time”
01-02-1931 – Renee Roy – Buffalo, NY – d. 7-30-2005
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-02-1932 – Peter Redgrove – Kingston-on-Thames, England – d. 6-16-2003
writer: “The Nature of Cold Weather”
01-03-1886 – Josephine Hull – Newtonville, MA – d. 3-12-1957
actor: Miss Julia “Miss Julia”; Mrs. Kayden “The O’Neills”
01-03-1891 – Gaston Anderson – d. 5-xx-1978
disk jockey: WGWD Gasden, Alabama
01-03-1892 – Marion Davies – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-25-1961
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “How I Made Up for the Moview”
01-03-1893 – Gilbert Seldes – Alliance, NJ – d. 9-29-1970
writer: “Americans All, Immigrants All”
01-03-1897 – Dorothy Arzner – San Francisco, CA – d. 10-1-1979
film director: “You Were Meant to be a Star”
01-03-1898 – Freddie Rich – Warsaw, Poland – d. 9-8-1956
bandleader: “Friendly Five Footnotes”; “Freddie Rich’s Penthouse Party”
01-03-1898 – John Loder – London, England – d. 12-9-1988
actor, host: “Crime Does Not Pay”; “Silver Theatre”
01-03-1898 – Zasu Pitts – Parsons, KS – d. 6-7-1963
comedian: “Lum and Abner”; “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
01-03-1900 – Cecil Underwood – Vienna, MO – d. 9-27-1976
producer, director: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Great Gildersleeve”
01-03-1905 – Anna May Wong – Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA – d. 2-3-1961
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”; “Hollywood Hotel”
01-03-1905 – Ray Milland – Neath, Wales – d. 3-10-1986
actor: Ray McNutley “Meet Mr. McNutley”
01-03-1909 – Victor Borge – Copenhagen, Denmark – d. 12-23-2000
comedian, pianist: “Victor Borge Show”; “Kraft Music Hall”
01-03-1911 – Al Sack – NYC – d. 12-6-1947
orchestra leader: “Beula Show”; “Tony Martin Show”; “Frank Morgan Show”
01-03-1914 – Carl (Henry) Stewart – Alabama – d. 2-4-1993
bass: “The Radio Cowboys”
01-03-1916 – Betty Furness – NYC – d. 4-2-1994
actor: Anne Williams “Casey, Crime Photographer”
01-03-1917 – Jay Sommers – NYC – d. 9-25-1985
writer: “Lum and Abner”; “Joan Davis Time”; “Alan Young Show”
01-03-1918 – Jesse White – Buffalo, NY – d. 1-8-1997
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”; “Sears Radio Theatre”
01-03-1918 – Maxene Andrews – Minneapolis, MN – d. 10-21-1995
singer: (Andrews Sisters) “Andrews Sisters Revue”
01-03-1920 – Lester Bashara – d. 2-19-1990
newscaster: KGFW Kearney, Nebraska
01-03-1923 – Charles Tingwell – Coogee, Australia – d. 5-15-2009
actor: “The Clock”
01-03-1925 – Jill Balcom – London, England – d. 7-18-2009
actress: “Time for Verse”
01-03-1927 – William Boyett – Akron, OH – d. 12-29-2004
actor: Freelance in younger years
01-03-1930 – Marcel Dube – Montreal, Canada
author: “Chambres a louer”
01-03-1942 – John Thaw – West Gorton, England – d. 2-21-2002
actor: “Peter Pan”
01-04-1881 – Norman Field – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – d. 9-11-1956
actor: Glen Hunter “One Man’s Family”
01-04-1889 – Pat Kelly – North Queensland, Australia – d. 12-23-1967
announcer: “Dog Heroes”; “Getting the Most Out of Life”
01-04-1896 – Everett Dirksen – Pekin, IL – d. 9-7-1969
u.s. senator: “Meet the Press”; “American Forum on the Air”
01-04-1905 – Sterling Holloway – Cedartown, GA – d. 11-22-1992
actor: “Railroad Hour”; “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-04-1907 – Floyd Christy – NYC – d. 5-21-1962
writer: “The Johnson Family”
01-04-1910 – Ann Jamison – Belfast, Ireland – d. 4-16-1961
singer: “An Evening with Romberg”; “The Packard Hour”
01-04-1911 – Fred Killian – d. 4-25-1994
producer, director: “Those Sensational Years”
01-04-1916 – Lionel Newman – New Haven, CT – d. 2-3-1989
conductor, composer: (Brother of Alfred) “Hollywood Star Time”
01-04-1917 – Jane Wyman – St. Joseph, MO – d. 9-10-2007
actor: “Dreft Star Playhouse”
01-04-1918 – Buddy Baker – Springfield, MO – d. 7-26-2002
musical director: Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny
01-04-1918 – Palmer Thompson – Patterson, NY – d. 12-15-1969
writer: “David Harding, Counterspy”
01-04-1919 – Al “Jazzbeaux” Collins – NYC – d. 9-30-1997
disc jockey: “Collins on a Cloud”; “Happy Al”
01-04-1920 – Rosalie Crutchley – London, England – d. 7-28-1997
actor: “Advice to a Queen”; “Looking After Ourselves”
01-04-1925 – Johnny Lujack – Connellsville, PA
all-american football player, actor: Himself “Johnny Lujack of Notre Dame”
01-04-1927 – Barbara Rush – Denver, CO
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-04-1927 – John Drury – Peoria, IL – d. 11-25-2007
staff announcer: WTMJ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
01-04-1935 – Floyd Patterson – Waco, NC – d. 5-11-2006
boxer: “Life and the World”; “Tops in Sports”
01-04-1936 – David Allen – Birmingham, England
writer: “Cheapside”
01-05-1879 – Jack Norworth – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-1-1959
songwriter: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”; “Shine On, Harvest Moon”
01-05-1882 – Herbert Bayard Swope – d. 6-20-1958
editor, journalist: “Information Please”
01-05-1893 – Ace Brigode – Illinois – d. 2-3-1960
bandleader: “White Rose Gasoline Show”; “Jersey Cereal Show”
01-05-1898 – Irene Kuhn – NYC – d. 12-30-1995
commentator: “Irene Kuhn’s Feature Page”
01-05-1901 – George Price – NYC – d. 5-10-1964
actor: “Hildegarde’s Raleigh Room”
01-05-1902 – Eve Sully – NYC – d. 8-7-1990
comedian: appeared with husband Jesse Block on radio
01-05-1910 – Lumpy Brannum – Sandwich, IL – d. 4-19-1987
bass: “Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians”
01-05-1911 – Jean-Pierre Aumont – Paris, France – d. 1-30-2001
actor: “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”
01-05-1912 – Frances Blaisdell – d. 3-11-2009
flutist: “Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra”
01-05-1916 – Alfred Ryder – NYC – d. 4-16-1995
actor: Sammie Goldberg “The Goldbergs”; Carl “Easy Aces”
01-05-1923 – Sam Phillips – Florence, AL – d. 7-30-2003
owner sun records: “Lost and Found Sound”
01-05-1925 – Wolfe Mooris – Portsmouth, England – d. 7-21-1996
actor: “The Hobbit”
01-05-1938 – Lindsay Crosby – California – d. 12-11-1989
actor: “Bing Crosby Show”
01-05-1942 – Susan Odin – d. 10-17-1975
actor: “Elizabeth Sharon Ann Barbour “One Man’s Family”
01-06-1878 – Carl Sandburg – Galesburg, IL – d. 7-22-1967
poet: “Cavalcade of America”; “Columbia Workshop”
01-06-1880 – Tom Mix – Mix Run, PA – d. 10-12-1940
legend: “Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters” based on his life
01-06-1897 – Billy M. Greene – NYC – d. 8-24-1973
actor: Sheriff McGrath “His Honor, The Barber”
01-06-1903 – Francis L. Sullivan – London, England – d. 11-19-1956
actor: “U.S. Steel Hour”
01-06-1907 – Helen Kleeb – South Bend, WA – d. 12-28-2003
actor: Sarah Tuttle “Dr. Kate”; “Gunsmoke”
01-06-1911 – Joey Adams – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-2-1999
host: “Rate Your Mate”
01-06-1912 – Danny Thomas – Deerfield, MI – d. 2-6-1991
actor: Amos “Bickersons”; Postman “Fanny Brice Show”
01-06-1913 – John S. Wilson – Elizabeth, NJ – d. 8-27-2002
commentator: “The World of Jazz”
01-06-1913 – Loretta Young – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 8-12-2000
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Four Star Playhouse”
01-06-1913 – Tom Brown – NYC – d. 6-3-1990
actor: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-06-1914 – George Reeves – Woolstock, IA – d. 6-16-1959
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Crime Does Not Pay”
01-06-1915 – Margaret Muse – Dallas, TX – d. 3-6-2006
actor: “Family Theatre”
01-06-1917 – Dan Cubberly – Colorado – d. 10-6-1991
announcer: “Rocky Jordan”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
01-06-1918 – Buddy Weed – Ossining, NY – d. 5-25-1997
musician: “Old Gold Party Time”; “Lanny Ross Show”
01-06-1921 – Robert Weaver – Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
editer: “Ten for Wednesday Night”
01-06-1927 – Jack Voorhies – Sheffield, AL – d. 3-4-2008
radio personality: (Voice of the Shoals) Created Luther Appleby and his mule Chilton
01-06-1930 – Rita Lloyd – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Let’s Pretend”
01-06-1934 – Bobby Lord – Sanford, FL – d. 2-16-2008
country music artist: “Country Music Time”
01-07-1873 – Adolph Zukor – Ricse, Austria-Hungary – d. 6-10-1976
film executive: “Time Capsule”; “Flashback”; “Cavalcade of Stars”
01-07-1887 – H. Leopold Spitalny – Odessa, Ukraine – d. 10-14-1971
conductor: “Goin’ To Town”; “Serenade to America”; “Vest Pocket Varieties”
01-07-1888 – Myrtle Vail Damerel – Joilet, IL – d. 9-18-1978
actor: Myrtle Spear “Myrt and Marge”
01-07-1889 – H. R. Baukhage – La Salle, IL – d. 1-31-1976
commentator: “Four Star News”; “News and Comments”
01-07-1896 – Arnold Ridley – Bath, Somerset, England – d. 3-12-1984
actor: Arthur ‘Doughy’ Hood “The Archers”; Charles Godfrey “Dad’s Army”
01-07-1896 – Marjorie Crossland – d. 11-15-1954
actor: “Myrt and Marge”
01-07-1898 – Art Baker – NYC – d. 8-26-1966
announcer, emcee: “People Are Funny”; “Dinah Shore Show”
01-07-1900 – Malcolm Uren – Hindmarsh, South Australia – d. 7-22-1973
writer: “The Stirling Story”
01-07-1900 – Mary Lewis – Hot Springs, AR – d. 12-31-1941
soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
01-07-1903 – Alan Napier – Birmingham, England – d. 8-8-1988
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”
01-07-1903 – Betty Hanna – d. 10-25-1976
actor: Deborah Matthews “Ma Perkins”; Luella Hayworth “Step Mother”
01-07-1906 – Betty Bolton – England – d. 4-2-2005
performed on British radio in the 1930s
01-07-1908 – Eliot Daniel – Massachusetts – d. 12-6-1997
music: “Fabulous Dr. Tweddy”; “The King’s Men”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
01-07-1910 – Joe Bigelow – d. 2-20-1976
writer, producer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
01-07-1913 – Shirley Ross – Omaha, NE – d. 3-9-1975
actor, singer: “Raleigh and Kool Cigarette Program with Tommy Dorsey”
01-07-1922 – Vincent Gardenia – Naples, Italy – d. 12-9-1992
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-07-1929 – Terry Moore – Los Angeles, CA
actor: Shirley ‘Bumps’ Smith “Smiths of Hollywood”
01-07-1930 – Douglas Kiker – Griffin, KS – d. 8-14-1991
nbc newsman: “Meet the Press”
01-07-1933 – Lee Evans – The Bronx, NY
pianist: “Voices of Vista”
01-07-1937 – Ron Chudley – Dunedin, New Zealand
writer: “CBC Stage”
01-08-1879 – Emory S. Land – Canon City, CO – d. 11-28-1971
u.s. naval officer: “Information Please”
01-08-1892 – Leeman Bone – Arkansas – d. 7-25-1976
guitarist: “Hoss Hair Pullers”
01-08-1901 – Forman Brown – Otsego, MI – d. 1-10-1996
wrote for CBS radio
01-08-1902 – Alexander Gray – Wrightvilles, PA – d. 10-4-1975
baritone: “Chesterfield Quarter Hour”
01-08-1903 – Roger Bower – NYC – d. 5-17-1979
announcer, emcee: “Can You Top This?”; “Stop Me If You Heard This One”
01-08-1904 – Peter Arno – d. 2-22-1968
panelist: “Stop Me If You Heard This Before”
01-08-1908 – William Hartnell – London, England – d. 4-23-1975
actor: The Doctor “Doctor Who”
01-08-1909 – George D. Crothers – Fort Morgan, CO – d. 11-27-1998
moderator: “Invitation to Learning”
01-08-1909 – Jose Ferrer – Santurce, PR – d. 1-26-1992
actor: Philo Vance “Advs. of Philo Vance”; Minister “We Love and Learn”
01-08-1910 – Dick Jurgens – Sacremento, CA – d. 10-5-1995
orchestra leader: “Summer Spotlight Revue”
01-08-1910 – Fabian Andre – La Crosse, WI – d. 3-30-1960
arranger for dance orchestras on NBC
01-08-1910 – Richard Cromwell – Los Angeles, CA – d. 10-11-1960
actor: Kit Marshall “Those We Love”
01-08-1911 – Butterfly McQueen – Tampa, FL – d. 12-22-1995
actor: Oriole “Beulah”; Butterfly “Jack Benny Program”
01-08-1914 – Sam Cowling – Jeffersonville, IN – d. 2-14-1983
singer: (The Three Romeos) “The Breakfast Club”; “Club Matinee”
01-08-1915 – Guy Mauffette – Montreal, Canada – d. 6-29-2005
announcer: Worked with CBC radio, Canada’s French network
01-08-1920 – Robert Gordon Bollard – Buffalo, NY – d. 11-2-1964
coordinaator of radio stations services
01-08-1921 – Guy Bagli – d. 2-21-1971
sportscaster: WALT Tampa, Florida; WTVT Petersburg, Florida
01-08-1923 – Giorgio Tozzi – Chicago, IL
opera singer (bass): “The Chicago Theatre of the Air”
01-08-1923 – Larry Storch – NYC
comedian: “Duffy’s Tavern”
01-08-1926 – Chester Feldman – d. 5-25-1997
producer: “The Henry Morgan Show”
01-08-1926 – Soupy Sales – Franklinton, NC – 10-22-2009
script writer, disc jockey: WHTN Huntington, WV
01-08-1930 – May Wynn – NYC
actor: “Amos ‘n’ Andy Show”
01-08-1933 – Charles Osgood – NYC
reporter: “Osgood File”
01-08-1935 – Elvis Presley – Tupelo, MS – d. 8-16-1977
singer: “Louisiana Hayride”
01-08-1952 – Margaret Fischer – Sydney, Australia
writer: “The Gay Divorecc”
01-09-1879 – Alfred McCann – d. 01-22-1931
host: “McCann Pure Food Hour”
01-09-1886 – Arthur “Bugs” Baer – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-17-1969
writer: “The Eveready Hour”
01-09-1898 – Gracie Fields – Rochdale, Lancashire, England – d. 9-27-1979
comedian, singer: “Gracie Fields Victory Show”; “Gracie Fields Show”
01-09-1899 – Ted Maxwell – Oakland, CA – d. 7-15-1959
actor: “Captain Ross “Flying Time”; Fred Nino “Masquerade”
01-09-1901 – Chic Young – Chicago, IL – d. 3-14-1973
cartoonist: Creator of Blondie Bumstead nee Boopadoop
01-09-1902 – Rudolf Bing – Vienna, Austria – d. 9-2-1997
manager of the metropolitan opera: “Metropolitan Auditions”
01-09-1908 – Carl Swanson – Utica-Rome, NY – d. 6-22-1994
disk jockey: “Mr. Sunshine”
01-09-1908 – Richard Byron – NYC – d. 12-31-1969
radio comedy writer
01-09-1909 – Patrick Peyton – Carracastle, Ireland – d. 6-3-1992
preacher: (The Rosary Priest) “Family Theatre”
01-09-1913 – Richard Nixon – Yorba Linda, CA – d. 4-22-1994
u.s. president: “Image Minorities”; “Kennedy-Nixon Debates”
01-09-1914 – Gypsy Rose Lee – Seattle, WA – d. 4-26-1970
exotic dancer: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; “What Makes You Tick?”
01-09-1914 – Ted Berkman – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-12-2006
reporter for ABC News
01-09-1915 – Anita Louise – NYC – d. 4-25-1970
actor: “Stars Over Hollywood”
01-09-1915 – Fernando Lamas – Buenos Aires, Argentina – d. 10-8-1982
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-09-1916 – Vic Mizzy – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-19-2009
songwriter: “Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour”; “The Fred Allen Show”
01-09-1917 – Jimmy Maxwell – Stockton, CA – d. 7-20-2002
trumpet: “Paul Barron and His Orchestra”; “Guest Star”
01-09-1920 – Betty Roche – Wilmington, DE – d. 2-26-1999
singer: “Duke Ellington and His Orchestra”; “Spotlight Bands”
01-09-1921 – Lister Sinclair – Bombay, India – d. 10-16-2006
writer, actor: “American School of the Air”; “Stage Forty-Seven”
01-09-1921 – Seymour Barab – Chicago, IL
cellist: ABC and CBS Symphony Orchestra
01-09-1939 – Jimmy Boyd – McComb, MS – d.3-7-2009
singer: (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus) “The Bing Crosby Show”
01-09-1942 – John Dunning – Brooklyn, NY
writer: “”On the Air; The Encyclopeida of Old-Time Radio”
01-09-1945 – Paul Burns – Arncliffe, Australia
writer: “Memories Are Made of Fireworks”
01-10-1882 – Olive Higgins Prouty – Worcester, MA – d. 3-24-1974
writer: “Stella Dallas” based on Prouty’s novel without her approvals
01-10-1883 – Francis X. Bushman – Norfolk, VA – d. 8-23-1966
actor: John Fairchild “Step Mother”; Peter Standish “Betty and Bob”
01-10-1893 – John Bonnell – Prince Edward Island, Canada – d. 2-23-1992
preacher: “Our Spiritual Life”; “Your Life Today”
01-10-1896 – Frances Lockridge – d. 2-17-1963
writer: “Mr. and Mrs. North”
01-10-1897 – John P. McEvoy – d. 8-8-1958
writer: “Information Please”
01-10-1899 – Kenneth Casey, Sr. – NYC – d. 8-10-1965
conductor: “Winnie the Wave”
01-10-1904 – Ray Bolger – Dorchester, MA – d. 1-15-1987
singer, dancer: “Ray Bolger Show”
01-10-1905 – Harold Stokes – Nokomis, IL – d. unknown
orchestra leader: “Climalene Carnival”; “Great Gunns”; “Jamboree”
01-10-1908 – Paul Henreid – Trieste – d. 3-29-1992
actor: “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-10-1911 – Don Lowe – Hartford, CT – d. 6-1-1991
announcer, emcee: “David Harding, Counterspy”; “The Fat Man”
01-10-1914 – Polly Rowles – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-7-2001
actor: Nita’s Aunt “Lone Journey”
01-10-1916 – Don Gardiner – NYC – d. 3-27-1977
newscaster: “Monday Morning Headlines”
01-10-1916 – Jack Halloran – Rock Rapids, IA – d. 1-24-1997
singer: “The Breakfast Club with Don MacNeil”
01-10-1917 – Jerry Wexler – The Bronx, NY – d. 8-15-2008
record producer: “Sound Stage”
01-10-1918 – Alan Woods – The Bronx, NY – d. 11-27-2008
writer: “The Abbott and Costello Show”
01-10-1919 – Amzie Strickland – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 7-5-2006
actor: “The Fat Man”; “The Shadow”; “Brownstone Theatre”
01-10-1924 – Max Roach – New Land, NC – d. 8-15-2007
jazz drummer: “Bands for Bonds”; “Jazz Alive”; “Newport Jazz Festival”
01-10-1927 – Gisele Mackenzie – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 9-5-2003
singer: “F.W. Woolworth Hour”; “Mario Lanza Show”; ”Meet Giesele”
01-10-1927 – Johnnie Ray – The Dalles, OR – d. 2-24-1990
singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
01-10-1936 – Roger William Brown – New Brunswick, NJ
singer on radio
01-11-1870 – Alice Hegan Rice – Shelbyville, KY – d. 2-10-1942
writer: “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” based on her novel
01-11-1886 – George Zucco – Manchester, England – d. 5-28-1960
actor: “Encore Theatre”
01-11-1888 – Charles Previn – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-22-1973
conductor, pianist: “Sea Romances”; “Silken Strings”
01-11-1890 – Finney Briggs – Castlewood, SD – d. 9-25-1978
actor: “Little Orphan Annie”; “Dari-Dan”; “Ma Perkins”
01-11-1896 – Armina Marshall – d. 7-20-1991
theatre guild supervisor: “The Theatre Guild on the Air”
01-11-1896 – George Houston – Hampton, NJ – d. 11-12-1944
baritone: “Theatre Magazine”
01-11-1899 – Eva Le Gallienne – d. 6-3-1991
actor: “Civic Repertory Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-11-1902 – Charlie Nehlsen – d. 3-30-1980
engineer: Recorded Hindenburg disaster as reported by Herb Morrison
01-11-1905 – Manfred Lee – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-3-1971
writer: “Advs of Ellery Queen”; “Author, Author”
01-11-1908 – Lionel Stander – The Bronx, NY – d. 11-30-1994
actor: J. Riley Farnsworth “Life of Riley”; Hoolihan “Grapevine Rancho”
01-11-1910 – Betty Miles – Santa Monica, CA – d. 6-9-1992
actor: Millie Anderson “A Day in the Life of Dennis Day”
01-11-1910 – Donald ‘Red’ Barry – Houston, TX – d. 7-17-1980
actor: “All-Star Western Theatre”; “Forecast”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-11-1910 – Gene Baker – Portland, OR – d. 8-14-1981
announcer: “Lum and Abner”; “Queen for a Day”
01-11-1910 – Izler Soloman – Minneapolis, MN – d. 12-6-1987
conductor: “Design for Living”; “Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra!
01-11-1910 – Richard Kendrick – Vermillion, SD – d. 2-10-1987
actor: Bill Baker “Portia Faces Life”
01-11-1917 – Carl Caruso – Boston, MA – d. 8-26-2001
announcer, director: “A. L. Alexander’s Goodwill Court”; “The Shadow”
01-11-1923 – Jerome Bixby – Lincoln, NE – d. 4-30-1998
author: “History of Rapture/Trace”
01-11-1923 – Tllfer Chastain – Borden, IN – d. 7-6-1986
singer: Far East Armed Services Network, Japan
01-11-1937 – Chiemi Eri – Tokyo, Japan – d. 2-13-1982
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
01-11-1953 – Joseph Catlett, Jr. – Philadelphia, PA
composed bacdground music for KMAX-FM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
01-12-1878 – Ferenc Molnar – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – d. 4-1-1952
playwright: Several of his compositions used as theme music
01-12-1887 – Theresa Helburn – NYC – d. 8-18-1959
producer: Was the guiding light of “Theatre Guild on the Air”
01-12-1892 – Ed McConnell – Atlanta, GA – d. 7-24-1954
host, actor: Smilin’ Ed McConnell Show”
01-12-1894 – Georges Carpentier – Lens, France – d. 10-27-1975
boxer: Dempsey vs. Carpentier first boxing match broadcast
01-12-1894 – Tommy Handley – Liverpool, England – d. 1-9-1949
comedian: Minister of Aggravation “It’s That Man Again”; “Radio Radiance”
01-12-1896 – Harry Reser – Piqua, OH – d. 9-27-1965
bandleader: “Cliquot Club Eskimos”
01-12-1902 – Joe E. Lewis – NYC – d. 6-4-1971
comedian: “Midnight to Dawn in New York and London”
01-12-1904 – Eddie De Lange – Long Island City, NY – d. 7-13-1949
musical director: “Honolulu Bound”; “Phil Baker Show”
01-12-1906 – Tex Ritter – Murvaul, TX – d. 1-2-1974
singer: “Lone Star Rangers”; “Grand Ole Opry”
01-12-1908 – Joan Burroughs – Chicago, IL – d. 12-31-1972
actor: (Daughter of Edgar Rice Burroughs) Jane “Tarzan”
01-12-1910 – Luise Rainer – Vienna, Austria or Dusseldorf, Germany
actor: “Linclon Highway”; “Yesterday’s Children”
01-12-1910 – Patsy Kelly – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-24-1981
comedian: “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-12-1911 – Lon Clark – Frost, MN – d. 10-4-1998
actor: Nick Carter “Nick Carter, Master Detective”
01-12-1912 – Sara Berner – Albany, NY – d. 12-19-1969
actor: Mable Flapsaddle “Jack Benny Program”
01-12-1915 – Martin Agronsky – Philadelphia, PA – d. 7-25-1999
newscaster: “The ABC Morning News”
01-12-1916 – Jay McShann – Muskogee, OK – d. 12-7-2006
jazz pianist and bandleader: “Jubilee”; “Jazz Alive”
01-12-1920 – Theodor Uppman – San Jose, CA – d. 5-17-2005
operatic baritone: “Bell Telephone Hour”
01-12-1923 – Ira Hayes – Gila River Indian Reservation, AZ – d. 1-24-1955
raiser of second flag on Iwo Jima:: “Interview programs”
01-12-1925 – Don Atlas – d. 12-28-2005
sportscaster: KLOK San Jose, California
01-12-1926 – Ray Price – Perryville, TX
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Galaxy of Stars”
01-12-1930 – Glenn Yarbrough – Milwaukee, WI
singer: “Guest Star”
01-13-1882 – Domenico Savino – Tranto, Italy – d. 8-8-1973
composer/conductor: “Evening in Paris”; “La Palina Smoke Dreams”
01-13-1884 – Sophie Tucker – Minsk, Russian Federation – d. 2-9-1966
singer: (The Last of the Red Hot Mammas) “Sophie Tucker and Her Show”
01-13-1885 – Jimmy Monaco – Genoa, Italy – d. 10-17-1945
orchestra leader: WOR Newark, New Jersey
01-13-1895 – Campbell Arnoux – d. 11-1-1966
announcer: Uncle Billy “Uncle Billy”
01-13-1901 – A. B. Guthrie – Bedford, IN – d. 4-26-1991
author, screenwriter: “NBC University Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-13-1903 – Charles Kullman – New Haven, CT – d. 2-8-1983
singer: “The Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”
01-13-1903 – Kay Francis – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory – d. 8-26-1968
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-13-1909 – Danny Barker – New Orleans, LA – d. 3-13-1994
jazz guitar: “This Is Jazz”
01-13-1910 – Jack Mercer – d. 12-4-1984
actor: Popeye “Popeye the Sailor”
01-13-1913 – Harry Budka – Chicago, IL
composer, arranger, pianist: Hal Kemp, Earl Burnett and Ted Weems bands
01-13-1913 – Jeff Morrow – NYC – d. 12-26-1993
actor: “Electric Theatre”
01-13-1913 – Paul Birch – Alabama – d. 5-24-1969
actor: Radio work in St. Louis under the name of Paul (Lowery) Smith
01-13-1914 – Osa Massen – Copenhagen, Denmark – d. 1-2-2006
actor: “Orson Welles Theatre”; “Columbia Workshop”
01-13-1914 – Stanley Waxman – Ohio – d. 9-27-1998
actor: “Escape”; “Man Called X”; “Tell It Again”; “Presenting Charles Boyer”
01-13-1915 – Mahlon Aldridge – d. 1-21-1986
sportscaster: Missouri
01-13-1918 – Steve Dunne – Northampton, MA – d. 9-2-1977
actor: Sam Spade “Advs. of Sam Spade”
01-13-1919 – Robert Stack – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-14-2003
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-13-1925 – Gwen Verdon – Culver City, Los Angeles, CA – d. 10-18-2000
actor, singer, dancer: “Stagestruck”; “WOR Diamond Jubilee”
01-13-1927 – Delores Hawkins – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-15-1987
singer: “Nick Kenny’s Children’s Follies”
01-13-1930 – Frances Sternhagen – Washington, D.C.
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-13-1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly – The Bronx, NY – d. 5-25-2007
actor: “Visual Radio”
01-14-1863 – R. F. Outcault – Lancaster, OH – d. 9-25-1928
writer: Buster Brown based on Outcalt’s comic strip
01-14-1882 – Hendrick Van Loon – Rotterdam, Holland – d. 3-11-1944
journalist: “Very Truly Yours”; “Information Please”
01-14-1891 – Maurice Black – Queens, NY – d. 1-18-1938
tuba: “The Clicquot Club Eskimos”
01-14-1892 – Hal Roach – Elmira, NY – d. 11-2-1992
film producer, actor: Hollywood Hotel”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-14-1894 – Mary “Bubbles” Kelly – Chicago, IL – d. 6-7-1941
actor: (Ex Jack Benny girlfriend) “Honolulu Bound”
01-14-1896 – Seymour Simons – Detroit, MI – d. 2-12-1949
orchestra leader: “Romantic Rhythm”
01-14-1899 – Carlos P. Romulo – Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines – d. 12-15-1985
diplomat: “Information Please”
01-14-1901 – Bebe Daniels – Dallas, TX – d. 3-16-1971
actor: “Life with the Lyons”; “Louella Parsons”
01-14-1904 – George McCoy – d. 12-22-1976
1930’s broadcaster: (Pioneered the radio talk show)
01-14-1906 – William Bendix – NYC – d. 12-14-1964
actor: Chester A. Riley “Life of Riley”
01-14-1908 – Russ Columbo – Camden, NJ – d. 9-2-1934
singer, bandleader: “Russ Columbo Show”
01-14-1909 – Brenda Forbes – London, England – d. 9-11-1996
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”; “Theatre Guild on the Air”
01-14-1909 – Joseph Losey – La Crosse, WI – d. 6-22-1984
director: “Words at War”
01-14-1911 – David Gothard – Beardstown, IL – d. 8-2-1977
actor: Gil Whitney “Romance of Helen Trent”; Nick Charles “The Thin Man”
01-14-1913 – Mary Rita Stewart – d. 8-19-1995
dancer, singer: (The Three Debutantes) “Irene”
01-14-1914 – Harold Russell – North Sydney, Canada – d. 1-29-2002
world war II hero, actor: “A Salute to the D.A.V.”; “NBC University Theatre”
01-14-1915 – George Ansbro – Brooklyn, NY
announcer: “Young Widder Brown”; “Waltz Time”
01-14-1915 – Mark Goodson – Sacramento, CA – d. 12-18-1992
producer, director: “Portia Faces Life”; “Stop the Music”
01-14-1917 – Billy Butterfield – Middletown, OH – d. 3-18-1988
bandleader: “The Dixieland Music Shop”; “Eddie Condon”s Jazz Concert”
01-14-1919 – Andy Rooney – Albany, NY
writer: “Red Skelton Show”; “Arthur Godfrey”
01-14-1920 – George Herman – NYC – d. 2-8-2005
newsman: CBS news writer
01-14-1923 – Shirley (Ione) Cowell – Tulsa, OK – d. 10-29-1997
singer: “The Shirley Cowell Show”
01-14-1929 – Billy Walker – Ralls, TX – d. 5-21-2006
c/w singer: “Columbia’s Country Caravan”, “Country Music Time”
01-14-1930 – Johnny Grande – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-2-2006
pianist: (Bill Haley and The Comets) “Stars for Defense”
01-14-1931 – Caterina Valente – Paris, France
singer: “Guard Session”
01-14-1934 – Richard Briers – Raynes Park, England
actor: Bertie Wooster “Jeeves”
01-14-1938 – Jack Jones – Hollywood, CA
singer: “Steve Lawrence Show”; “Guest Star”; “Stars for Defense”
01-14-1943 – Holland Taylor – Philadelphia, PA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-15-1882 – Henry Burr – St. Stephen, Canada – d. 4-6-1941
singer: “National Barn Dance”; “Uncle Ezra”
01-15-1899 – Goodman Ace – Kansas City, MO – d. 3-25-1982
comedian, writer: “Easy Aces”
01-15-1906 – Sully Mason – Durham, NC – d. 11-27-1970
singer: “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
01-15-1909 – Gene Krupa – Chicago, IL – d. 10-16-1973
drummer: “Rhythm Masters”; “Benny Goodman and His Orchestra”
01-15-1909 – Gloria Grafton – Yakima, WA – d. 12-29-1994
actor: Mickey Considine “The Jumbo Fire Chief Program”
01-15-1911 – Cy Feuer – NYC – d. 5-17-2006
music: “Escape”; “Ford Sunday Evening Hour”; “Shorty Bell”
01-15-1911 – Kathleen Wilson – Girard, KS – d. 7-20-2005
actor: Claudia Barbour “One Man’s Family”; I Love a Mystery”
01-15-1913 – Alvin Robinson – Apache, OK
NBC staff announcer
01-15-1913 – Frank Derrick – Maywood, IL – d. 5-26-1999
member of staff orchestra WBBM Chicago, Illinois
01-15-1913 – Lloyd Bridges – San Leandro, CA – d. 3-10-1998
actor: “Suspense”; “Arch Oboler’s Plays”
01-15-1913 – Stephen Courtleigh – NYC – d. 12-15-1967
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow “The Shadow”
01-15-1914 – Carlos Ramirez – Tocaim, Colombia – d. 12-11-1986
vocalist: “Grapevine Rancho”
01-15-1915 – Ann Sheperd – Chicago, IL
actor: Betty Fairchild “Jack Armstrong”; Joyce Jordan “Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne”
01-15-1915 – Rod MacLeish – Bryn Mawr, PA – d. 7-1-2006
writer: “Six By Corwin”
01-15-1918 – Jerry Wald – Newark, NJ – d. 9-xx-1973
bandleader: “The Robert Q. Lewis Show”
01-15-1920 – Yvonne King – Ephriam, UT – d. 12-13-2009
singer: (King Sisters) “Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers”
01-15-1922 – Thelma Carpenter – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-17-1997
singer: “Eddie Cantor Show”
01-15-1923 – Ivor Cutler – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 3-3-2006
poet: BBC’s Home Service
01-15-1928 – Joanne Linville – Bakersfield, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-15-1929 – Martin Luther King – Atlanta, GA – d. 4-4-1968
civil right leader: “Monitor”
01-15-1933 – Al Lohman – Sergeant Bluff, IA – d. 10-13-2002
co-host: “Lohman and Barkley”
01-15-1937 – Margaret O’Brien – San Diego, CA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”
01-16-1878 – Harry Carey, Sr. – NYC – d. 9-21-1947
actor: “Lincoln Highway”; “Suspense”
01-16-1890 – Lloyd Bacon – San Jose, CA – d. 11-15-1955
film director: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “ Screen Director’s Pla
01-16-1895 – Irene Bordoni – Ajaccio, Corsica, France – d. 3-19-1953
singer: (The Coty Playgirl) “The RKO Hour”
01-16-1895 – John B. Kennedy – Quebec, Canada – d. 7-22-1961
commentator: “Collier’s Hour”; “RCA Magic Key”
01-16-1901 – Sid Silvers – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-20-1976
actor: Beetle “Phil Baker Show”; “Jack Benny Program”
01-16-1907 – Alexander Knox – Strathroy, Ontario, Canada – d. 4-25-1995
actor: “Document A/777”, BBC
01-16-1907 – John Hiestand – Madison, WI – d. 2-5-1987
announcer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Cinnamon Bear”; “Feg Murray Show”
01-16-1909 – Ethel Merman – Astoria, NY – d. 2-15-1984
singer” “Ethel Merman Show”; “Home Front Matinee”
01-16-1910 – Dwight Weist – Palo Alto, CA – d. 7-16-1991
actor: Mr. District Attorney “Mr. District Attorney”
01-16-1910 – Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean – Lucas, AR – d. 7-17-1974
baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) “Game of the Day”
01-16-1914 – Don Ettlinger – Detroit, MI – d. 8-6-2000
writer: “Railroad Hour”; “Our Miss Brooks”; “Doctor Fights”
01-16-1914 – Roger Wagner – Le Puy, France – d. 9-17-1992
chorale director: “It’s Time for Johnny Mercer”; “America Sings”
01-16-1916 – Joe McMichael – Minneapolis, MN – d. 2-12-1944
singer: (The Merry Macs) “Bing Crosby Show”; “Fred Allen Show”
01-16-1916 – Norval Taborn – d. 1-23-1990
singer: (The Vagabonds) “The Breakfast Club”
01-16-1917 – Brainerd Duffield – Boston, MA – d. 4-5-1979
writer: “The Ford Theatre”
01-16-1917 – Buddy Lester – Chicago, IL – d. 10-4-2002
comedian: (Brother of Jerry Lester) “Connee Boswell Show”
01-16-1920 – Elliott Reid – NYC
actor: Biff Bradley “Pepper Young’s Family”
01-16-1922 – Lina Romay – NYC
latin singer: “The Bing Crosby Show”; “The Dick Haymes Show”
01-16-1923 – Roy Lanham – Corbin, KY – d. 2-14-1991
guitar: “Plantation Boys”
01-16-1924 – Allen Swift – NYC – d. 4-18-2010
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-16-1924 – Katy Jurado – Guadalajara, Mexico – d. 7-5-2002
actor: “George Fisher Interviews the Stars”
01-16-1928 – Pilar Lorengar – Zaragoza, Spain – d. 6-2-1996
soprano: “Ondas Infantiles”
01-16-1929 – Popeye the Sailor – d. will live forever
cartoon character: “Popeye”
01-16-1947 – Michale Falconer Anderson – Aberdeen, Scotland
author of radio plays
01-17-1874 – Edna Wallace Hopper – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-14-1959
Gave beauty tips on the networks 1930-1932
01-17-1875 – Minetta Ellen – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-2-1965
actor: Francis ‘Fanny’ Barbour “One Man’s Family”
01-17-1880 – Mack Sennett – Richmond, Quebec, Canada – d. 11-5-1960
king of silent comedy: “Hear It Now”; “Biography In Sound”
01-17-1884 – Noah Beery, Sr. – Kansas City, MO – d. 4-1-1946
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-17-1891 – Marjorie Gateson – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-17-1977
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-17-1899 – Nevil Shute – Ealing, England – d. 1-12-1960
novelist: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-17-1903 – Warren Hull – Gasport, NY – d. 9-14-1974
actor: Jack Hamilton “Gibson Family”
01-17-1904 – Grant Withers – Pueblo, CO – d. 3-27-1959
actor: “Calling All Cars”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-17-1904 – Knox Manning – Worcester, MA – d. 8-26-1980
announcer: “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”; “Headlines on Parade”
01-17-1904 – Patsy Ruth Miller – d. 7-16-1995
silent film star: “Arthur Godfrey and His Talent Scouts”
01-17-1905 – Peggy Gilbert – Sioux City, IA – d. 2-12-2007
saxophonist: “The Early Girls and the Three Chirps”
01-17-1908 – Marjorie Anderson – Spokane, WA – d. 12-2-1945
actor: Margo Lane “The Shadow”
01-17-1910 – Tex Fletcher – Harrison, NY – d. 3-14-1987
actor: Tex Mason “Songs of the B-Bar-B”
01-17-1914 – Ann Loring – NYC – d. 7-10-2005
actor: “Casey, Crime Photographer”; “X Minus One”
01-17-1914 – Howard Marion-Crawford – England – d. 11-24-1969
actor: Sherlock Holmes “BBC Home Theatre”
01-17-1914 – Irving Brecher – NYC – d. 11-17-2008
writer, producer: “Community Sing”; “The Life of Riley”
01-17-1915 – Hugh Brundage – Montana – d. 3-31-1972
announcer: “Academy Award Theatre”; “Aunt Mary”
01-17-1916 – Ray Forrest – Germany – d. 3-11-1999
staff announcer for NBC
01-17-1917 – Sam Locke – Peabody, MA – d. 9-18-1998
scriptwriter: “Grand Central Station”; “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”
01-17-1919 – Dallas Townsend – NYC – d. 6-1-1995
newscaster: “CBS World News Roundup”; “World Tonight”
01-17-1921 – Herb Ellis – Cleveland, OH
actor: Archie Goodwin “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”
01-17-1922 – Betty White – Oak Park, IL
hostess: “Betty White on Animals”: “The Betty White Show”
01-17-1926 – Moira Shearer – Dunfermine, Scotland – d. 1-31-2006
worked briefly as a radio announcer in the 1980s
01-17-1927 – Eartha Kitt – North, SC – d. 12-25-2008
singer: “Here’s to Veterans”
01-17-1930 – Dick Contino – Fresno, CA
accordionist: “Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights”
01-17-1931 – James Earl Jones – Arkabutla, MS
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
01-17-1933 – Shari Lewis – NYC – d. 8-2-1998
ventruloquist: “No School Today”
01-17-1941 – Clive Elvyn Rice (Clyde Campbell) – Haslemere, Surrey, England
actor: Bobby Benson “Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders”
01-17-1956 – Steve Harvey – Welch, WV
comdian: “Steve Harvey Morning Show”
01-18-1882 – A. A. Milne – London, England – d. 1-31-1956
author: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
01-18-1889 – Brad Barker – Hempstead, Long Island, NY – d. 9-29-1951
animal sounds: Sandy “Little Orphan Annie”
01-18-1892 – Oliver Hardy – Harlem, GA – d. 8-7-1957
comedian: “Ruth Lyons Show”
01-18-1896 – Art Kassel – Chicago, IL – d. 2-3-1963
bandleader: “Kassels in the Air”; “Elgin Campus Revue”
01-18-1899 – Lucille Wall – Chicago, IL – d. 7-11-1986
actor: Portia Blake “Portia Faces Life”; Belle Jones “Lorenzo Jones”
01-18-1902 – Helen Lynd – New Jersey – d. 4-1-1992
actor: Miss Duffy “Duffy’s Tavern”
01-18-1904 – Cary Grant – Bristol, England – d. 11-29-1986
actor: Jim Blandings “Mr. and Mrs. Blandings”
01-18-1906 – Ruth Lyon – Bloomington, IL – d. unknown
vocalist: “Romance Melodies”; “Words and Music”
01-18-1910 – Arthur Howard – London, England – d. 6-18-1995
actor: “Whack-O!)
01-18-1912 – Bob Sabin – Illinois – d. 1-15-1959
announcer: “Modern Romances”
01-18-1913 – Danny Kaye – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-3-1987
comedian: “Danny Kaye Show”
01-18-1914 – Rod O’Connor – Houston, TX – d. 5-5-1964
announcer: “Red Skelton Show”; “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Count of Monte Cristo”
01-18-1915 – Bob Mosher – d. 12-15-1972
writer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Henry Morgan Show”; “Harry Von Zell Show”
01-18-1915 – Lesley Midgley – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 6-19-2002
producer cbs news: “The Twentieth Century”
01-18-1918 – Richard Lane – Sydney, Australia – d. 2-20-2008
writer: “The Remittance Man”
01-18-1920 – Constance Moore – Sioux City, IA – d. 9-16-2005
singer, actor: Gloria Dean “Hollywood Mystery Time”
01-18-1920 – Sid Newman – California – d. 4-10-2001
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-18-1939 – David French – Canada
writer
01-19-1809 – Edgar Allan Poe – Boston, MA – d. 10-7-1849
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
01-19-1866 – Harry Davenport – NYC – d. 8-9-1949
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Family Theatre”
01-19-1886 – May Day – Isle of Jersey – d. 7-8-1945
Gave beauty talks on KF0X Long Beach, California
01-19-1886 – Samuel Pettengill – Oregon – d. 3-20-1974
conservatice commentator: Weekly 15 minute program on ABC
01-19-1887 – Alexander Woollcott – Phalanx, NJ – d. 1-23-1943
commentator: “Early Bookworm”; “Town Crier”
01-19-1905 – Anne Hummert – Baltimore, MD – d. 7-5-1996
producer: “Backstage Wife”; “American Album of Familiar Music”
01-19-1905 – Oveta Kulp Hobby (Hobbe) – Killeen, TX – d. 8-16-1995
first commanding officer of the wacs: “Meet the Press”
01-19-1906 – Lanny Ross – Seattle, WA – d. 4-25-1988
singer: “Lanny Ross Program”; “Maxwell House Show Boat”
01-19-1908 – Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) – Erie, PA – d. 6-4-1994
comedian: “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
01-19-1909 – Hans Hotter – Offenback am Main, Germany – d. 12-6-2003
bass-baritone: “Metropolitan Opera”
01-19-1909 – Merrill E. Joels – Hartford, CT – d. 9-5-2001
actor: “Counterspy”; “Aunt Jenny”; “The Big Story”
01-19-1909 – Norman Barry – St. Louis, MO – d. 12-25-1997
announcer: “Dan Harding’s Wife”
01-19-1910 – Jaime Del Valle – d. 9-16-1981
producer, director: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Count of Monte Cristo”
01-19-1913 – Edward M. Asherman – d. 7-1-2005
composer/guitarist/singer: Xavier Cugat Orchestra
01-19-1916 – Marion Sweet – d. 7-17-1978
actor: Dragon Lady “Terry and the Pirates”
01-19-1919 – Ray Eberle – Hoosick Falls, NY – d. 8-25-1979
singer: “Glenn Miller and His Orchestra”; “Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade”
01-19-1922 – Guy Madison – Pumpkin Center, CA – d. 2-6-1996
actor: Wild Bill Hickok “Wild Bill Hickok”
01-19-1927 – Nancy Dickerson – Wauwatosa, WI – d. 10-18-1997
newswoman: “784 Days That Changed America (Watergate Scandal)
01-19-1928 – “Little” Jimmie Sizemore
singer with father Asher: “Grand Ole Opry”
01-19-1931 – Robert MacNeil – Montreal, Canada
newscaster: CBC Canada
01-19-1931 – Tippi Hedren – New Ulm, MN
actor: “World’s Fair Holiday”
01-19-1932 – George Mann MacBeth – Lanarkshire, Scotland – d. 2-16-1992
poet, producer: BBC Radio
01-19-1939 – Phil Everly – Chicago, IL
singer: (The Everly Brothers) “March of Dimes”; “Country Hoedown”
01-20-1878 – Finlay Currie – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 5-9-1968
actor: John H. Watson “BBC Home Theatre”
01-20-1894 – Harold Gray – Kankakee, IL – d. 5-9-1968
cartoonist: Creater of “Little Orphan Annie”
01-20-1895 – Roscoe Ates – Grange, MS – d. 3-1-1962
stuttering comedian: “Shell Chateau”; “Comedy Stars of Hollywood”
01-20-1896 – George Burns – NYC – d. 3-9-1996
comedian: “Advs. of Gracie”; “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
01-20-1896 – Rolfe Sedan – NYC – d. 9-15-1982
actor: “Escape”; “Suspense”; “Mystery in the Air”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-20-1898 – Norma Varden – London, England – d. 1-19-1989
actor: “Crime Classics”; “NBC University Theatre”
01-20-1898 – Tudor Owen – Wales, UK – d. 3-13-1979
actor: Jocko Madigan “Pat Novak for Hire”; Editor “Alias Jane Doe”
01-20-1899 – Joseph Buloff – Vilnius, Lithuania – d. 2-27-1985
actor: Barney Glass “House of Glass”
01-20-1900 – Colin Clive – St.-Malo, France – d. 6-26-1937
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
01-20-1903 – Leon Ames – Portland, IN – d. 10-10-1993
actor: “Earplay”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
01-20-1912 – Paula Stone – NYC – d. 12-23-1997
moderator: “Leave It to the Girls”
01-20-1914 – Roy Plomley – Kingston-upon-Thames, England – d. 5-28-1985
announcer: Desert Island Discs”; “We Beg to Differ”; “One Minute Please”
01-20-1919 – Tony Shryane – St. Austell, England – d. 9-22-2003
BBC radio producer
01-20-1920 – DeForest Kelley – Atlanta, GA – d. 6-11-1999
actor: “Suspense”
01-20-1920 – Derek Bond – Glascow, Scotland – d. 10-15-2006
actor: “A Christmas Carol”
01-20-1921 – Connie Haines – Savannah, GA – d. 9-22-2008
singer: “Abbott and Costello Show”; “Rhapsody in Rhythm”
01-20-1922 – Ray Anthony – Bentleyville, PA
band eader: Band remotes for CBS 1951-1952
01-20-1924 – Slim Whitman – Tampa, FL
singer: “Louisiana Hayride”
01-20-1926 – Patricia Neal – Packard, KY – d. 8-8-2010
actor: “Hollywood Star Preview”
01-20-1927 – Dawn Lake – Sydney, Australia – d. 1-1-2006
singer: “The Jack Davey Program”
01-21-1867 – John Bratton – Wilmington, DE – d. 2-7-1947
composed “Teddy Bears Picnic” used as theme for “John and Sparky”
01-21-1895 – Muriel ‘Molly’ Pollock – The Bronx, NY – d. 5-25-1971
concert pianist: “Radio-Keith-Orpheum Hour”; “Sonara Hour”
01-21-1897 – J. Carrol Naish – NYC – d. 1-24-1973
actor: Luigi Basco “Life with Luigi”
01-21-1899 – Ernestine Hill – Rockhampton, Australia – d. 8-22-1972
writer: “Santa Clause of Christmas Creek”
01-21-1902 – Smith Ballew – Palestine, TX – d. 5-2-1984
singer: “The Ipana Troubadors”; “Shell Chateau”
01-21-1904 – Allen Prescott – St. Louis, MO – d. 1-27-1978
host: “Wife Saver”; “Prescott Presents”
01-21-1907 – Lydia Johnson – Ramseur, NC – d. 4-11-1979
singer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
01-21-1909 – Sid Raymond – NYC – d. 12-1-2006
actor: “X Minus One”
01-21-1914 – George A. Putnam – Middletown, NY – d. 4-8-1975
announcer: “Can You Top This?”; “Vic and Sade”; “Portia Faces Life”
01-21-1915 – Alan Hewitt – NYC – d. 11-7-1986
actor: Ken Martinson “This is Nora Drake”; Karl Dorn “Romance of Helen Trent”
01-21-1915 – John Dunkel – Springfield, OH – d. 2-22-2001
writer: “Escape”; “Fort Laramie”; “Gunsmoke”
01-21-1915 – Ray Erlenborn – Denver, CO – d. 6-4-2007
sound effects, actor: “Burns and Allen”; “Anderson Family”
01-21-1919 – Jinx Falkenburg McCrary – Barcelona, Spain – d. 8-27-2003
hostess: “Hi! Jinx”; “Tex & Jinx”; “Weekend”
01-21-1919 – Louis Innis – Seymour, IN – d. 8-20-1982
guitar: “Plantation Boys”
01-21-1921 – Charlotte Manson – NYC – d. 12-8-1996
actor: Patsy Bowen “Nick Carter, Master Detective”
01-21-1921 – Manya Starr – NYC – d. 7-26-2000
writer: Allegedly fired by Hummert asking about God, “Who’s will play him?”
01-21-1922 – Paul Scofield – Hurstpierpoint, England – d. 3-19-2008
actor: Kadmos “Dionysos”; “The Troy Trilogy”
01-21-1922 – Telly Savalas – Garden City, NY – d. 1-22-1994
actor: “U.N. Story”
01-21-1924 – Benny Hill – Southampton, England – d. 4-20-1992
comedian: “Educating Archie”
01-21-1925 – Charles Aidman – Frankfort, IN – d. 11-7-1993
acotr: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-21-1927 – Milus L. Bradley – Lake Charles, LA
composer, singer, pianist, accordionist
01-21-1937 – Paul Greenberg – Shreveport, LA
commentary: “Sunday Weekend Edition”
01-21-1941 – Placido Domingo – Madrid, Spain
tenor: “The Metropolitan Opera”
01-21-1947 – Jill Eikenberry – New Haven, CT
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
01-22-1859 – Sondra Gair – St. Louis, MO – d. 10-31-1977
actor: “Chicago Theatre On the Air”; “Meet Miss Sherlock”; “Suspense”
01-22-1872 – Beatrice Fairfax – Washington, D.C. – d. 11-28-1945
writer: “Advice to the Lovelorn”
01-22-1875 – D. W. Griffith – La Grange, KY – d. 7-23-1948
movie producer-director: “Brooklyn Mark Strand Stage and Studio Program”
01-22-1878 – Constance Collier – Windsor, Berkshire, England – d. 4-25-1955
actor: Jessie Atwood “Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy”
01-22-1893 – Conrad Veidt – Potsdam, Germany – d. 4-3-1943
actor: “Free World Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-22-1893 – Fulton Oursler – Baltimore, MD – d. 5-24-1952
writer: “The Greatest Story Ever Told”; “Thatcher Colt Mysteries”
01-22-1894 – Rosa Ponselle – Meriden, CT – d. 5-25-1981
opera soprano: “Atwater Kent Hour”; “Metropolitan Opera”
01-22-1895 – Ethel (Everett) Remey – d. 2-28-1979
actor: Kathleen Norris “By Kathleen Norris”
01-22-1897 – Linda Carlon – Stuttgart, Germany – d. 6-xx-1985
actor: Mary Sothern “Life of Mary Sothern”
01-22-1899 – Anne Elstner – Lake Charles, LA – d. 1-29-1981
actor: Stella Dallas “Stella Dallas”; Mary Weston “Wilderness Road”
01-22-1906 – Guy Savage – d. 8-31-1981
announcer: “Play Broadcast”
01-22-1907 – Douglas ‘Wrong-Way’ Corrigan – Galveston, TX – d. 12-9-1995
intrepid pilot: “Believe It or Not”
01-22-1909 – Ann Sothern – Valley City, ND – d. 3-15-2001
actor: Maisie Revere “Maisie”
01-22-1911 – Arnold Robertson – Chicago, IL – d. 7-xx-1969
comedian: Ed Potts “Scattergood Baines”; Dr. Jensen “This Is Nora Drake”
01-22-1914 – Dick Willard – d. 9-6-2000
announcer, emcee: “The Strange Dr. Weird”; “Take it Easy Time”
01-22-1914 – Joy Hodges – Des Moines, IA – d. 1-19-2003
vocalist; “The Joe Penner Show”
01-22-1916 – Howard Teichmann – Chicago, IL – d. 7-7-1987
writer: “Road of Life”; “Theatre USA”; “Valiant Lady”
01-22-1920 – Herman Alexander Baron – NYC – d. 9-xx-1984
staff composer with NBC 1943-1948
01-22-1920 – William Warfield – West Helena, AR – d. 8-25-2002
bass-baritone singer: “Edgar Bergen Show”; “Beyond Victory”
01-22-1924 – J. J. Johnson – d. 2-4-2001
jazz trombonist: “Arthur Godfrey Show”; “One Night Stand”
01-22-1932 – Piper Laurie – Detroit, MI
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “NBC Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-22-1934 – Bill Bixby – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-21-1993
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
01-22-1935 – Dave Holland – Raleigh, NC – d. 11-14-2005
author: “From Out of the Past: A Pictorial History of the Lone Ranger”
01-22-1951 – Steve J. Spears – Adelaide, Australia – d. 10-16-2007
writer: “King Richard”; “Maggie’s Ear”
01-23-1884 – George McManus – St. Louis, MO – d. 10-22-1954
“Bringing Up Father” based on his comic strip
01-23-1892 – Eleanor Nash – d. 10-3-1969
beauty and style consultant (Sister of Ogden Nash): “Ask Eleanor Nash”
01-23-1893 – Franklin Pangborn – Newark, NJ – d. 7-20-1958
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-23-1894 – Clara Acuff Adams – d. 12-31-1950
soprano: KOA Denver, Colorado
01-23-1898 – Randolph Scott – Orange County, VA – d. 3-2-1987
actor: “Academy Award Theatre”; “Campbell Playhouse”
01-23-1899 – Jospeh Nathan Kane – NYC – d. 9-22-2002
writer: “Break the Bank”
01-23-1899 – Margaret Carreau – Bedford, PA – d. 4-4-1997
accompanist to John Charles Thomas
01-23-1907 – Dan Duryea – White Plains, NY – d. 6-7-1968
actor: Lou Dana “Man from Homicide”
01-23-1910 – Django Reinhardt – Belgium – d. 5-16-1953
jazz artist: “Djanjo Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club France”
01-23-1910 – Dorothy Arbuckle – Eldred, IL – d. 11-14-1982
radio journalist
01-23-1913 – Max Smith – Des Moines, IA – d. 7-23-1999
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) “Jack Benny Program”
01-23-1919 – Ernie Kovacs – Trenton, NJ – d. 1-12-1962
announcer, panelist: Monitor, “Where Have You Been?”
01-23-1919 – Millard Lampell – d. 10-3-1997
co-founder of the Almanac Singers: “Treasury Star Parade”
01-23-1920 – Jack Coleman – Denver, CO – d. 6-6-1985
singer: (Avon Comedy Four) “Old Fashioned Revival Hour”
01-23-1923 – Florence Halop – Jamaica Estates, NY – d. 7-15-1986
actor: Hotbreath Houlihan “Jimmy Durante Show”; Miss Duffy “Duffy’s Tavern”
01-23-1925 – Bernice Wirsbitzke – Milwaukee, WI – d. 9-14-2006
singer: “Heinie and the Grenadiers”
01-23-1926 – Lyn Osborn – Wichita Falls, TX – d. 8-30-1958
actor: Cadet Happy “Space Patrol”
01-23-1933 – Chita Rivera – Washington, D.C.
singer: “WOR Diamond Jubilee”
01-24-1862 – Edith Wharton – NYC – d. 8-11-1937
author: Many of her stories were adapted for radio.
01-24-1881 – Earl Godwin – Washington, D.C. – d. 9-23-1956
newsman: “Watch the World Go By”
01-24-1883 – Estelle Winwood – Lee, Kent, England – d. 6-20-1984
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
01-24-1902 – Walter Kiernan – New Haven, CT – d. 1-8-1978
commentator, emcee: “Sparring Partners”; “Weekend”
01-24-1903 – Johnny Anz – d. 10-26-1987
orchestra leader: WESG Elmira, New York
01-24-1904 – Franklyn Baur – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-24-1950
tenor: “Palmolive Hour”; “Voice of Firestone”
01-24-1909 – Ann Todd – Hartford, Cheshire, England – d. 5-6-1993
actor: Amy Foster “Those We Love”
01-24-1913 – Gwen Bagni – d. 5-13-2001
writer: “Suspense”; “Family Theatre”; “Escape”
01-24-1914 – David Gaines – d. 8-27-2006
sound techncian: Mercury Theatre
01-24-1915 – Evie Juster – d. 6-2-1988
actor: “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”; “Our Gal Sunday”
01-24-1916 – Jack Brickhouse – Peoria, IL – d. 8-6-1998
sportscaster: Chicago
01-24-1917 – Ernest Borgnine – Hamden, CT
actor: “Midweek”
01-24-1918 – Oral Roberts – near Ada, OK – d. 12-15-2009
evengelist: “Healing Waters”
01-24-1924 – Mavis Scott – Brisbane, Australia
writer: “The King and the Hard-Boiled Eggs”
01-24-1925 – Maria Tallchief – Fairfax, OK
dancer: “Image Minorities”
01-24-1925 – Robert M. Cawley – Columbus, OH
child actor who had his own radio show 1934-1936
01-24-1927 – Marvin Kaplin – Brooklyn, NY
actor: Alfred “Meet Millie”
01-24-1941 – Neil Diamond – Brooklyn, NY
singer: “Voices of Vista”
01-24-1949 – John Belushi – Chicago, IL – d. 3-5-1982
comedian: “The National Lampoon Radio Hour”
01-25-1874 – Somerset Maughan – Paris, France – d. 12-16-1965
writer: “ Somerset Maughan Theatre”
01-25-1878 – Ernst Alexanderson – Uppsala, Sweden – d. 5-14-1975
engineer: Possibly first voice ever heard on radio Dec. 24, 1906
01-25-1881 – Emil Judwig – Breslau, Selisia, Germany – d. 9-17-1948
writer: “Information Please”
01-25-1898 – Cecil Secrest – d. unknown
actor: Fred Kent “Home Sweet Home”
01-25-1901 – Mildred Dunnock – Baltimore, MD – d. 7-5-1991
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
01-25-1908 – Stephane Grapelli – Paris, France – d. 12-1-1997
jazz violinist: “Saturday Night Swing Club”; “Jazz Alive”
01-25-1910 – Portland Hoffa – Portland, OR – d. 12-25-1990
comedian: (Wife of Fred Allen) “Fred Allen Show”
01-25-1916 – Les Crutchfield – d. 10-6-1966
writer: “Escape”; “Fort Laramie”; “Gunsmoke”
01-25-1918 – Ernie Harwell – Washington, GA – d. 5-4-2010
baseball broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers
01-25-1920 – Fred Pinkard – d. 8-3-2004
actor: “Destination Freedom”; “Hello, Sucker”
01-25-1920 – Roy Rowan – Encino, CA – d. 5-10-1998
announcer: “Escape”; “Gunsmoke”; “Rogers of the Gazette”; “Young Love”
01-25-1922 – Raymond Baxter – Essex, England – d. 9-15-2006
broadcaster for the BBC
01-25-1923 – Rusty Draper – d. 3-28-2003
country singer: “Dude Martin’s Radio Ranch”
01-25-1924 – Speedy West – Springfield, MO – d. 11-15-2003
steel guitarist: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Tennessee Ernie FordShow”
01-25-1958 – Linda Smith – Erith, England – d. 2-27-2006
panelist: “Just a Minute”; “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue”, “The News Quiz”
01-26-1880 – Douglas MacArthur – Little Rock, AR – d. 4-5-1964
general: “Special Broadcast from Tokyo”
01-26-1885 – Hugh Barrett Dobbs – d. 2-20-1944
actor: Captain Dobbsie “Ship of Joy”
01-26-1892 – Guy Robertson – Denver, CO – d. unknown
singing host: “Broadway Varieties”
01-26-1899 – Wyllis Cooper – Pekin, IL – d. 6-22-1955
producer, writer, director: “Lights Out”; “Quiet Please”
01-26-1905 – Margaret Cousins – Munday, TX – d. 7-30-1996
writer: “Holmes Radio Magazine”
01-26-1905 – Maria von Trapp – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – d. 3-28-1987
singer: (Trapp Family Singers) “Christmas Seal Sale”
01-26-1907 – Eddie Ballentine – Chicago, IL – d. 11-14-1995
orchestra leader: “Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club”
01-26-1907 – Rita Ascot – d. 3-6-1988
actor: “Fay “Ma Perkins”; “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
01-26-1913 – Jimmy Van Heusen – Syracuse, NY – d. 2-6-1990
composer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Frank Sinatra Show”; “Command Performance”
01-26-1913 – William Prince – Nichols, NY – d. 10-8-1996
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”; “Philco Radio Playhouse”
01-26-1914 – Jack de Manio – Hampstead, England – d. 10-28-1988
announcer: “Today”; “Jack de Manio Precisely”; “Woman’s Hour”
01-26-1914 – Phoebe Ephron – NYC – d. 10-13-1971
author: “Lux RadioTheatre”
01-26-1918 – Vito Scotti – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-5-1996
actor: “Romance”; “Broadway Is My Beat”
01-26-1919 – Jan Bart – Poland – d. 8-12-1971
traveled with Major Bowes for 7 years, had his own radio show
01-26-1922 – Michael Bentine – Watford, Hertfordshie, England – d. 11-26-1996
comedian: “Goon Show”
01-26-1922 – Page Cavanaugh – Cherokee, KS – d. 12-18-2008
singer: (The Page Cavanaugh Trio) “The Jack Paar Show”
01-26-1925 – Joan Leslie – Detroit, MI
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
01-26-1927 – Billy Redfield – NYC – d. 8-17-1976
actor: Grayling Dennis “Brighter Day”; Willie Piper “Tales of Willie Piper”
01-26-1927 – Ronnie Hilton – Hull, England – d. 2-21-2001
singer: “Sounds of the Fifties”
01-26-1935 – Bob Uecker – Milwaukee, WI
baseball announcer: “Milwaukee Brewers”
01-26-1937 – Alison Steele – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-27-1995
disk jockey: “The Nightbird”
01-26-1945 – Marti Caine – Sheffield, Yorkshire, England – d. 11-4-1995
comedian: “The Marti Caine Show”
01-27-1885 – Jerome Kern – NYC – d. 11-11-1945
composer: “Railroad Hour”; “Show Boat”
01-27-1886 – Bessie Beatty – d. 4-6-1947
hostess: Martha Deane
01-27-1888 – Harry “Singin’ Sam” Frankel – Danville, KY – d. 6-12-1948
singer: (The Barbasol Man) “Reminiscin’ with Singin’ Sam”
01-27-1895 – B. G. De Sylva – NYC – d. 7-11-1950
lyricist: “The Railroad Hour”
01-27-1895 – Harry Ruby – NYC – d. 2-23-1974
songwriter: “Thirty Minutes in Hollywood”; “Great Moments to Music”
01-27-1895 – Violet Heming – Leeds, Yorkshire, England – d. 7-4-1981
actor: Connie Wakefield “Right to Happiness”
01-27-1899 – Milton Rettenberg – NYC – d. 12-24-1986
pianist/conductor: “Chesterfield Presents”; “Cities Service Concerts”
01-27-1904 – Frankie Marvin – Butler, Indian Territory, Oklahoma – d. 1-18-1985
actor: “Gene Autry’s Melody Rance”
01-27-1905 – Howard McNear – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-3-1969
actor: Doctor Charles Adams “Gunsmoke”
01-27-1907 – Theodore Epp – Oklahoma Territory – d. 10-13-1985
preacher: “Back to the Bible”
01-27-1908 – “Hot Lips” Page – Dallas, TX – d. 11-5-1954
jazz trumpeter: “Milt Herth Trio”; “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”
01-27-1911 – Benay Venuta – San Francisco, CA – d. 9-1-1995
singer: “Benay Venuta’s Program”; “Shell Chateau”
01-27-1914 – Alexander Albert Avola – Boston, MA – d. 1-20-2000
guitarist/arranger: Artie Shaw Orchestra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
01-27-1916 – Merrill Mueller – NYC – d. 11-30-1980
reporter: “NBC Stands By”; “Morning News Roundup”; “The Navy Hour”
01-27-1918 – Irving Cummings – d. 3-26-1996
producer, host: “Lux Radio Theater”; “Gulf Screen Theatre”
01-27-1918 – Skitch Henderson – Birmingham, England – d. 11-1-2005
bandleader: “Philco Radio Time”; “Songs by Sinatra”
01-27-1921 – Donna Reed – Dennison, IA – d. 1-14-1986
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Star and the Story”; “Silver Theatre”
01-27-1924 – Sabu – Mysore, India – d. 12-2-1963
actor: “Confidential Close-Ups”
01-28-1880 – Mary Boland – Detroit, MI – d. 6-23-1965
01-28-1882 – Richard Barrows – Buffalo, NY – d. 8-xx-1969
actor: “Death Valley Days”, “Ellery Queen”; “Second Husband”
01-28-1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi – Osaka, Japan – d. 1-19-1976
radio antenna designer
01-28-1887 – Artur Rubinstein – Lodz, Poland, Russian Empire – d. 12-20-1982
pianist: “Information Please”
01-28-1892 – Ernst Lubitsch – Berlin Germany – d. 11-30-1947
film director: Intermission Guest “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-28-1898 – Alwyn E. W. Bach – Springfield, MA – d. 5-14-1993
announcer: “Enna Jettick Melodies”; “Luden’s Orchestra”; “Real Folks”
01-28-1900 – Mahlon Merrick – Farmington, IA – d. 8-7-1969
music: “Jack Benny Program”; “Skippy Hollywood Theatre”
01-28-1904 – Constance Crowder – Chicago, IL – d. 5-30-1994
actor: Jane Webster “Those Websters”; Gert Truitt “The Truitts”
01-28-1904 – Irene Beasley – Whitehaven TN – d. 1-7-1980
actor: Old Dutch Girl “Red Hook 31”; “Grand Slam”
01-28-1907 – Martin Ryerson – NYC – d. 7-7-2003
writer: “Suspense”; “Molle Mystery Theatre”; “Gangbusters”
01-28-1910 – Arnold Moss – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-15-1989
actor: Philip Cameron “Against the Storm”; Reed Bannister “Big Sister”
01-28-1911 – Donald Briggs – Chicago, IL – d. 2-3-1986
actor: Frank Merriwell “Advs. of Frank Merriwell”
01-28-1911 – William Palmer – d. 6-6-1996
co-creator of the Palmer-Mullin tape deck first used by Bing Crosby
01-28-1912 – Monty Masters – New Haven, CT – d. 12-9-1969
actor, producer: “The Mad Masters”; “Candy Matson”
01-28-1914 – Arthur Gary – NYC – d. 10-31-2005
announcer: “The Amazing Mr. Malone”; “The Colgate Sports Newsreel”
01-28-1914 – Nelson Olmstead – Minnesota – d. 4-8-1992
actor: Joe Huston “Bachelor’s Children”
01-28-1914 – Tom Neal – Evanston, IL – d. 8-7-1972
actor: “I Am An American”; “The Unexpected”
01-28-1915 – Jud Denaut – Walkerton, IN – d. 4-5-1999
bassist: “Woody Herman and His Orchestra”
01-28-1921 – Alfred Marks – London, England – d. 7-1-1996
actor: “Beginners Please”
01-28-1921 – Jerry Appy – d. 6-24-1990
sportscaster: KXXX Colby, Kansas
01-28-1926 – Randy Armbrister – d. 9-xx-1968
disk jockey: WYVE Whytheville, Virginia
01-28-1929 – Bill Gilliand – Memphis, TN – d. 5-9-2008
announcer: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
01-28-1931 – Ezio Flagello – NYC – d. 3-19-2009
opera singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”
01-28-1933 – Myles Wilder – NYC – d. 4-20-2010
writer: “The Whistler”
01-28-1935 – Nicholas Pryor – Baltimore, MD
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
01-28-1937 – Ken Hill – Birmingham, England – d. 1-23-1995
writer: “Night Season”
01-29-1874 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr. – Cleveland, OH – d. 5-11-1960
rich person: “The Collier Hour”
01-29-1874 – Owen Davis – Portland, ME – d. 10-14-1956
writer: “The Gibson Family”; “Pulitzer Prize Plays”
01-29-1880 – W. C. Fields – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-25-1946
comedian: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
01-29-1885 – Leadbelly (Huddie Leadbetter) – Louisiana – d. 12-6-1949
jazz musician: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin street”
01-29-1902 – Florence Rinard – d. 10-18-1984
panelist: “Twenty Questions”
01-29-1911 – Bryan Coleman – London, England – d. 7-4-2005
actor: John H. Watson “BBC Light Programme”
01-29-1913 – Daniel Taradash – Louisville, KY – d. 1-22-2003
film writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”
01-29-1913 – Joe Parker – Venice, CA – d. 4-28-1970
director: “Sara’s Private Caper”
01-29-1914 – Bonnie Prudden – NYC
fitness expert: “House Party”
01-29-1915 – Victor Mature – Louisville, KY – d. 8-4-1999
actor: “Hollywood Star Playhouse”
01-29-1916 – Bill Lawrence – Lincoln, NE – d. 3-2-1972
newsman for the ABC network
01-29-1917 – John Raitt – Santa Ana, CA – d. 2-20-2005
actor, singer: “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
01-29-1917 – Lloyd Perryman – Ruth, AR – d. 5-31-1977
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) “The Roy Rogers Show”
01-29-1918 – John Forsythe – Penns Grove, NJ – d. 4-1-2010
actor: “NBC Star Playhouse”; “Best Plays”
01-29-1923 – Martin Ragaway – d. 4-20-1989
writer: “The Abbot and Costello Show”; “The Milton Berle Show”
01-29-1923 – Paddy Chayefsky – The Bronx, NY – d. 8-1-1981
writer: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
01-29-1927 – Don Morrow – Stamford, CT
announcer: “Advs. of Rin Tin Tin”; “The Dizzy Dean Show”
01-29-1927 – Peter Fernandez – NYC – d. 7-15-2010
actor: George Bigelow “The Aldrich Family”; Skip “Right to Happiness”
01-29-1942 – Robin Morgan – Lake Worth, FL
actor, Former president of NOW: “Cavalcade of America”
01-29-1943 – Tony Blackburn – Guildford, England
disc jockey: “Midday Spin”; “Junior Choice”
01-30-1862 – Walter Damrosch – Breslau, Silesia – d. 12-22-1950
conductor, commentator: “Baulkite Hour”; “Music Appreciation Hour”
01-30-1882 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Hyde Park, NY – d. 4-12-1945
u.s. president: “Fireside Chats”
01-30-1885 – Ida Bailey Allen – Danielson, CT – d. 7-16-1973
homemaker: “Ida Bailey Allen and the Chef”
01-30-1896 – Joseph Gallicchio – Chicago, IL – d. 2-20-1979
orchestra leader: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Music from the Heart of America”
01-30-1907 – Lois Wilson – Iowa – d. 1-8-1983
actor: “Jack Benny Program”
01-30-1911 – Hugh Marlowe – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-2-1982
actor: Ellery Queen “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; Jim Curtis “Brenda Curtis”
01-30-1914 – David Wayne – Traverse City, MI – d. 2-9-1995
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre” ;” Eternal Light”; “Stars in the Air”
01-30-1914 – John Ireland – Vancouver, Canada – d. 3-21-1992
actor: “MGM Theatre of the Air”; “U.S. Steel Hour”
01-30-1915 – Dorothy Dell – Hattiesburg, MS – d. 6-8-1934
actor: “Stars of Tomorrow”
01-30-1915 – Michael Guido – Lorain, OH – d. 2-21-2009
evangelist: “Seeds from the Sower”
01-30-1922 – Dick Martin – Battle Creek, MI – d. 5-24-2008
writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”
01-30-1925 – Dorothy Malone, Chicago, IL
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-30-1928 – Ruth Brown – Portsmouth, VA – d. 11-17-2006
singer: “Newport Jazz Festival”
01-30-1931 – Conrad Binyon – Hollywood, CA
actor: Roscoe ‘Butch’ Gardiner “Mayor of the Town”
01-30-1933 – Louis Rukeyser – NYC – d. 5-2-2006
economic commentator: “Rukeyser’s World”; “College Quiz Bowl”
01-30-1934 – Tammy Grimes – Lynn, MA
hostess, actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”
01-30-1937 – Vanessa Redgrave – London, England
actor: Histories “I, Boadicea”
01-30-1950 – Bruce Lidington – Harrow, England – d. 8-5-1996
delighted listeners to Radio 4 serials
01-31-1872 – Rupert Hughes – Lancaster, MO – d. 9-9-1956
writer: (Uncle to Howard Hughes) “The Story of Holly Sloan”
01-31-1872 – Zane Grey – Zanesville, OH – d. 10-23-1939
writer: “Rudy Vallee Hour”
01-31-1887 – Charlies Irwin – Curragh, Ireland – d. 1-12-1969
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
01-31-1892 – Eddie Cantor – NYC – d. 10-10-1964
singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) “Eddie Cantor Show”; “Chase & Sanborn Hour”
01-31-1894 – Isham Jones – Coalton, OH – d. 10-19-1956
bandleader: “Isham Jones and His Orchestra”
01-31-1902 – Leo Corday – NYC – d. 11-29-1985
writer of special material: “War Manpower Comn.”
01-31-1902 – Tullulah Bankhead – Huntsville, AL – d. 12-12-1968
actor, hostess: “Johnny Presents”; “Big Show”
01-31-1904 – Cliff Nazarro – New Haven, CT – d. 2-18-1961
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
01-31-1905 – John O’Hara – Pottsville, PA – d. 4-11-1970
author: “Information, Please”; “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”
01-31-1906 – Edith Adams – West Union, IA – d. 3-20-1993
actor: Mrs. Gilman “Those Happy Gilmans”; “Jenny Peabody”
01-31-1908 – Connie Desmond – Ohio – d. 3-3-1983
sportscaster: play-by-play for the Brooklyn Dodgers
01-31-1909 – Walter Coy – Great Falls, MT – d. 12-11-1974
actor: Michael Lanyard/Lone Wolf “Lone Wolf”
01-31-1913 – Maurice Manson – d. 9-25-2002
actor: Reverend McArthur “One Man’s Family”
01-31-1915 – Alan Lomax – Austin, TX – d. 7-19-2002
host, writer: “American School of the Air”; “Cavalcade of America”
01-31-1915 – Bobby Hackett – Providence, RI – d. 6-7-1976
cornetist: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”
01-31-1915 – Garry Moore – Baltimore, MD – d. 11-28-1993
host, comedian: “Garry Moore Show”; “Camel Caravan”; “Take It or Leave It”
01-31-1917 – Bob Steel – d. 10-9-1994
producer/director: “The Brighter Day”; “Big Town”; “Ellery Queen”
01-31-1917 – Fay Baker – NYC – d. 12-8-1987
actor: “Words at War”
01-31-1919 – Jackie Robinson – Cairo, GA – d. 10-24-1972
sportscaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) “Jackie Robinson Show”
01-31-1921 – Carol Channing – Seattle, WA
actor-singer: “Stagestruck”; “Arthur Godfrey Show”
01-31-1921 – John Agar – Chicago, IL – d. 4-7-2002
actor: “Big Show”
01-31-1921 – Mario Lanza – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-7-1959
singer: “Mario Lanza Show”
01-31-1922 – William Sylvester – Oakland, CA – d. 1-15-1995
actor: Jay Gatsby “Gatsby”
01-31-1923 – Joanne Dru – Logan, WV – d. 9-10-1996
actor: (Sister of Peter Marshall) “Lux Radio Theatre”
01-31-1923 – Norman Mailer – Long Branch, NJ – d. 11-10-2007
author: “Highlights of Monitor’s Twenty Great Years”
01-31-1927 – Norman Prescott – Boston, MA – d. 7-2-2005
producer: Boston radio
01-31-1929 – Jean Simmons – London, England – d. 1-22-2010
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “A Christmas Carol”
01-31-1929 – Joe Jack Cain – Philadelphia, PA
musician for NBC and CBS
02-01-1859 – Victor Herbert – Dublin, Ireland – d. 5-24-1924
composer: Compositions used on many programs
02-01-1891 – Alexander Kipnis – Schitomir, Ukraine – d. 5-14-1978
wagnerian basso profundo: “Outpost Concert Series”; “Metropolitan Opera”
02-01-1894 – James P. Johnson – New Brunswick, NJ – d. 11-17-1955
pianist: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”; “This is Jazz”
02-01-1895 – John Ford – Cape Elizabeth, ME – d. 8-31-1973
director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
02-01-1901 – Clark Gable – Cadiz, OH – d. 11-16-1960
actor: “So Proudly We Hail”; “Silver Theatre”
02-01-1902 – Langston Hughes – Joplin, Mo – d. 5-22-1967
writer: “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”
02-01-1903 – Donald Thompson – Albia, IA – d. unknown
actor/announcer: “The Right to Happiness”; “Those Happy Gilmans”
02-01-1904 – S. J. Perelman – NYC – d. 10-17-1979
humorist: “Information, Please”; “Author! Author!”; “Railroad Hour”
02-01-1905 – Joan Morgan – Kent, England – d. 7-22-2004
actor: “21st Precinct”
02-01-1906 – Hildegarde – Adell, WI – d. 7-29-2005
singer, pianist: (The Dear that Made Milwaukee Famous) “Hildegard Program”
02-01-1908 – George Pal – Cegled, Austria-Hungary – d. 5-2-1980
film producer, director: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
02-01-1912 – Clete Roberts – Portland, OR – d. 9-30-1984
news correspondent: Covered both World War II and Korea
02-01-1915 – Alan Burgess – Birmingham, England – d. 4-10-1998
author: wrote a series for the BBC on war heroes
02-01-1916 – Helen Walpole – Birmingham, AL – d. 5-26-1992
actor: Sylvia Bardine “Just Plain Bill”; Frances “Lorenzo Jones”
02-01-1920 – Walter Stone – Dunellen, NJ – d. 10-20-1999
comedy writer: “Robert Q. Lewis”
02-01-1922 – Miriam Wolfe – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-29-2000
actor: Nancy “Witch’s Tale”
02-01-1922 – Renata Tebaldi – Pesaro, Italy – d. 12-19-2004
lyric soprano: “Bell Telephone Hour”; ”Metropolitan Opera
02-01-1924 – Bill Comstock – Rockbridge, OH
singer: (Four Freshmen) “The Four Freshmen”; “Music for Moderns”
02-01-1926 – John Blashill – d. 2-21-2006
disk jockey: KVOE Santa Ana, California
02-01-1926 – Nancy Gates – Dallas, TX
actor: “Masquerade”; “Orson Welles Theatre”
02-01-1926 – Stuart Whitman – San Francisco, CA
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
02-01-1937 – Don Everly – Brownie, KY
singer: (The Everly Brothers) “March of Dimes”; “Country Hoedown”
02-01-1941 – Marian Hailey – Portland, OR
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-02-1875 – Fritz Kreisler – Vienna, Austria – d. 1-29-1962
violinist, composer: “Telephone Hour”; “Concert Hall”; “Gospel In Song”
02-02-1877 – Charles Hanson Towne – Louisville, KY – d. 2-28-1949
poet/actor: Quarter hour weekly conversational program on CBS
02-02-1882 – Geoffrey O’Hara – Chatham, Canada – d. 1-31-1967
tenor: “Roxy and His Gang”
02-02-1882 – James Joyce – Dublin, Ireland – d. 1-13-1941
author: “NBC University Theatre”
02-02-1888 – Frank Lloyd – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 8-10-1960
film director: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Robert Arden Round Table Discussion”
02-02-1888 – Lee Millar – Vancouver, Canada – d. 12-24-1941
actor: (Husband of Verna Felton) Appeared on various radio shows
02-02-1893 – Len Doyle – Toledo, OH – d. 12-6-1959
actor: Harrington “Mr, Distric Attorney”
02-02-1895 – George Halas – Chicago, IL – d. 10-31-1983
football coach: “Tops in Sports”
02-02-1898 – William Costello – Rhode Island – d. 10-9-1971
actor: Freddie Frog “Betty Boop Fables”
02-02-1899 – Benny Rubin – Boston, MA – d. 7-15-1986
comedian: Tout “Jack Benny Program”; “Benny Rubin’s Whirligig Revue”
02-02-1901 – Jascha Heifetz – Vilnius, Lithuania – d. 12-10-1987
classical violinist: “Telephone Hour”; “Soldiers in Greaspaint”; “Concert Hall”
02-02-1903 – Larry Walker – Manning, SC – d. 3-xx-1986
accompanist: “The Johnson Family Singers”
02-02-1905 – Ayn Rand – St. Petersberg, Russia – d. 3-6-1982
author: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-02-1905 – Jesse Johnson – Cumnock, NC – d. 5-16-1989
singer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
02-02-1908 – Cal Tinney – Pontotoc County, OK – d. 12-2-1993
actor: Binnacle Barnes “Robinson Crusoe, Jr.”
02-02-1909 – Frank Albertson – Fergus Falls, MN – d. 2-29-1964
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-02-1909 – Purv Pullen – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-18-1992
bird and animal imitator: Horatio G. Birdbath “The Spike Jones Show”
02-02-1911 – Everett Freeman – NYC – d. 1-24-1991
writer: “The Baby Snooks Show”; “The Eddie Cantor Show”
02-02-1911 – Jussi Bjorling – Stora Tuna, Sweden – d. 9-9-1960
singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
02-02-1912 – Burton Lane – NYC – d. 1-5-1997
composer: “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Voices of Vista”
02-02-1912 – Stefan Schnabel – Berlin, Germany – d. 3-11-1999
actor: Herbert Yost “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”
02-02-1914 – Beverly Freeland – Bristow, OK
singer: “Brezzing Along”; “Heinz Magazine of the Air”
02-02-1915 – Frank Telford – d. 5-19-1987
producer: “This Is Our Enemy”
02-02-1918 – Imogen Carpenter – Hot Springs, AR – d. 3-24-1993
actor: “Command Performance”
02-02-1920 – Hughie Green – London, England – d. 5-3-1997
host: “Opportunity Knocks”
02-02-1922 – Norman Marrgraff – Wisconsin – d. 4-30-2006
disk jockey: “Fritz the Plumber”
02-02-1923 – Bonita Granville – Chicago, IL – d. 10-11-1988
actor: “Continental Celebrity Club”; “Stars Over Hollywood”
02-02-1923 – Haleloke Kahuaolapus – Hilo, Hawaii Territory – d. 12-16-2004
singer: “Hawaii Calls”; “Arthur Godfrey Time”
02-02-1936 – Arthur Lyman – Kauai, HI – d. 2-24-2002
vibes: Won talent contest on Honolulu radio, station KGMB
02-02-1940 – Sir David Jason – London, England
actor: “Week Ending . . . “; “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
02-03-1883 – Clarence Mulford – Streator, IL – d. 5-10-1956
creator of Hopalong Cassidy
02-03-1884 – Maude Davis – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-20-1946
vaudevillian: (Clark Sisters) “Eddie Cantor”; “Kate Smith”
02-03-1890 – Charles Correll – Peoria, IL – d. 9-26-1972
actor: Andrew Brown “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
02-03-1890 – Larry MacPhail – Cass City, MI – d. 10-1-1975
baseball executive: “Information, Please”; “Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel”
02-03-1894 – Norman Rockwell – NYC – d. 11-8-1978
artist: “The Breakfast Club”
02-03-1895 – Carl F. Kroenke – San Francisco, CA – d. 9-3-1956
actor: Alec Furguson “Houseboat Hannah”; Dr. Glassman “Ma Perkins”
02-03-1895 – Nick Kenny – Astoria, NY – d. 12-1-1975
columnist, songwriter: Reader of inspirational verse
02-03-1899 – Doris Speed – Manchester, England – d. 11-16-1994
actor: “Remember It All”
02-03-1902 – Lillian Hardin Armstrong – Memphis, TN – d. 8-27-1971
pianist: “New Orleans Creole Jazz Band”
02-03-1903 – Martin Block – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-19-1967
announcer, disc jockey: “Make-Believe Ballroom”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
02-03-1907 – James Michener – NYC – d. 10-16-1997
author: “You and the World”
02-03-1907 – Paul Laven – d. 5-1-1950
writer: “The Bob Hope Show”
02-03-1910 – Nelson Case – Long Beach, CA – d. 3-24-1976
announcer: “Hour of Charm”; “New Carnation Contented Hour”
02-03-1915 – Bill Miller – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-11-2006
piano, conductor: “Frank Sinatra”; “Jim Hawthorne Show”
02-03-1915 – Helen Hall – d. 2-15-1984
hostess: “One Woman’s New York”
02-03-1916 – Andy White – d. 3-29-1999
writer: “The Great Gildersleeve”, “Fred Waring Show”
02-03-1918 – Gene Baldridge – d. 6-18-1988
disk jockey: WSIP Paintsville, Kentucky
02-03-1918 – Joey Bishop – The Bronx, NY – d. 10-17-2007
actor: “Monitor’s Salute to Jimmy Durante”
02-03-1918 – Stanley Earl Cowan – NYC – d. 12-13-1991
director: “Club Hollywood”
02-03-1919 – Dolly Dawn – Newark, NJ – d. 12-11-2002
bandleader: “Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol”
02-03-1920 – Russell Arms – Berkely, CA
singer, actor: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
02-03-1924 – Leslie Stevens – Washington, D.C. – d. 4-24-1998
film director: “Stagestruck”
02-03-1925 – John Fiedler – Platteville, WI – d. 6-25-2005
actor: Homer Brown “The Aldrich Family”
02-03-1926 – Shelley Berman – Chicago, IL
actor: “Family Theatre”
02-03-1928 – Frankie Vaughan – Liverpool, England – d. 9-17-1999
singer: “Al Jolson Centenary”
02-03-1932 – Peggy Ann Garner – Canton, OH – d. 10-16-1984
actor: Esther Smith “Meet Me in St. Louis”
02-03-1933 – Suzan Ball – Jamestown, NY – d. 8-5-1955
actor: Intermission Guest “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-03-1950 – Morgan Fairchild – Dallas, TX
actor: Kate Wakefield “Faces of Love”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-04-1889 – Walter Catlett – San Francisco, Ca – d. 11-14-1960
actor: “This Is Your F.B.I.”; “Escape”; “Campbell Playhouse”
02-04-1898 – Art Balinger – California – d. 1-18-1980
announcer: “Here Comes McBride”; “Mr. and Mrs. North”
02-04-1901 – Tom McKnight – d. 4-22-1963
producer, director, writer: “Beulah Show”; “Gibson Family”
02-04-1902 – Charles A. Lindbergh – Detroit, MI – d. 8-26-1974
aviator: CBS awards program
02-04-1904 – MacKinlay Kantor – Webster City, IA – d. 10-11-1977
writer: “Lest We Forget”; “Author’s Playhouse”
02-04-1905 – Eddie Foy, Jr. – New Rochelle, NY – d. 7-15-1983
vaudevillian: “Starlight Operetta”; “Mitch Miller Show”
02-04-1908 – Jack Fraser – Lawrence, MA – d. 1-1-2000
newscaster: “John Gordon Fraser and the News”, “Monitor”
02-04-1908 – Manny Klein – NYC – d. 5-31-1994
trumpet: “The Ipana Troubadors”
02-04-1909 – Charles Simon – Tettenhall Wood, England – d. 5-16-2002
actor: “Mrs. Dale’s Diary”
02-04-1909 – Robert Coote – London, England – d. 11-26-1982
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”
02-04-1910 – Lansing Hatfield – Franklin, VA – d. 8-22-1954
singer: “Met Opera Auditions of the Air”
02-04-1912 – Bryon Nelson – Waxachaie, TX – d. 9-26-2006
golfer: “The Bill Stern Sports Newsreel”
02-04-1912 – Erich Leinsdorf – Vienna, Austria – d. 9-11-1993
conductor: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “Pioneers of Music”; “Musicians Off Stage”
02-04-1915 – Ray Evans – Salamanca, NY – d. 2-15-2007
songwriter: “Hollywood Calling-George Fisher Interviews the Stars”
02-04-1916 – Frank Tarloff – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-25-1999
writer: “Baby Snooks Show”; “Aldrich Family”; “Hardy Family”
02-04-1918 – Ida Lupino – London, England – d. 8-3-1995
panelist, actor: “Hollywood Byline”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
02-04-1918 – Janet Waldo – Grandview, WA
actor: Corliss Archer “Meet Corliss Archer”; Irene Franklin “One Man’s Family”
02-04-1921 – Betty Friedan – Peoria, IL – d. 2-4-2006
feminist, author: “Second Sunday”
02-04-1927 – Dolores Sutton – NYC – d. 5-11-2009
actor, writer: “The Author’s Studio”; “Radio City Playhouse”
02-04-1931 – Marion Ryan – Leeds, England – d. 1-15-1999
pop singer: “Ray Ellington Quarter”
02-04-1934 – Bruce Malmuth – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-29-2005
director: New York Yankees baseball games
02-04-1935 – Delaney “Ben” Casey – Asheville, NC – d. 11-20-2007
talk show host: “Community Focus”
02-04-1955 – Michael Gow – Sydney, Australia
writer: “The Astronaut’s Wife”
02-05-1884 – Joan Harvey – Bangalore, India – d. 11-5-1965
writer: “The Hidden Valley”
02-05-1893 – Carlton Coon – Rochester, MN – d. 5-4-1932
bandleader: (Coon-Sanders Nighthawks) “Florsheim Frolic”
02-05-1898 – Sidney Fields – Milwaukee, WI – d. 9-28-1975
comic, comedy writer: “Abbott and Costello Show”; “It’s Time to Smile”
02-05-1901 – Arthur Sheekman – Chicago, IL – d. 1-12-1978
writer: “The Marx Brothers”
02-05-1906 – John Carradine – NYC – d. 11-27-1988
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-05-1908 – Aleen Leslie – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 2-2-2010
created “A Date with Judy”
02-05-1908 – Bob Dunn – Fort Gibson, OK – d. 5-27-1971
steel guitar: “The Musical Brownies”
02-05-1911 – Bert Wilson – d. 11-5-1955
chicago cubs play-by-play announcer 1944-1955
02-05-1912 – Tex Atchison – Rosine, KY – d. 8-4-1982
singer: (Prairie Ramblers) “Smile-a-While”
02-05-1918 – Tim Holt – Beverly Hills, CA – d. 2-15-1973
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-05-1919 – Red Buttons – NYC – d. 7-13-2006
actor: “Guest Star”; “Friar’s Club Roast”
02-05-1934 – Hank Aaron – Mobile, AL
baseball legend: “Baseball: An Action History”; “Tops In Sports”
02-05-1941 – David Selby – Morgantown, WV
actor: “Empire of the Air”
02-05-1942 – Susan Hill – Scarborough, England
writer: “Miss Lavender Is Dead”
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 Olson – Milwaukee, WI – d. 8-17-2000
singer: (Wife of Johnny Olson) “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, D.C. – 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”
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
02-07-1923 – 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 – 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”
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”
02-08-1913 – 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”
02-08-1914 – Margot Stevenson – NYC
actor: Margo Lane “The Shadow”
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”
02-08-1920 – 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
02-09-1883 – Joseph King – Austin, TX – d. 4-11-1951
announcer: “Mr. and Mrs. North”; “A Report to the Nation”
02-09-1884 – Wilmer Walter – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-23-1941
actor: David Harum “David Harum”; Andy Agnes “The Gumps”
02-09-1891 – Ronald Colman – Richmond, Surrey, England – d. 5-19-1958
actor: William Todhunter Hall “Halls of Ivy”; “Jack Benny Program”
02-09-1892 – Frank W. Asper – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 11-8-1973
organist: “Music and the Spoken Word”
02-09-1892 – Peggy Wood – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-18-1978
actor: “NBC Present Eugene O’Neill”; “Great Scenes from Great Plays”; “
02-09-1901 – Brian Donlevy – Cleveland, OH – d. 4-5-1972
actor: Steve Mitchell “Dangerous Assignment”
02-09-1901 – Walter Preston – Quincy, IL – d. 8-7-1982
singer: “Philco Hour”
02-09-1902 – Chester A. Lauck – Alleene, AR – d. 2-22-1980
comedian: Columbus ‘Lum’ Edwards “Lum and Abner”
02-09-1902 – Fred Harman, Sr. – St. Joseph, MO – d. 1-2-1982
cartoonist: Creator of Red Ryder
02-09-1904 – Carmen Miranda – Lisbon, Portugal – d. 8-5-1955
singer: “Hello Americans”
02-09-1910 – Peanuts Holland – Norfold, VA – d. 2-7-1979
jazz trumpeter, singer: “One Night Stand”; “Jubilee”; “Yank Swing Session”
02-09-1911 – Harry Kramer – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-23-1996
announcer: “Alfred Antonini Orchestra”; “Mike and Buff’s Mailbag”
02-09-1912 – Bob Armstrong – Buffalo, NY – d. 4-25-1994
orchestra director: NBC 1942
02-09-1912 – Bob Hannon – Chicago, IL – d. 2-16-1993
singer: “American Melody Hour”; “Waltz Time”
02-09-1913 – Erskine Butterfield – Syracuse, NY – d. 7-11-1961
jazz musician: “Cats ‘n’ Jammers”
02-09-1914 – Bob Hite – Decatur, IN – d. 2-18-2000
announcer: “Challenge of the Yukon”; “Green Hornet”; “Casey, Crime Photographer”
02-09-1914 – Ernest Tubb – Crisp, TX – d. 9-6-1984
singer: (The Texas Troubador) “Grand Ole Opry”
02-09-1914 – Ralph Hermann – Milwaukee, WI – d. 7-28-1994
bandleader: “Herb Oscar Anderson Show”
02-09-1915 – Charlotte Holland – d. 1-13-1997
actor: Nita Bennett “Lone Journey”; Nora Drake “This is Nora Drake”
02-09-1921 – Gene Lyons – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 7-8-1974
actor: Freelance
02-09-1922 – Kathryn Grayson – Winston-Salem, NC – d. 2-17-2010
singer: “Mail Call”
02-09-1923 – Milena Miller – d. 7-20-2001
vocalist: “The Stu Erwin Show”
02-09-1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong – Portland, OR – d. 9-15-2003
preacher: (Son of Herbert W. Armstrong) “Plain Truth”; “The World Tomorrow”
02-09-1937 – Clete Boyer – Cassville, MO – d. 6-4-2007
baseball player: “Tops in Sports”
02-09-1939 – Janet Suzman – Johannesburg, South Africa
actor: “Guest Panelist “Quote…Unquote”
02-09-1949 – Judith Light – Trenton, NJ
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-10-1868 – William Allen White – Emporia, KS – d. 1-31-1944
writer: “American Forum of the Air”; “University of Chicago Round Table”
02-10-1892 – Alan Hale, Sr. – Washington, D.C. – d. 1-22-1950
actor:“Lux Radio Theatre”
02-10-1893 – Bill Tilden – Germantown, PA – d. 6-4-1953
tennis player: “Information Please”
02-10-1893 – Jimmy Durante – NYC – d. 1-29-1980
comedian: (Da Schnozz) Claudius ‘Brainy’ Bowers “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”
02-10-1897 – Judith Anderson – Adelaide, Australia – d. 1-3-1992
actor: Royal Gelatin Hour”
02-10-1899 – Dolph Gobel – Regensburg, Germany – d. 8-xx-1970
organist: “Ethel and Albert”; “Doplh Goebel Trio”
02-10-1900 – Lou Breese – d. 1-11-1969
bandleader: “Invitation to the Fair”
02-10-1902 – Jose Cortes – d. 1-21-1996
fiddle: “The Swift Jewel Cowboys”
02-10-1902 – Stella Adler – NYC – d. 12-21-1992
acting teacher: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
02-10-1903 – Lewis Allan – NYC – d. 10-30-1986
writer for theatre, radio, television and films
02-10-1905 – Chick Webb – d. 6-16-1939
bandleader: “Chick Webb and His Orhestra”
02-10-1906 – Lon Chaney, Jr. – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory – d. 7-12-1973
actor: “Pursuit of Happiness”
02-10-1910 – Joyce Grenfell – London, England – d. 11-30-1979
writer, actor: “How”; “A Note with Music”; “We Beg to Differ”
02-10-1913 – James Monks – NYC – d. 10-2-1994
actor: Jim Brandon “The Avenger” I. A. Moto “Mr. I. A. Moto”
02-10-1914 – Larry Adler – Baltimore, MD – d. 8-6-2001
harmonica player: “Forecast”
02-10-1922 – Neva Patterson – Nevada, IA
actor: “Cavalcade of America”
02-10-1927 – Leontyne Price – Laurel, MS
singer: “Metropolitan Opera”
02-10-1929 – Jerry Goldsmith – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-21-2004
composer, conductor: “Frontier Gentleman”; “Romance”
02-10-1930 – Robert Wagner – Detroit, MI
panelist: “Juke Box Jury”; “Suspense”
02-11-1882 – John H. Mills – Bellfonte, PA – d. 12-8-1967
singer: (Father of the Mills Brothers) “Mills Brothers Quartette”
02-11-1891 – Paul Ash – Saxony, Germany – d. 7-13-1958
orchestra leader: “The Merry Mad Gang Program”
02-11-1901 – Fritz Blocki – d. 5-14-1972
writer: “Chick Carter, Boy Detective”
02-11-1905 – Liebert Lombardo – London, Canada – d. 6-16-1993
musician: (Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra) “Lady Esther Serenade”
02-11-1906 – James Jewell – d. 8-5-1975
writer, actor director: “The Lone Ranger”
02-11-1907 – Art Millet – Chicago, IL – d. 4-9-1943
announcer: “American Album of Familiar Music”; “Popeye”
02-11-1908 – Hiram Sherman – Boston, MA – d. 4-11-1989
actor: “Les Miserables”; “Mercury Theatre on the Aie”
02-11-1908 – Philip Dunne – NYC – d. 6-2-1992
screenwriter, director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-11-1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz – Wilkes-Barre, PA – d. 2-5-1993
screenwriter, film director: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-11-1909 – Max Baer – Omaha, NE – d. 11-21-1959
heavyweight boxing champion, actor: Lucky Smith “Lucky Smith”
02-11-1916 – Walter Brown Newman – NYC – d. 10-14-1993
writer: “Escape”; “Gunsmoke”; “On Stage”; “Robers of the Gazette”
02-11-1917 – Sidney Sheldon – Chicago, IL – d. 1-30-2007
writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-11-1919 – Eva Gabor – Budapest, Hungary – d. 7-4-1995
disc jockey: “Little Night Music”
02-11-1920 – Billy Halop – NYC – d. 11-9-76
actor: Bobby Benson “Bobby Benson Adventures”; Dick Kent “Home, Sweet Home”
02-11-1926 – Leslie Nielsen – Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
actor: “Jive Patrol”
02-11-1928 – Kenneth Johnson – Randolph County, NC
singer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
02-12-1809 – Abraham Lincoln – Hardin County, KY – d. 4-15-1865
u.s. president: Many works on radio dedicated to his life
02-12-1867 – Joe E. Howard – NYC – d. 5-19-1961
singer, composer: “Gay Nineties Revue”
02-12-1880 – John L. Lewis – Lucas, IA – d. 6-11-1969
union leader: “Meet the Press”
02-12-1884 – Alice Roosevelt Longworth – NYC – d. 2-20-1980
daughter of Theodore Roosevelt: “Information, Please”
02-12-1884 – Bessie McCammon – Cincinnati, OH – d. 3-2-1964
actor: Jessie King “Lone Journey”; Olivia McEvoy “Young Widder Brown”
02-12-1888 – Victor Kolar – Budapest, Hungary – d. 1-16-1957
conductor: “Ford Sunday Evening Hour”
02-12-1893 – Omar Bradley – Clark, MO – d. 4-8-1981
general of the army: “What Are We Fighting For?”; “U.S.O. Campaign”
02-12-1898 – Charles Brendler – d. 7-29-1965
music director: “The Navy Hour”
02-12-1898 – Curt Peterson – Albert Lea, MN – d. 4-23-1980
announcer: “Jones and Hare”; “The Pure Oil Band”
02-12-1898 – Roy Harris – Lincoln County, Oklahoma Territory – d. 10-1-1979
composer: “New York Philharmonic”; “Comtemporary Composers Concerts”
02-12-1898 – Wallace Ford – Batton, England – d. 6-11-1966
actor: “Hollywood on the Air”; “Royal Gelatin Hour”
02-12-1899 – Ray Knight – Salem, MA – d. 2-12-1953
actor: Ambrose J. Weems “Cuckoo Hour”; shopkeeper “House in the Country”
02-12-1902 – Tom Waring – Tyrone, PA – d. 12-29-1960
composer: (Brother of Fred) “The Fred Waring Show”
02-12-1903 – Todd Duncan – Danville, IL – d. 2-28-1998
baritone: “NY Philharmonic Symphony”; “First American Opera”
02-12-1904 – Joseph Kearns – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 2-17-1962
actor, host: Melvyn Foster “A Date with Judy”; Man in Black “Suspense”
02-12-1904 – Ted Mack – Greeley, CO – d. 7-12-1976
emcee: “Original Amateur Hour”
02-12-1905 – Harry Bellaver (Belaver) – Hillsboro, IL – d. 8-8-1993
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-12-1910 – Ken Roberts – The Bronx, NY – d. 6-19-2009
actor, announcer: Commissioner Weston “The Shadow”; “Easy Aces”
02-12-1912 – Kylie Tennant – Manly, Australia – d. 2-29-1988
writer: “Tether a Dragon”
02-12-1912 – Stan Kenton – Wichita, KS – d. 8-25-1979
bandleader: “Bob Hope Show”; “Stan Kenton Concerts”
02-12-1914 – Tex Beneke – Fort Worth, TX – d. 5-30-2000
tenor sax, singer, bandleader: “Glenn Miller and His Orchestra”; “Sunset Serenade”
02-12-1915 – Lorne Greene – Ottowa, Canada – d. 9-11-1987
host Western Night: “Sears Radio Theatre”
02-12-1916 – Max Geldray – Amsterdam, Netherlands – d. 12-5-2004
vocalist: “The Goon Show”
02-12-1919 – Forrest Tucker – Plainfield, IN – d. 10-25-1986
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-12-1920 – Shirley Yamaguchi – Manchuria, China
actor: “New Edgar Bergen Hour”; “Geroge Fisher Interviews the Stars”
02-12-1923 – Mel Powell – NYC – d. 4-24-1998
pianist, composer: “Jam”; “I Sustain These Wings”; “Grand Roundup”
02-12-1926 – Joe Garagiola – St. Louis, MO
sportscaster
02-12-1927 – Ann Gillis – Little Rock, AR
actor: Judy Foster “A Date with Judy”
02-12-1927 – Bobby Winkler – Chicago, IL – d. 12-28-1989
actor: Newsboy “Big Town”
02-12-1928 – William Edward Olvis – Hollywood, CA – d. 11-27-1998
opera singer: “Metropolitan Opera”
02-12-1929 – Diana Olsson – London, England – d. 10-11-2003
actor: “Phillip O’Dell Mysteries”; “Doomsday Book”
02-13-1877 – Sidney Smith – d. 10-20-1935
comic strip writer: “The Gumps” based on his comic strip
02-13-1900 – Wingy Manone – New Orleans, LA – d. 7-9-1982
orchestra leader: “Saturday Night Swing Club”; “Young Man with a Band”
02-13-1904 – Erwin D. Canham – Auburn, ME – d. 1-3-1982
news commentator: “Christian Science Monitor Views the News”
02-13-1905 – Fred Jeske – Ferguson, MO – d. 11-24-1957
actor: Uncle Remus “Uncle Remus”
02-13-1905 – Michael Durso – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-25-1975
trombonist: “Eddie Cantor Show”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
02-13-1908 – Lennie Hayton – NYC – d. 4-24-1971
conductor: “Your Hit Parade”; “Ipana Troubadors”
02-13-1908 – Pauline Frederick – Gallitzin, PA – d. 5-9-1990
newscaster: “News of Tomorrow”; “Pauline Frederick News”; “Second Sunday”
02-13-1911 – Jean Muir – NYC – d. 7-23-1996
actor: “Great Plays”; “The Magic Key”
02-13-1912 – Art Rollini – d. 12-31-1993
saxophone: (The Benny Goodman Orchestra) “Let’s Dance”
02-13-1912 – Margaretta Scott – London, England – d. 4-15-2005
actor: “The Merchant of Venice”
02-13-1913 – Frank Phares – d. 12-24-1968
writer: “This Is Your FBI”
02-13-1915 – Lyle Bettger – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-24-2003
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Family Theatre”
02-13-1916 – Albert Harris – London, England – d. 1-14-2005
conductor, composer: “Four-Star Playhouse”; “NBC University Theatre”
02-13-1916 – James Griffith – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-17-1993
actor: “Gunsmoke”
02-13-1916 – Ruth Batcheller – d. 7-15-1990
woman’s program on WACE Massachusetts
02-13-1917 – Clara Antonetti – d. 10-27-1995
broadcaster on WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont
02-13-1919 – Janet Logan – Eldon, MO – d. 10-23-1965
actor: Stella Moore “Girl Alone”; Clara Blake “Romance of Helen Trent”
02-13-1919 – Joan Edwards – NYC – d. 8-27-1981
singer: “Chesterfield Presents”; “Your Hit Parade”
02-13-1919 – “Tennessee” Ernie Ford – Bristol, TN – d. 10-17-1991
singer: “Tennessee Ernie Ford Show”
02-13-1920 – Eileen Farrell – Willimantic, CT – d. 3-23-2002
singer: “Eileen Farrell Sings”; “Prudential Family Hour”
02-13-1923 – Gene Ames – Malden, MA – d. 4-26-1997
singer,: (Ames Brothers) “Sing It Again”; “Robert Q. Lewis Show”
02-13-1927 – Jim McReynolds – Carfax, VA – d. 12-31-2002
guitarist: (Jim and Jesse) “Grand Ole Opry”
02-13-1930 – Frank Buxton – Wellesley, MA
author: “Golden Age of Radio”; “KIRO Mystery Playhouse”
02-13-1932 – Susan Oliver – NYC – d. 5-10-1990
actor: “Zero Hour”
02-13-1933 – Kim Novak – Chicago, IL
actor: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
02-14-1884 – Grace Valentine – Springfield, OH – d. 11-12-1964
actor: Minnie Grady “Stella Dallas”
02-14-1890 – John Vincent Lawless Hogan – Phildelphia, PA – d. 12-29-1960
chief laboratory assistant to Lee De Forest, invented single-dial tuning
02-14-1894 – Jack Benny – Chicago, IL – d. 12-26-1974
comedian: “Jack Benny Program”
02-14-1895 – Nigel Bruce – Ensenada, Mexico – d. 10-8-1953
actor: Doctor John H. Watson “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
02-14-1896 – Anson Weeks – Oakland, CA – d. 2-7-1969
bandleader: “Lucky Strike Show”; “Lady Esther Serenade”; “M.J.B. Coffee Program”
02-14-1897 – Victor Lindlahr – d. 1-26-1969
commentator: “Talks on Diet”
02-14-1900 – Eddie Marr – New Jersey – d. 8-25-1987
actor: Press Agent “Jack Carson Show”; “Jack Benny Program”; “I Fly Anything”
02-14-1900 – Jessica Dragonette – Calcutta, India – d. 3-18-1980
singer: (Queen of Radio) “Philco Hour Theatre of Memories”
02-14-1901 – Peggy Allenby – NYC – d. 3-23-1966
actor: Susan Price “David Harun”; Mary Andrews “Archie Andrews”
02-14-1902 – Stu Erwin – Squaw Valley, CA – d. 12-21-1967
comedian: Fairchild Finnegan “Phone Again Finnegan”
02-14-1904 – Bruce Barrington – d. 11-4-1990
newscaster: WEBQ Harrisburg, Illinois
02-14-1905 – Thelma Ritter – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-5-1969
actor: “Aldrich Family”; “Big Town “; “McGarry and His Mouse”
02-14-1906 – John Goldwater – NYC – d. 2-20-1999
Created “Archie”
02-14-1907 – Art Hern – Mannington, WV – d. 8-4-1997
actor: Ichabod Mudd “Captain Midnight”; “Richard Stone “Today’s Children”
02-14-1908 – Lonnie Glosson – Judsonia, AR – d. 3-2-2001
country music harmonica player: “Grand Ole Opry”
02-14-1909 – Carlton Moss – Newark, NJ – d. 8-10-1997
writer, creator: “Community Forum”
02-14-1912 – Jack Brooks – Liverpool, England – d. 11-8-1971
composer, lyricist: “Dick Tracy in B Flat”
02-14-1912 – Tyler McVey – Bay City, MI – d. 7-4-2003
actor: Elwood Giddings “One Man’s Family”; Tyler “Glamour Manor”
02-14-1913 – Matt Dennis – Seattle, WA – d. 6-21-2002
singer: “Sextette from Hunger Show”; “Victor Borge Show”
02-14-1913 – Mel Allen – Birmingham, AL – d. 6-16-1996
sportscaster, announcer: “White Owl Sports Smoker”; “Truth or Consequences”
02-14-1915 – Irving Gordon – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-1-1996
scripted Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First” routine
02-14-1915 – Oliver B. Greene – Greenville, SC – d. 7-26-1976
baptist evangelist: “The Gospel Hour”
02-14-1916 – Bill Murtaugh – Chagrin Falls, OH – d. 9-22-2006
CBS sound engineer from 1944 to 1981
02-14-1916 – Eddie Arcaro – Cincinnati, OH – d. 11-14-1997
jockey: “Pabst Blue Ribbon Sport of Kings”; “Tops In Sports”
02-14-1920 – Jack Lesberg – Boston, MA – d. 9-17-2005
jazz bassist: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”
02-14-1921 – Hugh Downs – Akron, OH
announcer, emcee: “Doctors Today”; “Dave Garroway Show”
02-14-1922 – Murray “The K” Kaufman – NYC – d. 2-22-1982
disc jockey: “A Tribute to Murray the K”
02-14-1923 – Cesare Siepi – Milan, Italy – d. 7-5-2010
opera singer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Metropolitan Opera”
02-14-1925 – Grant Krueger – d. 9-14-2008
musician: “Heinie and His Grenadiers”; “GK and the Executives”
02-14-1926 – Jack Bainter – d. 2-20-1970
disk jockey: KHQ Spokane, Washington
02-14-1927 – Lois Maxwell – Kitchener, Canada – d. 9-29-2007
actor: started career in radio
02-14-1928 – Barbara Marie Cameron – Dayton, OH
singer: “Moon River”; “Dave and Barbara”
02-14-1929 – Bobby Ramsen – NYC
actor: “The Eternal Light”; “Let’s Pretend”; “Dick Tracy”
02-14-1931 – Brian Kelly – Detroit, MI – d. 2-12-2005
actor: Started career doing radio commercials in Detroit
02-14-1931 – Phyllis McGuire – Middletown, OH
singer: (The McGuire Sisters) “Arthur Godfrey Time”
02-14-1934 – Florence Henderson – Dale, IN
singer: “Coke Time with Eddie Fisher”
02-14-1941 – Billy Goodman – d. 2-10-2009
disk jockey: “The Billy Goodman Happening”
02-14-1952 – Anton Lesser
actor: Marcus Didius Falco “Falco”
02-15-1882 – John Barrymore – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-29-1942
actor: (The Great Profile) “Streamlined Shakespeare”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
02-15-1883 – Sax Rohmer – London, England – d. 6-1-1959
writer: “Fu Manchu detective novels
02-15-1893 – Walter Donaldson – NYC – d. 7-15-1947
songwriter: “Fitch Bandwagon”
02-15-1896 – Arthur Shields – d. 4-27-1970
actor: (Brother of Barry Fitzgerald) “Cavalcade of America”
02-15-1899 – Anthony Gilbert (Lucy Beatrice Malleson) – London, England – d. 12-9-1973
author: “Black Death”
02-15-1899 – Gale Sondergaard – Litchfield, MN – d. 8-14-1985
actor: “Columbia Presents Corwin”
02-15-1905 – Harold Arlen – Buffalo, NY – d. 4-23-1986
composer: “Songs By Arlen”; “Kraft Program”; “Good New of 1940”
02-15-1907 – Cesar Romero – NYC – d. 1-1-1994
actor: “Movietone Radio Theatre”
02-15-1908 – Hartzell Spence – Clarion, IA – d. 5-9-2001
writer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-15-1908 – Hugh Wedlock, Jr. – d. 12-13-1993
writer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Lum and Abner”; “That’s My Pop”
02-15-1908 – William Janney – NYC – d. 12-22-1992
actor: Gary Haven “We are Always Young”; Howie Wing “Howie Wing”
02-15-1910 – Vladimir Selinsky – Kiev, Russia – d. 9-6-1984
music: “The Doctor Fights”; “The FBI in Peace and War”; “The Electric Theatre”
02-15-1912 – Howard Harris – d. 3-22-1986
writer: “Abbott and Costello Show”; “Amazing Mr. Smith”; “Mr. and Mrs. North”
02-15-1914 – Kevin McCarthy – Seattle, WA
actor: Richard Lawless “Richard Lawless”
02-15-1914 – Roland Kibbee – Monongahela, PA – d. 8-5-1984
writer: “The Fred Allen Show”
02-15-1916 – Mary Jane Croft – Muncie, IN – d. 8-24-1999
actor: Sandra Martin “Story of Sandra Martin”; Alice Henderson “Beulah”
02-15-1918 – Hank Locklin – Mc Lellan, FL – d. 3-8-2009
played guitar and sang on radio stations across the South as a teenager
02-15-1918 – Jean Hatton – Denver, CO – d. 5-2-2009
assistant to Fulton Lewis, Jr.
02-15-1919 – Frank Behrens – Sheboygan, WI – d. 12-15-1986
actor: Billie “Billie the Brownie”; Jack Armstrong “Jack Armstrong”
02-15-1922 – Otis Carney – Chicago, IL – d. 1-1-2006
writer: “Words at War”
02-15-1923 – Keene Curtis – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 10-13-2002
actor: NPR Playhouse “Star Wars”
02-15-1924 – Kingsley Colton – NYC
actor: Buddy Watson “My Son and I”; Hancey Nielsen “Prairie Folks”
02-15-1926 – Mary Lee Robb – Chicago, IL – d. 8-28-2006
actor: Marjorie Forrester “Great Gildersleeve”
02-15-1927 – Harvey Korman – Chicago, IL – d. 5-29-2008
started in radio at the age of 12
02-15-1929 – Paul Ferris – Swansea, Wales
radio columnist, script writer
02-15-1931 – Claire Bloom – London, England
actor: “Kaleidoscope”
02-15-1934 – Graham Kennedy – d. 5-25-2005
began career on radio in 1950s as sidekick to Nicky Nicholls
02-16-1884 – Bert Kalmer – NYC – d. 9-17-1947
lyricist: “You Bet Your Life”
02-16-1884 – Joe Smith – NYC – d. 2-22-1981
comedian: (Smith and Dale) “Al Jolson”; “Kate Smith”
02-16-1893 – Jack Doty – Wisconsin – d. 4-13-1935
actor: Captain Hughes “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy”
02-16-1893 – Katherine Cornell – Berlin, Germany – d. 6-8-1974
actor: “Tribute to Ethel Barrymore”; “Victory Clothing Collection”
02-16-1896 – Alexander Brailowsky – Kiev, Ukriane, Russia – d. 4-25-1976
pianist: “Music America Loves Best”; “New York Philharmonic”
02-16-1900 – Albert Hackett – NYC – d. 3-16-1995
playwright: “Star Spangled Theatre”
02-16-1901 – Chester Morris – NYC – d. 9-11-1979
actor: Boston Blackie “Boston Blackie”; Great Merlini “Great Merlini”
02-16-1902 – Leif Eid – Idaho – d. 3-28-1976
nbc bureau chief: Washington, Ottawa and Paris
02-16-1903 – Edgar Bergen – Chicago, IL – d. 9-30-1978
ventriloquist: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
02-16-1903 – Norman Shelley – d. 8-22-1980
actor: John H. Watson “Corner In Crime, Saturday Night Theatre”
02-16-1904 – George F. Kennan – Milwaukee, WI – d. 3-17-2005
post world war two diplomat: “Meet the Press”
02-16-1904 – James Baskett – Indianapolis, IN – d. 7-9-1948
actor: Gabby Gibson “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
02-16-1905 – Carleton D. Smith – d. 4-27-1984
announcer/executive: “Fireside Chat with FDR”
02-16-1909 – Hugh Beaumont – Lawrence, KS – d. 5-14-1982
actor: Appeared on radio in 1931
02-16-1909 – Jeffrey Lynn – Auburn, MA – d. 11-24-1995
actor: “Keep ‘Em Rolling”; “Gulf Stream Guild Theatre”
02-16-1910 – Jerry Lester – Chicago, IL – d. 3-23-1995
comedian: “The Jerry Lester Show”; “Kraft Music Hall”
02-16-1911 – Hal Porter – Thornbury, Australia – d. 9-29-1984
writer: “The Forger”
02-16-1911 – “Curly” Noland – Tennessee – d. 1-16-1993
bass: “The Swift Jewel Cowboys”
02-16-1912 – Del Sharbutt – Ft. Worth, TX – d. 4-26-2002
announcer: “Hobby Lobby”; “Jack Benny Program”; “Victory Theatre”
02-16-1914 – Jimmy Wakely – Mineola, AR – d. 9-23-1982
country singer: “All-Star Western Theatre”; “Hollywood Barn Dance”
02-16-1915 – Carlotta Dale – Ardmore, PA – d. 12-1-1988
vocalist: “Music for Moderns”; “Rhapsody in Rhythm”
02-16-1915 – Dorothy Lovett – Providence, RI – d. 4-28-1998
actor: Libby Collins “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-16-1915 – Leah Ray – Norfolk, VA – d. 5-27-1999
vocalist: (The Phil Harris Band) “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
02-16-1917 – George Neise – Chicago, IL – d. 4-14-1996
actor: “The Judy Canova Show”; “The Man Called X”
02-16-1918 – Patty Andrews – Mound, MN
singer (Andrews Sisters) “Andrews Sisters Revue”
02-16-1918 – Win Blake – d. 8-4-2003
disk jockey: WKXL Concord, New Hampshire
02-16-1921 – Frances Rickett – Covington, KY – d. 8-6-2008
writer: “Family Theatre”; “Al Goodman’s Musical Album”
02-16-1921 – Norman Swallow – Eccles, England – d. 12-5-2000
producer: “Speaking Personally”
02-16-1921 – Wayne Howell – d. 7-8-1993
announcer, disc jockey: “Chamber Music Chamber Society of Lower Basin Street”
02-16-1922 – Robert Campbell – Detroit, MI – d. 5-xx-1981
announcer: “Out of the Deep”
02-16-1926 – Vera-Ellen – Cincinnati, OH – d. 8-30-1981
actor: “Martin and Lewis Show”; “Tony Awards”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
02-16-1928 – Desmond Cory – Lancing, Sussex, England – d. 1-xx-2001
Script writer for the BBC
02-16-1932 – Gretchen Wyler – Bartlesville, OK – d. 5-27-2007
singer-actor: “Sounds of Freedom”
02-16-1933 – Rod Trongard – d. 7-16-2005
announcer: Minnesota radio
02-16-1937 – Gary Barkdoll – d. 6-16-2001
disk jockey: WAYZ Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
02-17-1871 – Donald Brian – St. John’s, Canada – d. 12-22-1948
singer, actor: “The Philco Hour”
02-17-1881 – Arthur Judson – d. 1-28-1975
executive: Founder of the Columbia Broadcasting System
02-17-1888 – William Balhatchet – d. 2-3-1971
singer: WHT Chicago, Illinois
02-17-1889 – H. L. Hunt – near Vandalia, IL – d. 11-29-1974
established Facts Forum which produced radio programs
02-17-1897 – Ben Alley – West Virginia – d. 2-8-1970
singer: (the Golden Tenor) “Melody Lane”; “Sweethearts Of the Air”
02-17-1897 – Harry Tugend – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-11-1989
writer: “The Fred Allen Show”
02-17-1905 – Kuda Bux – Kashmir, India – d. 2-5-1981
magician: “Believe It or Not”
02-17-1906 – Virginia Mansfield – Covington, KY – d. 2-16-2001
singer: “Andy and Virginia”; “Turn Back the Clock”
02-17-1907 – Charlie Spivak – Kiev, Ukraine – d. 3-1-1982
orchestra leader: “Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel”; Million Dollar Band”
02-17-1908 – Staats Cotsworth – Oak Park, IL – d. 4-9-1979
actor: Casey “Casey, Crime Photographer”; David Farrell “Front Page Farrell”
02-17-1908 – Walter “Red” Barber – Columbus, MS – d. 10-22-1992
sportscaster: (The Old Redhead) “Schaefer Star Revue”
02-17-1910 – Marc Lawrence – NYC – d. 11-28-2005
actor: “Let George Do It”; “This Is Your FBI”; “Scout About Town”
02-17-1910 – Mark Hawley – New Jersey – d. 9-5-1986
announcer: Guy Lombardo’s New Year’s Eve broadcast
02-17-1911 – Orrin Tucker – St. Louis, MO
bandleader: “Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra”; “One Night Stand”
02-17-1912 – Clifford Evans – Senghenydd, Wales – d. 6-9-1985
Producer and director on Welsh radio
02-17-1914 – Arthur Kennedy – Worcester, MA – d. 1-5-1990
actor: “Best Plays”
02-17-1914 – Larry Douglas – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-15-1996
actor, singer: “Here’s to Romance”
02-17-1914 – Wayne Morris – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-14-1959
actor: “Radio Reader’s Digest”; “NBC university Theatre of the Air”
02-17-1915 – Norman Thomson – Massachusetts – d. 2-3-2000
actor: (Founding member of “Meercury Theatre) “The War of the Worlds”
02-17-1919 – Kathleen Freeman – Chicago, IL – d. 8-24-2001
actor: California Artists Radio Theatre”
02-17-1921 – Ken Platt – Lancashire, England – d. 10-2-1998
comedian: “Fanfare”; “Worker’s Playtime”; “Hit the Road”
02-17-1923 – Buddy De Franco – Camden, NJ
bandleader: “Glenn Miller Orchestra”
02-17-1924 – Margaret Truman – Independence, MO – d. 1-29-2008
coloratura: “The Big Show”; “The Railroad Hour”; “Authors in the News”
02-17-1924 – Mel Welles – NYC – d. 8-19-2005
worked as a radio disc jockey before moving to Hollywood in the 1950s
02-17-1925 – Hal Holbrook – Cleveland, OH
actor: Grayling Dennis “Brighter Day”
02-17-1929 – Patricia Routledge – Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
actor: “Saturday Play”
02-17-1941 – Gene Pitney – Hartford, CT – d. 4-5-2006
singer: “Voices of Vista”
02-17-1948 – Blanquita Cullum – Ventura, CA
talk show host: “BQ View”; “Live from the Capitol”
02-17-1949 – Don Scardino – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-17-1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips – Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines
actor: “Twilight Zone”
02-18-1890 – Adolphe Menjou – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 10-29-1963
host: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “Eternal Light”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
02-18-1890 – Edward Arnold – NYC – d. 4-26-1956
actor: President “Mr. President”
02-18-1892 – Wendell Willkie – Elwood, IN – d. 10-8-1944
presidential candidate: “Information, Please”
02-18-1893 – Bruce Kammen – Cincinnati, OH – 10-xx-1969
actor: August Kaltenmeyer “Kaltenmeyer’s Kindergarten”
02-18-1894 – Andres Segovia – Linares, Spain – d. 6-2-1987
classical guitarist: “The Magic Key”; “Theatre U.S.A.”; “Concert Hall”
02-18-1900 – Zeno Klinker – d. 1-22-1985
writer: “Edgar Bergen/.Charlie McCarthy Show”
02-18-1901 – Wayne King – Savannah, IL – d. 7-16-1985
bandleader: (The Waltz King) “Lady Esther Serenade”
02-18-1903 – George Givot – Ekatarinaslav, Russia – d. 6-7-1984
dialectitian: (Greek Ambassador of Good Will) “George Givot Show)
02-18-1903 – Jacques Fray – Paris, France – d. 1-20-1963
pianist, disc jockey: “Fray and Braggiotti”
02-18-1905 – Queenie Leonard – London, England – d. 1-17-2002
actor: “NBC University Theatre”
02-18-1907 – Billy de Wolf – Wollaston, MA – d. 3-5-1974
actor: “Ginny Simms Show”; “Philco Radio Playhouse”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-18-1907 – Griffing Bancroft – d. 2-5-1999
newscaster: “The Big News of 1957”
02-18-1907 – L. A. “Speed” Riggs – Silverdale, NC – d. 2-1-1987
tobacco auctioneer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Kay Kyser Show”
02-18-1912 – Earl George – Donora, PA – d. 1-30-2004
actor: “Curtain Time”; “Girl Alone”; “Mortimer Gooch”
02-18-1914 – Pee Wee King – Abrams, WI – d. 3-7-2000
singer, songwriter, accordionist: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Pee Wee King Show”
02-18-1917 – Jack Slattery – Missouri – d. 10-29-1979
announcer: “House Party”; “You Bet Your Life”
02-18-1919 – Jack Palance – Lattimer Mines, PA – d. 11-10-2006
actor: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
02-18-1920 – Bill Cullen – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 7-7-1990
host, announcer: “Winner Take All”; “Arthur Godfrey Show”
02-18-1920 – Howard Rodman – New York – d. 12-5-1985
writer: “The American School of the Air”
02-18-1922 – Allan Melvin – Kansas City, MO – d. 1-17-2008
actor: “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts”; “Arthur Godfrey Time”
02-18-1922 – Ruth Dean Rickaby – d. 10-26-1973
actor: “The Lone Ranger”
02-18-1924 – Sam Rolfe – NYC – d. 7-10-1993
writer, creator: “Suspense”; “Have Gun, Will Travel”
02-18-1925 – George Kennedy – NYC
actor: “Suspense”; “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
02-18-1930 – John Patton, Jr. – Garland City, AR – d. 4-18-2005
tenor: Hosted a popular radio program in Los Angeles
02-18-1931 – Ned Sherrin – Somerset, England – d. 10-1-2007
broadcaster; producer: “Loose Ends”; “Counterpoint”
02-18-1933 – Mary Ure – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 4-3-1975
actor: Won the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award for Radio Drama acting in 1954.
02-18-1944 – George American Horse
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
02-18-1944 – Michael Riordan – Montreal, Canada
writer: “The Other Cheek”
02-18-1951 – Mark Higgins – Milwaukee, WI
actor: Santa Claus “Billie the Brownie”
02-19-1893 – Cedric Hardwicke – Stourbridge, England – d. 8-6-1964
actor: Sherlock Holmes “BBC Home Theatre”; Winston Churchill “These Four Men”
02-19-1895 – Louie Calhern – NYC – d. 5-12-1956
actor: “Radio Reader’s Digest”
02-19-1896 – Eddie Jackson – d. 7-16-1980
comic: “Jimmy Durante Show”; “Mail Call”; “Big Show”
02-19-1899 – Carl Matthews – Oklahoma Territory – d. 5-3-1959
actor: “The Cuckoo Hour”
02-19-1901 – William Post, Jr. – d. 9-26-1989
actor: John Perry “John’s Other Wife”
02-19-1902 – Eddie Peabody – Reading, MA – d. 11-7-70
banjoist: (The Banjo King) “National Barn Dance”
02-19-1902 – Kay Boyle – St. Paul, MN – d. 12-27-1992
writer: “NBC Presents: Short Story”
02-19-1910 – Lionel Clouser – Shamokin, PA – d. 10-17-1942
musician: “The Bob Crosby Show”
02-19-1911 – Merle Oberon – Tasmania, Australia – d. 11-23-1979
actor: “Orson Welles Theatre”; “Stars Over Hollywood”
02-19-1912 – Saul Chaplin – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-15-1997
composer
02-19-1913 – Jack Leonard – NYC – d. 6-17-1988
singer: (Tommy Dorsey’s Band) “Meet the Music”
02-19-1915 – Dick Emery – London, England – d. 1-2-1983
comedian: “Educating Archie”
02-19-1915 – Fred Freiberger – NYC – d. 3-2-2003
writer: “Suspense”; “Family Theatre”
02-19-1917 – John Fenton Murray – Lincoln, NE – d. 7-24-1996
comedy writer: “Red Skelton Show”
02-19-1918 – Fay McKenzie – Hollywood, CA
actor: “Blue Ribbon Town”
02-19-1921 – Chris Gampel – Montreal, Canada – d. 5-8-2008
actor: “The Eternal Light”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-19-1922 – Sandy Becker – NYC – d. 4-9-1996
actor, announcer: Jerry Malone “Young Dr. Malone”; “Backstage Wife”
02-19-1924 – Lee Marvin – NYC – d. 8-29-1987
actor: “Dragnet”
02-19-1937 – Lee Harding – Australia
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
02-20-1874 – Mary Garden – Aberdeen, Scotland – d. 1-3-1967
singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”
02-20-1888 – Muriel Starr – Montreal, Canada – d. 4-19-1950
actor: Susan Leighton “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
02-20-1890 – “Prince” Michael Romanoff – Lithuania – d. 9-1-1971
restaurant owner: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
02-20-1893 – Russel Crouse – Findlay, OH – d. 4-3-1966
panelist: “Information, Please”; “Transatlantic Quiz”
02-20-1898 – Amedeo De Filippi – Ariano, Italy – d. 6-15-1990
orchestrator: Judson Radio Program Company
02-20-1900 – Paul Conlan – Indiana – d. 2-26-1980
writer, director: “Abbott and Costello Show”; “The Signal Carnival”
02-20-1906 – Gale Gordon – NYC – d. 6-30-1995
actor: Mayor LaTrivia “Fibber McGee and Molly”; Osgood Conklin “Our Miss Brooks”
02-20-1906 – Jack Jackson – Horsley, England – d. 1-15-1978
disc jockey: “Record Round-Up”; “Rooftop Rendezvous”; “Cabaret Crusie”
02-20-1906 – Richard Himber – Newark, NJ – d. 12-11-1966
bandleader: “Studebaker Champions”; “Your Hit Parade”
02-20-1907 – Nadine Conner – Compton, CA – d. 3-1-2003
singer: “Show Boat”; “Kraft Music Hall”; “Bell Telephone Hour”
02-20-1909 – Barry Wood – New Haven, CT – d. 7-19-1970
singer, host: “Million-Dollar Band”; “Your Hit Parade”
02-20-1911 – Paul Tripp – NYC – d. 8-29-2002
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-20-1913 – Tommy Henrich – Massillon, OH – d. 12-1-2009
sportscaster: “Tommy Henrich Show”
02-20-1914 – Dick Post – St. Louis, MO
announcer: “Scattergood Baines”; “Tony Wons”
02-20-1914 – John Charles Daly – Johannesburg, South Africa – d. 2-25-1991
newscaster, emcee: “What’s My Line”; “CBS Is There”; “Columbia Workshop”
02-20-1920 – Frank Muir – Ramsgate, England – d. 1-2-1998
comedy writer: “Take It from Here”; “Bedtime with Braden”
02-20-1925 – Robert Altman – Kansas City, MO – d. 11-20-2006
writer: “A Man Called X”
02-20-1928 – Elroy Face – Stephentown, NY
pitcher: “Tops In Sports, The Elroy Face Story”
02-20-1929 – Amanda Blake – Buffalo, NY – d. 8-16-1989
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Escape”
02-20-1937 – Nancy Wilson – Chillicothe, OH
singer: “Here’s to Veterans”; “Spots for the National Guard”
02-21-1880 – Frank Orth – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-17-1962
actor: Inspector Faraday “Boston Blackie”
02-21-1881 – Dr. Jonah B. Wise – Cincinnati, OH – d. 2-1-1959
preacher: “Message of Israel”
02-21-1889 – Russell Bankson – d. 12-2-1975
news commentator: KHQ Spokane, Washington
02-21-1893 – Ernest Whitman – Fort Smith, AR – d. 8-5-1954
actor: Bill Jackson “Beulah”; Roustabout “Circus Days”
02-21-1901 – Reginald Kirby – England – d. 5-25-1972
writer: “Road to Tokyo”
02-21-1903 – Roland MacLane – d. 2-xx-1984
writer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”; “My Friend Irma”
02-21-1907 – W. H. Auden – York, England – d. 9-29-1973
writer: “Columbia Workshop”
02-21-1909 – Ray Hedge – d. 7-11-1994
actor: Clarence Tiffingtuffer “Myrt and Marge”
02-21-1915 – Ann Sheridan – Dallas, TX – d. 1-21-1967
actor: (The Oomph Girl) “Smiths of Hollywood”; “Stars in the Air”
02-21-1916 – Norman Jolley – Adel, IA – d. 8-13-2002
actor: Dr. Milingro “Space Patrol”
02-21-1917 – Al “Red” Benson – d. 6-19-1966
quizmaster: “Take A Number”
02-21-1920 – Shirley Bell – Chicago, IL – d. 1-12-2010
actor: Little Orphan Annie “Little Orphan Annie”; Patsy Donovan “Captain Midnight”
02-21-1929 – James Beck – Islington, North London, England – d. 8-6-1973
actor: Private Joe Walker “Dad’s Army”
02-21-1933 – Nina Simone – Tyron, NC – d. 4-21-2003
singer: “Voices of Vista”
02-21-1938 – Wolfman Jack – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-1-1995
disc jockey: Mexican Border Radio”
02-22-1732 – George Washington – Pope’s Creek Estate, VA – d. 12-14-1799
u.s. president: Many works on radio dedicated to his life
02-22-1872 – John Shaw Neilson – Penola, South Australia – d. 5-12-1942
poet: “The Pathfinder” based on Nelison’s life story
02-22-1879 – Philip F. Lord – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-25-1968
actor: Pop Gunn “Great Gunns”; Frazier Mitchell “Mary Marlin”
02-22-1889 – Carl Balcomb – d. 9-26-1977
host: “Poet’s Corner”
02-22-1890 – Enid Markey – Dillon, CO – d. 11-15-1981
actor: Lillian Burke “Woman of Courage”
02-22-1891 – George Jeske – Utah – d. 10-28-1951
writer: “Truth or Consequences”
02-22-1892 – Edna St. Vincent Millay – Rockland, ME – d. 10-19-1950
author: “Against the Storm”
02-22-1897 – Alonzo Deen Cole – St. Paul, MN – d. 4-7-1971
writer, producer, director: “Casey, Crime Photographer”
02-22-1900 – Stuart V. Dawson – Springfield, IL – d. 10-4-1958
announcer: “Backstage Wife”
02-22-1901 – Bess Johnson – d. 1-3-1975
actor: Bess Johnson “Story of Bess Johnson”; Lady Esther “Lady Esther Serenade
02-22-1905 – Jean Colbert – d. 9-5-1995
actor: “Young Dr. Malone”; “Portia Faces Life”
02-22-1905 – Robert Weede – Baltimore, MD – d. 7-9-1972
singer: “Great Moments in Music”; “For America We Sing”
02-22-1907 – Robert Young – Chicago, IL – d. 7-21-1998
actor: Jim Anderson “Father Knows Best”; Doug Adams “Passport for Adams”
02-22-1907 – Sheldon Leonard – NYC – d. 1-10-1997
comedian: Tout “Jack Benny Program”; Joe Crunchmiller “Judy Canova Show”
02-22-1908 – John Mills – North Elmham, England – d. 4-22-2005
actor: “A Christmas Carol”; “Charlie Chaplin”
02-22-1910 – Gene Hamilton – Toledo, OH – d. 11-23-2000
announcer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
02-22-1911 – Vaughn Taylor – Boston, MA – d. 4-26-1983
actor: “National Travel Club”; “There is No Night”
02-22-1912 – Buddy Tate – Sherman, TX – d. 2-10-2001
jazz saxphonist: “Jubilee”; “One Night Stand”
02-22-1915 – Jesse Ashlock – Walker County, TX – d. 8-9-1976
fiddle: “The Musical Brownies”
02-22-1915 – Jules Munshin – NYC – d. 2-19-1970
actor: “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
02-22-1917 – Tom Braden – Greene, IA – d. 4-3-2009
commentator: “Confrontation”
02-22-1918 – Don Pardo – Westfield, MA
newscaster, announcer: “NBC News”; “Magnificent Montague”
02-22-1918 – Sid Abel – Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada – d. 2-7-2000
sportscaster: “Play By Play Detroit Red Wings”
02-22-1920 – Giulietta Masina – San Girogio di Piano, Italy – d. 3-23-1994
actor: Pallina “Terzoglio”
02-22-1922 – Newt Arnold – Palo Alto, CA – d. 2-12-2000
actor: “Railroad Hour”; “This Is Your FBI”
02-22-1925 – Stratford Johns – Pietermaritzburg, South Africa – d. 1-29-2002
actor: Pennington “Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile”
02-22-1926 – Dorothy McGuire – Kansas City, KS
singer: (The McGuire Sisters) “Arthur Godfrey Time”
02-22-1926 – Kenneth Williams – Islington, England – d. 4-15-1988
actor: the Snide “Hancock’s Half Hour”
02-22-1929 – James Hong – Minneapolis, MN
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
02-22-1932 – Ted Kennedy – Brookline, MA – d. 8-25-2009
u.s. senator: “Meet the Press”
02-22-1948 – Miyako Harumi – Kyoto, Japan
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
02-23-1851 – Frederick Warde – Deddingnton, England – d. 2-7-1935
actor, lecturer: WMC Memphis, Tennessee
02-23-1883 – Victor Fleming – Pasasena, CA – d. 1-6-1949
film director: “Gulf Screen Theatre”
02-23-1886 – Rae Eleanor Ball – d. 3-6-1967
violinist: CBS Network
02-23-1892 – Kathleen Harrison – Blackburn, England – d. 12-6-1995
actor: “”Meet the Huggetts”
02-23-1899 – Norman Taurog – Chicago, IL – d. 4-7-1981
film director: “Biography in Sound”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
02-23-1904 – William L. Shirer – Chicago, IL – d. 12-28-1993
news analyst: “CBS European News”; “W.L. Shirer: News and Comments”
02-23-1905 – Emil Buffa – d. 11-12-1973
conducted his orchestra for NBC
02-23-1909 – Anthony Ross – NYC – d. 10-26-1955
actor: Danny Clover “Broadway Is My Beat”; Broadway Columnist “Mr. Broadway”
02-23-1912 – Thomas L. Thomas – Maesteg, South Wales – d. 4-17-1983
singer: “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”; “Voice of Firestone”
02-23-1913 – Jon Hall – Fresno, CA – d. 12-13-1979
actor: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “Silver Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
02-23-1914 – Pat Flower – Kent, England – d. 9-2-1977
writer: “Love Returns to Umbrizi”
02-23-1915 – Paul Tibbets – Quincy, IL – d. 11-1-2007
on 8-6-1945 dropped Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan: “Morning Edition”
02-23-1917 – John Brooks – Houlton, ME – d. 11-13-1999
composer, arranger, pianist: “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
02-23-1918 – Linwood McCarthy – Norfolk, VA – d. 11-23-2002
actor: “Son of Erin”
02-23-1925 – Niels Robinson – d. 1-18-1994
actor: “Coast-to-Coast on a Bus”
02-23-1926 – Isabel Bigley – The Bronx, NY – d. 9-30-2006
singer: “Music for America”; “Heartbeat of Broadway”; “Let Freedom Sing”
02-23-1927 – Régine Crespin – Marseille, France – d. 7-5-2007
operatic soprano: “Voices”
02-23-1935 – Gerrianne Raphael – NYC
actor: “Let’s Pretend”
02-23-1943 – Jada Rowland – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-24-1876 – Victor Moore – Hammonton, NJ – d. 7-23-1962
comedian: (The Lothario of the Lumbago Set) “Jimmy Durante Show”
02-24-1885 – Bert Lytell – NYC – d. 9-28-1954
actor: Jimmy Valentine “Alias Jimmy Valentine”; Jeb Stuart “Roses and Drums”
02-24-1885 – Chester Nimitz – Fredericksburg, TX – d. 2-20-1966
admiral of the navy: “Navy Day Program”; “We the People”; “This is the Navy”
02-24-1889 – Boyd Bunch – Chamois, MO – d. 2-8-1969
pianist, arranger: “Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians”
02-24-1890 – Marjorie Main – Acton, IN – d. 4-10-1975
actor: “Columbia Presents Corwin”
02-24-1891 – Joe Laurie, Jr. – Moscow, Russia – d. 4-29-1954
comedian: “Can You Top This”
02-24-1895 – May Singhi Breen – NYC – d. 12-19-1970
singer: (The Ukulele Lady) “Sweethearts of the Air”
02-24-1904 – Tim Graham – Kansas – d. 1-14-1979
actor: “Plays for Americans”
02-24-1914 – Zachary Scott – Austin, TX – d. 10-3-1965
actor: “Suspense”; “Encore Theatre”; “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
02-24-1916 – Willie Gilbert – Cleveland, OH – d. 12-2-1980
writer: “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”
02-24-1917 – Peggy Wall – Spokane, WA
actor: Blue Howard “Betty and Bob”; Lois Colton “Romance of Helen Trent”
02-24-1919 – Betty Marsden – Liverpool, England – d. 7-19-1998
actor: Daphne Whitehigh, Buttercup Gruntfuttock, et al “Round the Horne”
02-24-1921 – Abe Vigoda – NYC
actor: “You Are There”
02-24-1922 – Steven Hill – Seattle, WA
actor: “Treasury Salute”; “Up For Parole”
02-24-1923 – David Soyer – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-25-2010
cellist: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “Guauner Quartet”
02-24-1923 – Fred Steiner – NYC
music: “On Stage”; “This Is Yor FBI”
02-24-1924 – Talat Mahmood – Lucknow, India – d. 5-9-1998
singer: “The Frank Sinatra of India) “All India Radio”
02-24-1931 – Barry Oakley – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “Eugene Flockhart’s Desk”; “The Great God Mogadon”
02-24-1943 – George Harrison – Liverpool, England – d. 11-29-2001
singer: (The Beatles) “Here We Go Again”
02-24-1943 – Richard Carleton – Bowral, Australia – d. 5-7-2006
correspondent for 2GB radio
02-24-1946 – Barry Bostwick – San Mateo, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-25-1879 – Frank McIntyre – Ann Arbor, MI – d. 6-8-1949
actor: Captain Barney “Maxwell House Showboat”; Captain Henry “Showboat”
02-25-1895 – George Schuyler – Providence, RI – d. 8-31-1977
host: “The Negro World”
02-25-1896 – John Parrish – Lindenhurst, NY – d. 4-18-1988
actor: “Alias Jimmy Valentine”; “Life Can Be Beautiful”
02-25-1896 – Victor Bay – Lodz, Poland – d. 10-12-1988
orchestra leader on the CBS network
02-25-1899 – Wini Shaw – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-2-1982
actor: Air Trailers “Good News of 1935 and In Caliente”
02-25-1901 – Zeppo Marx – NYC - d. 11-30-1979
comedian: (Marx Brothers) “American Review”
02-25-1904 – Adelle Davis – Lizton, IN – d. 5-31-1974
nutritionist, author: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
02-25-1904 – Marion Claire – Chicago, IL – d. 2-24-1988
singer: “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
02-25-1904 – Warren Parker – Alton, IL – d. 7-31-1976
actor: Jesus Christ “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
02-25-1906 – Warren Hymer – NYC – d. 3-25-1948
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
02-25-1908 – George Duning – Richmond, IN – d. 2-27-2000
composer: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
02-25-1909 – Berkley Mather – Gloucester, North Wales – d. 4-7-1996
author: “Bird’s Eye View”; “Southern Channel”
02-25-1912 – David Roberts – Jacksonville, FL – d. 12-24-1996
NBC staff announcer
02-25-1912 – Richard Wattis – Wednesbury, England – d. 2-1-1975
actor: “Brothers In Law”
02-25-1912 – Wally Ausley – d. 12-19-1994
play-by-play for the North Carolina State Wolfpack
02-25-1913 – Jim Backus – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-3-1989
comedian: Hubert Updike “Alan Young Show”; Chester Fenwick “Sad Sack”
02-25-1914 – John Arlott – Basingstoke, England – d. 12-14-1991
BBC radio cricket commentator
02-25-1914 – Mamie Delzell – Georgetown County, SC – d. 3-16-2010
host: Town Crier “Hello Ladies”
02-25-1915 – Brenda Joyce – Excelsior Springs, MO – d. 7-13-2009
actor: “Good News of 1940”; “Stars Over Hollywood”; “AmericanShowcase”
02-25-1917 – Michael Morris – Russia – d. 6-20-2003
writer: “Mr. and Mrs. North”; “Hollywood Story”
02-25-1918 – Bobby Riggs – Los Angeles, CA – d. 10-25-1995
overbearing tennis player: “National Guard Show”
02-25-1921 – Andy Pafko – Boyceville, WI
baseball player: “Quiz Kids”
02-25-1921 – John Wainwright – d. 9-xx-1995
writer: “Death in a Sleeping City”
02-25-1921 – Patricia Ryan – London, England – d. 2-15-1949
actor: Amy March “Little Women”; Claudia Naughton “Claudia and David”
02-25-1925 – Lisa Kirk – Charleroi, PA – d. 11-11-1990
vocalist: “The Henry Morgan Show”
02-25-1927 – Dickie Jones – Snyder, TX
actor: Henry Aldrich “The Aldrich Family”
02-25-1928 – Larry Gelbart – Chicago, IL – d. 9-11-2009
writer: “Bob Hope Show”; “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Jack Parr Show”
02-25-1932 – Faron Young – Shreveport, LA – d. 12-10-1996
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Style U.S.A.”
02-25-1937 – Bob Schieffer – Austin, TX
news correspondent: “CBS News Twentieth Century Roundup”
02-25-1938 – Diane Baker – Hollywood, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-25-1951 – Don Poier – d. 1-21-2005
sports announcer
02-26-1875 – Emma Dunn – Cheshire, England – d. 12-14-1966
actor: “The Eveready Hour”
02-26-1887 – William Frawley – Burlington, IA – d. 3-3-1966
comedian: Fred Mertz “I Love Lucy”, “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Hollywood Hotel”
02-26-1888 – William Lynn – Providence, RI – d. 1-5-1952
actor: Casper Milquestoast “The Timid Soul”; Mac “Tillie the Toiler”
02-26-1891 – Alan Bridge – Pennsylvania – d. 12-27-1957
actor: “The Eddie Bracken Show”
02-26-1891 – Josef Bonime – Vilna, Poland – d. 11-8-1959
conductor: “Death Valley Days”; “Echoes of New York”
02-26-1898 – Fiddlin’ Sid Harkreader – Wilson County, TN – d. 3-19-1988
fiddler: “Grand Ole Opry”
02-26-1900 – Jean Negulesco – Craiova, Rumaina – d. 7-18-1993
film director, screenwriter: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-26-1903 – Donald Baker – Ontario, Canada – d. 6-26-1989
organist: WOR Newark, New Jersey
02-26-1906 – Madeleine Carroll – West Bromwich, England – d. 10-2-1987
actor: “The Circle”; “NBC Radio Theatre”; “Stage Door Canteen”
02-26-1907 – Hal Fimberg – d. 4-6-1974
writer, director, producer: “Abbott and Costello”; “Spike Jones”
02-26-1911 – Warren M. Lewis – d. 3-28-1997
producer: “Silver Theatre”; “Stars Over Hollywood”
02-26-1912 – Dane Clark – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-11-1998
actor: Perry ‘Quiz’ Quisinberry “Passport for Adams
02-26-1914 – Robert Alda – NYC – d. 5-3-1986
singer: “Rudy Vallee Presents the Drene Show”
02-26-1914 – Roy Maypole – d. 7-4-1976
creator, writer: “Heart’s Desire”; “Stepmother”
02-26-1915 – Eddie Gallaher – Washington, D.C. – d. 11-26-2003
disc jockey: “Moon Dial”; “On a Sunday Afternoon”
02-26-1916 – Dick Dunham – NYC – d. 11-24-1989
announcer: “Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters”
02-26-1916 – Jackie Gleason – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-24-1987
comedian: “Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show”
02-26-1916 – Peter Brough – West London, England – d. 6-3-1999
ventriloquist: “Educating Archie”; “Navy Mixture”
02-26-1918 – Theodore Sturgeon – Staten Island, NY – d. 5-12-1985
science fiction writer: “Beyond Tomorrow”; “X Minus One”; “Future Tense”
02-26-1919 – Mason Adams – NYC – d. 4-26-2005
actor: Larry ‘Pepper’ Young “Pepper Young’s Family” Ned Scott “Jones and I”
02-26-1920 – Antony Kearey – London, England – d. 9-16-1997
producer: “The Shetland Wildcat”
02-26-1920 – Michael Pate – Sydney, Australia – d. 9-1-2008
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-26-1920 – Tony Randall – Tulsa, OK – d. 5-17-2004
actor: Reggie York “I Love A Mystery”
02-26-1921 – Betty Hutton – Battle Creek, MI – d. 3-11-2007
singer: “Radio Almanac”; “Radio Hall of Fame”; “U.S. Steel Hour”
02-26-1921 – Clarice Blackburn – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-5-1995
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
02-26-1922 – Margaret Leighton – Barnt Green, England – d. 1-13-1976
actor: “Variety Playhouse”; “Pocket Theatre”
02-26-1926 – David Frankham – Kent, England
actor: Andy Barbour “One Man’s Family”
02-26-1928 – Fats Domino – New Orleans, LA
singer: “Guest Star”
02-26-1928 – John Ewart – Melbourne, Australia – d. 3-8-1994
actor: “Snow White”
02-26-1932 – Johnny Cash – Kingsland, AR – d. 9-12-2003
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Louisiana Hayride”
02-26-1933 – Godfrey Cambridge – NYC – d. 11-29-1976
actor: “Voices of Vista”
02-27-1873 – Enrico Caruso – Naples, Italy – d. 8-2-1921
tenor: On 12-13-1910 made experimental broadcast with Lee DeForest
02-27-1880 – Georgia Burke – Atlanta, GA – d. 11-28-1985
actor: Lily “When A Girl Marries”
02-27-1888 – Lotte Lehmann – Perleberg, Prussia, Germany – d. 10-24-1976
soprano: “Command Performance”; “Concert Hall”; “Here’s to Veterans”
02-27-1891 – David Sarnoff – Minsk, Russia – d. 12-12-1971
executive: National Broadcasting Company”
02-27-1891 – Rubey Cowan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-28-1957
head of radio talent for NBC
02-27-1892 – William Demarest – St. Paul, MN – d. 12-28-1983
actor: Mr. Cobb “Cobbs”; “Eddie Bracken Show”
02-27-1893 – Maurice Spitalny – Tetieff, Russia – d. 10-28-1986
conductor: Music director for KDKA Pittsburgh
02-27-1894 – Frank Munn – The Bronx, NY – d. 10-1-1953
singer (The Golden Voice of Radio) Paul Oliver “Palmolive Hour”
02-27-1894 – Upton Close – Kelso, WA – d. 11-14-1960
commentator: “Events and Trends of the Week”; “Close-Ups of the :News”
02-27-1897 – Marian Anderson – South Philadelphia, PA – d. 4-8-1993
singer: “Ford Evening Sunday Hour”; “Telephone Hour”; “New World A’ Coming”
02-27-1899 – Ian Keith – Boston, MA – d. 3-26-1960
actor “The O’Neill Cycle”
02-27-1902 – Gene Sarazen – Harrison, NY – d. 5-13-1999
golf legend: “Tops in Sports”
02-27-1902 – Joe Tarto – d. 8-24-1976
musician: “The Ipana Troubadors”
02-27-1902 – John Steinbeck – Salinas, CA – d. 12-20-1968
novelist: “Radio Hall of Fame”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
02-27-1903 – Reginald Gardiner – Wimbledon, Surrey, England – d. 7-7-1980
actor: “Document A/777”
02-27-1904 – Elisabeth Welch – NYC – d. 7-15-2003
actress, singer: “Soft Lights and Sweet Music”
02-27-1905 – Franchot Tone – Niagara Falls, NY – d. 9-18-1968
actor: “Arch Oboler Plays”; “Free Company”; “Knickerbocker Playhouse”
02-27-1907 – Kenneth Horne – England – d. 2-14-1969
comedian: “Round the Horne”; “Ack Ack Beer Beer”; “Beyond Our Ken”
02-27-1907 – Mildred Bailey – Tekoa, WA – d. 12-12-1951
singer: (Rockin’ Chair Lady) “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Camel Caravan”
02-27-1909 – Carl Frank – Weehawken, NJ – d. 9-23-1972
actor: Jerry Malone “Young Dr. Malone”; Bob Drake “Betty and Bob”
02-27-1910 – Joan Bennett – Palisades, NJ – d. 12-7-1990
actor: “Ford Theatre”; “MGM Theatre of the Air”; “Skippy Hollywood Theatre”
02-27-1912 – Ralph Camargo – Glendale, CA – d. 1-15-1992
actor: “X-Minus One”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
02-27-1913 – Irwin Shaw – NYC – d. 5-16-1984
author: “Columbia Workshop”;”Studio One”; “The Gumps”
02-27-1914 – S. Carl Mark – NYC – d. 7-4-2000
host: “Mutual Goes Calling”
02-27-1915 – Donald Curtis – Cheney, WA – d. 5-22-1997
actor: Michael Shayne “Michael Shayne”
02-27-1917 – George Mitchell – Falkirk, Scotland – d. 8-27-2002
gospel music: “Cabin in the Cotton”
02-27-1920 – Jose Melis – Havana, Cuba – d. 4-7-2005
bandleader: “Arthur Godfrey”s Talent Scouts”; “Arthur Godfrey Time”
02-27-1921 – E. Jack Neuman – Ohio – d. 1-15-1998
writer: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Advs. of Sam Spade”; “Escape”
02-27-1923 – Dexter Gordon – Los Angeles, Ca – d. 4-25-1990
saxophonist: “Newport Jazz Festival”;”White House Jazz Festival”
02-27-1927 – Guy Mitchell – Detroit, MI – d. 7-1-1999
singer: “Stars On Parade”; “1957 March of Dimes Galaxy of Stars”
02-27-1927 – Ralph Stanley – Big Spraddle Creek, VA
bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) “Farm and Fun Program”
02-27-1928 – Jimmie Maddin – d. 9-1-2006
host: “The Nighthawk Bandstand”
02-27-1932 – Dame Elizabeth Taylor – London, England
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-27-1934 – Ralph Nader – Winsted, CT
consumer advocate: “Meet the Press”
02-27-1954 – Douglas Campbell – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 10-6-2009
actor/director: Saturday Night “Appointment with Venus”
02-28-1879 – Julian Noa – d. 11-26-1958
actor: Perry White “Advs. of Superman”; Judge Scott “The O’Neills”
02-28-1882 – Geraldine Farrar – Melrose, MA – d. 3-11-1967
opera singer: “Packard Hour”; “Metropolitan Opera”
02-28-1893 – Ben Hecht – NYC – d. 4-18-1964
panelist, writer: “Information, Please”; “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”
02-28-1907 – Milton Caniff – Hillsboro, OH – d. 4-3-1988
Creator of “Terry and the Pirates”
02-28-1911 – Gene O’Donnell – Iowa – d. 11-22-1993
actor: “ I Want A Divorce”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
02-28-1914 – Jim Boles – Lubbock, TX – d. 5-26-1977
actor: Doc Long “I Love A Mystery”; Fulmer Green “King’s Row”
02-28-1915 – Zero Mostel – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-8-1977
comedian: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
02-28-1919 – David Marshall Cox – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 11-16-1998
producer for WNAC Boston Massachusetts
02-28-1922 – Joyce Howard – London, England
actor: Meg March “Little Women”; Vi Waters “Backstage Wife”
02-28-1924 – Patti Clayton – Detroit, MI
vocalist: “Bouquet for You”; “Waitin’ for Clayton”
02-28-1925 – Jean Carson – Charleston, WV – d. 11-2-2005
actor: “Broadway Is My Beat”; “Frontier Gentleman”
02-28-1928 – Louise Erickson – Oakland, CA
actor: Marjorie Forrester “Great Gildersleeve”; Judy Foster “A Date with Judy”
02-28-1932 – Don Franck – Vancouver, Canada
actor: Archie “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”
02-28-1940 – Gordon Parker – Newcastle, England
writer: “Seance”
02-29-1888 – Tess Sheehan – Ann Arbor, MI – d. 10-29-1972
actor: Dorrie Warren “Wendy Warren and the News”
02-29-1896 – William A. Wellman – Brookline, MA – d. 12-9-1975
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
02-29-1904 – Jimmy Dorsey – Shenandoah, PA, – d. 6-12-1957
bandleader: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Your Happy Birthday”
02-29-1916 – Dinah Shore – Winchester, TN – d. 2-24-1994
singer: “Eddie Cantor Show”; “Dinah Shore Show”
02-29-1920 – Arthur Franz – Perth Amboy, NJ – d. 6-16-2006
actor: In radio following WWII
02-29-1932 – Malcolm J. Ross-Macdonald – Chipping Sodbury, England
writer: “Kristina’s Winter”; “World from Rough Stones”
02-xx-1881 – Edith Spencer – Omaha, NE – d. 7-10-1952
actor: Aunt Jenny “Aunt Jenny”; Sarah “Main Street Sketches”
03-01-1869 – Edward Bell – near Terre Haute, IN – d. 9-23-1943
commentator WMAQ during the 1920s
03-01-1878 – Dr. Louis K. Anspacher – d. 5-10-1947
lecturer, host: “True Ghost Stories”
03-01-1885 – Lionel Atwill – Croydon, England – d. 4-22-1946
singer: “Eveready Hour”
03-01-1896 – Dimitri Mitropoulos – Athens, Greece – d. 11-2-1960
conductor: “The NBC Symphony Orchestra”
03-01-1896 – George Frame Brown – d. 11-19-1979
actor: Gus “Tony and Gus”
03-01-1902 – Parker Bailey – d. xx-xx-1982
pianist: WTAM Cleveland, Ohio
03-01-1903 – Charlie Lyon – Detroit, MI – d. 5-11-1985
announcer: “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”; “Lum and Abner”
03-01-1904 – Glenn Miller – Clarinda, IA – d. 12-15-1944
bandleader: “Moonlight Serenade”; “USO Matinee”
03-01-1904 – Paul Hartman – d. 10-2-1973
actor: “Tony Awards”
03-01-1905 – Doris Hare – Bargoed, Monmouthshire, Wales – d. 5-30-2000
actor, host: “Navy Mixture”
03-01-1906 – Lester Grffith – Illinois – d. 11-20-1991
announcer: “Dan Harding’s Wife”; “Candid Microphone”
03-01-1910 – David Niven – Kirriemuir, Scotland – d. 7-29-1983
actor, panelist: “NBC Radio Theatre”; “Transatlantic Quiz”
03-01-1914 – Aaron Ruben – Chicago, IL – d. 1-30-2010
writer: “The Milton Berle Show”
03-01-1914 – Barrett Deems – Springfield, IL – d. 9-15-1998
jazz drummer: “Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra”; “Louis Armstrong’s All Stars”
03-01-1914 – Gil Doud – Minnesota – d. 12-17-1957
writer, director: “Sam Spade”; “Escape”; “One out of Seven”; “Pat Novak for Hire”
03-01-1915 – Cy Harrice – Chicago, IL – d. 2-14-2007
announcer: “Big Story”; “Cavalcade of America”
03-01-1917 – Cliffie Stone – Stockton, CA – d. 1-19-1998
host: “Hollywood Barn Dance”; “The Cliffie Stone Show”
03-01-1917 – David Dunhill – England – d. 3-20-2005
announcer: “BBC Light Programme”; “Take It From Here”
03-01-1920 – Antony Ellis – England – d. 9-26-1967
creator, writer, director: “Frontier Gentleman”
03-01-1921 – Kenny Baker – Yorkshire, England – d. 12-7-1999
trumpeter: “Let’s Settle for Music”
03-01-1923 – Andrew Faulds – Tanzania, East Africa – d. 5-31-2000
actor: Jet Morgan “Journey Into Space”
03-01-1923 – Peggy Chantier Dick – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-20-2001
writer: “Edgar Bergen Comedy Hour”
03-01-1927 – Harry Belafonte – NYC
singer, actor: “Imaage Minorities”; “Stagestruck”
03-01-1929 – Eddie Jones – New Jersey – d. 5-31-1997
jazz bassist in the Count Basie band
03-01-1931 – Larry Keith – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-17-2010
actor: “The Man and His Music”
03-01-1933 – Mary Linn Beller – d. 4-13-2000
actor: Barbara (Babby) “The Brighter Day”
03-01-1946 – Jim Crace – England
writer: “Salateen”; “The Bird Has Flown”
03-02-1890 – Paul De Kruif – Zeeland, MI – d. 2-28-1971
writer: “Men Against Death” based on De Kruif’s book
03-02-1900 – Kurt Weill – Dessau, Germany – d. 4-3-1950
composer: “Der Lindergflug”; “This Is War”
03-02-1902 – Flora Robson – Brighton, England – d. 7-7-1984
actor: BBC Radio “Streets of Pompeii”
03-02-1902 – Moe Berg – NYC – d. 5-29-1972
major league baseball player, world war 2 spy: “Information, Please”
03-02-1904 – Leonard Levinson – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 1-30-1974
writer: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Great Gildersleeve”; “Jack Carson Show”
03-02-1904 – Theodor “Dr. Suess” Geisel – Springfield, MA – d. 9-24-1991
children’s book author: “American School On the Air”; “Columbia Workshop”
03-02-1905 – Marc Blitzstein – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-22-1964
author: “Mercury Theatre On the Air”
03-02-1909 – Mel Ott – Gretna, LA – d. 11-21-1958
sportscaster: Play-by-Play Detroit Tigers; “Babe Ruth Show”
03-02-1909 – Narvin Kimball – d. 3-17-2006
vocal, banjo: (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) “Newport Jazz Festival”
03-02-1913 – Marjorie Weaver – Crossville, TN – d. 10-1-1994
actor: “Sally, Irene and Mary”
03-02-1914 – Martin Ritt – NYC – d. 12-8-1990
film director, teacher: “Coming Home”
03-02-1915 – Cliff Carpenter – San Francisco, CA
actor: Terry Lee “Terry and the Pirates”; Jerry “County Seat”
03-02-1917 – Desi Arnaz – Santiago, Cuba – d. 12-2-1986
actor, bandleader: Ricky Ricardo “I Love Lucy”; “Bob Hope Show”
03-02-1918 – Elmira Roessler – St. Louis, MO – d. 4-30-1975
actor, singer: Jennifer Davis “Backstage Wife”; Tweetsie Herringbone “Ma Perkins”
03-02-1919 – Jennifer Jones – Tulsa, OK – d. 12-17-2009
actor: “Radio Hall of Fame”
03-02-1919 – Lawrence Eisler – NYC
monologist: “Major Bowes Amateur Hour”
03-02-1921 – John Millett – Woollahra, Australia
writer: “The World Faces Johnny Tripod”
03-02-1923 – Jean Metcalfe – Reigate, England – d. 1-28-2000
announcer, presenter: “Two-Way Family Favourites”
03-02-1933 – Anthea Askey – Golders Green, London, England – d. 2-28-1999
actor: Violet Elizabeth Bott “Just William”
03-02-1949 – Randy Paar – Los Angeles, CA
disc jockey: (Daughter of Jack Paar) “The Jack Paar Show”
03-03-1885 – Marshall Bartholomew – Belleville, IL – d. 4-16-1978
tenor on nbc, connected with the Yale Glee Club
03-03-1890 – Edmund Lowe – San Jose, CA – d. 4-21-1971
actor: Sergeant Quirt “Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt”
03-03-1896 – Willie Fung – Canton, China – d. 4-16-1945
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-03-1900 – Edna Best – Hove, East Sussex, England – d. 9-18-1974
director: “Sherlock Holmes”; “Silver Theatre”
03-03-1902 – Ruby Dandridge – Memphis, TN - d. 10-17-1987
actor: Mammy Brown “Gallant Heart”; Geranium “Judy Canova Show”
03-03-1906 – Kenny Sargent – Centralia, IL – d. 12-20-1969
vocalist/saxophonist: “The Camel Caravan”
03-03-1907 – Canada Lee – NYC – d. 5-9-1952
actor: “New World A’ Coming”; “Lest We Forget”; “The Free Company”
03-03-1907 – Donald Novis – Hastings, England – d. 7-23-1966
actor: Matt Mulligan “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”
03-03-1911 – Henry Gladstone – Boston, MA – d. 1-22-1995
announcer: “White Owl Reporter”
03-03-1911 – Jean Harlow – Kansas City, MO – d. 6-7-1937
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-03-1913 – Margaret Bonds – Chicago, IL – d. 4-26-1972
composer: “Chicago Women’s Orchestra”
03-03-1914 – Donald Gray – Fort Beaufort, South Africa – d. 4-7-1978
BBC actor from 1947 to 1951
03-03-1915 – John Nelson – Spokane, WA – d. 11-3-1976
emcee: “Bride and Groom”; “Know Your NBC’s”; “Live Like a Millionaire”
03-03-1919 – Enzo Stuarti – Rome, Italy – d. 12-16-2005
operatic singer: “Stars for Defense”
03-03-1920 – James Doohan – Vancouver, Canada – d. 7-20-2005
actor: “You Never Had It So Good”; “The Investigator”
03-03-1920 – Jimmy Edwards – Barns, Surrey, England – d. 7-7-1988
actor: Pa Glum “Take It from Here”
03-03-1921 – Diana Barrymore – NYC – d. 1-25-1960
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
03-03-1924 – Barbara Jean Wong – Los Angeles, CA – d. 11-13-1999
actor: Judy Barton “Cinnamon Bear”
03-03-1924 – Cathy Downs – Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY – d. 12-8-1976
actor: “Your Movietown Radio Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Mail Call”
03-03-1937 – Bobby Driscoll – Cedar Rapids, IA – d. 3-20-1968 (body found)
actor: “A Day in the Life of Dennis Day”; “Family Theatre”
03-03-1939 – Sam Chu Lin – Mississippi – d. 3-5-2006
newscaster, actor: “Empire of the Air”
03-03-1948 – Byron MacGregor – Alberta, Canada – d. 1-3-1995
CKLW radio newsman, recorded narrative “The Americans”
03-03-1959 – Ira Glass – Baltimore, MD
host: “This American Life”
03-03-1970 – Christopher Cyrill – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “What Withers and What Remains”
03-04-1880 – Channing Pollack – Washington D.C. – d. 8-17-1946
lecturer, author: “America’s Town Mettking of the Air”; “Wake Up America”
03-04-1888 – David Frederick Smith – Clarksburg, IN – d. 8-14-1976
early radio broadcaster: Creator of “March of Time”
03-04-1888 – Fred Smith – Clarksburg, IN – d. 8-15-1976
announcer: (America’s first Ambassador of the Radio) “Newsacting”
03-04-1888 – Knute Rockne – Voss, Norway – d. 3-31-1931
football coach: “Biography in Sound”
03-04-1892 – Helen Van Tuyl – Iowa – d. 8-22-1964
actor: Ellen Collins “Bachelor’s Children”
03-04-1896 – George Shelton – NYC – d. 2-12-1972
comedian: “Sunday Night Party”; “It Pays to Be Ignorant”
03-04-1903 – Harold Berens – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 5-10-1995
actor: “Ignorance Is Bliss”
03-04-1904 – Dorothy Page – Northampton, PA – d. 3-26-1961
vocalist: “Paducah Plantation”
03-04-1904 – Joseph Schmidt – Davideny, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary – d. 11-16-1942
singer: “General Motors Concerts”
03-04-1907 – Edgar Barrier – NYC – d. 6-20-1964
actor: Simon Templar “The Saint”
03-04-1907 – Pat McGeehan – Steelton, PA – d. 1-3-1988
announcer, actor: “Abbott and Costello”; “The Red Skelton Show”
03-04-1908 – Lee Allman – d. 10-8-1989
actor: (Sister of James Jewell) Lenore ‘Casey’ Case “The Green Hornet”
03-04-1909 – Harry Elders – d. 11-25-1993
actor: Dr. Bill Evans “Road of Life”; David Houseman “Stepmother”
03-04-1910 – Miriam Kressyn – Poland – d. 10-28-1996
Was the most popular Yiddish artist on radio of her day
03-04-1911 – Margaret Wood – Great Yarmouth, England – d. 2-9-2002
scripwriter for BBC radio schools
03-04-1913 – John Garfield – NYC – d. 5-21-1952
actor: “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players”; “Free Company”; “Treasury Star Parade”
03-04-1914 – Ward Kimball – Minneapolis, MN – d. 7-8-2002
disney animator: “Here’s to Veterans”
03-04-1916 – William Alland – Delmare, DE – d. 11-10-1997
actor: “Mercury Theatre”; “Doorway to Life”; “Frontier Gentleman”
03-04-1920 – Alan MacNaughtan – Bearsden, Scotland – d. 8-29-2002
actor: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
03-04-1921 – Harry Besse – d. 1-29-1994
disk jockey: KSWI Council Bluffs,Iowa
03-04-1921 – Joan Greenwood – London, England – d. 2-28-1987
actor: “Stagestruck”
03-04-1922 – Martha O’Driscoll – Tulsa, OK – d. 11-3-1998
actor: “Your Blind Date”
03-04-1932 – Miriam Makeba – Johannesburg, South Africa – d. 11-10-2008
click singer: “The World of Folk Music”
03-04-1934 – Barbara McNair – Racine, WI – d. 2-4-2007
singer/actor: “America Swings”
03-04-1934 – John Dunn – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 11-28-2004
announcer, newsreader: “Roundabout”; “Housewive’s Choice”; “Breadfast Special”
03-04-1944 – Edwin Drake – Grand Rapids, MI
composer: “Back to God Hour”
03-05-1881 – Toby Gremmer – Bainbridge, GA – d. 9-6-1981
actor: Hermit “The Hermit’s Cave”
03-05-1882 – Eustace Wyatt – Bath, Somerset, England – d. 10-25-1944
actor: Lord Percy “Our Gal Sunday”
03-05-1891 – Chic Johnson – Chicago, IL – d. 2-28-1962
comedian: “Olsen and Johnson”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
03-05-1893 – Dorothy Sands – Cambridge, MA – d. 9-11-1980
actor: Mary Ann Clarke “Barry Cameron”; Margot “Backstage Wife”
03-05-1894 – Henry Daniell – London, England – d. 10-31-1963
actor: “Theatre Guild of the Air”
03-05-1898 – Bud Selvin – d. 7-15-1980
bandleader: “Devoe Redskins”; “Kolster Radio Hour”
03-05-1900 – Martin Magner – Stettin, Germany – d. 1-25-2002
director: “Under Arrest”; “Wooden Fish”
03-05-1900 – Sam Hearn – Jersey City, NJ – d. 10-27-1964
comedian: Schlepperman “Jack Benny Program, Glamour Manor”
03-05-1903 – Minerva Pious – Odessa, Russia – d. 3-16-1979
commedienne: Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum “Fred Allen Show”
03-05-1906 – Aileen Carlyle – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-3-1984
vocalist: “Spike Jones and His City Slickers”
03-05-1906 – Harry Lubin – d. 7-21-1977
music: “Glamour Manor”; “Burns and Allen”; “Blondie”
03-05-1908 – Rex Harrison – Huyton, England – d. 6-2-1990
actor: Rex Saunders “Private Files of Rex Saunders”
03-05-1911 – Joseph Tometty – Ireland – d. 6-7-1995
writer: “The McCooeys”
03-05-1913 – Dick Whittinghill – Montana – d. 1-24-2001
disk jockey: “Did you Whittinghill This Morning?”
03-05-1920 – Virginia Christine – Stanton, IA – d. 7-24-1996
actor: “Confession”; “Gunsmoke”
03-05-1921 – Milt Kamen – Hurleyville, NY – d. 2-24-1977
satirist: “Voices of Vista”; “Here’s to Veterans”
03-05-1922 – Robert Burr – Jersey City, NJ – d. 5-13-2000
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-05-1925 – Lucy Gilman – Chicago, IL – d. 11-23-2006
actor: “(Sister of Toni Gilman) “I Love A Mystery”; Welcome Valley”
03-05-1925 – Nora Dugon – Northern Ireland
writer: “Can’t You Hear Me Talking to You?”
03-05-1927 – Jack Cassidy – NYC – d. 12-12-1976
singer, actor: “Stars for Defense”; “Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP”
03-05-1927 – Rachel Gurney – Eton, England – d. 11-24-2001
actor: BBC Home Service; Emma Woodhouse “Emma”
03-05-1936 – Dean Stockwell – North Hollywood, CA
actor: “Hallmark Hall of Fame”
03-06-1882 – Guy Kibbee – El Paso, TX – d. 5-24-1956
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-06-1885 – Ring Lardner – Niles, MI – d. 9-27-1933
writer: “Hallmark Hall of Fame”; “NBC Presents: Short Story”
03-06-1900 – Jay C. Flippen – Little Rock, AR – d. 2-3-1971
actor: Sergeant “Rookies”
03-06-1904 – Hugh Williams – Bexhill-on-Sea, England – d. 12-7-1969
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
03-06-1905 – Adelaide Hawley – d. 12-21-1998
consultant on women’s issues: “Adelaide Hawley Show”
03-06-1905 – Bob Wills – Limestone County, TX – d. 5-13-1975
western singer: (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys) “Rexall Rhythm Round-Up”
03-06-1906 – Lou Costello – Paterson, NJ – d. 3-3-1959
comedian: “Chase & Sanborn Hour”; “Abbott and Costello Show”
03-06-1909 – Floyd Holmes – Glasgow, KY – d. 1-1-1970
singer: (Prairie Ramblers) “Smile-a-While”
03-06-1913 – Ella Logan – Glasgow, Scotlans – d. 5-1-1969
singer: “The Chase and Sanborn Hour”; “Kraft Music Hall”
03-06-1914 – Kiril Kondrashin – Moscow, Russia – d. 3-7-1981
conductor: “Van Cliburn Concert”
03-06-1916 – Red Callender – Richmond, VA – d. 3-8-1992
jazz bass player: “Jubilee”; “One Night Stand”
03-06-1916 – Rochelle Hudson – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 1-17-1972
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
03-06-1916 – Virginia Gregg – Harrisburg, IL – d. 9-15-1986
actor: Helen Asher “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
03-06-1917 – Frankie Howerd – York, England – d. 4-19-1992
comedian: “Frankie Howerd Show”
03-06-1918 – Roger Price – Charleston, WV – d. 10-31-1990
writer, actor: “The Comedy Writers Show”
03-06-1923 – Ed McMahon – Detroit, MI – d. 6-23-2009
actor-announcer: Monitor”
03-06-1927 – William J. Bell – Chicago, IL – d. 4-29-2005
writer: “The Guiding Light”
03-06-1930 – Lorin Maazel – Paris, France
conductor: “NBC Summer Symphony”
03-06-1934 – Art Blaske – d. 8-25-1997
disk jockey: KFAM St. Cloud, Minnesota
03-06-1935 – Leonard Radic – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “A Clean Sweep”; “Ground Rules”
03-06-1942 – David Cleve – England – d. 9-16-2005
actor: “Out of School”
03-07-1878 – Percy Hemus – Auckland, New Zealand – d. 12-22-1943
actor: Dr. Winslow “Road of Life”; Old Wrangler “Tom Mix”
03-07-1880 – Sidney Scott Booth – Birmingham, England – d. 3-5-1946
radio performer
03-07-1882 – J. W. Fincher – Arkansas – d. 8-xx-1951
country music: “Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance”
03-07-1886 – Ray Largay – Wisconsin – d. 9-28-1974
actor: Mr. Farnum “Ma Perkins”; Frederick Nelson “Young Widder Brown”
03-07-1889 – Lula Vollmer – Keyser, NC – d. 5-2-1955
writer: “Moonshine and Honeysuckle”
03-07-1890 – George H. Shackley – Quincy, MA – d. 10-25-1959
conductor/composer: “Ava Maria Hour”; “Homemaker’s Exchange”
03-07-1905 – Ruth Freed Akst – Vancouver, Canada – d. 8-7-1989
composer/violinist lead singing and instrumental trio on radio
03-07-1906 – Edward Mabley – Binghampton, NY – d. 12-16-1984
writer: “The American School of the Air”
03-07-1906 – Louis Pelletier – NYC – d. 2-11-2000
writer: “The FBI in Peace and War”
03-07-1907 – George Beck – NYC – d. 10-6-1999
screenwriter: “Good News of 1939”; “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”
03-07-1913 – Smokey Montgomery – Rinard, IA – d. 6-6-2001
banjo picker: (Member of the Light Crust Dough Boys) “Columbia’s Country Caravan”
03-07-1916 – Vivian Smolen – d. 6-11-2006
actor: Laurel Grosvenor “Stella Dallas”; Sunday Brinthrope “Our Gal Sunday”
03-07-1917 – Hubert Bisping – d. 7-26-1992
newscaster: KUTA Salt Lake City, Utah
03-07-1921 – Elanor Summerfield – London, England – d. 7-13-2001
actor: “Many a Slip”
03-07-1923 – Arthur Julian – Memphis, TN – d. 1-30-1995
writer: “The Beulah Show”
03-07-1925 – Rene Gagnon – Manchester, NH – d. 10-12-1979
raiser of second flag on Iwo Jima:: “Interview programs”
03-07-1925 – Richard Vernon – Reading, England – d. 12-4-1997
actor: Slartibartfast “Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
03-07-1929 – Marion Marlowe – St. Louis, MO
singer: “Arthur Godfrey Time”
03-07-1934 – Willard Scott – Alexandria, VA
disc jockey: (The Joy Boys)
03-07-1937 – Anne Kristen – Scotland – d. 8-7-1996
actor: “Carver”
03-08-1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes – Boston, MA – d. 3-6-1935
On his 90th birthday he delivered a short radio speech
03-08-1889 – Rosario Bourdon – Montreal, Canada – d. 4-24-1961
conductor: “Cities Service Concert”; “Great Personalities”
03-08-1891 – Sam Jaffe – NYC – d. 3-24-1984
actor: “Fannie Hurst Presents”; “New World A-Coming”; “Cavalcade of America”
03-08-1893 – Victor Arden – Wenona, IL – d. 7-31-1962
pianist and orchestra director with various radio appearances
03-08-1899 – Gladys Thornton – Madison. Fl – d. 9-2-1964
actor: Aunt Addie “My Son and I”; Mrs. Tasek “The O’Neills”
03-08-1902 – Louise Beavers – Cincinnati, OH – d. 10-26-1962
actor: Beulah “Beulah”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
03-08-1906 – Franklyn MacCormack – Waterloo, IA – d. 6-12-1971
announcer: “Caroline’s Golden Store”; “Jack Armstrong”
03-08-1909 – Anthony Donato – Prague, NE – d. 10-29-1990
composer: “Surprise Serenade”
03-08-1909 – Claire Trevor – NYC – d. 4-8-2000
actor: Lorelei Kilbourne “ Big Town”, Theresa Travers “Results, Inc.”
03-08-1910 – Victor Wolfson – NYC – d. 5-23-1990
author of radio plays
03-08-1911 – Eunice Hanger – Mount Chalmers, Australia – d. 10-16-1972
writer: “From the Diary of a Bush Schoolmaster”
03-08-1911 – Heinie Beau – Calvary, WI – d. 4-19-1987
composer/arranger: composed for radio, televison and movies
03-08-1912 – David Friedkin – d. 10-15-1976
writer: “Bold Venture”; “Broadway Is My Beat”; “The Front Page”
03-08-1918 – Alan Hale, Jr. – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-2-1990
actor: “Smiths of Hollywood”
03-08-1918 – Sam Donahue – Detroit, MI – d. 3-22-1974
saxaphonist, bandleader: dance band remotes
03-08-1919 – Mavor Moore – Toronto, Canada – d. 12-18-2006
actor: Nero Wolfe “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; “The Crusoe Boys”
03-08-1921 – Cyd Charisse – Amarillo, TX – d. 6-17-2008
actor, dancer: Guest: “Spike Jones Show”
03-08-1922 – Al Gionfriddo – Dysart, PA – d. 3-14-2003
sportscaster: KONG Visalia, CA
03-08-1924 – Sean McClory – Dublin, Ireland – d. 12-10-2003
actor: “Favorite Story”; “NBC University Theatre”
03-08-1928 – Judy Johnson – Norfolk, VA
singer: “Stars for Defense”; “Broadway in Review”
03-08-1929 – Betty Carter – d. 9-26-1998
jazz vocalist: “Jazz Alive”
03-08-1943 – Lynn Redgrave – London, England – d. 5-2-2010
actor: “Artist Descending a Staircase”; “Vile Bodies”
03-09-1893 – Ara Gerald – Sydney, Australia – d. 4-2-1957
actor: Countess Florenza “Our Gal Sunday”
03-09-1901 – Oscar Race – d. 10-xx-1981
pianist: (Race and Ballin) WOR Newark, New Jersey
03-09-1902 – Robert St. John – Chicago, IL – d. 2-6-2003
newscaster: 1943-46, NBC, weekdays at 10 a.m.
03-09-1902 – Will Geer – Franfort, IN – d. 4-22-1978
actor: Penny “Bright Horizon”
03-09-1909 – Victor Seydel – d. 8-xx-1973
director: “Counterspy”
03-09-1911 – Leopold Proser – d. 2-xx-1981
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”
03-09-1912 – Ned Le Fevre – Indiana – d. 6-10-1966
actor: Ned Holden “The Guiding Light”; Jonathan Kegg “A Life in Your Hands”
03-09-1912 – Ray Darby – Edmonton, Canada – d. 1-22-1982
radio script writer: “American School of the Air”
03-09-1914 – Fred Clark – Lincoln, CA – d. 12-5-1968
actor: “This Is Your FBI”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy Show”
03-09-1918 – Marguerite Chapman – Chatham, NY – d. 8-30-1999
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Silver Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
03-09-1918 – Mickey Spillane – Brooklyn NY – d. 7-17-2006
writer: “That Hammer Guy” based on his novels
03-09-1920 – Jerry Byrd – Lima, OH – d. 4-11-2005
steel guitarist: “Country Music Time”; “March of Dimes”
03-09-1921 – Carl Betz – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 1-18-1978
disk jockey: WCAE Pittsburgh
03-09-1926 – Joe Franklin – NYC
disc jockey: “Joe Franklin’s Memory Lane”; “Main Street Memories”
03-09-1932 – Keely Smith – Norfolk, VA
singer: “Guard Session”; “Here’s to Veterans”
03-09-1934 – Joyce Van Patten – Queens, NY
actor: Daisy “Reg’lar Fellers”
03-10-1882 – Lewis J. Valentine – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-16-1946
nyc police commissioner: “Gangbusters”
03-10-1886 – Clarence Adler – d. 12-24-1969
pianist: Member of the New York Trio
03-10-1888 – Barry Fitzgerald – Dublin, Ireland – d. 1-4-1961
actor: Bernard Fitz “His Honor, the Barber”
03-10-1898 – Bert Bacharach – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-15-1983
columnist: “Letters to Your Serviceman”; “Men’s Corner”
03-10-1898 – Cy Kendall – St. Louis, MO – d. 7-22-1953
actor: Captain Tracy “Tarzan”; Fred Thompson “One Man’s Family”; “Escape”
03-10-1900 – Peter de Rose – NYC – d. 4-23-1953
pianist, singer: “Sweethearts of the Air”
03-10-1900 – Sherman Billingsley – Enid, Oklahoma Territory – d. 10-4-1966
owner stork club: “Bing Crosby Show”
03-10-1903 – Claire Boothe Luce – NYC – d. 10-9-1987
correspondent: “University of Chicago Round Table”; “Wake Up America”
03-10-1903 – Leon Bismark “Bix” Beiderbecke – Davenport, IA – d. 8-7-1931
jazz musician: “Band Remotes”
03-10-1905 – Richard Haydn – London, England – d. 4-25-1985
actor: Professor Lemuel Carp “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-10-1909 – Bob Taplinger – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-24-1975
head of publicity CBS: Credited with idea of Gracie Allen”s lost brother
03-10-1911 – Warner Anderson – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-26-1976
actor: Patrick Ryan “Terry and the Pirates”
03-10-1915 – Ranald MacDougall – Schenectady, NY – d. 12-12-1973
writer: “The Man Behind the Gun”; “Passport for Adams”; “There Was a Woman”
03-10-1917 – Elizabeth Gourlay – Toronto, Canada – d. xx-xx-1996
writer: “Narrow Is the Margin”
03-10-1918 – Gloria Stewart – d. 2-16-1994
actor: (Wife of James Stewart) “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-10-1918 – Heywood Hale Braun – NYC – d. 9-5-2001
cbs sports commentator: “Biography In Sound”
03-10-1918 – Laddie Seaman – Reading, PA – d. 1-19-1942
actor: Scoop Ward “News of Youth”; Biff Bradley “Pepper Young’s Family”
03-10-1918 – Pamela Mason – Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England – d. 6-29-1996
actor: “James Mason and Pamela Mason Show”
03-10-1919 – Lorna Thayer – Boston, MA – d. 6-4-2005
actor: “The Hallmark Hall of Fame”
03-10-1919 – Marion Hutton – Battle Creek, MI – d. 1-10-1987
singer: (Sister of Betty), (Glenn Miller Orchestra) “Moonlight Serenade”
03-10-1920 – Kenneth C. Burns (Jethro) – Georgia – d. 2-4-1989
comedic singer: (Homer and Jethro) “WLS National Barn Dance”
03-10-1923 – Kenny Bowers – Jersey City, NJ
actor: “The Silver Summer Revue”
03-10-1924 – Wally Stott (Angela Morley) – Leeds, England – d. 1-14-2009
conductor, composer, arranger: “The Goon Show”
03-10-1927 – Dick Alarie – d. 3-24-2000
sortscaster: WPCT Putnam, Connecticut
03-11-1862 – Frank Burt – NYC – d. 4-3-1964
writer: “The Six Shooter”; “The Unexpected”; “Hollywood Star Playhouse”
03-11-1887 – Raoul Walsh – NYC – d. 12-31-1980
film director: “Jack Benny Program”
03-11-1897 – Florence Belshaw – d. 4-xx-1976
pianist: KFAB Lincoln, Nebraska
03-11-1898 – Dorothy Gish – Massillon, OH – d. 6-4-1968
actor: Texaco Star Playhouse”; “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-11-1900 – Andy Sannella – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-10-1962
bandleader: “Campbell Soup Orchestra”; “Gillette Community Sing”
03-11-1903 – Dorothy Schiff – NYC- d. 8-30-1989
owner of several radio stations in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and San Francisco
03-11-1903 – Lawrence Welk – Strasburg, ND – d. 5-17-1992
bandleader: “Lawrence Welk Orchestra”
03-11-1907 – Jessie Matthews – London, England – d. 8-19-1981
actor: Mrs. Mary Dale “The Dale’s”
03-11-1907 – Walter Alden Richards – Springfield, IL – d. 5-23-1988
editor, writer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-11-1909 – Karl Tunberg – Spokane, WA – d. 4-4-1992
film writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-11-1909 – Phil Leslie – St. Louis, MO – d. 9-23-1988
writer: “Fibber McGee and Molly”
03-11-1909 – Ramona – Lockland, OH – d. 12-14-1972
singer, pianist: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Paul Whiteman’s Musical Varities”
03-11-1912 – Jerry Seelen – d. 9-12-1981
songwriter: “Drene Time”
03-11-1915 – Dan Donaldson – St. Louis, MO – d. 12-1-1991
announcer: “Kitty Keene, Inc.”; “Ma Perkins”
03-11-1918 – Grace McTernan – d. 11-6-1995
soprano: “Your America”
03-11-1919 – Mercer Ellington – Washington, D.C. – d. 2-8-1996
bandleader: (Son of Duke Ellington) “Genius of Duke”
03-11-1921 – Eloise McElhone – d. 7-1-1974
panelist: “Leave It to the Girls”
03-11-1922 – Vinnette Carroll – NYC – d. 11-5-2002
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-11-1923 – Terence Alexander – London England – d. 5-28-2009
actor: The Toff “John Creasey Novels”
03-11-1930 – Lana Morris – Ruislip, England – d. 5-27-1998
actor: “The Forces Show”
03-11-1934 – Dilys Laye – London, England – d. 2-13-2009
actor: “One Corpse Too Many”
03-11-1934 – Sam Donaldson – El Paso, TX
talk show host: “Live in America”
03-11-1952 – Douglas Adams – Cambridge, England – d. 5-11-2001
writer: “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”
03-12-1888 – Hall Johnson – Athens, GA – d. 4-30-1970
choral director: (Hall Johnson Choir) “Paducah Plantation”; “Show Boat”
03-12-1890 – Lou Clayton – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-12-1950
partner: “The Jimmy Durante Show”
03-12-1893 – Gene Morgan – Racine, WI – d. 8-13-1940
actor: Rex Marvin “Myrt and Marge”; Bill Taylor “All My Children”
03-12-1899 – Amparo Iturbi – Valencia, Spain – d. 4-22-1969
concert Pianist: (Jose’s sister) “Concert Hall”
03-12-1900 – Harlow Wilcox – Omaha, NE – d. 9-24-1960
announcer: “Fibber McGee and Molly Show”; “Suspense”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
03-12-1900 – Zora Layman – Hutchinson, KS – d. 11-2-1981
singer: “Luther-Layman Singer”
03-12-1905 – Milton Merlin – California – d. 10-29-1996
writer: “The Halls of Ivy”; “The Man Called X”; “Presenting Charles Boyer”
03-12-1908 – Eugene Conley – Lynn, MA – d. 12-18-1981
operatic tenor: “NBC Presents Gene Conley”; “Voice of Firestone”
03-12-1908 – William Lally – New York – d. 8-20-1956
actor: “The NBC University Theatre”
03-12-1910 – R. Dale Butts – Lamasco, KY – d. 1-30-1990
staff arranger for NBC Chicago
03-12-1910 – Robert Denton – d. 1-30-1990
announcer: “Dimension X”; “The Robert Merrill Show”
03-12-1910 – Tony Galento – Orange, NJ – d. 7-22-1979
boxer, actor: “Edgar Bergan/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-12-1912 – Paul Weston – Springfield, MA – d. 9-20-1996
conductor: “Chesterfield Supper Club”; “Paul Weston Orchestra”
03-12-1913 – Agathe von Trapp – Pola, Istria, Austria
singer: (Trapp Family Singers) “Christmas Seal Sale”
03-12-1914 – Loretta Poynton – Jackson, MI – d. 12-7-1991
actor: Betty Fairfield “Jack Armstrong”; Ruth Morrow “Flying Time”
03-12-1914 – Shuichi Fujikura – Tokyo, Japan – d. 1-11-2008
emcee: “Niju-no-Tobira”
03-12-1916 – Jeanette Eymann
secretary, sometime actor: “The Jack Benny Program”
03-12-1916 – Mandel Kramer – Cleveland, OH – d. 1-29-1989
actor: Johnny Dollar “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
03-12-1917 – Georgia Ellis – d. 3-30-1988
actor: Miss Kitty Russell “Gunsmoke”
03-12-1917 – Googie Withers – Karachi, British India
actor: “Theatre Royale”
03-12-1917 – Millard Kaufman – Baltimore, MD – d. 3-14-2009
writer: “Escape”; “Romance”; “Suspense”
03-12-1919 – Frank Campanella – NYC – d. 12-20-2006
actor: “21st Precinct”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
03-12-1921 – Earl Nightingale – d. 3-25-1989
actor, announcer: Sky King “Sky King”
03-12-1921 – Gordon MacRae – East Orange, NJ – d. 1-24-1986
singer: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “Railroad Hour”
03-12-1923 – Walter Schirra – Hackensack, NJ – d. 5-3-2007
astronaut: “Meet the Press”
03-12-1924 – Betty Barclay – Macon, GA
singer: (Sammy Kaye Band) “So You Want to Lead a Band”
03-12-1926 – Gwen Cherrell – Leicester, England
actor, writer: “The Primal Scene, as it were…”
03-12-1928 – Edward Albee – Washington D.C.
writer: “Earplay”
03-13-1873 – Nellie Revell – Springfield, IL – d. 8-12-1958
commentator: “Neighbor Nell”; “Meet the Artist”
03-13-1878 – Katherine Emmett – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-6-1960
actor: Agatha Anthone “The Romance of Helen Trent”
03-13-1892 – Janet Flanner – Indianapolis, IN – d. 11-7-1978
reporter: “Listen, The Women”
03-13-1896 – Leona Powers – Salida, CO – d. 1-7-1970
actor: Mrs. Bixby “My Son Jeep”; Mr.s. Brown “Aldrich Family”
03-13-1898 – Donald MacDonald – Denison, TX – d. 12-9-1959
actor: Willie the Weep “Big Town”
03-13-1898 – Henry Hathaway – Sacramento, CA – d. 2-11-1985
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
03-13-1900 – George Kondolf – d. 12-25-1985
producer: “Theatre Guild on the Air”
03-13-1900 – Harry W. Flannery – Greensburg, PA – d. 3-10-1975
newscaster: Foreign correspondent in Berlin for CBS during WWII
03-13-1903 – Charles D. Livingstone – d. 7-28-1986
producer, director: “Lone Ranger”; “Green Hornet”; “Challenge of the Yukon”
03-13-1905 – Dick Wells – d. 2-28-1968
announcer: “Ma Perkins”; “Painted Dreams”; “Right to Happiness”
03-13-1905 – Louis Roen – Marengo, WI – d. 2-15-1993
announcer: “Today’s Children”; “The Breakfast Club”
03-13-1907 – Frank Wilcox – DeSoto, MO – d. 3-3-1974
actor: Father “Central City”
03-13-1907 – Grady Cole – d. 7-xx-1979
announcer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
03-13-1908 – Paul Stewart – NYC – d. 2-17-1986
actor: Gyp Mendoza “Life Can Be Beautiful”; Richard Rogue “Rogue’s Gallery”
03-13-1909 – Herbert Kline – Davenport, IA – d. 2-5-1999
worked for a loyalist radio station in Madrid during the Spanish revolution
03-13-1910 – Frank Gabrielson – New York – d. 1-24-1980
writer: “The Cavalcade of America”
03-13-1910 – Sammy Kaye – Lakewood, OH – d. 6-2-1987
bandleader: (Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye) “Sunday Serenade”
03-13-1911 – James T. Quirk – d. 1-18-1969
announcer, station program director Philadelphia, PA
03-13-1911 – L. Ron Hubbard – Tilden, NE – d. 1-24-1986
science fiction writer: “Dimension X”
03-13-1913 – Harold J. Stone – NYC – d. 11-18-2005
actor: Sergeant Waters “21st Precinct”
03-13-1913 – Rolf McPherson – Providence, RI – d. 5-21-2009
preacher: KFSG Los Angeles
03-13-1914 – Bob Haggart – NYC – d. 12-3-1998
bass: “The Bob Crosby Show”; “Eddie Condon’s Jaxx Concerts”
03-13-1914 – Bob Weiskopf – Chicago, IL – d. 2-20-2001
writer: “The Fred Allen Show”
03-13-1914 – Glen Gordon – NYC – d. 9-16-1977
actor: Dr. Fu Manchu “The Shadow of Fu Manchu”
03-13-1918 – Ina Ray Hutton – Chicago, IL – d. 2-19-1984
bandleader: “Spotlight Bands”
03-13-1919 – William Ormond Mitchell – Weyburn, Canada – d. 2-25-1998
radio dramatist: “Jake and the Kid”
03-13-1920 – Bill Allbaugh – d. 4-xx-1985
sportscaster: KASI Ames, Iowa
03-14-1869 – Algernon Blackwood – d. 12-10-1951
author: “Escape”
03-14-1879 – Albert Einstein – Ulm, Germany – d. 4-18-1955
physicist: “The Quick and the Dead”
03-14-1886 – Harvey Hays – d. 6-xx-1964
actor: “Tom Mix”
03-14-1891 – Dr. Dolphe Martin – Poland – d. 10-3-1974
conductor: “Tydol Jubilee (Music on the Air)
03-14-1900 – Bernie Cummins – Akron, OH – d. 9-22-1986
bandleader: “Coca-Cola Spotlight Bands Program”; “Fitch Bandwagon”
03-14-1912 – Les Brown – Reinerton, PA – d. 1-4-2001
bandleader: (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) “Bob Hope Show”
03-14-1913 – Jay Barney – Chicago, IL – d. 5-19-1985
actor: Bugsy O’Toole “The Romance of Helen Trent”
03-14-1918 – Dennis Patrick – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-13-2002
actor: “Shakespeare Festival”
03-14-1919 – Harry Caray – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-18-1998
baseball announcer: St. Louis Cardinals; Chicago Cubs
03-14-1919 – Luther Henderson – Kansas City, MO – d. 7-29-2003
arranger: “Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP”
03-14-1922 – Les Baxter – Mexia, TX – d. 1-15-1996
arranger/conductor: “Bob Hope Show”; “California Melodies”; “Swingtime”
03-14-1925 – Sonny Cohn – Chicago, IL – d. 11-7-2006
trumpeter: Count Basie Orchestra
03-14-1933 – Sir Michael Caine – London, England
actor: “Wednesday Night” CBC
03-14-1934 – Eugene Cernan – Chicago, IL
astronaut: “The Space Story”; “NASA Special Report”
03-14-1940 – Rita Tushingham – Liverpool, England
actor: “Mistress of Novices”
03-14-1948 – Billy Crystal – Long Island, NY
comedian: “The National Lampoon Radio Hour”
03-15-1874 – Harold Ickes – Frankstown, PA – d. 2-3-1952
secretary of interior: “Information Please”
03-15-1877 – Montague Love – Portsmouth, England – d. 5-17-1943
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Suspense”
03-15-1883 – Ernie Hare – Norfolk, VA – d. 3-9-1939
singer: (The Happiness Boys)
03-15-1887 – Billy Jones – NYC – d. 11-23-1940
singer: (The Happiness Boys)
03-15-1898 – Everett Mitchell – Austin, IL – d. 11-9-1990
annnouncer, host: “National Farm and Home Hour”; “Voice of the Farm”
03-15-1901 – Madeleine Pierce – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-8-1983
actor: Wiki “Just Plain Bill”; Rudy Cameron “When A Girl Marries”
03-15-1904 – George Brent – Dublin, Ireland – d. 5-26-1979
actor, moderator: “Doctor Fights”; “Leave It to the Girls”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-15-1904 – Pat O’Malley – Burnley, Lancashire, England – d. 3-1-1985
actor: “Cavalcade of America”;”Lux Radio Theatre”
03-15-1904 – Verree Teasdale – Spokane, WA – d. 2-17-1987
actor: (Wife of Adolph Menjou) “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-15-1905 – Margaret Webster – NYC – d. 11-13-1972
stage actor, director: “Information Please”
03-15-1905 – Nat Perrin – New York – d. 5-9-1998
writer: “The Marx Brothers”
03-15-1907 – Jimmy McPartland – Chicago, IL – d. 3-13-1991
jazz artist: “Doctor Jazz”; “Town Hall Concert”
03-15-1908 – Roland Varno (Varnoux) – Utrecht, Netherlands – d. 5-24-1996
character actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “You Were There”
03-15-1909 – John Roeburt – d. 5-22-1972
writer: “Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator”; “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”
03-15-1910 – Nick Stewart – NYC – d. 12-18-2000
actor: “Hollywood Newsreel of the Air”
03-15-1911 – Abraham A. Albayalde – d. 2-23-1994
newscaster: KTOH Lihue, Hawaii
03-15-1913 – Macdonald Carey – Sioux City, IA – d. 3-21-1994
actor: Jonathan Hillary “Just Plain Bill “; Lee Markham “Woman in White”
03-15-1915 – David Schoenbrun – NYC – d. 5-23-1988
news correspondent: CBS News, Paris; “CBS Radio Workshop”
03-15-1915 – Johnny Frazer – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-11-1945 Died in WWII
announcer: “Brenthouse”; “The Bob Hope Show”; “The Kool Show”
03-15-1916 – Frank Coghlan, Jr. – New Haven, CT – d. 9-7-2009
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Doctor Christian”
03-15-1916 – Harry James – Albany, GA – d. 7-5-1983
bandleader: “Spotlight Bands”; “Call for Music”
03-15-1919 – Lawrence Tierney – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-26-2002
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-15-1919 – Merv Baldrica – d. 4-25-2006
sportscaster: WMIQ Iron Mountain, Michigan
03-15-1927 – Carl Smith – Maynardville, TN – d. 1-16-2010
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Cas Walker’s Radio Show”
03-15-1932 – Ray Aparicio – d. 1-12-2006
disk jockey: KBUC Corona, California
03-15-1939 – Robert (Thomas) Nye – London, England
writer: “Sisters”
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”
03-16-1893 – 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”; “G.I. Journal”; “Lux Radio Theatre”å
03-16-1927 – Ruby Braff – Boston, MA – d. 2-9-2003
performer: “Jazz from Storyville”
03-16-1929 – Betty Johnson – Chatham County, NC
singer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
03-16-1929 – Betty Johnson – Guilford County, NC
singer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
03-16-1931 – Betty Johnson – Guilford County, NC
singer: “Arthur Godfrey Time”
03-16-1936 – Harry Kalas – Naperville, IL – d. 4-13-2009
sportscaster: Philadelphia Phillies
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”
03-17-1920 – Bob “Shamrock” Shannon – West Allis, WI – d. 8-15-2000
announcer, host: “Mayor of the Town”; “The Man Says Yes”
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 – Betty Allen – Campbell, OH – d. 6-22-2009
singer: “National Music League”; “Tin Pan Alley”
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”
03-18-1860 – William Jennings Bryan – Salem, IL – d. 7-26-1925
lawyer: Scopes Monkey trial
03-18-1869 – Neville Chamberlain – Birmingham, England – d. 11-9-1940
inept british prime minister: “peace for our time”
03-18-1884 – Bernard Cronin – London, England p d. 6-9-1968
writer: “Stampede”
03-18-1886 – Edward Everett Horton – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-30-1970
actor, host: “Shell Chateau”; “Kraft Music Hall”
03-18-1889 – Gene Byrnes – NYC – d. 7-26-1974
comic strip cartoonist: “Reg’lar Fellers” based on his comic strip
03-18-1893 – George Olsen – Portland, OR – d. 3-18-1971
bandleader: “Jack Benny Program”; “Royal Gelatin Revue”
03-18-1893 – Jean Goldkette – Patras, Greece – d. 3-24-1962
bandleader: “The Studebaker Champion Program”
03-18-1894 – Stuart Buchanan – d. 2-4-1974
actor, producer, director: “Goofy “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air”
03-18-1902 – Doris Dalton – Sharon, MA – d. 9-16-1984
actor: Voice of Romance “Romance”; “One Foot in Heaven”
03-18-1905 – Robert Donat – Manchester, England – d. 6-9-1958
actor, poetry reader: “Justice”; “Monte Carlo”; “Reader of Poetry”; U.S. Steel Hour”
03-18-1909 – Samson De Brier – China – d. 4-1-1995
host: “Gangplank”
03-18-1911 – Audrey Marsh – NYC – d. 12-13-2009
actor: Esther “ Harve and Esther”
03-18-1911 – Deane Kincaide – Houston, TX – d. 8-14-1992
saxophonist: “The Bob Crosby Show”
03-18-1911 – Rex Koury – London, England – d. 5-29-2006
orgainst, composere: “Gunsmoke”; “Abbott and Costello’s Kid Show”
03-18-1911 – Smiley Burnette – Summum, IL – d. 2-16-1967
host, comedian: “Smiley Burnette Show”; “Hollywood Hotel”
03-18-1912 – Art Gilmore – Tacoma, WA
announcer: “Dr. Christian”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
03-18-1914 – Ben Gage – Chicago, IL – d. 4-28-1978
actor: Jimmy Gale “Modern Cinderella”
03-18-1916 – Jody Gilbert – Fort Worth, TX – d. 2-3-1979
actor: Rosa “Life with Luigi”
03-18-1926 – Margery Manners – Coventry, England – d. 4-27-1997
singer: “Big Bill Campbell and His Rocky Mountain Rhythm”; “Worker’s Playtime”
03-18-1926 – Peter Graves -Minneapolis, MN – d. 3-14-2010
actor: “Arthur Hopkins Presents”
03-18-1930 – Peter Kenna – Balmain, Australia – d. 11-29-1987
writer: “A Hard God”
03-18-1932 – Frank Nagai – Tokyo, Japan – d. 10-27-2008
singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
03-18-1940 – Phil Harper – Raised in Chicago, IL – d. 10-11-2004
actor: Harry Nile “The Adventures of Harry Nile”
03-18-1953 – Milwaukee Braves – Boston, MA – d. 10-1-1965
Only franchise in the history of sport never to have had a losing season
03-19-1883 – Louis Hector – d. 10-xx-1968
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
03-19-1889 – George L. “Doc” Rockwell – Providence, RI – d. 3-3-1978
comedian: “Camel Pleasure Hour”
03-19-1890 – Gayne Whitman – Chicago, IL – d. 8-31-1958
actor, announcer: Frank Chandler “Chandu the Magician”; “Cavalcade of America”
03-19-1891 – Earl Warren – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-9-1974
governor, supreme court justice: “Edgar bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-19-1892 – James Van Fleet – Coytesville, NJ – d. 9-24-1992
4 star army general: “A Tribute to Jack Benny”
03-19-1900 – Frank Chapman – d. 7-26-1966
singer: “The Voice of Firestone”
03-19-1906 – Pat Adelman – d. 12-9-1982
sportscaster: Austin, Texas
03-19-1907 – Kent Smith – NYC – d. 4-23-1985
actor: “NBC University Theatre of the Air”;”Radio Reader’s Digest”
03-19-1909 – Louis Hayward – Johannesburg, South Africa – d. 2-21-1985
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”; “This Is My Best”
03-19-1912 – Russ Case – Hamburg, IA – d. 10-10-1964
orchestra leader: “On a Sunday Afternoon”; “Peggy Lee Show”; “Your Hit Parade”
03-19-1915 – Patricia Morison – NYC
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Railroad Hour”
03-19-1916 – Eric Christmas – London, England – d. 7-22-2000
actor: “CBC Wednesday Night”
03-19-1916 – Irving Wallace – Chicago, IL – d. 6-29-1990
writer: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
03-19-1919 – Alfred Apaka – Honolulu, HI – d. 1-30-1960
vocalist: “Hawaii Calls”
03-19-1920 – Tige Andrews – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-27-2007
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
03-19-1923 – Gordon Connell – Berkeley, CA
actor: Billy Sherwood “Hawthorne House”
03-19-1923 – Pamela Britton – Milwaukee, WI – d. 6-18-1974
actor: “Luncheon at Sardi’s”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-19-1927 – Richie Ashburn – Tilden, NE – d. 9-9-1997
sportscaster: “Philadelphia Phillies Play by Play”
03-19-1928 – Henry Maddox – Boaz, AL – d. 6-11-1974
“The Maddox Brothers and Rose”
03-19-1930 – Joan Fox – Ottawa, Canada – d. 3-5-2009
film reviewer: “The Arts This Week”
03-19-1933 – Phyllis Newman – Jersey City, NJ
actor: “NBC Radio Theatre”; “Tonight at 9:30”
03-20-1828 – Henrik Ibsen – Skien, Norway – d. 5-23-1906
playwright: Many of his works adapted for radio
03-20-1890 – Gigli Beniamino – Recanti, Italy – d. 11-30-1957
operatic tenor: “Atwater Kent Hour”
03-20-1890 – Lauritz Melchior – Copenhagen, Denmark – d. 3-18-1973
singer: “Magic Key”; “Metropolitan Opera”; “Voice of Firestone”
03-20-1903 – Edgar Buchanan – Humansville, MO – d. 4-4-1979
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-20-1903 – Sarah Burton – London, England – d. 12-24-1994
actor: Mrs. Bixby “Mrs. Miniver”; Lisa “Against the Storm”
03-20-1904 – Bob Chester – Detroit, MI – d. 11-5-1975
bandleader: “Bob Chester and His Orchestra”
03-20-1906 – Ozzie Nelson – Jersey City, NJ – d. 6-3-1975
actor: “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”
03-20-1908 – Frank Stanton – Muskegon, MI – d. 12-24-2006
president of cbs 1946-1971
03-20-1908 – Kermit Murdock – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 2-11-1981
actor: Rod Buchanan “Whisper Men”
03-20-1908 – Michael Redgrave – Bristol, England – d. 3-21-1985
actor: Horatio Hornblower “Horatio Hornblower”
03-20-1908 – Stuart Metz – Buffalo, NY – d. 1-5-1994
announcer: “Pepper Young’s Family”; “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons”
03-20-1909 – Doris C. Frankel – Manhattan, NY – d. 2-3-1994
writer: “Ma Perkins”; “Romance of Helen Trent”
03-20-1913 – Judith Evelyn – Seneca, SD – d. 5-7-1967
actor: Grace Marshall “Helpmate”; Kay Miniver “Mrs. Miniver”
03-20-1913 – Kenny Gardner – Lakeview, IA – d. 7-26-2002
singer: “Guy Lombardo Show”; “Lombardoland U.S.A.”; “Your Hit Parade”
03-20-1914 – Lawson Zerbe – Portland, OR – d. 8-18-1992
actor: Frank Merriwell “Advs. of Frank Merriwell” Pepper Young “Pepper Young’s Family”
03-20-1914 – Wendell Corey – Dracut, MA – d. 11-8-1968
actor: Detective Dan McGarry “McGarry and His Mouse”
03-20-1915 – Sviatoslav Richter – Zhitomir,Russia – d. 8-1-1997
classical pianist: “Boston Symphony Orchestra”
03-20-1918 – Jack Barry – Lindenhurst, NY – d. 5-2-1984
actor: “It’s the Barrys”
03-20-1918 – Marian McPartland – Stough, England
jazz pianist: “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz”
03-20-1918 – Mort Lachman – Seattle, WA – d. 3-18-2009
gag writer” “The Bob Hope Show”
03-20-1921 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Cotton Plant, AR – d. 10-9-1973
singer: “Jubilee”
03-20-1922 – Carl Reiner – The Bronx, NY
comedian: “The Curse”; “Sounds of Freedom”; “Here’s to Veterans”
03-20-1922 – Jack Kruschen – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 4-2-2002
actor: Sergeant Muggowen “ Broadway is My Beat”
03-20-1922 – Ray Goulding – Lowell, MA – d. 3-24-1990
comedian: “Bob and Ray Show”
03-20-1924 – Philip Abbott – Lincoln, NE – d. 2-23-1998
actor: “Family Theatre”
03-20-1933 – Pasquale Borgomeo – Naples, Italy – d. 7-2-2009
Director of Vatican Radio
03-20-1937 – Izumi Yukimura – Tokyo, Japan
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
03-20-1950 – Linda Aronson – London, England
worter: “Reginka’s Lesson”
03-21-1867 – Florenz Ziegfeld – Chicago, IL – d. 7-22-1932
showman: “Ed Sullivan Show”; “Ziegfeld Follies of the Air”
03-21-1869 – Vivia Ogden – Ohio – d. 12-22-1952
actor: Mrs. Manners “John’s Other Wife”; Annie “Orphans of Divorce”
03-21-1893 – Aileen Stanley – d. 3-24-1982
vocalist: (The Victrola Girl) “RCA Thesaurus Music Hall Varieties”
03-21-1893 – Sidney Franklin – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-18-1972
film producer, director: “Academy Awards Program”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
03-21-1903 – Mark Hellinger – NYC – d. 12-21-1947
broadway, hollywood producer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Post Toasties Time”
03-21-1903 – Nan Boardman – NYC – d. 9-9-1984
actor: “The Modern Adventures of Casanova”
03-21-1906 – Helen Deutsch – NYC – d. 3-15-1992
writer: “Forecast”: “Gulf Screen Guild Theatre”, “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-21-1908 – Vincent Pelletier – Minneapolis, MN – d. 2-25-1994
actor: Victor Powell “This is Life”; Robin “Calling All Detectives”
03-21-1911 – Henny Backus – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-9-2004
actor: “Romance”
03-21-1912 – Henry Gibson – NYC – d. 5-29-2003
director, writer: “Burns and Allen”; “Junior Miss”
03-21-1912 – Suzanne Kaaren – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-27-2004
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-21-1915 – Hank D’Amico – Rochester, NY – d. 12-3-1965
clairinetist: “Rumpus Room”; “Saturday Senior Swing”
03-21-1918 – Cliff Norton – Chicago, IL – d. 1-25-2003
actor: Connie the coolie “Terry and the Pirates”; “American Novels”
03-21-1919 – Lois Collier – Salley, SC – d. 10-27-1999
actor: Carol Chandler “Dear John”
03-21-1922 – Bonnie Papple – St. Paul, MN – d. 2-11-2010
singer: “The Gateway to Hollywood”
03-21-1926 – Virginia Weidler – Eagle Rock, CA – d. 7-1-1968
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-21-1932 – Tommy Bernard – Los Angeles, CA
actor: David Nelson “Ozzie and Harriet Show”
03-21-1943 – Vivian Stanshall – Shillingford, England – d. 3-5-1995
pop musician: “Viv Stanshall’s Radio Flashes”
03-21-1959 – Tobsha Learner – England
writer: “Lionheart”
03-22-1886 – Chico Marx – NYC – d. 10-11-1961
comedian: Emmanuel Revelli “Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel”
03-22-1886 – Thomas J. Cowan – Newark, NJ – d. 11-11-1969
announcer: First voice heard over WJZ
03-22-1887 – William Royale – Rochester, NY – d. 8-9-1940
actor: “Jack Benny Program”; “Eddie Cantor Show”
03-22-1892 – Charlie Poole – Randolph County, NC – d. 5-21-1931
country music: “Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers”
03-22-1893 – Tito Vuolo – Italy – d. 9-14-1962
actor: Uncle Carlo “The Goldbergs”
03-22-1895 – Joseph Schildkraut – Vienna, Austria – d. 1-21-1964
actor: “Intrigue”; “Best Plays”; “Columbia Workshop”; “Hollywood Hotel”
03-22-1899 – Douglas Stanbury – Canada – d. 12-6-1980
baritone: “Roxy’s Gang”; “Kraft Music Hall”
03-22-1904 – Bob Elson – Chicago, IL – d. 3-10-1981
sportscaster, interviewer: White Sox, “Bob Elson Aboard the 20th Century”
03-22-1905 – Don Dowd – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-21-1977
annoouncer: “Moon River”; “Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club”
03-22-1906 – Miff Campbell – Indianapolis, IN – d. 4-2-1995
singer: (The Ink Spots) “Four Ink Spots”; “Jubilee”; “Ink Spots”
03-22-1907 – Bernice Claire – Oakland, CA – d. 1-17-2003
vocalist: “Waltz Time”
03-22-1910 – Bob Kendrick – d. 5-11-1998
fiddle, clarinet, sax, mandolin: “Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets”
03-22-1912 – Karl Malden – Chicago, IL – d. 7-1-2009
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Our Gal Sunday”; “Aldrich Family”
03-22-1913 – James Westerfield – Nashville, TN – d. 9-20-1971
actor: “Mystery Theatre”; “Gunsmoke”, “Have Gun,Will Travel”
03-22-1914 – Antonio Alfonso – d. 1-xx-1987
sportscaster: WIAC San Jose, Puerto Rico
03-22-1916 – George Wyle – NYC – d. 5-3-2003
songwriter: “Alan Young”
03-22-1917 – Virginia Grey – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-31-2004
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-22-1918 – Fred Crane – New Orleans, LA – d. 8-21-2008
actor: “Doctor Christian”
03-22-1920 – Ross Martin – Grodek, Poland – d. 7-3-1981
actor: Soap Opera “Janice Grey”
03-22-1924 – Bill Wendell – NYC – d. 4-14-1999
announcer: “Ten Troubled Years”; “Biography In Sound”
03-22-1927 – Karl Hardman – Pittsuburgh, PA – d. 9-22-2007
actor: Louie the Garbage Man, Roquefort O. Lafarge “Cordie and Company”
03-22-1931 – William Shatner – Montreal, Canada
actor: “The Curse”; “No Love Lost”; “The Secretariat”
03-22-1933 – J.P. McCarthy – NYC – d. 8-16-1995
One of the Great Voices of the Great Lakes at WJR Detroit
03-22-1937 – Andy Badale – Brooklyn, NY
composer of radio commercials
03-22-1946 – Jonathan James-Moore – d. 11-20-2005
produced comedy series for BBC radio
03-22-1955 – Veleka Gray – New Orleans, LA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-22-1962 – Trish Cooke – Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
writer: “We Expect Respect”
03-23-1874 – Fiddlin’ John Carson – Cobb County, GA – d. 12-11-1949
fiddler: Made debut on station WSB Atlanta, Georgia
03-23-1891 – Dr. M.R. DeHaan – Zeeland, MI – d. 12-13-1965
evengelist: “Radio Bible Class”
03-23-1892 – Nadea Dragonette Loftus – d. 10-23-1982
Sister and business manager of Jessica Dragonette
03-23-1893 – Arnold Johnson – Chicago, IL – d. 7-25-1975
bandleader: “The Majestic Theatre Hour”; “True Story Time”
03-23-1898 – David Newell – Chicago, IL – d. 9-26-1986
outdoorsman: “Fishing and Hunting Club of the Air”
03-23-1899 – Peggy Paige – Ashville, NC – d. 8-26-1974
actor: Sassy “Grits and Gravy”; Nancy “Main Street Sketches”
03-23-1905 – Joan Crawford – San Antonio, TX – d. 5-10-1977
actor: “Arch Oboler’s Plays”; “Everyman’s Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
03-23-1905 – Sidney Walton – Mississippi – d. 1-16-1958
announcer: “Arthur Tracy, Street Singer”; “Changing Times”
03-23-1906 – Richard L. Evans – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 11-1-1971
announcer: “Music and the Spoken Word” (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
03-23-1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan – d. 9-6-1998
film director: NHK Tokyo, Japan
03-23-1910 – Paula Winslowe – Grafton, ND – d. 3-7-1996
actor: Peg Riley “Life of Riley”; Jill “Joe E. Brown Show”
03-23-1911 – Herbert Rudley – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-9-2006
actor: “Helen Hayes Theatre”; “Great Plays”; “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
03-23-1912 – Francis DeSales – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-25-1988
actor: Bill Weigand “Mr. and Mrs. North”; Parris Mitchell “King’s Row”
03-23-1915 – Louis Quinn – Chicago, IL – d. 9-15-1988
actor: “Studio One”
03-23-1917 – Josef Locke – Londonderry, Northern Ireland – d. 10-15-1999
actor: “Variety Fanfare”
03-23-1917 – Oscar Shumsky – Philadelphia, PA – d. 7-24-2000
violinist: “Voice of Firestone”
03-23-1920 – Alfred Palca – Manhattan, NY – d. 6-18-1998
writer: Wrote for NBC radio while still in college
03-23-1920 – Maurice Marsac – La Croix, France – d. 5-6-2007
actor: French Teacher “Our Miss Brooks”
03-23-1926 – Martha Wright – Seattle, WA
actor: “Stars for Defense”
03-23-1938 – Christopher Glenn – NYC – d. 10-17-2006
news correspondent: “World News Roundup”; “The World Tonight”
03-23-1957 – Amanda Plummer – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-24-1867 – Harry Neville – Launceston, Tasmania – d. 1-25-1945
actor: “Sherlock Holmes”; “John’s Other Wife”
03-24-1885 – Joseph Granby – Boston, MA – d. 9-22-1965
actor: Mead Connors “We Are Always Young”
03-24-1892 – Roy Harvey – Monroe County, WV – d. 7-11-1958
guitarist: “Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers”
03-24-1893 – Jane Seymour – Hamilton, Canada – d. 1-30-1956
actor: Mrs. Brown “Claudia and David”
03-24-1895 – Paul Specht – d. 4-11-1954
bandleader: Made very first broadcast of dance Music 9-20-1920 WWJ Detroit
03-24-1902 – Sir Lancelot – Cumuto, Trinidad, West Indies – d. 3-12-2001
calypso singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
03-24-1902 – Thomas E. Dewey – Owosso, MI – d. 3-16-1971
presidential candidate: “Jack Benny Program”; “Racketbusters Roundtable”
03-24-1906 – Julian Funt – d. 4-8-1980
writer: “Young Doctor Malone”
03-24-1907 – Martin Kosleck – Barkotzen, Germany – d. 1-16-1994
actor: “Treasury Star Parade”
03-24-1910 – John V. Ambrose – d. 11-7-1995
sportscaster: WTAG Worcester, Massachusetts
03-24-1910 – Richard Conte – Jersey City, NJ – d. 4-15-1975
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Hollywood Star Playhouse”
03-24-1911 – Enrique Jorda – San Sebastian, Spain – d-.3-22-1996
conductor: “San Francisco Symphony Orchestra”
03-24-1915 – Bill Bivens – Wadesboro, NC – d. 1-15-1984
announcer: “Fred Waring Show”; “Vox Pox”
03-24-1916 – David M. Bohme – Poland – d. 1-6-2004
on staff of WLS and WGN radio
03-24-1918 – Bill Aya – d. 10-28-1985
sportscaster: KEVE Seattle, Washington
03-24-1925 – Duncan Wood – Bristol, England – d. 1-11-1997
producer: “Hancock’s Half Hour”
03-24-1928 – Sue Bennett – Indianapolis, IN – d. 5-8-2001
vocalist: “Your Hit Parade”
03-24-1928 – Vanessa Brown – Vienna, Austria – d. 5-21-1999
panelist: “Quiz Kids”
03-25-1867 – Arturo Toscanini – Parma, Italy – d. 1-16-1957
conductor: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”
03-25-1887 – Raymond Gram Swing – Cortland, NY – d. 12-22-1968
commentator: “Voice of America”
03-25-1892 – Andy Clyde – Blaingowrie, Scotland – d. 5-18-1967
actor: California Carlson “Hopalong Cassidy”
03-25-1897 – John Laurie – Dumfries, Scotland – d. 6-23-1980
actor: James Fraser “Dad’s Army”
03-25-1899 – Bella Spewack – Bucharest, Romania – d. 4-27-1990
writer: “The Radio Guild”
03-25-1901 – Ed Begley – Hartford, CT – d. 4-28-1970
actor: Walt Levinson “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
03-25-1901 – John Earl Fetzer – Decatur, IN – d. 2-21-1991
broadcast pioneer: “WKZO Fiftieth Anniversary Broadcast”
03-25-1903 – Binnie Barnes – London, England – d. 7-27-1998
panelist: “Leave It to the Girls”; “Breakfast with Binnie and Mike”
03-25-1903 – Frankie Carle – Providence, RI – d. 3-7-2001
bandleader, pianist: “Pot o’ Gold”; “Treasure Chest”
03-25-1905 – George Burt Cole – South Portland, ME – d. 12-xx-1980
composer, arranger for CBS 1941-1956
03-25-1906 – Jean Sablon – Nogent-sur-Marne, France – d. 2-24-1994
baritone/composer: (French Troubadour) “Shell Chateau”; Magic Key of RCA”
03-25-1906 – Margaret Daum – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 2-23-1977
singer: “American Album of Familiar Music”
03-25-1908 – David Lean – Croydon, Surrey, England – d. 4-16-1991
screenwriter, film director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-25-1908 – Philip Reed – NYC – d. 12-21-1996
actor: Ross Barrington “Society Girl”; Brian Wells “David Harum”
03-25-1909 – Frank James Damico – Jersey City, NJ
aranger: “Texaco Radio”
03-25-1909 – Jay Blackton – NYC – d. 1-8-1994
composer, conductor, pianist: “Stu Erwin Show”; “Broadway Showtime”
03-25-1910 – Jack Carlton – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-17-1991
staff singer, actor, announcer: WCAU Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
03-25-1913 – Prescott Robinson – Montreal, Canada – d. 5-19-1999
newscaster: “Eight O’Clock Morning News on Mutual”
03-25-1914 – Forrest Bartlett – d. 7-3-2006
newscaster: KGER Long Beach, California
03-25-1914 – Robert Rounseville – Attleboro, MA – d. 8-6-1974
singer: “The Voice of Firestone”
03-25-1916 – Jean Rogers – Belmont, MA – d. 2-24-1991
actor: Elaine Dascomb “Those We Love”
03-25-1917 – Don Gibson – Waynesburg, PA – d. 10-xx-1987
actor: “New World A’ Coming”
03-25-1919 – Jeanne Cagney – NYC – d. 12-7-1984
actor: (Sister of James Cagney) “Movietone Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”
03-25-1920 – Howard Cosell – Winston-Salem, NC – d. 3-23-1995
sportscaster: “Speaking of Sports”
03-25-1921 – Nancy Kelly – Lowell, MA – d. 1-15-1995
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Free Company”; “Suspense”
03-25-1924 – Harold Neal – Michigan – d. 2-27-1980
announcer: “Challenge of the Yukon”; “Green Hornet”; “Lone Ranger”
03-25-1925 – Len Dressler – d. 10-16-2005
voice of the Jolly Green Giant
03-25-1926 – Paul Leder – Springfield, MA – d. 4-8-1996
singer: “Molly Goldberg Show”
03-25-1940 – Anita Bryant – Barnsdall, OK
singer: “Guard Session”; “Let’s Go To Town”
03-25-1948 – Bonnie Bedelia – New York, NY
actor: “Empire of the Air”
03-25-1964 – Greg Smith – Bay Springs, MS
talk show host: “On a Roll”
03-25-1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker – Nelsonville, OH
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-26-1894 – Will Wright – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-19-1962
actor: Ed Kremer “Fibber McGee and Molly”; George Honeywell “My Little Margie”
03-26-1900 – Creighton Allen – Macon, MS – d. 7-18-1969
pianist for NBC in 1935
03-26-1907 – Clarence Stroud – Kaufman, TX – d. 8-15-1973
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
03-26-1907 – Claude Stroud – Kaufman, TX – d. 10-16-1985
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Chaarlie McCarthy Show”
03-26-1907 – Leigh Harline – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 12-10-1969
music: “Eddie Bracken Show”; “Ford Festival of American Music”
03-26-1907 – Phil Rapp – d. 1-23-1996
creator, writer, director: “The Bickersons”; “Baby Snooks”; “Old Gold Time”
03-26-1908 – Hank Sylvern – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-4-1964
orchestra leader: “Beyond Tomorrow”
03-26-1911 – Hank Booream – St. Paul, MN – d. 6-9-2006
director: “March of Time”; “Burns and Allen”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
03-26-1911 – Tennessee Williams – Columbus, TN – d. 2-25-1983
author: “Drama Critics Award”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-26-1912 – Al Sloey – d. 12-15-1975
singer: (Riders of the Purple Sage) “Roy Rogers Show”; “Hollywood Barn Dance”
03-26-1915 – Flip Phillips – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-17-2001
jazz saxophonist: “Woody Herman Show”; “Saturday Night Swing Session”
03-26-1916 – Sterling Hayden – Montclair, NJ – d. 5-23-1986
actor: “We the People”
03-26-1916 – Vic Schoen – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-5-2000
music: “The Andrews Sisters”
03-26-1918 – William Hardcastle – Newcastle, England – d. 11-10-1975
newscaster: “The World At One”
03-26-1920 – Junior Blizzard – d. 2-2-2005
disk jockey: WMJM Cordele, Georgia
03-26-1923 – Bob Elliott – Boston, MA
comedian: “Bob and Ray Show”; “Back Bay Matinee”
03-26-1923 – Charles Wheeler Bremen, Germany – d-. 7-4-2008
news correspondent: “Transatlantic Call”; “A Tribute to Alistair”
03-26-1924 – Jean M. Brooks – Brighton, England – d. 1-3-2003
writer: “Gregory of the Outback”; “Opal Witch”
03-26-1924 – Marcia Van Dyck – Grants Pass, OR
actor: Marcia Barry “It’s the Barrys”
03-26-1925 – Barry Letts – Leicester, England – d. 10-11-2009
actor/director: “The Paradise of Death”; “The Ghosts of N-Space”
03-26-1928 – Carole Carr – London, England – d. 1-8-1997
singer, actress: “Calling All Forces”
03-26-1928 – Patsy Lee – Alameda, CA
singer: “Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club”
03-26-1931 – Leonard Nimoy – Boston, MA
actor: L.A. Theatre Works “War of the Worlds”
03-27-1892 – Ferde Grofé – NYC – d. 4-3-1972
conductor, composer: (The Grand Canyon Suite) “Florsheim Frolic”
03-27-1892 – Thorne Smith – Annapolis, MD – d. 6-21-1934
writer: “Advs. of Topper” based on his book
03-27-1895 – William W. Chaplin – NYC – d. 8-18-1978
newsman: White House correspondent for NBC
03-27-1899 – Gloria Swanson – Chicago, IL – d. 4-4-1983
panelist: “Hollywood Byline”; “Suspense”
03-27-1902 – Sidney Buchman – Duluth, MN – d. 8-23-1975
movie writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-27-1904 – Hal Kemp – Marion, AL – d. 12-21-1940
bandleader: “Phil Baker Show”; “Lady Esther Serenade”; “Gulf Gas Program”
03-27-1906 – Pee Wee Russell – Maple Wood, MO – d. 2-15-1969
clarinet: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
03-27-1907 – Mary Treen – St. Louis, MO – d. 7-20-1989
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-27-1914 – Budd Schulberg – NYC – d. 8-5-2009
writer: “Free World Theatre”; “The New Theatre”
03-27-1914 – Richard Denning – Poughkeepsie, NY – d. 10-11-1998
actor: George Cooper “My Favorite Husband”; Jerry North “Mr. and Mrs. North”
03-27-1914 – Snooky Lanson – Memphis, TN – d. 7-2-1990
singer: “Snooky Lanson Show”; “Your Hit Parade”
03-27-1915 – Hugh Conover – Washington, D.C. – d. 9-27-1992
announcer: “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”; “Big Sister”; “Right to Happiness”
03-27-1915 – Robert Lockwood, Jr. – Turkey Scratch, AR – d. 11-21-2006
guiatrist: “KFFA King Biscuit Time”
03-27-1916 – Howard Merrill – NYC – d. 4-20-2002
writer: “Advs. of Leonidas Witherall”; “Leave It to Mike”; “Secret Missions”
03-27-1919 – Robert Homme – Stoughton, WI – d. 5-2-2000
created “Friendly Giant” for radio in Madison, Wisconsin
03-27-1920 – Richard Hayman – Cambridge, MA
arranger, harmonica player: “Stop the Music”; “Steve Lawrence Show”
03-27-1921 – Fletcher Markle – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – d. 5-22-1991
actor, director, producer: “Columbia Workshop”; “Studio One”
03-27-1921 – Fred Foy – Detroit, MI
announcer, narrator: “The Lone Ranger”
03-27-1921 – Harold Nicholas – Winston-Salem, NC – d. 7-3-2000
dancer: (The Nicholas Brothers) “Big Broadcast of 1936”; “Ben Bernie Show”
03-27-1924 – Sarah Vaughn – Newark, NJ – d. 4-3-1990
singer: “Guest Star”; “Your Rhythm Revue”
03-27-1930 – Bob Larson – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-1-2002
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-27-1930 – Jack Adams – Hobart, OK – d. 6-14-2003
singer in nightclubs and radio
03-27-1940 – Janis Martin – Sutherlin, VA – d. 9-3-2007
rockabilly singer: “Army of Stars”; “Reflections By Starlight”
03-28-1871 – Willem Mengelberg – Utrecht, Netherlands – d. 3-21-1951
composer, conductor: “The New York Philharmonic Orchestra”
03-28-1888 – Jim Harkins – d. 10-24-1970
emcee: “Song Writing Machine Series”
03-28-1890 – Paul Whiteman – Denver, CO – d. 12-29-1967
conductor: “Kraft Music Hall”; “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
03-28-1892 – Philip Loeb – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-1-1955
actor: Jake Goldberg “The Goldbergs”
03-28-1896 – Abram E. Borodkin – Russia – d. 8-25-1978
cellist: NBC and CBS networks
03-28-1896 – Virginia Rea – Louisville, KY – d. xx-xx-1941
singer: Olive Palmer “Palmolive Hour”; “Rubinoff and His Orchestra”
03-28-1897 – Frank Hawks – Marshalltown, IA – d. 8-23-1938
flying ace: “Roads of the Sky”; “Time Flies”
03-28-1902 – Gordon Clifford – Providence, RI – d. 6-11-1968
songwriter: “The Rhythm Boys”
03-28-1903 – Rudolf Serkin – Eger, Bohemia – d. 5-8-1991
pianist: “Concert Hall”; “New York Philharmonic”
03-28-1904 – Day Keene – Illinois – d. 1-9-1969
writer: “Kitty Keene, Incorporated”; “Little Orphan Annie”
03-28-1904 – Jon Dodson – Richland, MO – d. 11-28-1963
singer: (Member of the King’s Men) “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “King’s Men”
03-28-1910 – Jimmy Dodd – Cincinnati, OH – d. 11-10-1964
singer, songwriter: “Lifebuoy Show”; “Command Performance”; “CBS Radio Workshop”
03-28-1912 – Frank Lovejoy – The Bronx, NY – d. 10-2-1962
actor: Randy ‘Lucky’ Stone “Nightbeat”; Bill Weigand “Mr. and Mrs. North”
03-28-1913 – Lucille Fletcher – NYC – d. 8-31-2000
dramatist: “Columbia Workshop”; “Suspense”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
03-28-1915 – Jay Livingston – McDonald, PA – d. 10-17-2001
composer: “Hollywood Calling-George Fisher Interviews”
03-28-1915 – Joel Murcott – d. 2-26-1978
writer, director: “Tales of the Texas Rangers”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
03-28-1917 – Randy Brooks – Sandford, ME – d. 3-21-1967
bandleader: “One Night Stand”; “The Kate Smith Hour”
03-28-1918 – John Heath – Seattle, WA
actor: “Sherlock Holmes”; “Murder is My Hobby”
03-28-1919 – Vic Raschi – West Springfield, MA – d. 10-14-1988
baseball pitcher: “National Guard Show”
03-28-1921 – Dirk Bogarde – London, England – d. 5-8-1999
actor: “A Christmas Carol”
03-28-1922 – Lutrelle F. Palmer – Newport News, VA – d. 9-12-2004
news analyst: “Lu’s Notebook”
03-28-1922 – Paul Bartell – Milwaukee, WI – d. 2-19-2006
announcer, disk jockey: “Blue Baron Show”; “Fox Club”
03-28-1924 – Freddie Bartholomew – London, England – d. 1-23-1992
guest: “Anchors Aweigh”
03-28-1925 – Jerry Walter – Illinois – d. 2-11-1979
actor: Gil Perry “Island Adventure”
03-28-1927 – Marguerite Campbell – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 3-19-2003
singer: “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
03-29-1867 – Cy Young – Gilmore, OH – d. 11-4-1955
baseball pitching great: “Feature Project: This Game of Baseball”
03-29-1878 – Frank Tinney – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-28-1940
comedian, monologist: WWJ and WJR Detroit, Michigan
03-29-1888 – Earle Ross – Illinois – d. 5-21-1961
actor: Judge Horace Hooker “Great Gildersleeve”; J. R. Boone, Sr. “Meet Millie”
03-29-1889 – Howard Lindsay – Waterford, NY – d. 2-11-1968
writer, host: “The Ford Theatre”
03-29-1890 – Joe Cook – Evansville, IN – d. 5-16-1959
comedian: “House Party”; “Shell Chateau”
03-29-1891 – Warner Baxter – Columbus, OH – d. 5-7-1951
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-29-1898 – Cecil Lewis – Birkenhead, England – d. 1-27-1997
pioneer in British broadcasting instrumental in creation of the BBC
03-29-1899 – Clifford Goldsmith – Aurora, NY – d. 7-11-1971
writer: Created “The Aldrich Family”
03-29-1902 – Onslow Stevens – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-5-1977
actor: “Great Plays”
03-29-1905 – Philip Ahn – Los Angeles, CA – d. 2-28-1978
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-29-1906 – E. Power Biggs – West Cliff, England – d. 3-10-1977
organist: “Organ Program”
03-29-1907 – Abe Lincoln – Lancaster, PA – d. 6-8-2000
trombonist: “Guest Star”
03-29-1908 – Dennis O’Keefe – Fort Madison, IA – d. 8-31-1968
actor: Treasure Agent Larsen “T-Man”
03-29-1912 – Fred Brady – NYC – d. 11-11-1961
actor: Himself “The Fred Brady Show”
03-29-1912 – Nancy Douglass – Bloomington, IL
actor: “My True Story”; “Brave Tomorrow”
03-29-1914 – Phil Foster – NYC – d. 7-8-1985
actor: “What’s With Hubert”; “Baseball Round Table”; “Big Show”
03-29-1916 – Eugene McCarthy – Watkins, MN – d. 12-10-2005
u.s. senator: “Meet the Press”
03-29-1918 – Pearl Bailey – Newport News, VA – d. 8-17-1990
singer: “Kraft Music Hall “; “Tribute to Glenn Miller”
03-29-1919 – Eileen Heckart – Columbus, OH – d. 12-31-2001
actor: “Cloak and Dagger”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-29-1919 – Robert Enders – Pennsylvania – d. 9-7-2007
producer: “Our Land Be Right”
03-29-1923 – Bob Stanton – White Plains, NY – d. 1-28-1989
vocalist: (Brother of Dick Haymes) “The Sealtest Village Store”
03-29-1923 – Remo Palmieri – The Bronx, NY – d. 2-2-2002
guitartist: “Music ‘Til Midnight”; “Arthur Godfrey Show”
03-29-1924 – Ginger Dinning – Braman, KY
singer: (Dinning Sisters) “Dinning Sisters-Songs”; “WLS National Barn Dance”
03-29-1924 – Jackie Vernon – NYC – d. 11-10-1987
comedian: “Bill Stern Show”
03-29-1924 – Jean Dinning – Braman, KY
singer: (Dinning Sisters) “Dinning Sisters-Songs”; “WLS National Barn Dance”
03-29-1943 – Mike Handley – Norfolk VA – d. 4-10-2009
announcer: “The Larry King Show”
03-29-1962 – Earl Root – Raised Edina, MN – d. 5-23-2008
disk jockey: “Root of All Evil”
03-30-1858 – DeWolf Hopper – NYC – d. 9-23-1935
host-narrator: (Husband of Hedda Hopper) “Roses and Drums”
03-30-1883 – Jo Davidson – NYC – d. 1-2-1952
sculptor: “Information Please”
03-30-1889 – Herman Bing – Frankfurt, Germany – d. 1-9-1947
tenor: “Gulf Screen Theatre”
03-30-1892 – Ethel Owen, Racine WI – d. 12-28-1990
actor: Siri Allen “Against the Storm”; Clara Noble “Backstage Wife”
03-30-1892 – Floyd Odlum – Union City, MI – d. 6-17-1976
owner of rko studios: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
03-30-1893 – Dennis Hoey – London, England – d. 7-25-1960
actor: Edward Welby “Pretty Kitty Kelly”
03-30-1895 – Amos Binkley – d. 10-6-1985
banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers” WSM Nashville, TN
03-30-1896 – Samson Raphaelson – NYC – d. 7-16-1983
playwright: “Lux Radio Theatre”
03-30-1902 – Ted Heath – Wandsworth, London, England – d. 11-18-1969
bandleader: “Ted Heath and His Orchestra”
03-30-1905 – Don Hollenbeck – Lincoln, NE – d. 6-22-1954
news commentator: “CBS Views the Press”; “You Are There”
03-30-1913 – Frankie Laine – Chicago, IL – d. 2-6-2007
singer: “Big Show”; “Philco Radio Time”; “Spotlight Revue”
03-30-1914 – Stu Novins – Boston, MA – d. 11-7-1989
writer: “The City”
03-30-1916 – Will Hare – Elkins, WV – d. 8-31-1997
actor: “Words at War”; “New World A’ Coming”; “Mysterious Traveler”
03-30-1922 – Anne Pitoniak – Westfield, MA – d. 4-22-2007
actor: “Radio City Playhouse”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Magnificent Montague”
03-30-1922 – Turhan Bey – Vienna, Austria
actor: Francois Tarique “Notorious Tarique”
03-30-1926 – Bill Farrell – Cleveland, OH – d. 6-30-2007
singer: “Bob Hope Show”
03-30-1929 – Richard Dysart – Augusta, ME
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
03-30-1930 – John Astin – Baltimore, MD
actor: “Zero Hour”; “Empire of the Air”
03-30-1930 – Pepper Barker – d. 3-15-1998
disk jockey: WCMB Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
03-30-1930 – Peter Marshall – Clarksburg, WV
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
03-30-1958 – Maurice LaMarche – Toronto, Canada
actor: “Empire of the Air”
03-31-1870 – James Cox – Jacksonburg, OH – d. 7-15-1957
radio station owner, Cox Broadcasting
03-31-1895 – Josef Cherniavsky – Russia – d. 11-3-1959
composer, conductor: “Musical Camera”
03-31-1896 – Eddie Dunn – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-5-1951
quizmaster: “True or False”
03-31-1903 – Ralph Atlass – d. 6-20-1979
Chicaco radio pioneer
03-31-1907 – James L. Saphier – d. 4-9-1974
producer: “The Saint”; “Somebody Knows”
03-31-1907 – Ray Arvin – d. 12-28-1977
sportscaster: KORN Fremont, Nebraska; WREN Topeka, Kansas
03-31-1908 – Les Damon – Providence, RI – d. 7-20-1962
actor: Nick Charles “Advs. of the Thin Man”; Michael Waring “The Falcon”
03-31-1908 – Red Norvo – Beardstown, IL – d. 4-6-1999
jazz vibraphonist: “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Woody Herman Show”
03-31-1909 – Earle Graser – Kitchener, Canada – d. 4-9-1941
actor: Lone Ranger “Lone Ranger”
03-31-1915 – Henry Morgan – NYC – d. 5-19-1994
comedian: “Here’s Morgan”; “Henry Morgan Show”
03-31-1916 – Lucille Bliss – NYC
actor: “Candy Matson”
03-31-1918 – Charles Russell – NYC – d. 1-18-1985
actor: Johnny Dollar “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
03-31-1921 – Peggy Rea – Los Angles, CA
actor: “Gunsmoke”
03-31-1922 – Richard Kiley – Chicago, IL – d. 3-5-1999
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
03-31-1923 – Thomas Arim – d. 1-28-2003
disk jockey: “Birthday Party”
03-31-1928 – Lefty Frizzell – Corsicana, TX – d. 7-19-1975
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Louisana Hayride”; “Big D Jamboree”
03-31-1933 – Anita Carter – Maces Springs, VA – d. 7-29-1999
singer: (Carter Sisters) “Country Music Time”; “Grand Ole Opry”
03-31-1934 – Shirley Jones – Clarleroi, PA
singer-actor: “Calling All Hearts”; “Stars for Defense”
03-31-1945 – Myfanwy Talog – Caerwys, Clwyd, Wales – d. 3-11-1995
actor: “Dark Encounter”
03-xx-1896 – Billy Artzt – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-29-1949
orchestra leader: “Blondie”; “Myrt and Marge”; “Shirley Temple Time”
04-01-1883 – Jules Verne Allen – Ellis, TX – d. 3-19-1942
cowboy singer: Known as “Lonsome Luke”
04-01-1884 – Laurette Taylor – NYC – d. 12-7-1946
actor: “The Everedy Hour”
04-01-1886 – Wallace Beery – Kansas City, MO – d. 4-15-1949
host: “Shell Chateau”
04-01-1889 – Rev. Dr. Leslie Moss – Minneapolis, MN – d. 4-2-1949
preacher: “At Home in the World”; “This World of Ours”
04-01-1891 – Harold True – Hornell, NY – d. 2-15-1973
announcer/narrator: “The Lone Ranger”
04-01-1893 – Linton Wells – Louisville, KY – d. 1-31-1976
writer: “The Magic Key”
04-01-1895 – Alberta Hunter – Memphis, Tn – d. 10-17-1984
blues singer: “Jazz at the Simthsonian”
04-01-1895 – Franklin Babcock – d. 1-xx-1963
newscaster: KTRH Houston, Texas
04-01-1904 – Sid Field – Birmingham, England – d. 2-3-1950
comedian: Freelance
04-01-1907 – Stanley Joseloff – d. 10-1-1989
writer: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
04-01-1908 – Bob Nolan – New Brunswick, Canada – d. 6-16-1980
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) “The Roy Rogers Show”
04-01-1909 – Eddy Duchin – Cambridge, MA – d. 2-9-1951
bandleader: (The Ten Magic Fingers of Radio) “Lasalle Style Show”
04-01-1909 – Fiddlin’ Hank Warren – Mount Airy, NC
country, bluegrass: “Briarhoppers”
04-01-1911 – Maurice Tarplin – Boston, MA – d. 5-12-1975
actor: Mysterious Traveler “Mysterious Traveler”; Inspector Faraday “Boston Blackie”
04-01-1912 – Lou Merrill – Canada – d. 4-7-1963
actor: Thomas Hyland “Crime Classics”; Aaron Saul “Point Sublime”
04-01-1914 – Philip Yordan – Chicago, IL – d. 3-24-2003
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-01-1915 – Bob Dwan – San Francisco, CA – d. 1-21-2005
director: “You Bet Your Life”
04-01-1917 – Leon Janney – Ogden, UT – d. 10-28-1980
actor: Danny Stratford “Life of Mary Sothern”; Richard Parker “Parker Family”
04-01-1917 – Mel Shavelson – NYC – d. 8-8-2007
writer: “The Bob Hope Show”
04-01-1917 – “Wee” Bonnie Baker – Orange, TX – d. 8-11-1990
singer: “Your Hit Parade”
04-01-1920 – Art Lund – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 5-31-1990
singer, actor: “Benny Goodman and His Orchestra”; “Land’s Best Bands”; “Jubilee”
04-01-1921 – Charles Peck – d. 7-23-1996
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-01-1922 – Sonny King – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-3-2006
singer: “Arthur Godrey’s Talent Scouts”
04-01-1922 – William Manchester – Attleboro, MA – d. 6-1-2004
author, historian: “Meet the Press”; “Biography in Sound”
04-01-1923 – Bobby Jordan – NYC – d. 9-10-1965
actor: (The Dead End Kids) “Texaco Star Playhouse”; “Wheatenaville Sketches”
04-01-1925 – Ernest Kinoy
nbc staff writer
04-01-1926 – Jack Grimes – NYC – d. 3-10-2009
actor: Archie Andrews “Archie Andrews”; Homer Brown “Aldrich Family”
04-01-1927 – Bob Arbogast – Bellingham, WA – d. 3-21-2009
host: “Same Time, Same Station”
04-01-1929 – Jane Powell – Portland, OR
singer: Judy Foster “A Date with Judy”; “Chase & Sanborn Hour”; “Stars of Tomorrow”
04-01-1932 – Debbie Reynolds – El Paso, TX
actor: “Stars Over Hollywood”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-01-1934 – Don Hastings – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Studio One”; “Radio City Playhouse”
04-01-1937 – Jordan Charney
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-02-1840 – Emile Zola – Paris, France – d. 9-28-1902
author: Several of his works were adapted for radio
04-02-1864 – Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly – d. 12-20-1938
etymologist: Education talks on words; coach for CBS announcers
04-02-1878 – Leo Curley – NYC – d. 4-11-1960
actor: Ed Jackson “Backstage Wife”; Mike Shaw “Tom Mix”
04-02-1884 – Charles M. Courboin – Antwerp, Belgium – d. 4-13-1973
organ virtuoso: weekly half hour concert broadcast on NBC Red in 1940
04-02-1892 – Marjorie Child Husted – d. 12-23-1986
First radio voice of Betty Crocker
04-02-1907 – Luke Appling – High Point, NC – d. 1-3-1991
baseball great: “Tops in Sport”
04-02-1908 – Buddy Ebsen – Belleville, IL – d. 7-6-2003
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
04-02-1911 – Bill Days – St. Louis, MO – d. 5-6-2002
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) “Jack Benny Program”
04-02-1913 – Fran Carlon – Indianapolis, IN – d. 10-4-1993
actor: Lorelei Kilbourne “Big Town”; Bunny Mitchell “Story of Mary Marlin”
04-02-1914 – Alec Guinness – London, England – d. 8-5-2000
actor: “Kaleidoscope”
04-02-1915 – Frederick Cole – Hingham, MA – d. 12-20-1964
announcer: “Double or Nothing”; “Ethel and Albert”
04-02-1917 – Gertrude Warner – Hartford, CT – d. 1-26-1986
actor: Margo Lane “The Shadow”; Christy Allen “Against the Storm”
04-02-1919 – Tom Hubbard – d. 6-4-1974
actor: Sergeant Cadet Stripes “Starr of Space
04-02-1920 – Jack Webb – Santa Monica, CA – d. 12-23-1982
actor: Joe Friday “Dragnet”; Pete Kelly “Pete Kelly’s Blues”
04-02-1923 – Gloria Henry – New Orleans, LA
actor: “CBS Radio Workshop”
04-02-1928 – Rita Gam – Pittsburgh, PA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-02-1934 – Brian Glover – Sheffield, England – d. 7-24-1997
actor: George Hackett “An American Werewolf in London”; “Quote…Unquote”
04-02-1950 – Rob George – Mannum, Australia
writer: Mainly for Australian radio
04-02-1954 – Bonnie Erbe – NYC
lawyer and legal affairs corresposdent for Mutual and NBC
04-03-1783 – Washington Irving – NYC – d. 11-28-1859
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
04-03-1892 – Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon – Chester, PA – d. 2-22-1957
u.s. air force general: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
04-03-1893 – Leslie Howard – London, England – d. 6-1-1943
actor: “Leslie Howard Theatre”; “Streamlined Shakespeare”
04-03-1894 – Dooley Wilson – Tyler, TX – d. 5-30-1953
actor: “Theatre of Romance”; “New World A-Coming”; “Jubilee”
04-03-1895 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Florence, Italy – d. 3-16-1968
composer: “Fourteen August”; God and Uranium Were On Our Side”
04-03-1895 – Zez Confrey – Peru, IL – d. 11-22-1971
pianist, composer: “The Hour Of St. Francis”
04-03-1898 – Bob Barron – Shell, WY – d. unknown
actor: “Tom Mix”; “Mary Marlin”; “Little Orphan Annie”
04-03-1898 – George Jessel – NYC – d. 5-24-1981
comedian, emcee: (Toastmaster General of the U.S.A.) “Hollywood Calling”
04-03-1904 – Peter Van Steeden – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – d. 1-3-1990
bandleader: “Town Hall Tonight”; “Mr. District Attorney”
04-03-1906 – Iron Eyes Cody – Oklahoma Territory – d. 1-4-1999
actor: “Straight Arrow Pow-Wow
04-03-1909 – Jerry Cooper – Bay Minette, AL
singer: “Krueger’s Musical Toast”; “Vocal Varieties”
04-03-1913 – Mel Tolkin – Odessa, Russia – d. 11-26-2007
comedy writer: wrote jokes for Bob Hope
04-03-1914 – George Sopkin – Chicago, IL – d. 10-18-2008
cellist: Fine Arts Quartet
04-03-1918 – Sixten Ehrling – Malmo Skane Ian, Sweden – d. 2-13-2005
conductor: “Metropolitan Opera”
04-03-1920 – Stan Freeman – Waterbury, CT – d. 1-13-2001
pianist, composer: “Piano Playhouse”; “All Night on NBC”
04-03-1921 – George Bauer – d. 6-16-2004
announcer, newscaster: “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
04-03-1921 – Jan Sterling – NYC – d. 3-26-2004
actor: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”; “U.S. Steel Hour”
04-03-1921 – Leonard Sues – El Paso, TX – d. 10-24-1971
music: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
04-03-1923 – Elon Packard – d. 12-18-1977
writer: “The Bing Crosby Show”
04-03-1924 – Doris Day – Cincinnati, OH
singer, actor: “Your Hit Parade”; “Bob Hope Show”; “Doris Day Show”
04-03-1924 – Marlon Brando – Omaha, NE – d. 7-1-2004
actor: “Streetcar Named Desire”; “As Easy as A.B.C.”
04-03-1924 – Peter Hawkins – London, England – d. 7-8-2006
actor: Frankie Mouse “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
04-03-1925 – Jan Merlin – NYC
actor: Roger Manning “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”
04-03-1926 – Andrew Keir – Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland – d. 10-5-1997
actor: title role in “The Quartermass Memoirs”
04-03-1938 – Jeff Barry – Brooklyn, NY
actor: Himself “It’s the Barrys”
04-03-1943 – Patricia Johnson – Sydney, Australia
writer: “Cat’s Whisker to Transister”
04-04-1859 – Willfred Moore – d. 7-14-1939
writer: “Air Advs. of Jimmy Allen”; “Howie Wing”; “Captain Midnight”
04-04-1875 – Pierre Monteux – d. 7-1-1964
conductor: “The NBC Symphony Orchestra”
04-04-1889 – Dorothy Gordon – Odessa, Russia – d. 5-11-1970
moderator: “Dorothy Gordon’s Youth Forum”
04-04-1892 – Walter T. Butterworth – Wallingford, PA – d. 3-10-1962
emcee: “Molle Merry Minstrels”; “Vox Pox”; “Take a Card”
04-04-1894 – Ed East – Bloomington, IN – d. 1-18-1952
actor, writer, pianist, composer: “The Ed East and Polly Show”
04-04-1895 – Arthur Murray – NYC – d. 3-3-1991
dance master: “Natural Bridge Dancing Class”
04-04-1896 – Robert Sherwood – New Rochelle, NY – d. 11-14-1955
playwright: “Free Company”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
04-04-1897 – Albert Bagdasarian – d. 8-15-1968
newscaster: WNBZ Saranac Lake, New York
04-04-1897 – Erno Balogh – Budapest, Hungary – d. 6-2-1989
pianist: WEAF New York City
04-04-1900 – Chester Renier – d. 7-13-1965
producer, director: “Mother and Dad”
04-04-1901 – Gay Seabrook – Seattle, WA – d. 4-18-1970
actor: Susabelle “Joe Penner Show”
04-04-1902 – Bernice Berwin – Bay Area, CA – d. 5-22-2002
actor: Hazel Barbour “One Man’s Family”
04-04-1904 – John Brown – Hull, England – d. 5-16-1957
actor: Digby “Digger” O’Dell “Life of Riley”; Melvyn Foster “A Date with Judy”
04-04-1904 – Martin Wolfson – NYC – d. 9-12-1973
actor: Second Brother “Into the Light”
04-04-1906 – Bea Benaderet – NYC – d. 10-13-1968
comedian: Gertrude Gearshift “Jack Benny Program”
04-04-1906 – John Cameron Swayze – Wichita, KS – d. 8-15-1995
host. panelist: “Monitor”; “Who Said That?”
04-04-1906 – Johnnie Athaide – d. 5-10-1988
tenor: KGB San Diego, California
04-04-1907 – Bob Venables – Woodstock, IL – d. 7-30-1985
announcer: “The Whistler”
04-04-1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey – NYC – d. 11-4-2006
writer: (Cheaper By the Dozen) “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-04-1908 – Ted McMichael – Marshalltown, IA – d. 2-27-2001
singer: (The Merry Macs) “Bing Crosby Show”; “Fred Allen Show”
04-04-1912 – Charles Cliff – Asheville, NC – d. 4-30-2000
orchestra leader: NBC, CBS and MBS
04-04-1914 – Frances Langford – Lakeland, FL – d. 7-11-2005
singer, actor: Blanche Bickerson “Bickersons”; “Bob Hope Show”
04-04-1914 – Richard Coogan – Short Hills, NJ
actor: Robbie Hughes “Young Dr. Malone”; Abie Levy “Abie’s Irish Rose”
04-04-1914 – Rosemary Lane – Indianola, IA – d. 11-25-1974
singer: (The Lane Sisters) “Fred Waring Show”; “Your Hollywood Parade”
04-04-1922 – Elmer Bernstein – NYC – d. 8-18-2004
composer: “Coming Home”; “Memos to a New Millenium”
04-04-1932 – Anthony Perkins – NYC – d. 9-12-1992
actor: “Guest Star”; “Listening to Music with Tony Perkins”
04-04-1938 – Susan Luckey
actor: Elizabeth Barbour/Jane Barbour “One Man’s Family”
04-04-1943 – Paulette Jiles – Salem, MO
author: “My Mother’s Quilt”; “Money and Blankets”
04-05-1898 – Everett Crosby – Roslyn, WA – d. 7-13-1966
brother and manager of Bing Crosby
04-05-1900 – Spencer Tracy – Milwaukee, WI – d. 6-10-1967
actor: “Good News of 1938”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-05-1901 – Melvyn Douglas – Macon, GA – d. 8-4-1981
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-05-1905 – William Andrews – Oakland, CA – d. 5-2-1985
announcer: “One Man’s Family”
04-05-1908 – Bette Davis – Lowell, MA – d. 10-6-1989
actor: “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players”; “Prudential Family Hour of Stars”
04-05-1910 – Jim Alderman – d. 12-5-1992
newscaster: Dallas, Texas
04-05-1911 – Gordon Jones – Alden, IA – d. 6-20-1963
actor: Pete Thompson “Meet Mr. McNutley”
04-05-1911 – Martin Denny – NYC – d. 3-2-2005
orchestra leader: Live radio show for Alaskan Air Force Command Radio
04-05-1912 – John Le Mesurier – Bedford, England – d. 11-15-1983
actor: Sergeant Arthur Wilson “Dad’s Army”
04-05-1913 – Anne Scott-James – London, England – d. 5-13-2009
journalist: “My Word”
04-05-1914 – Eric Roberts – Winchmore Hill, England
author: “The Manadrins Cat”
04-05-1916 – Gregory Peck – Lo Jolla, CA – d. 6-12-2003
actor: “Doctor Fights”; “Sealtest Variety Hour”
04-05-1917 – Robert Bloch – Chicago, IL – d. 9-23-1994
writer: “Stay Tuned for Terror”
04-05-1919 – Ted Liss – d. 3-3-1992
actor: “Destination Freedom”
04-05-1921 – Barney Beck – d. 1-30-2007
sound effects: “The Shadow”; “I Love A Mystery”; “Bob and Ray”
04-05-1922 – Gale Storm – McDade, TX – d. 6-27-2009
actor: Margie Albright “My Little Margie”
04-05-1924 – Lee Stevens – Baltimore, MD
announcer: “Big Sister”
04-05-1926 – Stan Levy – d. 4-19-2005
jazz drummer: “Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra”
04-05-1928 – Michael Bryant – London, England – d. 4-25-2002
character actor: “Bequest to the Nation”
04-05-1929 – Nigel Hawthorne – Coventry, England – d. 12-26-2001
actor: Acted for his college radio station at the University of Cape Town
04-06-1883 – Vernon Dalhart – Jefferson, TX – d. 9-14-1948
singer, composer: “Barbasol Ben”
04-06-1884 – Walter Huston – Toronto, Canada – d. 4-7-1950
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Cavalcade of America”
04-06-1887 – Max Montesole – London, England – d. 9-17-1942
author of several radio plays
04-06-1892 – Lowell Thomas – Woodington, OH – d. 8-29-1981
newscaster, commentator: “Lowell Thomas and the News”; “Man with a Question”
04-06-1895 – Dudley Nichols – Wapakoneta, OH – d. 1-4-1960
screenwiriter: “Cavalcade of America”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-06-1903 – Charles R. Jackson – d. 9-21-1968
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”; “Sweet River”
04-06-1903 – Mickey Cochrane – Bridgewater, MA – d. 6-28-1962
sportscaster: (Member Baseball Hall of Fame) “Mickey Cochrane”
04-06-1908 – Bernard Dougall – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 9-24-1972
writer: “The Falcon”; “Mr. President”; “Show Boat”
04-06-1909 – Denver Darling – Cumberland County, IL – d. 4-27-1981
country music artist: “Right to Happiness, as commercial spokesman”
04-06-1913 – Don Fedderson – Beresford, SD – d. 12-18-1994
a vice president of palo alto radio station
04-06-1913 – Martha Lipton – NYC – d. 11-28-2006
opera singer: “Music from the House of Squibb”; “Great Days We Honor”
04-06-1913 – Todd Russell – Middleborough, England – d. 4-xx-1974
host: “Double or Nothing”; “Strike It Rich”
04-06-1919 – Paula Kelly – d. 4-12-1992
vocalist: (Modernaires) “Club Fifteen”
04-06-1921 – Arnold Marquis – Dortmund, Germany – d. 11-24-1990
producer, writer: “Pacific Story”; “Unlimited Horizons”
04-06-1922 – Dorothy Donegan – Chicago, IL – d. 5-19-1998
jazz pianist: “Jubilee”; “Radio Hall of Fame”
04-06-1924 – Mimi Benzell – Bridgeport, CT – d. 12-23-1970
singer: “Jack Pearl and Mimi Benzell”; “Railroad Hour”
04-06-1927 – Gerry Mulligan – NYC – d. 1-20-1996
jazz saxophonist: “Sound of Jazz”; “White House Jazz Festival”; “Voice of Vista”
04-06-1929 – Andre Previn – Berlin, Germany
pianist: “Songs by Sinatra”
04-06-1934 – David Doyle – Wisconsin – d. 9-29-2008
program host: “Growing Older, A New Perspective”
04-06-1938 – Roy Thinnes – Chicago, IL
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-07-1878 – Bert Swor – Paris, TN – d. 11-30-1943
comedian: “Modern Mistrels”; “Bicycle Party”
04-07-1893 – Irene Castle – New Rochelle, NY – d. 1-25-1969
actor: Best Dressed Woman “Life of Irene Castle”; “Twenty Questions”
04-07-1895 – Bert Wheeler – Paterson, NJ – d. 1-18-1968
comedian: “Frank Sinatra Show”; “New Old Gold Show”
04-07-1897 – Royal Foster – d. 10-1-1971
writer: “Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy”; “Ken Murray”
04-07-1897 – Walter Winchell – NYC – d. 2-20-1972
news-gossip caster: “Lucky Strike Dance Hour”; “Jergens Journal”
04-07-1899 – Robert Casadesus – Paris, France – d. 9-19-1972
pianist: “Telephone Hour”; “Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra”
04-07-1900 – Maria “Gamby” Gambarelli – La Spezia, Italy – d. 2-4-1990
ballerina, singer: “Roxy’s Gang”; “Dance with Gamby”
04-07-1901 – Gavin Gordon – Chicora, MS – d. 4-7-1983
actor: Doctor Norfolk “Brenthouse”
04-07-1905 – Murray Bolen – Minnesota – d. 10-22-1995
producer, director: “Father Knows Best”; “Mayor of the Town”; “Railroad Hour”
04-07-1908 – Percy Faith – Toronto, Canada – d. 2-9-1976
conductor: “Carnation Contented Hour”; “Pause That Refreshes on the Air”
04-07-1908 – Walt Framer – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 6-21-1988
producer, director: “Break the Bank”; “Strike It Rich”
04-07-1915 – Billie Holliday – Baltimore, MD – d. 7-17-1959
singer: “Artie Shaw Band”
04-07-1915 – Fred B. Cole – Hingham, MA – d. 12-6-2007
voice of the big bands
04-07-1915 – Stanley Adams – NYC – d. 4-27-1977
writer: “My Friend Irma”
04-07-1916 – Anthony Caruso – Frankfort, IN – d. 4-4-2003
actor: “This Is Your FBI”
04-07-1916 – Roy “Whitey” Grant – Shelby, NC
country, bluegrass: “Briarhoppers”
04-07-1918 – Peanuts Hucko – Syracuse, NY – d. 6-19-2003
jazz clarinetist: “Swing Shift”; “I Sustain These Wings”; “Doctor Jazz”
04-07-1919 – Ralph Flanagan – Lorain, OH – d. 12-30-1995
bandleader: “Chesterfield’s ABC of Music”; “Let’s Go Show”
04-07-1928 – James Garner – Norman, OK
spokesman: Financial Freedom
04-07-1934 – Ian Richardson – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 2-9-2007
actor: Richard II and Bolingbroke “Richard II”
04-07-1942 – Joel Dorn – Yeadon, PA – d. 12-17-2007
disk jockey: WHAT-FM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-07-1943 – Frank Gallacher – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 2-23-2009
actor: “Antarctic Journey”
04-08-1881 – Arthur B. Allen – Gowanda, NY – d. 8-25-1947
actor: “Snow Village Sketches”; “Kate Smith Show”; Stebbens Boys”
04-08-1882 – Lulu McConnell – Kansas City, MO – d. 10-9-1962
comedian: “It Pays to Be Ignorant”
04-08-1887 – Walter Connolly – Cincinnati, OH – d. 5-28-1940
actor: Charlie Chan “Charlie Chan”
04-08-1888 – Thornton Fisher – Cincinnati, OH – d. 8-13-1975
sports reporter: “The Briggs Sports Review”
04-08-1889 – Adrian Boult – Chester, England – d. 2-23-1983
writer: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; “Casebook of Gregory Hood”; “Sherlock Holmes”
04-08-1896 – Yip Harburg – NYC – d. 3-5-1981
lyricist: “Columbia Presents Corwin”
04-08-1900 – Bert “Mad Russian” Gordon – NYC – d. 11-30-1974
comedian: “Eddie Cantor Show”; Yasha “Duffy’s Tavern”
04-08-1905 – Ilka Chase – NYC – d. 2-15-1978
panelist, hostess, actor: “Leave It to the Girls”; “Luncheon at the Waldorf”
04-08-1906 – Max Afford – Parkside, Australia – d. 11-2-1954
writer: “Murder’s Not for Middle Age”
04-08-1908 – Tito Guizar – Guadalajara, Mexico – d. 12-25-1999
vocalist: (Isham Jones Band) “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Hollywood Showcase”
04-08-1911 – Ichiro Fujiyama – Tokyo, Japan – d. 7-21-1993
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
04-08-1912 – Sonja Henie – Kristiania, Norway – d. 10-12-1969
skater, actor: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Bill Ster’s Colgate Sports Newsreel”; “Shell Show”
04-08-1915 – Carlyle Austin – d. 10-30-1985
sportscaster: KEVR Seattle, Washington
04-08-1915 – Fred Flowerday – d. 4-6-1989
director: “The Lone Ranger”; “The Green Hornet”; “Challenge of the Yukon”
04-08-1915 – R. Norwood Smith – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-24-1999
singer: “Norwood Smith Sings”
04-08-1916 – Carl Cotner – Indiana – d. 11-14-1986
steel guitar: “Gene Aurty’s Melody Ranch”
04-08-1919 – Virginia O’Brien – Los Angles, CA – d. 1-23-2001
actor: “Blue Ribbon Town”
04-08-1921 – Franco Corelli – Ancona, Italy – d. 10-29-2003
operatic tenor: “Gala Performance”
04-08-1922 – Carmen McRae – NYC – d. 11-10-1994
jazz singer: “Woolworth Hour”; “Newport Jazz Festival”
04-08-1923 – Jimmie Osborne – Winchester, KY – d. 12-26-1958
singer: “WLS Barn Dance”; “WLW Midwestern Hayride”
04-08-1928 – Eric Porter – London, England – d. 5-15-1995
actor: “Landscape”
04-08-1930 – Dorothy Tutin – London, England – d. 8-6-2001
actor: “Before the Party”
04-08-1931 – John Bartholomew Tucker
host (communicator) “Monitor”
04-08-1937 – Bernelda Wheeler – Saskatchewan, Canada – d. 9-11-2005
worked as a disc jockey in Churchill, Manitoba
04-08-1941 – Peggy Lennon – Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The Lennon Sisters) “Music on Deck”; “Voices of Vista”; “Guest Star”
04-09-1883 – Frank King – Cashton, WI – d. 6-24-1969
cartoonist: Created Gasoline Alley comic strip
04-09-1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. – Rostov-on-Don, Russia – d. 2-22-1985
violinist: “The Magic Key”
04-09-1892 – Mary Pickford – Toronto, Canada – d. 5-29-1979
actor: “Mary Pickford Dramas”; “Parties at Pickfair”
04-09-1895 – Frank H. Anderson, Jr. – Minneapolis, MN – d. 1-4-1952
pianist/singer: had his own program for 8 years
04-09-1897 – John B. Gambling – Norwich, England – d. 11-21-1974
host: “Your Personal Program”; “John B. Gambling Club”; “Rambling with Gambling”
04-09-1898 – Paul Robeson – Princeton, NJ – d. 1-23-1976
singer: “Pursuit of Happiness”
04-09-1900 – Allen Jenkins – NYC – d. 7-20-1974
actor: “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-09-1903 – Ward Bond – Denver, CO – d. 11-5-1960
actor: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
04-09-1904 – Joseph “Sharkey” Bonamo – New Orleans, LA – d. 3-27-1972
conductor: (Sharkey Bonamo and His Sharks of Rhythm) “Saturday Night Swing Club”
04-09-1904 – Mickey Alpert – d. 9-22-1965
orchestra leader: “Amalgamated Broadcasting System Inaugural Program”
04-09-1905 – Brewster Morgan – d. 12-26-1960
director: “Columbia Workshop”; “Men Against Death”; “Report to the Nation”
04-09-1905 – James Fulbright – Summer, MO – d. 2-9-1995
u.s. senator: “Information Please”
04-09-1906 – Antal Dorati – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – d. 11-13-1988
conductor”; “CBS Symphony Orchestra”
04-09-1910 – Alan Melville – Berwick-upon-Tweed, England – d. 12-24-1983
scriptwriter: “BBC Radio Newsreel”; “London Column”
04-09-1911 – Jim Bannon – Kansas City, MO – d. 7-28-1984
announcer, narrator: “Joe Penner Show”; “Eddie Bracken Show”
04-09-1913 – Fay Helm – Bakersfield, CA – d. 9-27-2003
actor: “Shell Chateau”; “Cavalcade of America”
04-09-1913 – George Lowther – NYC – d. 4-28-1975
narrator, writer: “Advs. of Superman”; “Terry and the Pirates”
04-09-1914 – Frank Bingham – Athens, OH – d. 8-21-1988
announcer: “Straight Arrow”; “Phantom Pilot”
04-09-1916 – Ann Morrison – Sioux City, IA – d. 4-18-1978
actor: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Escape”
04-09-1916 – Bill Leonard – NYC – d. 10-23-1994
interviewer: “This Is New York”; “In Town Today”
04-09-1916 – Julian Dash – Charleston, SC – d. 2-25-1974
saxophonist: “Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra”
04-09-1920 – Art Van Damme – Norway, MI – d. 2-15-2010
jazz accordionist: (Art Van Damme Quintet) “Dave Garroway Show”
04-09-1921 – Frankie Thomas, Jr. – NYC – d. 5-11-2006
actor: Tom Corbett “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”
04-09-xxxx – Louise Larabee – Bremerton, WA – d. 3-30-1988
actor: “Calvacade of America”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-10-1827 – Lew Wallace – Brookville, IN – d. 2-15-1905
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
04-10-1868 – George Arliss – London, England – d. 2-5-1946
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-10-1885 – Sigmund Spaeth – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-11-1965
commentator: “Tune Detective”; “Fun in Print”
04-10-1890 – Grace Wilson – Owosso, MI – d. 6-8-1962
singer: (The Girl with a Million Friends) “National Barn Dance”
04-10-1894 – Haven MacQuarrie – Boston, MA – d. 8-4-1953
emcee: “Do You Want to be an Actor”
04-10-1897 – Eric Knight – Menston, England – d. 1-13-1943
writer: “Everyman’s Theatre”
04-10-1897 – Fred Hall – NYC – d. 10-8-1964
composer, performer: (Hall and Fields) “Old Man of the Mountain”
04-10-1902 – Mark Warnow – Monastrischt, Russia – d. 10-17-1949
conductor: “We, the People”; “Your Hit Parade”
04-10-1905 – Paul “Hezzie” Trietsch – Muncie, IN – d. 4-27-1980
musician-singer: “National Barn Dance”; “Uncle Ezra”
04-10-1906 – Lilie Darvas – Budapest, Hungary – d. 7-23-1974
actor: Madame Sophie: We Love and Learn/As the Twig is Bent”
04-10-1910 – Peg La Centra – Boston, MA – d. 6-1-1996
singer, actor: “Court of Human Relations”; “For Men Only”; “Gulden Melodies”
04-10-1911 – Victor Lombardo – London, Canada – d. 1-22-1994
musician: (Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra) “Lady Esther Serenade”
04-10-1913 – Henry “Butch” Stone – NYC – d. 5-19-2009
vocalist: (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) “One Night Stand”
04-10-1915 – Harry (Henry) Morgan – Detroit, MI
actor: “Mystery in the Air”
04-10-1917 – Morty Corb – San Antonio, TX – d. 1-11-1996
bass player: “Guest Star”
04-10-1919 – Bruce Buell – Santa Ana, CA – d. 4-23-1996
annoucer: “California Caravan”; “Mystery is My Hobby”
04-10-1921 – Chuck Connors – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-10-1992
actor: “Family Theatre”
04-10-1922 – Marian Richman – California – d. 2-24-1956
actor: “Tell It Again”
04-10-1927 – Sidney Appleman – Chicago, IL – d. 8-25-1994
string bassist: Clyde McCoy’s Band
04-10-1933 – Poncie Ponce – Maui, HI
singer, ukulele: Hawaiin radio
04-11-1880 – Bernardino Molinari – Rome, Italy – d. 12-25-1952
conductor: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”
04-11-1893 – Dean Acheson – Middletown, CT – d. 10-12-1971
u.s secretary of state: “Building the Peace”; “The United Nations Today”
04-11-1893 – Lou Holtz – San Francisco, CA – d. 9-22-1980
comedian: “Fleischmann Hour”; “Kraft Music Hall”
04-11-1893 – Pat Flanagan – Clinton, IA – d. 7-2-1963
sportscaster, announcer: CBS Network, WBBM in Chicago
04-11-1902 – Carroll Carroll – NYC – d. 2-5-1991
writer: “Over Here”; “Guest Star”
04-11-1902 – Quentin Reynolds – NYC – d. 3-17-1965
author: “Britain Speaks”; “Quentin Reynolds”; “Keep ‘Em Rolling”
04-11-1904 – Paul McGrath – Chicago, IL – d. 4-13-1978
actor, host: Host “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”; Robert Allison “My Son Jeep”
04-11-1907 – Paul Douglas – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-11-1959
announcer, sportscaster, actor: Lawyer Feldman “Meyer the Buyer”
04-11-1908 – Leo Rosten – Lodz, Poland – d. 2-19-1997
writer: “Conversation”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Four Star Playhouse”
04-11-1909 – Sylvia Picker – NYC – d. 9-25-1981
actor: Suzy “Box 13”
04-11-1910 – Jim Britt – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-31-1980
sports commentator: “Dateline Boston”
04-11-1911 – Bob Dixon – Stamford, CT – d. 8-22-1998
announcer: Edward R. Murrow: created the phrase “Listen to Murrow tomorrow”
04-11-1911 – Robert Saudek – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 3-13-1997
television producer: Established the Museum of Television and Radio
04-11-1912 – John Larkin – Oakland, CA – d. 1-29-1965
actor: Perry Mason “Perry Mason”; “Dimension X; “ Ford Theatre”
04-11-1913 – Bob LeMond – Hale Center, TX – d. 1-13-2008
announcer: “Romance of the Ranchos”; “Sweeny and March Show”
04-11-1913 – Millie Good – Mt. Carmel, IL – d. 5-3-1993
singer: (Girls of the Golden West) “National Barn Dance”
04-11-1921 – Dorothy Shay – Jacksonville, FL – d. 10-22-1978
singer: (Park Avenue Hillbilly) “The Spike Jones Show”
04-11-1921 – Toni Darnay – Chicago, IL – d. 1-5-1983
actor: Evelyn Winters “Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters”
04-12-1898 – Lily Pons – Draguignan, France – d. 2-13-1976
singer: “Telephone Hour”; “Voice of Firestone”
04-12-1902 – John White – d. 11-26-1992
country/western singer: Lonesome Cowboy “Death Valley Days”
04-12-1904 – Berlyn Baylor – d. 7-6-1969
leader of the Troubadours for WLBN Little Rock, Arkansas
04-12-1904 – Frankie Masters – Saint Marys, WV – d. 1-29-1991
music: “Edgar A. Guest”
04-12-1905 – Audrey Call – Alton, IL – d. 6-3-2001
violinist: “Fibber McGee and Molly”
04-12-1907 – Hubert Fincher – Waldo, AR – d. 10-29-1979
country music: “Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance”
04-12-1907 – Ivan Ditmars – Olympia, WA – d. 9-10-1997
music: “Advs. of Frank Race”; “Dr. Christian”; “Escape”
04-12-1908 – Robert L. Scott – Waynesboro, GA – d. 2-27-2006
wwII fighter pilot, author: “Mail Call”; “Hop Harrigan”
04-12-1911 – Joseph Blazak – d. 12-4-1993
newscaster: KGFJ Los Angeles, California
04-12-1912 – Herbert B. Mills – Picqua, OH – d. 4-12-1989
singer: (The Mills Brothers) “Mills Brothers Quartette”
04-12-1914 – Ken Williams – Canada – d. 2-16-1984
actor: Brian Wells “David Harum”
04-12-1918 – Helen Forrest – Atlantic City, NJ – d. 7-11-1999
singer: “Artie Shaw and His Orchestra”; “Harry James and His Orchestra”
04-12-1919 – Ann Miller – Chireno, TX – d. 1-22-2004
dancer, actor: “Forecast”; “Hollywood Hotel”
04-12-1919 – Cy Bahakel – Birmingham, AL – d. 4-20-2006
newscaster: WJRD Tuscaloosa, AL
04-12-1919 – Ivor Barry – South Wales, UK – d. 12-12-2006
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
04-12-1920 – Anita Ellis – Montreal, Canada
singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”; “Jack Carson Show” “Red Skelton Show”
04-12-1921 – Peter R. Brooke – Berlin, Germany – d. 4-14-1999
writer: “Secret Mission”
04-12-1926 – Jane Withers – Atlanta, GA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-12-1930 – Bob Bartter – d. 10-xx-1976
disk jockey: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
04-12-1930 – Johnny Antonelli – Rochester, NY
baseball pitcher: “Bill Stern Sports News”
04-12-1931 – Betty Clooney – Maysville, KY – d. 8-6-1976
singer: (The Clooney Sisters) “Moon River”
04-12-1935 – Gene Weed – Dallas, TX – d. 8-5-1999
disk jockey: “Shivaree”
04-12-1940 – Jack Hibberd – Warracknabeal, Australia
writer: “A Stretch of the Imagination”
04-13-1886 – Willie Howard – Paramus, NY – d. 1-14-1949
comedian: (Howard Brothers) “Folies De Paris”; “The Royal Vagabonds”
04-13-1887 – Christian Rubb – Austria – d. 4-14-1956
actor: (Voice of Geppetto) “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-13-1889 – Herbert Yardley – Washington, IN – d. 8-7-1958
writer: “Stories of the Black Chambers”
04-13-1890 – Gene Rodemich – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-27-1934
orchestra leader/singer: “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
04-13-1899 – Larry Keating – St.Paul, MN – d. 8-26-1963
actor, emcee: “Murder Will Out”; “Scramby Amby”; “This Is Your FBI”
04-13-1902 – Bob Stanley – Lancut, Poland – d. unknown
orchestra leader: “Music Without Words”; “Benay Venura Program”
04-13-1902 – Godfrey Kenton – London, England – d. 4-27-1998
actor: “Waiting for Godot”; “Paradise Lost”
04-13-1905 – Eddie Dooley – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-25-1982
sports commentary: “Dooley’s Football Forecast”
04-13-1906 – Bud Freeman – Chicago, IL – d. 3-15-1991
tenor sax player: “Camel Caravan”; “Fats Waller Jam School”; “Doctor Jazz”
04-13-1906 – Samuel Beckett – Dublin, Ireland – d. 12-22-1989
writer: “All That Fall”
04-13-1907 – Harold E. Stassen – West St. Paul, MN – d. 3-4-2001
presidential candidate: “Meet the Press”; “The People’s Platform”
04-13-1912 - Roy Winsor – Chicago, IL – d. 5-31-1987
director, writer: “Vic and Sade”; “Sky King”
04-13-1913 – Dave Albritton – d. 5-14-1994
disk jockey: Dayton, Ohio
04-13-1916 – Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner – Kansas City, MO – d. 11-25-2006
writer of radio soap operas
04-13-1918 – Brad Ansley – d. 1-23-1992
sportscaster: WIOD Miami Florida
04-13-1919 – Howard Keel – Gillespie, IL – d. 11-7-2004
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-13-1919 – Phil Tonken – Hartford, CT – d. 2-4-2000
announcer/newscaster: “Your Supper”; “Radio Newsreel”
04-13-1923 – Don Adams – NYC – d. 9-25-2005
comedian: “Kraft Music Hall”; “A Salute to Humble Howard”
04-13-1932 – Jack Danon – St. Louis, MO – d. 8-12-1996
singer: “Fibber McGee and Molly”
04-13-1951 – Peter Davison – London, England
actor: Eric Brown “King Street Junior”; “Change at Oglethorpe”
04-14-1889 – Dick Richards – Detroit, MI – d. 5-28-1951
Owned radio stations WJR (Detroit), WGAR (Cleveland), KMPC (Los Angeles)
04-14-1898 – Lee Tracy – Atlanta, GA – d. 10-18-1968
actor: Martin Kane “Martin Kane, Private Detective”
04-14-1903 – Lloyd Amoo – d. 7-15-1973
newscaster: KRMC Jamestown, North Dakota
04-14-1904 – John Gielgud – London, England – d. 5-21-2000
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
04-14-1905 – Bob Stanton – Minneapolis, MN – d. 6-17-1977
nbc staff announcer: “Bob Stanton Sports”
04-14-1913 – John Howard – Cleveland, OH – d. 2-19-1995
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Hollywood Hotel”
04-14-1914 – Arnold Perl – d. 12-11-1971
writer: “The Big Story”; “I Fly Anything”; “The Amazing Mr. Tutt”
04-14-1914 – John Hubbard – East Chicago, IN – d. 11-6-1988
actor: Willie Faye “Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”
04-14-1915 – Richard Hart – Providence, RI – d. 1-2-1951
actor: “Family Theatre”
04-14-1916 – Emerson Buckley – NYC – d. 11-17-1989
conductor: “Two Thousand Plus”; “Murder By Experts”
04-14-1917 – Valerie Hobson – Larne, Ireland – d. 11-13-1998
actor: Guest Contestant “One Minute Please”
04-14-1918 – Mary Healy – New Orleans, LA
actor: Jack Benny Program”; “Texaco Town”; “Ford Show”; “Lum and Abner”
04-14-1919 – Dennis Ballant – d. 5-10-1970
disk jockey: WJAG Norfolk, Virginia
04-14-1924 – Shorty Rogers – Great Barrington, MA – d. 11-7-1994
jazz trumpeter: “Army Bandstand”; “Here’s to Veterans”
04-14-1926 – Gloria Jean – Buffalo, NY
singer: “The Bob Hope Show”
04-14-1929 – Ray Mathew – Leichhardt, Australia – d. 5-27-2002
writer: “The Medea of Euripides”
04-14-1940 – Patsy Bruder – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-15-1900 – Eddie Garr – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-3-1956
actor: (Father of Teri Garr) “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
04-15-1907 – Casper Reardon – Little Falls, NY – d. 3-9-1941
jazz harpist: “Camel Caravan”; “Kraft Music Hall”
04-15-1907 – Theodore Granick – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-21-1970
moderator: “American Forum of the Air”
04-15-1909 – Dave Driscoll – Maplewood, NJ – d. 5-8-1981
news and sport commentator for the mutual network
04-15-1909 – Gordon Bambrick – d. 7-16-1977
announcer: “Reading Is Fun”
04-15-1910 – Eddie Mayo – Holyoke, MA – d. 11-27-2006
major league baseball player: “World Series Preview”
04-15-1915 – Hans Conried – Baltimore, MD – d. 1-5-1982
actor: Professor Kropotkin “My Friend Irma”; Schultz “Life with Luigi”
04-15-1918 – Hilda Simms – Minneapolis, MN – d. 2-6-1994
actor: “New World A’ Coming”
04-15-1918 – John Baragrey – Haleyville, AL – d. 8-4-1975
actor: “X Minus One”; “There Is No Night”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-15-1921 – Art Ford – NYC – d. 4-23-2006
emcee, disk jockey: “Monitor”
04-15-1928 – Jimmy Ogg – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-1-1986
actor: “Smilin’ Ed’s Buster Brown Gang”
04-15-1931 – Florian Zabach – Chicago, IL – d. 2-25-2006
violinist: “Arthur Godfrey and His Talent Scouts”; “Here’s to Veterans”
04-15-1933 – Roy Clark – Meherrin, VA
country/western singer: “Town and Country Time”
04-16-1887 – Mark Smith – NYC – d. 5-9-1944
actor: Jiggs “Bringing Up Father”; “Uria Calwalder “Show Boat”
04-16-1889 – Charles Chaplin – London, England – d. 12-25-1977
actor: “Dodge Brothers Hour”
04-16-1895 – Mischa Mischakoff – Proskourov, Russia – d. 2-1-1981
violinist: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “NBC String Trio”
04-16-1897 – Milton J. Cross – NYC – d. 1-3-1975
announcer, commentator: (The Voice of the Met) “General Motors Concerts”
04-16-1898 – Marian Jordan – Peoria, IL – d. 4-7-1961
commedienne: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Kaltenmeyer’s Kindergarten”
04-16-1904 – Fifi D’Orsay – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – d. 12-2-1983
singer: “Folies De Paris”; “This Is Your Life”
04-16-1909 – Dick Wynn – d. 8-24-1996
announcer: “Count of Monte Cristo”; “The Lone Wolf”
04-16-1911 – Frank Vass – Greenville, SC – d. 4-5-1988
singer: (The Vass Family) “The Lady Next Door”; “Kraft Phoenix Program”
04-16-1913 – Les Tremayne – London, England – d. 12-19-2003
actor: Nick Charles “Advs. of the Thin Man”; Michael Waring “The Falcon”
04-16-1914 – John Hodiak – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 10-19-1955
actor: L’il Abner “L’il Abner”; Butch Cavendish “Lone Ranger”
04-16-1915 – Joan Alexander – St. Paul, MN – d. 5-21-2009
actor: Lois Lane “Advs. of Superman”; Ellen Deering “Philo Vance”
04-16-1917 – Jean Holloway – d. 11-11-1989
writer: “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Mayor of the Town”; “Mr. President”
04-16-1918 – Spike Milligan – Ahmednagar, India – d. 2-27-2002
comedian: Eccles the Idiot, Miss Minnie Bannister, Count Moriarty “Goon Show”
04-16-1920 – Barry Nelson – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-7-2007
actor: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Treasury Salute”; “Monitor”
04-16-1921 – Peter Ustinov – London, England – d. 3-28-2004
actor: “Freedom Forum”; “Mitch Miller Show”; “In Any Direction”
04-16-1924 – Henry Mancini – Cleveland, OH – d. 6-14-1994
orchestra leader: “Family Theatre”; “Voices of Vista”
04-16-1927 – Edie Adams – Kingston, PA-d. 10-15-2008
singer, actor: “Stewart Foster Show”
04-16-1930 – Herbie Mann – NYC – d. 7-1-2003
jazz flutist: “Voices of Vista”; “Sounds of Freedom”
04-16-1933 – Ike Pappas – NYC – d. 8-31-2008
newscaster: “World News Roundup”; “CBS News”
04-16-1935 – Bobby Vinton – Canonsburg, PA
singer: “Christmas Seal Campaign”
04-16-1939 – Donald MacCormick – Scotland – d. 7-12-2009
host: “London News Direct”
04-17-1897 – Thornton Wilder – Madison, WI – d. 12-7-1975
writer: “This Is My Best”
04-17-1898 – Howard Claney – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 4-30-1980
announcer: “American Album of Familiar Music”; “NBC Symphony”
04-17-1901 – Marie Blizard – d. 10-20-1991
writer: Network radio
04-17-1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky – Yekaterinoslav, Russia – d. 8-6-1976
cellist: “Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra”; “The Pause that Refreshes . . On the Air”
04-17-1905 – Arthur Lake – Corbin, KY – d. 1-10-1987
actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead “Blondie”
04-17-1909 – Rex Rienits – Dubbo, Australia – d. 4-30-1971
author: “A Matter of Life or Else”
04-17-1910 – Ivan Goff – Perth, Australia – d. 9-23-1999
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-17-1911 – Alvin C. W. Bahnsen – d. 12-xx-1985
newscaster: WWRL New York
04-17-1911 – George Seaton – South Bend, IN – d. 7-28-1979
actor, film director: Lone Ranger “The Lone Ranger”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
04-17-1913 – Harry Clark – Providence, RI – d. 2-28-1956
newscaster, announcer: “CBS News”; “Backstage Wife”; “Columbia Workshop”
04-17-1913 – Richard Travis – Carlsbad, NM – d. 7-11-1989
announcer and sportscaster
04-17-1913 – Walter Ducloux – Lucerne, Switzerland – d. 1-25-1997
conductor: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”
04-17-1915 – Joe Foss – Sioux Falls, SD – d. 1-1-2003
south dakota governor: “Tops in Sports”
04-17-1918 – Anne Shirley – NYC – d. 7-4-1993
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-17-1918 – John Hess – Chicago, IL – d. 4-15-2004
writer: “The Human Adventure”
04-17-1918 – William Holden – O’Fallon, IL – d. 11-16-1981
actor: “Hour of Mystery”; “Smiths of Hollywood”; “So Proudly We Hail”
04-17-1920 – Arnold Yarrow – London, England
author: “After Moscow
04-17-1923 – Harry Reasoner – Dakota City, IA – d. 8-6-1991
reporter: CBS News Washington
04-17-1923 – Lindsay Anderson – South India – d. 8-30-1994
film director: First person to udder the “F” word on the BBC
04-17-1923 – Lon McCallister – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-11-2005
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Family Theatre”
04-17-1925 – Blaine Walsh – Oconto, WI – d. 9-5-1985
sportscaster: Milwaukee Braves
04-17-1926 – Joan Loring (Dellie Ellis) – Hong Kong, China
actor: Judy Foster “A Date with Judy”
04-17-1927 – Graziella Sciutti – Turin, Italy – d. 4-9-2001
operatic soprano: “Meetropolitan Opera”
04-17-1928 – Don West – Fredonia, KS – d. 8-13-2004
announcer, writer, newsman: Clifton, Arizona
04-18-1857 – Clarence Darrow – Kinsman, OH – d. 3-13-1938
lawyer: “ Scopes “Monkey” trial, WGN Chicago”
04-18-1880 – Donald Crisp – Aberfeldy, Scotland – d. 5-25-1974
actor: Jonathan Trimble “Jonathan Trimble, Esquire”
04-18-1882 – Leopold Stokowski – London, England – d. 9-13-1977
conductor: “NBC Symphony/Symphony of the Air”
04-18-1887 – Bill Hay – Dumfires, Scotland – d. 10-12-1978
announcer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
04-18-1889 – Gene Carroll – Chicago, IL – d. 3-5-1972
comedian: Lena, the maid “Fibber McGee and Molly”
04-18-1902 – Harry Owens – O’Neil, NE – d. 12-12-1986
bandleader: “Hawaii Calls”; “Sweet Leilani Time”; Harry Owens and His Orchestra”
04-18-1904 – Pigmeat Markham – Durhan, N – d. 12-13-1981
comedian: (“order in the court ‘ cuz here come da judge) “Jubilee”
04-18-1907 – Miklos Rozsa – Budapest, Hungary – d. 7-27-1995
composer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-18-1907 – Stephen Longstreet – NYC – d. 2-20-2002
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-18-1908 – Irra Petina – Petrograd, Russia – d. 1-19-2000
singer: “The Railroad Hour”
04-18-1911 – Louis Vittes – d. 4-21-1969
writer: “Advs. of The Thin Man”; “Affairs of Peter Salem”; “The Lone Wolf”
04-18-1912 – Al Hodge – Ravenna, OH – d. 3-19-1979
actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet “Green Hornet”; “Columbia Workshop”
04-18-1912 – Fred De Denise – NYC
drummer: “Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra”
04-18-1912 – Wendy Barrie – Hong Kong, China – d. 2-2-1978
hostess, actor: “Detect and Collect”; “Jack Haley Show”; “Star for a Night”
04-18-1914 – Ben Bezoff – d. 12-30-1979
newscaster: WKY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KMYR Denver, Colorado
04-18-1918 – Page Gilman – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-1-2006
actor: Jack Barbour “One Man’s Family”; “Memory Lane”
04-18-1918 – Tony Mottola – Kearney, NJ – d. 8-9-2004
jazz guitarist: “Gordon MacRae Gulf Spray Show”; “Burl Ives Sings”
04-18-1921 – Barbara Hale – DeKalb, IL
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “This Is Hollywood”
04-18-1921 – Jay L. McMullen – Minneapolis, MN – d. 3-18-1992
news commentator: “Babies: C.O.D.”
04-18-1924 – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Vinton, LA – d. 9-10-2005
singer, guitarist: “Newport Jazz Festival”
04-18-1925 – Bob Hastings – Brooklyn, NY
actor: Archie Andrews “Archie Andrews”; Jerry “Sea Hound”
04-18-1929 – Walt Levinsky – New Jersey – d. 12-14-1999
clarinetist: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra; Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
04-18-1937 – Robert Hooks – Washington, D.C.
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
04-18-1941 – John J. Jackson – d. 3-17-2004
rock-radio personality
04-18-1949 – Larry Albert – Souix Falls, SD
actor: Harry Nile “Advs. of Harry Nile”
04-19-1858 – May Robson – Melbourne, Australia – d. 10-20-1943
actor: Aunt May Webster “Lady of Millions”
04-19-1888 – William Axt – d. 2-12-1959
musical director: “Major Bowes Capitol Family Program”
04-19-1891 – Ralph Jewell – d. 5-xx-1964
Played cornet for various bands around Detroit and WXYZ
04-19-1897 – Vivienne Segal – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-29-1992
actor: “Jantzen Radio Program”
04-19-1900 – George O’Brien – San Francisco, CA – d. 9-23-1985
actor: “Anchors Aweigh”
04-19-1907 – Lin Basquette – San Mateo, CA – d. 9-30-1994
actor: “Whatever Became of . . . “
04-19-1913 – Sylvia Froos – New York – d. 3-28-2004
singer: “Sylvia Froos Show”; “Fred Allen Show”
04-19-1915 – Albert Buhrman – Springfield, MO – d. 1-29-1999
organist: “Murder at Midnight”; “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
04-19-1915 – Betty Winkler – Berwick, PA – d. 6-4-2002
actor: Joyce Jordan “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”; Rosemary Levy “Abie’s Irish Rose”
04-19-1920 – Frank Fontaine – Cambridge, MA – d. 8-4-1978
comedian: John L. C. Sivoney “Jack Benny Program”
04-19-1937 – Elinor Donahue – Tacoma, WA
actor: “The Search”
04-19-1942 – Noah Adams – Ashland, KY
host: “All Things Considered”
04-19-1977 – Martin Grams. Jr. – Baltimore, MD
old time radio historian
04-20-1889 – Adolf Hitler – Braunau, Austria – d. 4-30-1945
dictator: Propaganda broadcasts
04-20-1893 – Harold Lloyd – Burchard, NE – d. 3-8-1971
comedian: “Comedy Theatre”
04-20-1897 – Gregory Ratoff – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 12-14-1960
panelist: “Information, Please”
04-20-1898 – Sidney Lanfield – Chicago, IL – d. 6-20-1972
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
04-20-1900 – Reed Kennedy – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 8-12-1952
vocalist: “Gulf Headliners”; “The Song Shop”
04-20-1904 – Bruce Cabot – Carlsbad, NM – d. 5-3-1972
actor: “Hallmark Hall of Fame”; “Hollywood on the Air”
04-20-1904 – John Sanford – Harlem, NY – 3-6-2003
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-20-1908 – Lionel Hampton – Louisville, KY – d. 8-31-2002
vibraphone artist: “Jubilee”; “One Night Stand”; “Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra”
04-20-1914 – Betty Lou Gerson – Chattanooga, TN – d. 1-12-1999
actor: Mary Marlin “Story of Mary Marlin”; Charlotte Wilson “The Guiding Light”
04-20-1915 – Evelyn Scott – Brockton, MA – d. 1-31-2002
actor: “Arch Oboler’s Plays”; “The Smiths of Hollywood”
04-20-1923 – Tito Puente – NYC – d. 5-31-2000
percussionist, bandleader: “Manhattan Melodies”
04-20-1924 – Nina Foch – Leyden, The Netherlands – d. 12-5-2008
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”; “Cavalcade of America”
04-20-1924 – Patricia Peardon – Allendale, NJ – d. 4-22-1993
actor: Mary Aldrich “Aldrich Family”; Joan Worthington “Orphans of Divorce”
04-20-1926 – Elena Verdugo – Hollywood, CA
actor: Millie Bronson “Meet Millie”
04-21-1891 – Dr. Howard W. Haggard – d. 4-22-1959
alcoholism expert: “Devils, Drugs and Doctors”
04-21-1891 – Will Donaldson – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-16-1954
composer, arranger, musician: “The Wonder Bakers Orchestra”
04-21-1895 – Max Jordan – San Remo, Italy – d. 11-28-1977
correspondent: “NBC News”
04-21-1898 – King Calder – Maryland – d. 6-28-1964
actor: James Anderson “Second Mrs. Burton”; Will Stevenson “Barry Cameron”
04-21-1905 – Ted Osborne – Grand Rapids, MI – d. 2-12-1987
actor: Dr. Carough “Dr. Kildare”; Professor Whiz the Owl “Cinnamon Bear”
04-21-1907 – Beatrice Kay – The Bronx, NY – d. 11-8-1986
singer: “Gaslight Gayeties”; “Beatrice Kay Show”
04-21-1907 – Wade Mainer – Weaversville, NC
country: (Mainer’s Crazy Mountaineers) “Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance”
04-21-1911 – Leonard Warren – The Bronx, NY – d. 3-4-1960
singer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Telephone Hour”
04-21-1914 – Norman Panama – Chicago, IL – d. 1-13-2003
writer: “Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-21-1915 – Anthony Quinn – Chihauha, Mexico – d. 6-3-2001
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Your Radio Theatre”
04-21-1916 – Hunter D. Hancock – Uvalde, TX – d. 8-4-2004
disk jockey: Early rhythm and blues rock ‘n’ roll platter spinner
04-21-1919 – Don Cornell – NYC – d. 2-23-2004
singer: “Sammy Kaye’s Sunday Serenade”; “One Night Stand”; “The Big Show”
04-21-1920 – Jim Nabbie – d. 9-12-1992
lead tenor: (Member of the Ink Spots) “The Four Ink Spots”; “Let’s Go Nightclubbing”
04-21-1921 – Betty Jane Rhodes – Rockford, IL
vocalist: “Meet Me at Parky’s”; “The Packard Hour”
04-21-1923 – John Mortimer – London, England – d. 1-16-2009
author: “Rumpole of the Bailey”
04-21-1923 – Tex Antoine – d. 1-12-1983
announcer: “The Eternal Light”; “Jane Pickens Show”
04-21-1923 – Tex Antoine – d. 1-12-1983
announcer: “The Eternal Light”; “Jane Pickens Show”
04-21-1927 – Jose Miguel Agrelot – San Juan, Puerto Rico – d. 1-28-2004
comedian: Torito “The College of Happiness”
04-21-1930 – Alec Gregonzi – London, England – d. 6-4-2006
actor: Fred “Hancock’s Half Hour”
04-21-1930 – Kirby Ayres – d. 11-16-2005
disk jockey: “Bob and Ray Present the CBS Radio Network”
04-21-1932 – Elaine May – Philadelphia, PA
comedian: “Mike Nicholes and Elaine May”; “Monitor”
04-21-1933 – Jim Harmon – Mount Carmel, IL – d. 2-16-2010
author: “The Great Radio Heroes”
04-22-1865 – Hal Brown – d. 10-24-1942
harmonica: “Just Plain Bill”
04-22-1887 – James Norman Hall – Colfax, IA – d. 7-6-1951
writer: “Words at War”
04-22-1900 – Joan Blaine – Fort Dodge, IA – d. 4-19-1949
actor: Joan Houston “Tale of Today”; Mary Marlin “Story of Mary Marlin”
04-22-1902 – John W. Vandercook – London, England – d. 1-6-1963
commentator: “Newsroom of the Air/News of the World”
04-22-1905 – Ed Ludes – d. 7-21-1987
sound effects: “Fibber McGee and Molly” Created the closet effect
04-22-1906 – Eddie Albert – Rock Island, IL – d. 5-26-2005
actor: Walter Mitty “Secret Life of Walter Mitty”; “Eddie Albert Show”
04-22-1907 – Elmer H. Wavering – Quincy, IL – d. 11-20-1998
inventor: With Bill Lear, invented first commerial car radio (Motorola)
04-22-1909 – Bob Waldrop – Eureka, CA – d. 9-25-1963
announcer: “John’s Other Wife”; “Forever Tops”
04-22-1909 – Ralph Byrd – Dayton, OH – d. 8-18-1952
singer, actor: Local and Hollywood radio
04-22-1915 – Dick Dudley – Louisville, KY – d. 2-2-2000
announcer: “Archie Andrews”; “Believe It or Not”
04-22-1916 – Maurice Webster – Gibbon, NE – d. 6-20-2001
announcer: “Scattergood Baines”; “Meet the Missus”; “Surprise Party”
04-22-1916 – Yehudi Menuhin – NYC – d. 3-12-1999
classical violinist: “New York Philharmonic”; “Pause that Refreshes”
04-22-1917 – Glynn Croudace – England
author of about 100 radio plays
04-22-1918 – Mickey Vernon – Marcus Hook, PA – d. 9-24-2008
major league baseball player’ “ Play Ball”
04-22-1920 – Arthur Winograd – NYC – d. 4-22-2010
Founding member of the Julliard String Quartet
04-22-1920 – Hal March – San Francisco, CA – d. 1-19-1970
comedian: Matt Henshaw “December Bride”; Mr. Cook “Too Many Cooks”
04-22-1921 – Candido Camero – Havana, Cuba
drummer: CMQ radio
04-22-1921 – Charlotte Lawrence – California – d. 10-20-1993
actor: Stacy McGill “Advs. of Christopher Wells”; Reba Britten “Just Plain Bill”
04-22-1921 – Vivian Dandridge – Cleveland, OH – d. 10-27-1991
writer: “The Beulah Show”
04-22-1922 – Charlie Mingus – Nogales, AZ – d. 1-5-1979
jazz bass player: “Here’s to Veterans”
04-22-1924 – Bill Simmons – d. 1-24-2005
southern gospel musician: (Light Crust Doughboys)
04-22-1932 – Bill Bircher – d. 12-1-1988
disk jockey: WTNJ Trenton, NJ; WBCB Levittown, PA
04-22-1939 – Jason Miller – NYC – d. 5-13-2001
playwright: “Earplay”
04-22-1942 – Andre Major – Montreal, Canada
author of radio plays
04-22-1949 – Rin-Rin-Tin – d. unknown
dog: Rin-Tin-Tin “Rin-Tin-Tin”
04-23-1564 – William Shakespeare – Stratford-upon-Avon, England – d. 4-23-1616
playwright, poet: Several of his works adapted for radio
04-23-1879 – Talbot Mundy – London, England – d. 8-5-1940
writer: “Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy”
04-23-1884 – Edwin C. Hill – Aurora, IN – d. 2-12-1957
news commentator: “Human Side of the News”; “Your News Parade”
04-23-1893 – Frank Borzage – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 6-19-1962
film director: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
04-23-1895 – Ngaio Marsh – Christchurch, New Zealand – d. 2-18-1982
author: “Final Curtain”
04-23-1898 – Lee Vines – Texas – d. 12-28-1987
announcer: “CBS Radio Workshop”; “Burns and Allen”
04-23-1901 – George Harmon Coxe – Olean, NY – d. 1-30-1984
novelist: “Casey, Crime Photographer” based on his novels
04-23-1910 – Simone Simon – Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France – d. 2-22-2005
actor: “Inner Sanctum”
04-23-1915 – James F. Fleming – Baraboo, WI – d. 8-10-1996
announcer: “Vic and Sade”; “Get John’s Other Wife”
04-23-1918 – Oliver Treyz – Willewemoe, NY – d. 6-14-1998
director of ABC radio
04-23-1919 – Clifford Kendrick – d. 9-17-1996
drums: “Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets”
04-23-1921 – Janet Blair – Altoona, PA – d. 2-19-2007
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”, “Abbott and Costello”
04-23-1921 – Warren Spahn – Buffalo, NY – d. 11-24-2003
hall of fame pitcher: “Tops in Sports”
04-23-1922 – Jack May – Henley-on-Thames, England – d. 9-19-1997
actor: “The Archers”; “Sherlock Holmes”
04-23-1924 – Norman Painting – Leamington Spa, England – d. 10-29-2009
actor: Phil Archer “The Archers”
04-23-1925 – Elena DaVinci – d. 11-10-2006
host: “Magazine of the Air”
04-23-1928 – Shirley Temple – Santa Monica, CA
actor: Judy Graves “Junior Miss”
04-23-1931 – Tom Pettit – d. 12-22-1995
nbc reporter: “Meet the Press”
04-23-1932 – Ed Walker – Forrest, IL
co-host: “The Joy Boys of Radio”
04-24-1871 – Blanche Ring – Boston, MA – d. 1-13-1961
actor/singer: “Fight Camp”; “Jumbo”
04-24-1894 – Norman Sweetser – d. 8-28-1980
director: “Just Plain Bill”; “Stella Dallas”
04-24-1897 – Alfred Brown – d. 1-28-1978
actor: Og “Og, Son of Fire”
04-24-1905 – Robert Penn Warren – Guthrie, KY – d. 9-15-1989
author: (All the King’s Men) “NBC University Theatre”
04-24-1906 – William “Lord Haw Haw” Joyce – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-3-1946
propagnadist for Nazi Germany during World War II: Hung for treason
04-24-1907 – John Frank Anders – Upward, NC – d. 12-18-1983
composer, singer: live radio program in Knoxville, Tennessee
04-24-1910 – Albert Zugsmith – Atlantic City, NJ – d. 10-26-1993
film producer/director: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
04-24-1911 – Arval Hogan – Robbinsville, NC – d. 9-12-2003
country, bluegrass: “Briarhoppers”
04-24-1916 – Eldon Shamblin – Weatherford, OK – d. 8-5-1998
guitarist: “Bob Wills and the Texax Playboys”
04-24-1922 – Aaron Bell – Muskogee, OK – d. 7-28-2003
singer: “Steve Lawrence Show”
04-24-1924 – Clement Freud – Berlin, Germany – d. 4-15-2009
panelist: “(Grandson of Sigmund) Just a Minute”
04-24-1926 – Marilyn Erskine – Rochester, NY
actor: Gail Carver “Lora Lawton”; Janey Brown “Young Widder Brown”
04-24-1928 – Brian Clewer – London, England – d. 4-16-2008
host: “Cynic’s Choice”
04-24-1928 – Ted McKay – Raised in North Avondale, OH – d. 12-22-2005
talk show host: “Party Line”; Created first talk show on WKRC Cincinatti in 1955
04-25-1874 – Guglielmo Marconi – Bologna, Italy – d. 7-20-1937
responsible for the first transtlantic transmission of radio waves in 1901
04-25-1887 – Charles E. Fuller – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-18-1968
preacher: “Old Fashioned Revival Hour”; “Heart to Heart”
04-25-1899 – Guinn (Big Boy) Williams – Decatur, TX – d. 6-6-1962
actor: “Biography In Sound”
04-25-1900 – Gloria Ann Simpson – Cleveland, OH – d. 10-21-1956
actor: “The NBC University Theatre”
04-25-1904 – Huey Long – Sealy Austin County, TX – d. 6-10-2009
jazz guitarist: The Ink Spots
04-25-1907 – Paula Trueman – NYC – d. 3-23-1994
actor: “Great Plays”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-25-1908 – Edward R. Murrow – Pole Cat Creek, NC – d. 4-27-1965
newscaster: (This is London) “Edward R. Murrow with the News”
04-25-1909 – Karl Farr – Rochelle, TX – d. 9-20-1961
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) “The Roy Rogers Show)
04-25-1915 – Cliff Bruner – Houston, TX – d. 8-25-2000
fiddle: “The Musical Brownies”
04-25-1916 – Davy Kaye – London, England – d. 2-3-1998
british comic actor who worked in radio during the war
04-25-1916 – Irving Gaynor Neiman – d. 8-25-1996
began career by writing scripts for NBC
04-25-1918 – Astrid Varnay – Stockholm, Sweden – d. 9-4-2006
operatic soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”; “Operatic Excerpts”
04-25-1918 – Ella Fitzgerald – Newport News, VA – d. 6-15-1996
singer: “Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm”; “Jubilee”
04-25-1919 – Albert Aley – NYC – d. 1-1-1986
actor: Hop Harrigan “Hop Harrigan”; Bob James “Stella Dallas”
04-25-1921 – Robert Q. Lewis – NYC – d. 12-11-1991
disc jockey, comedian, host: “Arthur Godrey Time”; “Robert Q. Lewis Show”
04-26-1883 – Harry Sothern – London, England – d. 2-22-1957
actor: “Counterspy”; “Kitty Foyle”; “True Story Hour”
04-26-1890 – Edgar Kennedy – Monterey, CA – d. 11-9-48
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Radio Reader’s Digest”
04-26-1891 – Paul Hoffmann – Western Springs, IL – d. 10-8-1974
foreign aid administrator: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
04-26-1893 – Anita Loos – Sisson (now Mt. Shasta), CA – d. 8-18-1981
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-26-1898 – David Freedman – Botosani, Romania – d. 12-8-1936
gag writer for Eddie Cantor
04-26-1899 – Joseph Fuchs – NYC – d. 3-14-1997
violinist: “Longines Symphonette”
04-26-1905 – Cecilia Parker – Fort William, Ontario, Canada – d. 7-25-1993
actor: “Good News of 1939”; “Mail Call”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-26-1906 – A.L. “Albert” Alexander – Winthrop, MA – d. 2-24-1967
moderator: “Goodwill Court/Court of Human Relations”
04-26-1907 – Holland Engle – Wheeling, WV – d. 3-24-1988
announcer, emcee: “Ladies Fair”; “Variety Fair”
04-26-1910 – Grace Coppin – Murray, UT – d. 4-7-1993
actor: Maude “The Life of Riley”
04-26-1912 – John McGovern – d. 7-25-1985
actor: Mike Gallagher “Highway Patrol”; Harold Wilkinson “The O’Neills”
04-26-1914 – H. L. Gold – Montreal, Canada – d. 2-21-1996
writer: “Molle Mystery Theatre”; “X Minus One”
04-26-1914 – “Cheeky” Charlie Chester – Eastbourne, England – d. 6-26-1997
comedian: “Stand Easy”
04-26-1916 – Frances Robinson – Fort Wandsworth, NY – d. 8-16-1971
actor: Helen Asher “Richard Diamond”; Claire ‘Brooksie’ Brooks “Let George Do It”
04-26-1916 – Vic Perrin – Menomonee Falls, WI – d. 7-4-1989
actor: Ross Farnsworth “One Man’s Family”; Sergeant Gorce “Fort Laramie”
04-26-1918 – Helen Burgess – Portland, OR – d. 4-7-1937
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-26-1920 – Frankie Scott – Georgia – d. 4-24-2004
performer: “Grand Ole Opry”
04-26-1922 – Eric Sinclair – Burkburnett, TX – d. 1-26-2004
actor: “Alias Jane Doe”
04-26-1922 – Mike Kellin – Hartford, CT – d. 8-26-1983
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-26-1923 – Berwyn Ableman – 2-4-2002
sportscaster and newscaster
04-26-1924 – Harold Jack Bloom – NYC – d. 8-27-1999
writer: “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
04-26-1927 – Granny Hamner – Richmond, VA – d. 9-12-1993
sportscaster” “Sports Hilites”
04-26-1933 – Carol Burnett – San Antonio, TX
singer, comedian: “The Carol Burnett-Richard Hayes Show”
04-27-1882 – Herman Bundesen – d. 8-25-1960
health official: “Adventures in Health”
04-27-1892 – Marjorie Mills – Waterville, ME – d. 4-5-1979
columnist: “The Girl from Maine”
04-27-1896 – Rogers Hornsby – Winters, TX – d. 1-5-1963
hall of fame baseball player: “Play Ball”; “Tops in Sports”
04-27-1898 – George McCall – Renton, Scotland – d. 11-28-1952
host: “Man About Hollywood”
04-27-1898 – Ludwig Behelmans – Meran, Austria-Hungary – d. 10-1-1962
author, panelist: “Author, Author”
04-27-1899 – Ned Wever – NYC – d. 5-6-1984
actor: Dick Tracy “Dick Tracy”; Anthony Loring “Young Widder Brown”
04-27-1902 – Harry Stockwell – Kansas City, MO – d. 7-19-1984
singer: “Broadway Matinee”
04-27-1907 – Matty Matlock – Paducah, KY – d. 6-14-1978
jazz musician: (Member of the Big 7 Band) “Pete Kelly’s Blues”
04-27-1914 – Lou Crosby – Lawton, OK – d. 1-27-1984
announcer: “Rise Stevens Show”; “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”; “Lum and Abner”
04-27-1918 – Robert Mitchell – Casper, WY – d. 10-13-1992
writer: “The Advs. of Philip Marlowe”
04-27-1919 – Les Kreiter – Seattle, WA – d. 4-14-2009
sportscaster: “Big Five Basketball”
04-27-1923 – Peggy Knudsen – Duluth, MN – d. 7-11-1980
actor: Karen Adams “Woman in White”; Lois “Bill Goodwin Show”
04-27-1927 – Connie Kay – NYC – d. 11-30-1994
jazz drummer: “The Modern Jazz Quartet”; “Guest Star”
04-27-1931 – James Barrett – Detroit, MI – d. 6-4-2006
actor: Dan Reid “The Lone Ranger”; The Green Hornet”
04-27-1933 – Casey Kasem – Detroit, MI
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-27-1937 – Sandy Dennis – Hastings, NE – d. 3-1-1992
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-28-1874 – Sidney Toler – Warrensburg, MO – d. 2-12-1947
actor: “Southern California WPA Symphony Orchestra”; “It’s Time to Smile”
04-28-1878 – Lionel Barrymore – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-15-1954
actor: Leonard Gillispie “Dr. Kildare”; Ebenezzer Scrooge “A Christmas Carol”
04-28-1882 – Henry Bellamann – Fulton, MO – d. 6-16-1945
author: “King’s Row” based on his novel
04-28-1892 – Joseph Dunninger – NYC – d. 3-9-1975
mentalist: (Master Mind of Mental Mystery) “Dunninger Show”
04-28-1896 – Edith Evanson – Tacoma, WA – d. 11-29-1980
actor: Helmi “Myrt and Marge”
04-28-1900 – Val Gielgud – London England – d. 11-30-1981
writer: (Brother of John Gielgud) “The Columbia Workshop”
04-28-1905 – Paul Rhymer – Fulton, IL – d. 10-26-1964
writer: “Vic and Sade”
04-28-1907 – Rudy Bundy – Quaker City, OH – d. 8-1-2000
orchestra leader: WHAS Louisville, Kentucky
04-28-1908 – Michael Fitzmaurice – Chicago, IL – d. 8-31-1967
actor: Clark Kent/Superman “Advs. of Superman”; Dick Grosvenor “Stella Dallas”
04-28-1911 – Lee Falk – St. Louis, MO – d. 3-13-1999
writer: “Mandrake the Magician”
04-28-1914 – Esther Allan – Suvalke, Poland – d. 7-21-1985
pianist/organist: All girl band on local radio in Michigan
04-28-1916 – Rena Craig Waxman – Denver, CO – d. 1-26-2003
actor: “School of Charm”
04-28-1917 – Robert Anderson – NYC – d. 2-9-2009
writer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
04-28-1917 – Robert Cornthwaite – St. Helens, OR – d. 7-20-2006
actor: worked in radio in Southern California
04-28-1920 – Nan Merriman – Pittsburgh, PA
singer: “Serenade to America”; “Music of the New World”
04-28-1922 – Phil Tate – Bramley, England – d. 12-9-2005
host: “Non-Stop Pop”
04-28-1923 – Adele Mara – Highland Park, MI – d. 5-7-2010
actor: “George Fisher Interviews the Stars”
04-28-1924 – Blossom Dearie – East Durham, NY – d. 2-7-2009
singer: “Woody Herman Orchestra”
04-28-1928 – Richard Baer – NYC – d. 2-22-2008
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”
04-28-1929 – Carolyn Jones – Amarillo, TX – d. 8-3-1983
actor: “Dragnet”; “Survivors”
04-28-1938 – Connie Marshall – NYC – d. 5-22-2001
actor: “Hallmark Playhouse”
04-28-1939 – Morton Kondracke – Chicago, IL
commentator: “All Things Considered”
04-29-1863 – William Randolph Hearst – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-14-1951
publisher: Owner of several radio stations
04-29-1870 – Cosmo Hamilton – d. 10-14-1942
lecturer: “Unwritten History”
04-29-1879 – Sir Thomas Beecham – St. Helens, England – d. 3-8-1961
conductor: “Information Please”
04-29-1887 – Robert Cushman Murphy – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-19-1973
ortinthologist: “Information Please”
04-29-1896 – Harry McNaughton – Surbiton, England – d. 2-26-1967
actor, panelist: Higgins “It’s Higgins. Sir”; “It Pays to Be Ignorant”
04-29-1897 – Charles Seel – NYC – d. 4-19-1980
actor: “Romance”; “Four-Star Playhouse”; “The Halls of Ivy”
04-29-1899 – Duke Ellington – Washington, D.C – d. 5-24-1974
bandleader: “Jubilee”; “Orson Welles Theatre”; “Story of Swing”
04-29-1901 – Emperor Hirohito (Showa) – Tokyo, Japan – d. 1-7-1989
emperor: End of war speech
04-29-1902 – William Stoess – Cincinnati, OH – d. 9-24-1953
conductor: “Greatest Story Ever Told”; “Radio’s Reader’s Digest”
04-29-1903 – Frank Parker – NYC – d. 1-10-1999
singer: “A & P Gypsies”; “Jack Benny Program”; “Frank Parker Show
04-29-1903 – Richard Leibert – Bethlehem, PA – d. 10-22-1976
organist: “Dick Leibert’s Musical Revue”; “Organ Rhapsody”
04-29-1904 – Russ Morgan – Scranton, PA – d. 8-8-1969
bandleader: (Music in the Morgan Manner) “Russ Morgan Orchestra”
04-29-1908 – Jack Williamson – Bisbee, Arizona Territory – d. 11-10-2006
writer: “Dimension X”; “Future Tense”
04-29-1912 – Ian Martin – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 7-25-1981
actor: Horace Sutton “Young Dr. Malone”; Harry Archer “Meet Corliss Archer”
04-29-1912 – John MacVane – Portland, ME – d. 1-28-1984
newscaster: “United or Not”
04-29-1912 – Richard Carlson – Albert Lea, MN – d. 11-25-1977
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-29-1913 – Norman Felton – London, England
producer, director: “Author’s Playhouse”; “Grand Marquee”
04-29-1914 – Derek Guyler – Wallasey, Merseyside, England – d. 10-8-1999
actor: “It’s That Man Again”
04-29-1915 – Donald F. Mills – Piqua, OH – d. 11-13-1999
singer: (The Mills Brothers) “Mills Brothers Quartette”
04-29-1917 – Celeste Holm – NYC
actor: “House on Q Street”; “Great Scenes from Great Plays”
04-29-1918 – Tom Rogers – d. 6-25-2005
writer: Wrote for radio in the 1940s
04-29-1925 – Michael Wager – NYC
actor: “And Bravely Walk”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
04-29-1933 – Rod McKuen – Oakland, CA
composer: “We Hold These Truths”
04-29-1935 – Lennie Weinrib – NYC – d. 6-28-2006
actor: “Suspense”
04-29-1936 – Zubin Mehta – Bombay, India
conductor: New York Symphony Orchestra
04-29-1946 – Humphrey Carpenter – Oxford, England – d. 1-4-2005
writer, disc jockey: BBC radio
04-30-1870 – Franz Lehar – Romorn, Austria-Hungary – d. 10-24-1948
operetta composer: “Railroad Hour”; “Showtime”
04-30-1886 – Dick Elliott – Boston, MA – d. 12-22-1961
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-30-1894 – Vernon Bartlett – Westbury, Wiltshire, England – d. 1-18-1983
lecturer on foreign affairs
04-30-1903 – Fulton Lewis, Jr. – Washington, D.C. – d. 8-21-1966
commentator: “News and Comments”
04-30-1907 – Sidney Harmon – Poughkeepsie, NY – d. 2-29-1988
writer, director: “The Life of Riley”; “Honest Abe”
04-30-1909 – Bud Linn – Indianapolis, IN – d. 7-31-1968
singer: (The King’s Men) “Kraft Music Hall”; “Fibber McGee and Molly”
04-30-1910 – Al Lewis – NYC – d. 2-3-2006
actor: hosted weekly radio program on WBAI-FM New York
04-30-1911 – Orin Tovrov – Boston, MA – d. 8-16-1980
writer: “The Brighter Day”; “Ma Perkins”; “Manhattan Mother”
04-30-1912 – Eve Arden – Mill Valley, CA – d. 11-12-1990
actor: Connie Brooks “Our Miss Brooks”; Libby Collins “Lux Radio Theatre”
04-30-1914 – Vermont Royster – Raleigh, NC – d. 7-22-1996
teacher of journalism: “Spectrum”
04-30-1916 – George Salverson – St. Catherines, Canada – d. 4-9-2005
script writer for the CBC
04-30-1916 – Phil Brown – Cambridge, MA – d. 2-9-2006
actor: “Arch Obolor’s Playes”
04-30-1916 – Robert Shaw – Red Bluff, CA – d. 1-25-1999
choral director: “Radio Hall of Fame”; “American School of the Air”
04-30-1917 – Bea Wain – The Bronx, NY
singer: (The Reverie Girl) “Your Hit Parade”; “Your All-Time Hit Parade”
04-30-1919 – Jack Haskell – Akron, OH – d. 9-26-1998
singer: “Dave Garroway Show”; “Music from the Heart of America”
04-30-1924 – Sonny Day – d. 2-7-2005
singer: (Smokey Mountain Boys) “Grand Ole Opry”
04-30-1925 – Corinne Calvert – Paris, France – d. 6-23-2001
actor: “Martin and Lewis Show”
04-30-1926 – Cloris Leachman – Des Moines, IA
actor: Local radio as a teenager
04-30-1926 – Lou Cioffi – d. 5-2-1998
news reporter: “The Warning Bell”; “Big News of 1957/58”
04-30-1926 – Ward Chase – Chicago, IL – d. 8-22-1996
newscaster: WOKY Milwaukee, Wisconsin
04-30-1948 – Perry King – Alliance, OH
actor: Han Solo “Star Wars”
05-01-1888 – Anna Appel – Bucharest, Romania – d. 11-19-1963
actor: Mrs. Cohen “Abie’s Irish Rose”
05-01-1888 – M.S. Armstrong – Waverley, Australia – d. 11-18-1973
writer: “Drought”
05-01-1892 – Howard Barlow – Plain City, OH – d. 1-31-1972
conductor: “March of Time”; “Voice of Firestone”
05-01-1906 – Rose Hobart – NYC – d. 8-29-2000
actor: “Nightbeat”
05-01-1906 – “Little” Jackie Heller – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 7-15-1988
singer: “Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro”
05-01-1907 – Kate Smith – Greenville, VA – d. 6-17-1986
singer, emcee: (Songbird of the South) “Kate Smith Revue”; Kate Smith Speaks”
05-01-1912 – Anna Pollak – Manchester, England – d. 11-28-1996
soprano: (English Opera Group) “BBC Third Programme”
05-01-1913 – Louis Nye – Hartford, CT – d. 10-9-2005
comedian: “Louis Nye Show”; “Official Detective”
05-01-1916 – Glenn Ford – Quebec, Canada – d. 8-30-2006
actor: Christopher London “Advs. of Christopher London”
05-01-1918 – Jack Paar – Canton, OH – d. 1-27-2004
comedian: “Jack Paar Show”; “Take It or Leave It”
05-01-1919 – Dan O’Herlihy – Wexford, Ireland – d. 2-17-2005
actor: Nicholas Lacey “One Man’s Family”
05-01-1919 – John Meredyth Lucas – d. 10-19-2002
film director, producer: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
05-01-1922 – Katy Abraham – Wayland, NY – d. 5-25-2005
gardening expert: “The Green Thumb”
05-01-1924 – Art Fleming – The Bronx, NY – d. 4-25-1995
host/announcer: “When Radio Was”
05-01-1924 – Dennis Main Wilson – Dulwich. London, England – d. 1-20-1997
producer: “Goon Show”; “Hancock’s Half Hour”; “Citizen Smith”
05-01-1927 – Bill Byers – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-1-1996
trombone, arranger: “Count Basie Orchestra”
05-01-1933 – Joan Hackett – NYC – d. 10-8-1983
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-02-1878 – Roy Atwill – Syracuse, NY – d. 2-6-1962
actor, comedian, composer: “The Fred Allen Show”; “The Fred Waring Show”
05-02-1885 – Hedda Hopper – Hollidaysburg, PA – d. 2-1-1966
actor, columnist: Portia Brent “Brenthouse”; “Hedda Hopper Show”
05-02-1892 – Bruno Wick – Krefeld, Germany – d. 11-xx-1979
actor: Ming the Merciless “Flash Gordon”; Mr. Fowler “The Goldbergs”
05-02-1895 – Lorenz Hart – NYC – d. 11-22-1943
lyricist: “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”; “Chase and Sanborn Hour”; “Railroad Hour”
05-02-1897 – J. Fred Coots – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-8-1985
composer, pianist: “Ray Shield’s Revue”
05-02-1898 – Edmund Barclay – Gosford, Australia – d. 8-26-1961
writer: “As Ye Sow”
05-02-1902 – Brian Aherne – King’s Norton, England – d. 2-10-1986
actor: Simon Templar “The Saint”
05-02-1902 – Erin O’Brien-Moore – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-3-1979
actor: Elsa Banning “Big Sister”
05-02-1903 – Sylvan Levin – Baltimore, MD – d. 8-10-1996
conductor: “Sinfonietta”; “Brownstone Theatre”; “Let’s Go to the Opera”
05-02-1904 – J. Anthony Hughes – NYC – d. 2-11-1970
actor: Bob Drake “Betty and Bob”
05-02-1905 – Sidney Skolsky – NYC – d. 5-3-1983
newspaper columnist: “Songs by Arlen, Stories by Skolsky”; “Bromo Seltzer Program”
05-02-1907 – Pinky Lee – St. Paul, MN – d. 4-3-1993
comedian: “Hoagy Carmichel Show”; “Carefree Carnival”
05-02-1908 – William R. Carter – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-14-1976
pianist and soloist
05-02-1908 – Wilms Herbert – Chicago, IL – d. 3-5-1951
actor: Sergeant Otis Ludlum “Richard Diamond, Private Detctive”
05-02-1911 – Myron Niesley – d. 11-28-1985
singer: “Carefree Carnival”
05-02-1912 – Arnold Auerebach – Manhattan, NY – d. 10-20-1998
comedy writer: “Fred Allen Show”; “Milton Berle Show”
05-02-1915 – Van Alexander – NYC
bandleader: “The Callihans”; “Fitch Bandwagon”
05-02-1916 – Robert Grapperhaus – d. 12-13-1966
sound effects: “One Man’s Family”; “Fitch Bandwagon”; “Duffy’s Tavern”
05-02-1916 – Two Ton Baker – Chicago, IL – d. 5-4-1975
singer, pianist: “Tip Top Lunch Program”
05-02-1917 – Herman Clebanoff – Chicago, IL – d. 1-13-2004
musician: (Herman Clebanoff and the Ensemble) “Big City Serenade”
05-02-1918 – Frank Milano – d. 12-15-1962
animal sounds: “Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders”
05-02-1924 – Theodore Bikel – Vienna, Austria
actor: “Eternal Light”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-02-1925 – Svatopluk Havelka – Vrbice, Czechoslovakia – d. 2-24-2009
composer: member music department Czechoslovakia in Ostrava
05-02-1945 – Leah Garchik – Brooklyn, NY
panelist: “Minds Over Matter”
05-02-1952 – Campbell McComas – Melbourne, Australia – d. 1-8-2005
regular performer on Australia’s ABC radio
05-02-1961 – Lisa Bellear – Melbourne, Australia – d. 7-6-2006
writer: “From a Tribute to Sir Ronald Wilson”
05-03-1874 – Louis Dean – Wilmington, DE – d. 4-8-1933
announcer: “Stoopnagle and Budd”
05-03-1880 – Horace Murphy – Finley, TN – d. 1-20-1975
actor: Buckskin Blodgett “Red Ryder”
05-03-1890 – Nick Dawson – Vineland, NJ – d. 12-28-1957
actor: “Dangerous Paradise”; “Follow the Man”
05-03-1892 – Beulah Bondi – Chicago, IL – d. 1-11-1981
actor: “Free World Theatre”; “NBC University Theatre”
05-03-1897 – Charlie Lung – England – d. 6-22-1974
actor: Paul Sycamore “You Can’t Take It with You”; “Wild Bill Hickok”; “Escape”
05-03-1897 – Larry Puck – d. 10-26-1969
producer: “Arthur Godfrey Time” Was one of Godfrey’s many firings
05-03-1898 – Golda Meir – Kiev, Russia – d. 12-8-1978
israeli prime minister: “Meet the Press”
05-03-1898 – John Roy – d. 5-31-1985
actor: Roy Calvert “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
05-03-1899 – George H. Combs – Lee’s Summit, MO – d. 11-29-1977
congressman, commentator: “Now You Decide”; “Spotlight, New York”
05-03-1902 – Jack Larue – NYC – d. 1-11-1984
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-03-1902 – Walter Slezak – Vienna, Austria – d. 4-21-1983
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Best Plays”; “Studio One”; “Columbia Workshop”
05-03-1903 – Bing Crosby – Tacoma, WA – d. 10-14-1977
singer: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Philco Radio Time”
05-03-1905 – James Nusser – Cleveland, OH – d. 6-8-1979
actor: “Gunsmoke”
05-03-1905 – Sebastian Shaw – Holt, England – d. 12-23-1994
actor: “For Elise”
05-03-1905 – William Brown Meloney – NYC – d. 5-4-1971
writer: “Claudia and David”
05-03-1906 – Anna Roosevelt – Hyde Park, NY – d. 12-1-1975
Daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On her mother’s programs
05-03-1906 – Mary Astor – Quincy, IL - d. 9-25-1987
actor: Mary Christmas “Merry Life of Mary Christmas”
05-03-1907 – Degar Lustgarten – Manchester, England – d. 12-15-1978
author: “The Burden Mystery”
05-03-1907 – Earl Wilson – Rockford, OH – d. 1-16-1987
columnist: “Earl Wilson’s Broadway Column”
05-03-1909 – Fort Pearson – d. 2-19-1989
announcer: “Beat the Band”; “Queen for a Day”; “Hoosier Hot Shots”
05-03-1910 – Curt Massey – Midland, TX – d. 10-21-1991
singer: “Show Boat”; “Curt Massey Show”
05-03-1910 – Norman Corwin – Boston, MA
writer, director: “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Twenty-Six by Corwin”
05-03-1911 – Yank Lawson – Trenton, MO – d. 2-18-1995
trumpet: “The Bob Crosby Show”
05-03-1919 – Betty Comden – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-23-2006
writer, actor: “Revuers”
05-03-1919 – Doris Rich – Canada – d. 5-18-1971
actor: Hannah O’Leary” Houseboat Hannah”; Miss Daisey “Portia Faces Life”
05-03-1919 – Pete Seeger – NYC
folk singer, songwriter: “Off the Page”
05-03-1920 – John Lewis – LaGrange, IL – d. 3-29-2001
co-founder of “Modern Jazz Quartet”: :Modern Jazz Quartet”; “Listener’s Digest”
05-03-1920 – Nina Bara – Buenos Aires, Argentina – d. 8-15-1990
actor: Tonga “Space Patrol”
05-03-1921 – Joe Ames – Malden, MA – d. 12-22-2007
singer: (Ames Brothers) “Sing It Again”; “Robert Q. Lewis Show”
05-03-1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson – Detroit, MI – d. 4-12-1989
pugilist: “Destination Freedom”; “Heat It Now”
05-03-1922 – Elizabeth Lawrence – d. 6-11-2000
actor: Francie Brent “Road of Life”
05-03-1924 – Ken Bailey – East Cleveland, OH – d. 3-25-2008
producer: “Morning Midway”; “Breakfast With the Baileys”
05-03-1927 – Rosemary Rice – Montclair, NJ
actor: Betty Cooper “Archie Andrews”; Jill Malone “Young Doctor Malone”
05-03-1928 – Dave Dudley – Spencer, WI – d. 12-22-2003
country singer: “Dave Dudley Trio”
05-04-1874 – Frank Conrad – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 12-11-1941
“the father of radio broadcasting” Started radio station KDKA in his garage
05-04-1886 – Earl Lee – Topeka, KS – d. 6-2-1955
actor: Fred Thompson “One Man’s Family”
05-04-1886 – Shelton Brooks – Amesburg, Ontario – d. 9-6-1975
composer, author, pianist: “Cavalcade of Music”
05-04-1896 – Dr. Frank Baxter – Camden, NJ – d. 1-18-1982
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-04-1902 – Al Dexter – Jacksonville, TX – d. 1-28-1984
singer, songwriter: (Pistol Packn’ Mama) “Command Performance”
05-04-1902 – Dudley Williamson – Above Discovery, AK – d. 5-2-1948
emcee: “What’s the Name of the Song?”; “Queen for a Day”
05-04-1903 – Elmer Leyden – Davenport, IA – d. 6-30-1973
football player: “One of the Four Horseman” “Information Please”
05-04-1903 – Luther Adler – NYC – d. 12-8-1984
actor: Peter Gentle “Mystery Without Murder”; “Greatest Story Ever Told (1938-39)”
05-04-1904 – Gray Gordon – d. 7-23-1976
bandleader: “The Magic Key of RCA”
05-04-1909 – Ed Max – Georgia – d. 10-17-1980
actor: Mr. Gallagher “Voyage of the Scarlet Queen”
05-04-1909 – Howard Da Silva – Cleveland, OH – d. 2-16-1986
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Forecast”; “Suspense”
05-04-1912 – Louis Brown – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-7-2007
composer/conductor: “The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Show”
05-04-1913 – Carroll Moore, Jr. – Somerville, MA – d. 2-5-1977
writer: “The Henry Morgan Show”
05-04-1913 – Joe Aleman – d. 1-2-1996
disk jockey: KPRL Paso Robles, California
05-04-1916 – Jean Carroll – Toledo, OH – d. 7-6-1990
comedian: “The Sealtest Village Store”
05-04-1918 – Joel Cohen – NYC – d. 3-13-2009
writer: “Mr. and Mrs. Music”
05-04-1919 – Thomas Madigan – NYC – d. 7-8-2004
writer, director: “The Big Guy”
05-04-1921 – Patsy Garrett – Atlantic City, NJ
singer: “Broadway Matinee”; “Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show”
05-04-1923 – Erik Sykes – Oldham, Lancashire, England
actor, writer: “Entertaining Archie”
05-04-1923 – Godfrey Quigley – Jerusalem – d. 9-7-1994
producer: “The Kennedys of Castleross”
05-04-1924 – Gene Klaven – Baltimore, MD – d. 4-8-2004
new york morning personalty: “Klaven and Finch”; “Klaven in the Morning”
05-04-1924 – Merrill Mael – d. 10-16-2000
actor: Uncle Fletcher “Vic and Sade”
05-04-1927 – Terry Scott – Watford, England – d. 7-26-1994
actor: “Junior Choice”; “Great Scott, It’s Maynard”; “Hugh and I”
05-04-1929 – Audrey Hepburn – Brussels, Belguim – d. 1-20-1993
actor: “U.N. Story”; “Stagestruck”
05-04-1930 – Gordon Gould – Chicago, IL
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-04-1938 – Gillian Tindall – London, England
author: “A Little Touch of Death”
05-05-1879 – Max Marcin – Posen, Prussia, Germany – d. 3-30-1948
writer, producer, director: “Crime Doctor”; “The FBI in Peace and War”
05-05-1890 – Christopher Morley – Haverford, PA – d. 3-28-1957
author: “Information, Please”; “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Studio One”
05-05-1899 – Freeman F. Gosden – Richmond, VA – d. 12-10-1982
comedian: “Sam ‘n’ Henry”; Amos Jones “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
05-05-1907 – Benny Baker – St. Joseph, MO – d. 9-20-1994
character actor: “Jack Benny Program”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-05-1912 – Alice Faye – NYC – d. 5-9-1998
singer, actor: “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”
05-05-1912 – Bret Morrison – Chicago, IL – d. 9-25-1978
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow “The Shadow”
05-05-1914 – Tyrone Power – Cincinnati, OH – d. 11-15-1958
actor: Dean Edwards “Freedom U.S.A.”
05-05-1915 – Ben Wright – London, England – d. 7-2-1989
actor: Hey Boy “Have Gun, Will Travel”; Nicholas Lacey “One Man’s Family”
05-05-1915 – T. A. G. Hungerford – Perth, Australia
writer: “Help Me Cut Up the Cat”; “Looking After Bert”
05-05-1918 – Alden Aaroe – d. 7-7-1993
newscaster: Charlottesville, Virginia
05-05-1919 – George London – Montreal, Canada – d. 3-23-1985
singer: “The Voice of Firestone”
05-05-1919 – Seymour Kapetansky – Michigan – d. 2-9-2001
sriter: “Duffy’s Tavern”
05-05-1921 – Sydney Walker – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-30-1994
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”; “War of the Worlds 1988”
05-05-1921 – Ted Brown – Collingwood, NJ – d. 3-20-2005
announcer, emcee: “Bulldog Drummond”; “Lawrence Welk High Life Revue”
05-05-1925 – Monica Lewis – Chicago, IL
singer: “Jan August’s Revere Camera Show”
05-05-1927 – Pat Carroll – Shrevport, LA
actor: “We Hold These Truths”; “Fifty Years After Fourteen August”
05-05-1929 – Ilene Woods – Portsmouth, NH – d. 7-1-2010
singer: “The Ilene Woods Show”
05-05-1932 – Will Hutchins – Los Angeles, CA
actor: Instrumental in keeping OTR alive in these the latter days
05-06-1882 – William E. Scripps – Michigan – d. 6-12-1952
Founded WWJ in Detroit, Michigan
05-06-1899 – Billy Cotton – London, England – d. 3-25-1969
bandleader: “Wakey Wakey!!”
05-06-1900 – Dave Elman – Park River, ND – d. 12-5-1967
emcee: (The Dean of American Hobbyists) “Hobby Lobby”
05-06-1906 – Mathilde Ferror – d. 11-26-1990
writer: “Lorenzo Jones”
05-06-1908 – Parkyakarkus (Harry Einstein) – Boston, MA – d. 11-24-1958
comedian: “Eddie Cantor Show”; “Al Jolson Show”; “Meet Me at Parkys”
05-06-1910 – Alice Reinheart – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-10-1993
actor: Anne Williams “Casey, Crime Photographer”; Jean Abbott “Abbott Mysteries”
05-06-1911 – Artie Bland – d. 3-4-2002
disk jockey: KWBU Corpus Christi, Texas
05-06-1911 – Frank Nelson – Denver, CO – d. 9-12-1986
actor, comedian: Anthony J. Lyon “Jeff Regan”; nemisis “Jack Benny Program”
05-06-1912 – Bill Quinn – NYC – d. 4-29-1994
actor: Guy Aldis “Against the Storm”; Tom Davis “When a Girl Marries”
05-06-1913 – Carmen Cavallaro – NYC – d. 10-12-1989
bandleader: (The Poet of the Piano) “Schaeffer Revue”; “Tums Tune Time”
05-06-1913 – Douglas Stewart – Eltham, New Zealand – d. 2-14-1985
writer: “The Fire On the Snow”
05-06-1913 – Stewart Granger – London, England – d. 8-16-1993
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
05-06-1914 – Arline Blackburn – NYC – d. 12-17-1994
actor: Kitty Kelly “Pretty Kitty Kelly”; Eileen Turner “The O’Neills”
05-06-1914 – Ken Englund – Chicago, IL – d. 8-10-1993
writer: “Three Sheets to the Wind”
05-06-1915 – Orson Welles – Kenosha, WI – d. 10-10-1985
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow “The Shadow”; “Mercury Theatre on the Air”
05-06-1917 – Bob Murphy – Bismarck, ND – d. 10-25-1959
announcer: “The Breakfast Club”
05-06-1926 – Marguarite Piazza – New Orleans, LA
singer: “Encore”
05-06-1928 – Doreen Clarke – Middleton, England
writer: “Oh, The Apple Tree”; “The Name of Your Uncle”
05-06-1941 – Ghena Dimitrova – Sofia, Bulgaria – d. 7-11-2005
operatic soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
05-06-1945 – Richard Eyer – Santa Monica, CA
actor: Bobby “My Friend Irma”
05-07-1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 11-6-1893
composer: Many of his compositions were used as themes
05-07-1884 – Gloria Gordon – d. 11-21-1962
actor: (Mother of Gale Gordon) Mrs. O’Reilly “My Friend Irma”
05-07-1885 – George “Gabby” Hayes – Wellsville, NY – d. 2-9-1969
actor: “Andrews Sisters’ Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch”; “Roy Rogers Show”
05-07-1890 – Billy House – Mankato, MN – d. 9-23-1961
actor, comedian: “Al Pearce and His Gang”; “The Laugh Liner”
05-07-1892 – Archibald MacLeish – Glencoe, IL – d. 4-20-1982
writer: “Columbia Workshop”
05-07-1895 – Thomas Darcy, Jr. – Vancouver, WA – d. 5-19-1968
conducted the United States Army Band on CBS during the 1938 season
05-07-1896 – Gale Binkley – d. 4-24-1979
banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers” WSM Nashville, TN
05-07-1900 – Ralph Truman – London, England – d. 10-15-1977
actor: John H Watson “BBC Home Theatre”
05-07-1901 – Gary Cooper – Helena, MT – d. 5-14-1961
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; ‘Lux Radio Theatre”
05-07-1903 – Samuel Herbert Herman – Bronxwood, NY – d. 4-23-1995
xylophone player: Staff musician for NBC
05-07-1905 – George E. Stoll – Minneapolis, MN – d. 1-18-1985
orchestra: “Jack Oakie’s College”; “Bing Crosby Show”; “Eddie Cantor Show”
05-07-1906 – Irving Reis – NYC – d. 7-3-1953
director: “The Free Company”; “Columbia Workshop”; “Brave New World”
05-07-1906 – Jack Johnstone – NYC – d. 11-16-1991
writer, producer, director: “Buck Rogers”; “CBS Radio Workshop”; “Six Shooter”
05-07-1908 – Edmund MacDonald – Massachusetts – d. 9-2-1951
actor: Tommy Hughes “Big Town”; Inspector Burke “Murder Will Out” s
05-07-1915 – Win Elliot – Chelsea, MA – d. 9-17-1998
sportscaster, emcee: “Fish Pond”; “County Fair”; “Quick as a Flash”
05-07-1919 – Eva Peron – Los Toldos, Argentina – d. 7-26-1952
actor, hostess: “Radio Argentina”; “Radio Belgrano”
05-07-1921 – Gale Robbins – Chicago, IL – d. 2-12-1980
singer: “Ben Bernie, the Old Maestro”; “The Hoagy Carmichael Show”
05-07-1923 – Anne Baxter – Michigan City, IN – d. 12-12-1985
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-07-1927 – Jim Lowe – Springfield, MO
disc jockey, host: (King of Trivia) WNEW New York
05-07-1931 – Teresa Brewer – Toledo, OH – d. 10-17-2007
singer: “Steve Allen Show”; “Major Bowes Amatuer Hour”
05-08-1884 – Harry S Truman – Lamar, MO – d. 12-26-1972
u.s. president: “Milestones on the Road to Peace”; “World Food Crisis”
05-08-1895 – Bishop Fulton J. Sheen – El Paso, IL – d. 12-10-1979
preacher: “Catholic Hour”
05-08-1897 – Philip La Follette – Madison, WI – d. 8-18-1965
governor of wisconsin: “Wake Up America”
05-08-1899 – Arthur Q. Bryan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-30-1959
actor: George ‘Doc’ Gamble “Fibber McGee and Molly”
05-08-1901 – Katherine Raht – Chattanooga, TN – d. 12-2-1983
actor: Alice Aldrich “Aldrich Family”; Margaret Allen “Against the Storm”
05-08-1905 – Red Nichols – Ogden, UT – d. 6-28-1965
music: (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies) “Bob Hope Show”; “Ipana Troubadors”
05-08-1908 – Cecil Broadhurst – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 12-16-1981
actor, singer, writer: “The Vanishing Island”
05-08-1908 – Ted Corday – d. 7-23-1966
director: “A Brighter Tomorrow”; “The Brighter Day”
05-08-1909 – Gustavo Agrait – d. 10-18-1998
sportscaster: WIPR San Juan, Puerto Rico
05-08-1910 – Mary Lou Williams – Atlanta, GA – d. 5-28-1981
jazz pianist, composer: “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy”
05-08-1910 – Nathan Van Cleave – Bayfield, WI – d. 7-2-1970
music: “The Man Behind the Gun”; “This Is Your FBI”
05-08-1913 – Sid James – Newcastle, Natal, South Africa – d. 4-26-1976
comedian: “Hancock’s Half Hour”
05-08-1914 – Carmen Matthews – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-31-1995
actor: “There Is No Light”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-08-1915 – John Archer (Ralph Bowman) – Lincoln, NE – d. 12-5-1999
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow “The Shadow”; “Gateway to Hollywood”
05-08-1915 – Nan Wynn – Wheeling, WV – d. 3-21-1971
singer: “Ceiling Unlimited”
05-08-1919 – Lex Barker – Rye, NY – d. 5-11-1973
actor: “MGM Theatre of the Air”
05-08-1921 – Sy Shaffer – d. 12-1-2005
trombonist: “Arthur Godfrey time”
05-08-1922 – Lew Anderson – Kirkman, IA – d. 5-14-2006
musician: (The Honey Dreamers) “Airtime”; “The Bobby Doyle Show”
05-08-1926 – Don Rickles – NYC
announcer: “NBC University Theatre of the Air”
05-08-1928 – Benny Martin – Sparta, TN – d. 3-12-2001
country singer: “Country Music Time”
05-08-1928 – John Bennett – London, England – d. 4-11-2005
actor: “John Bennett Programme”
05-08-1929 – Miyoshi Umeki – Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan – d. 8-28-2007
singer: “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends”
05-08-1929 – Wendy Drew
actor: Ellen Brown “Young Widder Brown”
05-08-1934 – Ron Lackman – NYC
actor: Bud “Pepper Young’s Family”
05-08-1940 – Ricky Nelson – Teaneck, NJ – d. 12-31-1985
actor: “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”
05-09-1860 – James M. Barrie – Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland – d. 6-19-1937
author: Some of his works adapted for radio
05-09-1887 – William P. Adams – Tiffin, OH – d. 9-29-1972
actor, announcer: Uncle Henry “Collier’s Hour”; Uncle Bill “Let’s Pretend”
05-09-1895 – Richard Barthelmass – NYC – d. 8-17-1963
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-09-1898 – Edith Meiser – Detroit, MI – d. 9-26-1993
writer: “Life and Love of Dr. Susan”; “The Shadow”; “Sherlock Holmes”
05-09-1901 – Fuzzy Knight – Fairmont, WV – d. 2-23-1976
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
05-09-1908 – Joan Kinmont – Port Lincoln, Australia – d. 8-17-1985
writer: “Firelight”
05-09-1908 – Leonard Sillman – Detroit, MI – d. 1-12-1982
producer: “New Faces of 1948”
05-09-1909 – Don Messer – Tweedside, New Brunswick, Canada – d. 7-16-1972
fiddle: “Don Messer and His Islanders”
05-09-1911 – Harry Simeone – Newark, NJ – d. 2-22-2005
arranger, choral director: “The Fred Waring Show”; “Columbia Presents Corwin”
05-09-1912 – George T. Simon – NYC – d. 2-13-2001
jazz critic
05-09-1912 – Rupert Pray – d. 2-5-1973
writer: “Forever Ernest”
05-09-1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini – Barletta, Italy – d. 6-14-2005
conductor, musical director: “Chicago Symphony”; “Los Angeles Symphony”
05-09-1914 – Hank Snow – Liverpool, Novia Scotia, Canada – d. 12-20-1999
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
05-09-1915 – Hal Goodman – d. 9-3-1997
comic writer: “Sweeney and March Show”; “Rochester Show”
05-09-1918 – Mike Wallace – Brookline, MA
announcer, actor: “Spike Jones Show”; Flamond “Crime Files of Flamond”
05-09-1919 – Arthur English – Aldershot, Hampshire, England – d. 4-16-1995
comedian: “Variety Bandbox”
05-09-1919 – Eddie Manson – d. 7-12-1996
harmonica player: “They Shall Be Heard”
05-09-1920 – Frank Perdue – d. 3-31-2005
commercial spokesperson for Perdue Farms
05-09-1920 – Paul D. Brown – North Vernon, IN
disk jockey: “Ports o’ Call”
05-09-1920 – William Tenn (Phil Klass) – London, England – d. 2-7-2010
science fiction writer: Works adapted for “X Minus One”; “Dimension X”
05-09-1923 – Byron Kane – Vermont – d. 4-10-1984
actor: “Gunsmoke”; “Broadway is My Beat”; “Escape”
05-09-1923 – Connie Russell – NYC – d. 12-18-1990
vocalist: “The Dave Garroway Show”
05-09-1923 – Johnny Grant – Goldsboro, NC – d. 1-9-2008
emcee: (Honorary Mayor of Hollywood) “Jubilee”
05-09-1930 – Joan Sims – Laindon, Essex, England – d. 6-28-2001
actor: “Round the Horne”; “Stop Messing About”
05-09-1936 – Glenda Jackson – Cheshire, England
actor: Stevie Smith “Stevie”; Guest Panelist “Quote…Unquote”
05-09-1946 – Candice Bergen – Beverly Hills, CA
actor: (Daughter of Edgar Bergen) “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-09-1948 – Tony Strachan – Sydney, Australia
writer: “Harlequin Shuffle”
05-09-1953 – Richard Vernon – Memphis, TN – d. 12-2-2006
opera singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”
05-10-1882 – Thurston Hall – Boston, MA – d. 2-20-1958
actor: Jim Hanvey “The Townsend Murder Mystery”
05-10-1883 – Helen Jerome – London, England – d. xx-xx-1958
writer: “The Cricket on the Hearth”
05-10-1884 – Olga Petrova – Tur Brook, England – d. 11-30-1977
actor, writer: “Mary Margaret McBride”
05-10-1888 – Max Steiner – Vienna, Austria – d. 12-28-1971
composer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-10-1889 – Mae Murray – Portsmouth, VA – d. 3-23-1963
actor: “Your Unseen Friend”
05-10-1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 11-11-1979
composer, conductor: “Last Man Out”; “1947 March of Dimes Campaign”
05-10-1894 – Frank Knight – St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – d. 10-18-1973
actor, announcer: Dr. Billbert “Arabesque”; “Literary Digest”
05-10-1899 – Fred Astaire – Omaha, NE – d. 6-22-1987
dancer, actor: “Fred Astaire Show”
05-10-1899 – Lois Holmes – Galion, OH – d. 3-12-1986
actor: Jane Waters “Second Mrs. Burton”
05-10-1902 – David O. Selznick – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 6-22-1965
film producer: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
05-10-1907 – Pee Wee Hunt – Mount Healthy, OH – d. 6-22-1979
composer: “The Hoagy Carmichael Show”
05-10-1909 – Maybelle Carter – Nickelsville, VA – d. 10-23-1978
singer: (Queen of Country Music) “Grand Ole Opry”
05-10-1910 – Louis Buck – Bessemer, AL – d. 5-18-1971
announcer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Sunday Down South”
05-10-1911 – Lee Sullivan – NYC – d. 5-29-1981
singer: “Vest Pocket Varieties”; “Serenade to America”
05-10-1911 – Paul Taubman – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 5-30-1994
organist/pianist: “Perry Mason”; “Mysterious Traveler”; “Family Doctor”
05-10-1911 – Tony LaFrano – NYC – d. 9-12-1961
announcer: “Family Theatre”; “Johnny Modero: Pier 23”
05-10-1914- Frank Martin – Oklahoma – d. 12-22-1994
actor: Hashknife Hartley “Hashknife Hartley”
05-10-1914 – Charles McGraw – NYC – d. 7-30-1980
actor: Ken Thurston “Man Called X”, “Dragnet”; “Suspense”
05-10-1917 – Margo – Mexico City, Mexico – d. 7-17-1985
actor: (Wife of Eddie Albert) “Suspense”; “Free Company”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
05-10-1921 – Nancy Walker – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-25-1992
actor: “Mail Call”
05-10-1922 – Mary Small – Baltimore, MD
singer: (Little Miss Bab-O) “Little Miss Bab-O’s Surprise Party”
05-10-1922 – Ric Throssell – Greenmount, Western Australia – d. 4-20-1999
writer: “The Day Before Tomorrow”
05-10-1923 – Herb Carneal – Richmond, VA – d. 4-1-2007
voice of the Minnesota Twins
05-10-1930 – June Knox-Mawer – Wrexham, England – d. 4-19-2006
host: “The Women’s Hour”
05-10-1930 – Pat Summerall – Lake City, FL
cbs sportscaster: “Pat Summerall on Sports”
05-10-1930 – Scott Muni – Wichita, KS – d. 9-28-2004
disc jockey: “Scott Muni’s World of Rock”; “Ticket to Ride”
05-10-1936 – Gary Owens – Mitchell, SD
announcer: “Empire of the Air”
05-10-1937 – Arthur Kopit – NYC
writer: “Earplay”
05-10-1947 – George Taylor Morris – King City, CA – d. 8-1-2009
disk jockey: “Deep Tracks”
05-10-1965 – Catherine Castellani – Solvay, NY
writer: “Girl Friday”
05-11-1884 – Alma Gluck – Lasil, Romania – d. 10-27-1938
opera singer: made one radio appearance in 1929
05-11-1888 – Irving Berlin – Temum, Russia – d. 9-22-1989
composer: “Ed Sullivan Show”; “People’s Platform”
05-11-1892 – Margaret Rutherford – London, England – d. 5-22-1972
actor: “Wisdon of Miss Marple”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
05-11-1894 – Martha Graham – Allegheny, PA – d. 4-1-1991
choreographer: Miss Hush on “Truth or Consequences”
05-11-1895 – George Henninger – Binghamton, NY – d. 12-28-1953
musician: “Brenda Curtis”; “Ladies be Seated”; “Modern Romances”
05-11-1895 – Maurice Joachim – d. 11-19-1980
actor: Omar “Omar, the Mystic”; “Unseen Friend “Your Unseen Friend”
05-11-1899 – Forrest Lewis – Knightstown, IN – d. 6-2-1977
actor: Richard Q. Peavey “Great Gildersleeve”; Roy Delfeeno “Vic and Sade”
05-11-1900 – Georgia Fifield – d. 3-6-1985
actor: Mrs. Hipplewater “Frank Watanabe and Honorable Archie”
05-11-1902 – Bidu Sayao – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – d. 3-12-1999
sopranist opera singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”; “The Telephone Hour”
05-11-1907 – Kent Taylor – Nashua, IA – d. 4-11-1987
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
05-11-1909 – Ocie Stockard – Crafton, TX – d. 4-23-1988
bango: “The Musical Brownies”
05-11-1909 – Pattie Chapin – Atlantic City, NJ
singer: “Ziegfeld Follies of the Air”
05-11-1910 – Johnnie ‘Skat’ Davis – Brazil, IN – d. 11-28-1983
trumpet: “The Fred Waring Show”
05-11-1911 – Doodles Weaver – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-13-1983
comedian: (Brother of Pat Weaver) Professor Feedlebaum “Spike Jones Show”
05-11-1911 – Phil Silvers – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-1-1985
comedian: “Phil Silver’s Show”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Suspense”
05-11-1912 – Bob Trendler
pianist, conductor: “Bob Trendler Orchestra”
05-11-1912 – Foster Brooks – Louisville, KY – d. 12-20-2001
disc jockey: “Foster Brooks Show”; “Melody, Inc.”; “Million Dollar Ballroom”
05-11-1913 – John Weigel – Springfield, MO – d. 12-12-2002
announcer: “The Chicago Theatre of the Air”; “Meet the Meeks”
05-11-1913 – Tutti Camaratta – Glen Ridge, NJ – d. 4-13-2005
orchestra leader: “Double Feature”
05-11-1914 – Bob Atcher – Hardin County, KY – d. 10-30-1993
singer: “Faultless Starch Time”; “WLS Barn Dance”
05-11-1915 – Nathan Scott – Salinas, CA – d. 2-27-2010
composer: “The Log of the Black Parrot”; “Mail Call”
05-11-1916 – Peg Lynch – Lincoln, NE
writer, actor: Ethel Arbuckle “Ethel and Albert”; “Couple Next Door”
05-11-1919 – John Michael Hayes – Worcester, MA – d. 11-19-2008
writer: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Twelve Players”; “Sam Spade”
05-11-1922 – Eve Boswell – Budapest, Hungary – d. 8-14-1998
singer: “The Eve Bosewell Show”
05-11-1927 – Mort Sahl – Montreal, Canada
comedian: “Mort Sahl Show”
05-11-1930 – Stanley Elkin – NYC – d. 5-31-1995
writer: “Earplay”
05-11-1931 – Marilyn King – Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The King Sisters) “Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers”
05-12-1881 – Achmed Abdullah – Russia – d. 5-12-1945
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-12-1891 – Charles A. Bayha – NYC – d. 2-28-1957
composer: “The Radio Aces”
05-12-1892 – John Barclay – Blethingly, Surrey, England – d. 11-21-1978
singer, actor: “Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”; “Richard Gaylord “The Guiding Light”
05-12-1894 – Leora Thatcher – Logan, UT – d. 3-5-1984
actor: Mrs. Kramer “Right to Happiness”
05-12-1896 – Milton Herman – NYC – d. 1-21-1951
actor: Gargoyle “The Bishop and the Gargoyle”; Italo “Today’s Children”
05-12-1900 – Mildred McAfee – Parkville, MO – d. 9-2-1994
navy’s first female line officer: “Information Please”
05-12-1901 – Harold “Scrappy” Lambert – New Brunswick, NJ – d. 11-30-1987
singer: Mark “Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark”; “Town Hall Tonight”
05-12-1901 – Whitey “Duke” Ford – De Soto, MO – d. 6-20-1986
comedian: (Duke of Paducah) “Grand Ole Opry”; “Plantation Party”
05-12-1902 – Philip Wylie – Beverly, MA – d. 10-25-1971
writer: “This Is War”; “Sportsman’s Club”; “Tomorrow”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-12-1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White – Bourton-on-the-Water, England – d. 5-6-1991
actor: Roland Hamilton-Jones “Men of the Ministry”
05-12-1907 – Kathrine Hepburn – Hartford, CT – d. 6-29-2003
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-12-1907 – Leslie Charteris – Singapore – d. 4-14-1993
mystery writer: “The Adventures of the Saint”
05-12-1909 – Margaret Harshaw – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-7-1997
opera singer: “Radio Hall of Fame”; “Sylvan Opera Condert”
05-12-1910 – Giuletta Simionato – Forli, Italy – d. 5-5-2010
mezzo-soprano:”Metropolitan Opera”
05-12-1910 – Gordon Jenkins – Webster Groves, MO – d. 5-1-1984
conductor, composer: “Everything for the Boys”; “Bob Burns Show”
05-12-1910 – Jack Jenney – Mason City, IA – d. 12-16-1945
trombonist: “The Saturday Night Swing Club”
05-12-1912 – Everett Clarke – d. 9-10-1980
actor: Flamond “Crime Files of Flamond”
05-12-1913 – Ken Peters – d. 1-12-1998
actor: Dan Murray “One Man’s Family”; Olsen “Life with Luigi”
05-12-1914 – Howard K. Smith – Ferriday, LA – d. 2-15-2002
newsman: “World News Today”; “News Roundup”; “Howard K. Smith News”
05-12-1924 – Tony Hancock – Birmingham, England – d. 6-25-1968
comedian: “Hancock’s Half Hour”
05-12-1925 – Yogi Berra – St. Louis, MO
baseball hall of famer: “Feature Project, This Game of Baseball”
05-12-1927 – Suzanne Dalbert – Paris, France – d. 12-31-1970
actor: “George Fisher Interviews the Stars”; “Command Performance”
05-12-1932 – Tom Aaker – d. 9-17-1999
newscaster: Rochester, Minnesota
05-12-1936 – Tom Snyder – Milwaukee, WI – d. 7-29-2007
talk show host: ABC Network
05-12-1937 – George Carlin – NYC – d. 6-22-2008
comedian : Teamed up with Jack Burns on KDAY Los Angeles
05-12-1946 – Michael (Charles) Carson – Wallasey, England
author: BBC Radio
05-13-1842 – Arthur Sullivan – London, England – d. 11-22-1900
composer: (Gilbert and Sullivan) Several of his works were adapted for radio
05-13-1899 – David Broekman – Leiden, The Netherlands- d. 4-1-1958
conductor: “Mobil Magazine”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
05-13-1907 – Daphne du Maurier – London, England – d. 4-19-1989
author: “Campbell Playhouse”; “Several of her works were adapted for radio
05-13-1907 – Warren Angell – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-6-2006
singer: “Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians”
05-13-1909 – Ken Darby – Hebron, NE – d. 1-24-1992
singer, choral conductor: (The King’s Men) “Fibber McGee and Molly”
05-13-1911 – Maxine Sullivan – Homestead, PA – d. 4-7-1987
vocalist: “Night Life”
05-13-1912 – Helen Craig – San Antonio, TX – d. 7-20-1986
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
05-13-1912 – Phil Alampi – d. 11-4-1992
farm newscaster: ABC, WJZ New York, New York
05-13-1913 – Ruth Doering Reynolds – Chicago, IL – d. 3-18-1999
singer: (Doering Sisters) “Contented Hour”
05-13-1914 – Bill Rose – Fort Dodge, IA
actor: Chuck Ramsey “Captain Midnight”; Shamus “Houseboat Hannah”
05-13-1914 – Joe Louis (The Brown Bomber) – Lafayette, AL – d. 4-12-1981
heavyweight boxing champ: “Fred Allen Show”; “Freedom’s People”
05-13-1928 – Nils-Bertil Dahlander – Gothenburg, Sweden
composer, drummer: “Thore Ehrling Radio Band”
05-13-1938 – Anna Cropper – Brierfield, England – d. 1-22-2007
actor: “Sherlock Holmes”
05-14-1868 – “Big Bill” Thompson – Boston, MA – d. 3-19-1944
mayor of chicago: “The March of Time”
05-14-1874 – Marie Nelson – Detroit, MI – d. 5-12-1943
actor: Ellen Collins “Bachelor’s Children”
05-14-1885 – Otto Klemperer – Breslau, Germany – d. 7-6-1973
conductor: “George Gershwin Memorial Program”
05-14-1890 – Carlton Brickert – Martinsville, IN – d. 12-23-1943
actor: David Post “Story of Mary Marlin”; Howard Thurston “Thurston the Magician”
05-14-1895 – Lew Lehr – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-6-1950
comic: “Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro”; “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One”
05-14-1897 – Sidney Bechet – New Orleans, LA – d. 5-14-1959
soprano sax, composer: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
05-14-1898 – Zutty Singleton – Bunkie, LA – d. 7-14-1975
jazz drummer: “Radio Almanac”;”Just Jazz”; “BBC Jazz Session”
05-14-1902 – Rush Hughes – d. 3-28-1979
host: Pot O’ Gold”
05-14-1905 – Herbert Morrison – d. 1-10-1989
announcer: Hindenburg Disaster; “Call to Arms”; “Good Old Days of Radio”
05-14-1907 – Dick Bentley – Melbourne, Australia – d. 8-27-1995
actor: “Gently, Bentley”; “Navy Mixture”
05-14-1910 – B. S. Pully – Newark, NJ – d. 1-6-1972
comedian: “Command Performance”; “Mail Call”
05-14-1910 – Bill Danch – Hammond, IN – d. 10-6-2004
writer: “Baby Snooks Show”; “Honest Harold”; “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
05-14-1910 – Paul Sutton – Albuquerque, NM – d. 1-31-1970
actor: Sergeant William Preston “Challenge of the Yukon”
05-14-1914 – Foy Willing – Bosque County, TX – d. 7-24-1978
singer: (Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage) “Roy Rogers Show”
05-14-1917 – Norman Luboff – Chicago, IL – d. 9-22-1987
choir director: (The Norman Luboff Choir) “The Railroad Hour”
05-14-1918 – June Duprez – Teddington, England – d. 10-30-1918
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-14-1922 – Jackie Rae – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 10-5-2006
singer: “Three Little Rays of Sunshine”
05-14-1925 – Patrice Munsel – Spokane, WA
singer: “Prudential Family Hour”; “Voice of Firestone”
05-14-1925 Tristram Cary – Oxford, England – d. 4-24-2008
musician: “Dr. Who”
05-14-1926 – Eric Morecambe – Lancashire, England – d. 5-28-1984
comedian: “The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Radio Show”
05-14-1936 – Bobby Darin – NYC – d. 12-20-1973
singer: “The Bobby Darin Show”; “Cancer Crusade”; “Vocies of Vista”
05-14-1937 – Lloyd Battista – Cleveland, OH
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-14-1945 – Francesca Annis – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
actor: “Saturay Night Theatre”
05-15-1890 – Katherine Anne Porter – Indian Creek, TX – d. 9-18-1980
author: “NBC University Theatre”
05-15-1890 – Menasha Skulnik – Warsaw, Poland – d. 6-4-1970
actor: Mr. Cohen “Abie’s Irish Rose”; Uncle David “The Goldbergs”
05-15-1897 – Jacques Renard – Kiev, Ukraine – d. 1-30-1973
bandleader: “Burns and Allen”; “The Joe Penner Show”; “Stoopnagle and Budd”
05-15-1904 – Clifton Fadiman – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-20-1999
emcee: “Information, Please”; “Conversation”; “RCA Magic Key”
05-15-1905 – Joseph Cotten – Petersburg, VA – d. 2-6-1994
actor: Matthew Bell “Private Files of Matthew Bell”; “Mercury Theatre on the Air”
05-15-1909 – James Mason – Huddersfield, England – d. 7-27-1984
actor: “James and Pamela Mason Show”; “Studio One”
05-15-1909 – Thomas J. D’Andrea – Chicago, IL – d. 5-14-1887
script writer: Eddie Cantor”
05-15-1910 – Constance Cummings – Seattle, WA – d. 11-23-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-15-1910 – Walter Cassel – Council Bluffs, IA – d. 7-2-2000
baritone: “General Motors Concerts”; “Calling America”
05-15-1913 – James Baxter – Yucalpa, CA – d. 12-11-1964
writer of radio scripts
05-15-1915 – Harold Barlow – Boston, MA – d. 2-15-1993
Music plagiarism consultant for radio stations
05-15-1915 – Jack Watson – Thorney, England – d. 7-4-1999
actor: “Biggles”
05-15-1916 – Bill Williams – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-21-1992
actor: “Eternal Light”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-15-1917 – Wade Barnes – Alliance, OH – d. 2-25-1999
announcer/pianist: WHBC Canton, Ohio
05-15-1918 – Eddy Arnold – Henderson, TN – d. 5-8-2008
singer: (Tennessee Plowboy) “Grand Ole Opry”; “Eddy Arnold Show”
05-15-1918 – Joseph Wiseman – Montreal Canada – d. 10-19-2009
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
05-15-1921 – Margaret Lipper – Oliver, PA
actor: Hazel Toumey “Career of Ann Blair”; Patsy Curtis “Brenda Curtis”
05-15-1923 – Doris Dowling – Detroit, MI – d. 6-18-2004
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-15-1926 – Regis J. “Rege” Cordic – Hazelwood, PA – d. 4-16-1999
Replaced Bob Crane on station KNX in Los Angeles, California
05-15-1929 – David Healy – NYC – d. 10-25-1995
actor: “Kismet”; “Finian’s Rainbow”; “The Music Man”
05-15-1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti – Pesano, Italy
singer: “Here’s to Veterans”
05-16-1880 – Julius Tannen – Chicago, IL – d. 1-3-1965
comedian: (Human Chatterbox) “Goldenrod Revue”; “Seven Star Revue”
05-16-1881 – Henry Harlan Smith – Izard County, AR – d. 10-14-1931
emcee: “Hoss Hair Pullers”
05-16-1882 – Mary Gordon – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 8-23-1963
actor: Mrs. Emmett “Those We Love”; Mrs. Hudson “Sherlock Holmes”
05-16-1886 – Norman Ross – Portland, OR – d. 6-19-1953
05-16-1890 – Kenneth Perkins – d. 6-7-1951
writer: “Hawk Larabee”
05-16-1891 – Richard Tauber – Linz, Austria-Hungary – d. 1-8-1948
opera singer: “General Motors Concert”
05-16-1892 – Osgood Perkins – West Newton, MA – d. 9-21-1937
stage actor: “Flying Red Horse Tavern”
05-16-1904 – Ruth Coleman Bilchick – d. 2-11-1989
singer and pianist on radio
05-16-1905 – Henry Fonda – Grand Island, NE – d. 8-12-1982
actor: “Eyes Aloft”; “Romance”; “Suspense”
05-16-1905 – Sol Balsom – d. 10-xx-1968
newscaster: WCNW Brooklyn, New York
05-16-1908 – Ed Prough – d. 4-9-1993
announcer: WXYZ Detroit
05-16-1911 – Margaret Sullavan – Norfolk, VA – d. 1-1-1960
actor: “Electric Theatre”; “Hollywood Playhouse”
05-16-1912 – Studs Terkel – The Bronx, NY – d. 10-31-2008
journalist, sometimes actor: “Destination Freedom”; “Ma Perkins”
05-16-1913 – Woody Herman – Milwaukee, WI – d. 10-29-1987
bandleader: (The Thundering Herd) “Wildroot Show”
05-16-1915 – Chuck Cabot – d. 12-27-2007
bandleader: “The Fitch Bandwagon”
05-16-1916 – Adriana Caselotti – Bridgeport, CT – d. 1-19-1997
singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-16-1916 – Bernard Braden – Vancouver, Canada – d. 2-2-1993
actor: “The Gracie Fields Show”
05-16-1916 – Zeze Macedo – Rio de Janerio, Brazil – d. 10-8-1999
brazilian comic: “Home Sweet Home”
05-16-1919 – Liberace – West Allis, WI – d. 2-4-1987
pianist, singer: “Stars for Defense”
05-16-1922 – Larry Glick – Roxbury, MA – d. 3-26-2009
talk show host: Boston, Massachusetts
05-16-1924 – Frank Mankiewicz – NYC
president National Public Radio
05-16-1940 – Keith Miles – Cardiff, Wales
writer: “Just for the Day”; “Athlete”
05-16-1947 – Bob Edwards – Louisville, KY
newscaster: “All Things Considered”, “Morning Edition”; “Bob Edwards Show”
05-17-1878 – Conway Tearle – NYC – d. 10-1-1939
announcer: “Streamlined Shakespeare”
05-17-1883 – Ethel Intropidi – NYC – d. 12-18-1946
actor: Phyllis Welby “Pretty Kitty Kelly”
05-17-1889 – Harriett Gustin – d. 4-xx-1975
co-host of a children’s amateur hour on WEEI, Boston, Massachusetts
05-17-1890 – Harry Balogh – d. 8-16-1961
boxing ring announcer during the 1930s and 1940s
05-17-1890 – Philip James – Jersey City, NJ – d. 11-1-1975
conductor, composer: “Bamberger Little Symphony”; “Wellsprings of Music”
05-17-1895 – Gayelord Hauser – Tubingen, Germany – d. 12-26-1984
nutritionist: “Look Younger and Live Longer”
05-17-1896 – Ruth Donnelly – Trenton, NJ – d. 11-17-1982
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-17-1897 – Fletcher Wiley – d. 1-26-1966
commentator: “Your Home Front Reporter”
05-17-1902 – Fausto Cleva – Trieste, Italy – d. 8-6-1971
conductor: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “Metropolitan Opera Auditions”
05-17-1903 – Artie Auerbach – NYC – d. 10-3-1957
actor: Mr. Kitzel “Jack Benny Program”
05-17-1905 – John Patrick – Louisville, KY – d. 11-7-1995
writer, actor: Cecil “Cecil and Sally”
05-17-1906 – Carl McIntire – Ypsilanti, MI – d. 03-19-2002
evangelist: “Twentieth Century Reformation Hour”
05-17-1906 – John Cannon – Chicago, IL – d. 6-22-2001
announcer, actor: “City Hospital”; “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy”
05-17-1907 – Horace McMahon – South Norwalk, CT – d. 8-17-1971
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
05-17-1907 – Jack Petruzzi – Cleveland, OH – d. 3-1-1967
actor: “Ann Worth, Housewife”; “The Lone Ranger”; “Joe Palooka”
05-17-1908 – Joe Grant – NYC – d. 5-6-2005
writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-17-1911 – Maureen O’Sullivan – Boyle, Ireland – d. 6-23-1998
actor: “Dreft Star Playhouse”; “Family Theatre”
05-17-1912 – Grant Turner – Abilene, TX – d. 10-19-1991
announcer: “Grand Ole Opry”
05-17-1916 – Jameson Brewer – Sentinel Butte, ND – d. 9-11-2003
writer: “The Hardy Family”
05-17-1918 – Birgit Nilsson – Vastra Karup, Skane Ian, Sweden – d. 12-25-2005
singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”
05-17-1920 – Harriet Van Horne – Syracuse, NY – d. 1-15-1998
newspaper columnist: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
05-17-1923 – Alice Backes – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 3-15-2007
actor: “This Is Your FBI”; “The Whistler”; “Family Theatre”
05-17-1925 – Ira Tucker – Spartanburg, SC – d. 6-24-2008
gospel singer: (The Dixie Hummingbirds) WCAU Philadelphia, PA
05-17-1926 – Tenniel Evans – Nairobi, Kenya – d. 6-10-2009
actor: Leading Seaman Goldstein “The Navy Lark”
05-18-1892 – Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy – d. 5-9-1957
singer: “Telephone Hour”; “Ezio Pinza’s Children Show”; “Stagestruck”
05-18-1894 – Raymond Paige – Wausau, WI – d. 8-7-1965
conductor: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Musical Americana”; “Stage Door Canteen”
05-18-1897 – Frank Capra – Bisacquino, Sicily – d. 9-3-1991
film director: “Gulf Screen Theatre”; “NBC Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-18-1900 – Joyce Barthelson – d. 12-1-1986
pianist: KGO Oakland, California
05-18-1900 – Lew White – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-4-1955
organist: “Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra”; “Break the Bank”; “Betty Moore”
05-18-1902 – Meredith Willson – Mason City, IA – d. 6-15-1984
conductor, composer: “Maxwell House Coffee Time”; “Meredith Willson/Music Room”
05-18-1904 – Fred Shields – Kansas City, MO – d. 6-30-1974
actor: Bill Fraser “Tarzan”
05-18-1904 – Jacob K. Javits – NYC – d. 3-7-1986
u.s. senator new york: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-18-1907 – Clifford Curzon – London, England – d. 9-2-1982
pianist: “March of Dimes”
05-18-1908 – Alastair McBain – d. 12-xx-1980
author: “Cloak and Dagger”
05-18-1908 – Del King – Kansas City, KS – d. 8-22-1964
announcer: “Avalon Time”; “Tommy Dorsey’s Kool Show”
05-18-1908 – Lorene Scott – d. 4-19-1983
actor: Maria Hawkins “Young Widder Brown”
05-18-1908 – Ted Malone – Colorado Springs, CO – d. 10-20-1989
commentator: “Between the Bookends”; “Pilgrimage of Poetry”
05-18-1908 – Tommy Tucker – Souris, ND – d. 7-13-1989
bandleader: “Lucky Strike Show with Walter Winchell”; “George Jessel Show”
05-18-1912 – John Campbell Crosby – Milwaukee, WI – d. 9-7-1991
radio critic: New York Herald Tribune
05-18-1912 – Perry Como – Canonsburg, PA – d. 5-12-2001
singer: “Perry Como Program”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
05-18-1913 – Charles Trenet – Creteil, France – d. 1-18-2001
singer: “Rudy Vallee Show”; “Discoparade”
05-18-1922 – Bill Macy – Revere, MA
actor: “Earplay”
05-18-1922 – Kai Winding – Aarhus, Denmark – d. 5-7-1983
musician: “Stan Kenton and His Orchestra”; “One Night Stand”; “Jubilee”
05-18-1924 – Jack Whitaker – Philadelphia, PA
disc jockey, sportscaster: “Jack the Bachelor”; “Sports Shots”
05-18-1931 – Robert Morse – Newton, MA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-18-1932 – Walter Anglin – d. 9-8-2001
disk jockey: WJLD Birmingham, Alabama
05-18-1936 – Joel Kupperman – Chicago, IL
panelist: “Quiz Kids”
05-19-1870 – Wright Kramer – Somerville, MA – d. 11-14-1941
actor: Walter Jamison “Showboat”
05-19-1891 – Graham Harris – Haverhill, MA – d. 9-3-1946
orchestra leader: “There Was a Woman”; “WPA Federal Music Concerts”
05-19-1894 – Henry Busse – Magdeburg, Germany – d. 4-23-1953
orchestra leader: “Fitch Bandwagon”; “Spotlight Bands”
05-19-1895 – Harry Saxe – Montreal, Canada – d. 11-6-1947
actor: Daddy Warbucks “Little Orphan Annie”; Dr. Burr “Mryt and Marge
05-19-1906 – Bruce Bennett – Tacoma, WA – d. 2-24-2007
actor: “Proudly We Hail”
05-19-1910 – Wayne Nelson – d. 2-xx-1984
announcer: “The Camel Caravan”; “The Ted Lewis Show”
05-19-1913 – Beverly Roberts – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-13-2009
actor: “The John Barrymore Theatre”; “The Falcon”
05-19-1913 – Warren Asher – d. 1-xx-1984
disk jockey: WFOR Hattiesburg, Mississippi
05-19-1919 – George Auld – Toronto, Canada – d. 1-8-1990
bandleader: “Saturday Night Swing Session”
05-19-1919 – Louisa Vass – Greenville, SC – d. 10-3-2000
singer: (The Vass Family) “The Lady Next Door”; “Kraft Phoenix Program”
05-19-1931 – Eric Davidson – d. 5-20-1996
writer: “Tommy Steele Radio Show”
05-20-1894 – Adela Rogers St. Johns – Los Angeles, CA – d. 8-10-1988
novelist: Commentator on NBC 1936-1937
05-20-1899 – Stan Lomax – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 6-26-1987
sportscaster: “Evening Journal Sports”
05-20-1899 – Virginia Sale – Urbana, IL – d. 8-23-1992
actor: Martha “Those We Love”
05-20-1903 – Bob White – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-1-1984
actor: Eric Cunningham “Ma Perkins”; Dr. Petrie “Fu Manchu”
05-20-1906 – Lyda Roberti – Warsaw, Poland – d. 3-12-1938
actor, singer: Freelance; Sang with Al Jolson two days before her death
05-20-1906 – Sandra Michael – Denmark – d. 8-22-2003
creator, writer: “Against the Storm”
05-20-1908 – James Stewart – Indiana, PA – d. 7-2-1997
actor: Britt Ponset “Six Shooter”
05-20-1909 – Jerry Hausner – Cleveland, OH – d. 4-1-1993
actor: “Lum and Abner”; “Silver Theatre”
05-20-1911 – Patricia Dunlap – Bloomington, IL
actor: Betty Fairfield “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy”
05-20-1911 – Vet Boswell – Birmingham, AL – d. 11-12-1988
singer: (The Boswell Sisters) “The Boswell Sisters”; “Woodbury Soap Show”
05-20-1912 – Julius Dixon – Barnwell, SC – d. 1-30-2004
host: “Variety Jive”
05-20-1916 – William D. Carey – Hollister, CA – d. 1-27-2004
actor and singer
05-20-1920 – Dorothy Howe (Virginia Vale) – Dallas, TX – d. 9-14-2006
actor: “Gateway to Hollywood”
05-20-1920 – George Gobel – Chicago, IL – d. 2-24-1991
comedian, actor, singer: (Lonesome George) Jimmy “Tom Mix”
05-20-1921 – Joel Kane – Los Angeles County, CA – d. 4-20-1993
writer: “Fibber McGee and Molly”
05-20-1921 – Sheldon Gross
announcer: WFIL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
05-20-1923 – Edith Fellows – Boston, MA
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-20-1925 – Vic Ames – Malden, MA – d. 1-23-1978
singer,: (Ames Brothers) “Sing It Again”; “Robert Q. Lewis Show”
05-20-1926 – John Lucarotti – England – d. 11-19-1994
writer: “Doctor Who”
05-20-1926 – Miles Davis – Alton, IL – d. 9-29-1991
sideman: “Billy Eckstien Orchestra”
05-20-1928 – David Hedison – Providence, RI
Worked as a radio announcer early in his career
05-20-1934 – Ken Boyer – Liberty, MO – d. 9-7-1982
baseball player: “Tops in Sports”
05-20-1936 – Anthony Zerbe – Long Beach, CA
actor: “Earplay”
05-20-1941 – Hal Ross – Montreal, Canada
announcer: CJQC Quebec City, Canada
05-21-1894 – Kenyon Nicholson – Crawfordsville, IN – d. 12-19-1986
writer: “Theatre Guild on the Air”
05-21-1901 – Fred Cole – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-19-1964
writer: “Double or Nothing”
05-21-1901 – Horace Heidt – Alameda, CA – d. 12-1-1986
bandleader: “Horace Heidt Brigadiers”; “Pot o’ Gold”; “Treasure Chest”
05-21-1904 – Robert Montgomery – Beacon, NY – d. 9-27-1981
actor: “Doctor Fights”; “Suspense”; “This Is War”
05-21-1904 – Thomas “Fats” Waller – NYC – d. 12-15-1943
pianist, singer: “Columbia Variety Hour”; “Saturday Night Swing Club”
05-21-1906 – Marie Joan Callahan – Chicago, IL – d. 8-6-1984
assistant director, director, producer and creator
05-21-1912 – Lucille Manners – Newark, NJ
singer: “Cities Service Concert”
05-21-1912 – Stephen Estaban Kelen – Budapest, Hungary – d. 5-1-2003
writer: “Fifty Years from Farrer”
05-21-1915 – Kathleen Cordell – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-19-1997
actor: Marion Burton Sullivan “Second Mrs. Burton”; Monica Brewster “Valiant Lady”
05-21-1916 – Dennis Day – The Bronx, NY – d. 6-22-1988
singer, comedian: “Jack Benny Program”; “Day in the Life of Dennis Day”
05-21-1917 – Raymond Burr – New Westminster, Canada – d. 9-12-1993
actor: Lee Quince “Fort Laramie”; Ed Backstrand “Dragnet”
05-21-1918 – Anthony Alfred Ambrose – New Alexandria, PA – d. 3-16-2003
composer/singer: WHJB Greensburg, Pennsylvania
05-21-1918 – Jeanne Bates – Berkeley, CA – d. 11-28-2007
actor: Teddy Lawson “One Man’s Family”; “Gunsmoke”
05-21-1920 – Bill Barber – Hornell, NY – d. 6-18-2007
jazz tuba player: “Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra”
05-21-1920 – James Plunkett – Dublin, Ireland – d. 5-28-2003
writer: “Dublin Fusilier”
05-21-1923 – Dorothy Hewett – Perth, Western Australia – d. 8-25-2002
writer: “Frost at Midnight”
05-21-1923 – Rick Jason – NYC – d. 10-15-2000
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
05-22-1859 – Arthur Conan Doyle – Edingurgh, Scotland – d. 7-7-1930
author: Many of his works were adapted for radio
05-22-1879 – Alla Nazimova – Yalta in the Crimea – d. 7-13-1945
actor: “ I’m An American”; “Towards the Century of the Comman Man”
05-22-1891 – Parks Johnson – Sheffield, AL – d. 10-4-1970
emcee, interviewer: “Vox Pox”
05-22-1898 – Charles Borrelli – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-26-1984
pianist: “Italian Sunday”
05-22-1903 – Ward Wilson -Trenton, NJ – d. 3-21-1966
actor, announcer: Mr. DeHaven “Aldrich Family”; Beetle “Phil Baker Show”
05-22-1906 – Harry Ritz – Newark, NJ – d. 3-29-1986
comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) “Hollywood Hotel”
05-22-1907 – Laurence Olivier – Dorking, England – d. 7-11-1989
actor: “Biography in Sound”; “Document A/777”; “Hour of Mystery”
05-22-1910 – Johnny Olson – Windom, MN – d. 10-12-1985
emcee, announcer: “Ladies Be Seated”; “Get Rich Quick”
05-22-1911 – John W. Neher – Shelbyville, IL – d. 3-16-1972
singer, actor: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Cavalcade of America”
05-22-1914 – Ken Powell – d. 3-11-1976
announcer: “Chick Carter, Boy Detective”; “Nick Carter, Master Detective”
05-22-1916 – Rupert Davies – Liverpool, England – d. 10-22-1976
actor: “Afternoon Theatre”
05-22-1918 – Herb Arrasmith – d. 6-22-1985
disk jockey: KERN Bakersfield, California
05-22-1923 – Bill Andrick – d. 6-14-1981
disk jockey: WPAR Parkersburg, West Virginia
05-22-1925 – James King – d. 11-20-2005
operatic tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”
05-22-1934 – Peter Nero – Brooklyn, NY
socialite pianist: “Voices of Vista”
05-22-1938 – Susan Strasberg – NYC – d. 1-21-1999
actor: Emily Marriott “Marriage”
05-23-1882 – James Gleason – NYC – d. 4-12-1959
actor: “Jimmy Gleason’s Diner”
05-23-1883 – Douglas Fairbanks – Denver, CO – d. 12-12-1939
commentator: “KHJ Los Angeles 1921”
05-23-1890 – Herbert Marshall – London, England – d. 1-22-1966
actor: Ken Thurston “Man Called X”
05-23-1898 – Frank McHugh – Homestead, PA – d. 9-11-1981
actor: Fairchild Finnegan “Phone Again Finnegan”
05-23-1901 – Arch McDonald – Hot Spring, AR – d. 10-16-1960
sportscaster: Washington Senators and Washington Redskins
05-23-1907 – Carlyne Stevens – Parkhill, Canada – d. 10-1-1961
announcer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Roxy’s Gang”; “Atlantic Family”
05-23-1907 – Kenneth Griffin – Enid, Oklahoma Territory – d. 1-3-1951
actor: Larry Noble “Mary Noble, Backstage Wife”
05-23-1908 – Frederick Thwaites – Balmain, Australia – d. 8-13-1979
writer: “Beyond the Rainbow”
05-23-1910 – Artie Shaw – NYC – d. 12-30-2004
bandleader: “Melody and Madness”; “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
05-23-1910 – Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers – Terre Haute, IN – d. 11-26-1986
jazz musician: early radio into the 40s
05-23-1911 – Dorothy Lee – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-24-1999
singer: “Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians”
05-23-1912 – Betty Astell – London, England – d. 7-27-2005
panelist: “Does the Team Think”
05-23-1912 – John Payne – Roanoke, VA – d. 12-6-1989
actor: “Hollywood Star Preview”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-23-1912 – Marius Goring – Newport, Isle of Wight, England – d. 9-30-1998
actor: Sir Percy Blakeney/Scarlet Pimpernel “Scarlet Pimpernel”
05-23-1917 – Murray McLean – Chicago, IL – d. 4-2-1995
actor: Jimmy Allen “Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen”
05-23-1919 – Betty Garrett – St. Joseph, MO
singer-actor: “Savings Bond Show”; “Guest Star”; “Showtime”
05-23-1921 – Helen O’Connell – Lima, OH – d. 9-9-1993
singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band) “Kraft Music Hall”; “Fitch Bandwagon”
05-23-1921 – Humphrey Lyttelton – Windsor, England – d. 4-25-2008
host: “I’m Sorry, I Haven’t A Clue”
05-23-1921 – Ray Lawler – Footscray, Australia
writer: “Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”
05-23-1927 – Gerald Hiken – Milwaukee, WI
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-23-1928 – Rosemary Clooney – Maysville, KY – d. 6-29-2002
singer: “Rosemary Clooney Show”; “On the Sunny Side”
05-23-1953 – Ronald Frame – Glasgow, Scotland
author: “Winter Journey” adapted from his novel of the same name
05-24-1877 – Robert Hood Bowers – Chambersburg, PA – d. 12-29-1941
conductor: (The Home Harmonizers) “Home Harmony Time”
05-24-1878 – Harry Emerson Fosdick – Buffalo, NY – d. 10-5-1969
preacher: “National Vespers”
05-24-1880- Arthur “Doc” Bagley – d. 3-7-1952
father of radio excercise programs
05-24-1883 – Elsa Maxwell – Keokuk, IA – d. 11-1-1963
society mistress: Roma Wine spokesperson for Suspense; “Texaco Star Theatre”
05-24-1886 – Paul Paray – Treport, Normandy, France – d. 10-10-1979
conductor: “New York Philharmonic”
05-24-1896 – Jock MacGregor – d. 2-14-1984
director, actor: “Cisco Kid”; “Gangbusters”
05-24-1901 – Lucien Moraweck – d. 10-20-1973
music: “The City”; “Intrigue”; “Passpoet for Adams”; “Suspense”
05-24-1902 – Wilbur Hatch – Mokena, IL – d. 12-22-1969
conductor: “Our Miss Brooks”; “Gateway to Hollywood”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
05-24-1905 – Joe Lindwurm – d. 2-25-1992
musician: “The Ipana Troubadors”
05-24-1907 – Bill Bouchey – Clare, MI – d. 9-27-1977
actor: Red Albright/Captain Midnight “Captain Midnight”
05-24-1909 – Howard Snyder – d. 4-13-1963
writer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Lum and Abner”; “That’s My Pop”
05-24-1911 – Lilli Palmer – Posen, Germany – d. 1-28-1986
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-24-1912 – Rachel Carlay – Brussels, Belgium
singer: “Rudy Vallee Show”; “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
05-24-1914 – Vernon (Vern) Carstensen – Clinton, IA – d. 4-23-1999
announcer, actor: “Box 13”; “Damon Runyon Theatre”
05-24-1915 – Harvey Bacal – Quebec, Canada – d. 11-14-1993
musical director and arranger
05-24-1916 – Tony Barrett – NYC – d. 11-16-1974
actor: Charlie Dyer “This Life is Mine”; Biff Bradley “Pepper Young’s Family”
05-24-1923 – Frank E. Amole – d. 5-12-2002
newscaster: KDEN Denver, Colorado
05-24-1928 – William Trevor (Cox) – Mitchelstown, Ireland
author of several BBC plays
05-24-1932 – Elaine Malbin – NYC
singer: “Serenade to America”; “Saturday Matinee with Elaine Malbin”
05-24-1941 – Bob Dylan – Duluth, MN
singer: “Folksinger’s Choice”; “Soundstage”
05-25-1877 – Billy Murray – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-17-1954
singer: “The National Barn Dance”
05-25-1891 – William McNeary – d. 8-26-1934
juvenile radio programming pioneer: “Man in the Moon”
05-25-1892 – Bennett Cerf – NYC – d. 8-27-1971
narrator, panelist: “Biography in Sound”; “What’s My Line?”
05-25-1893 – Ernest V. Stoneman – Monorat, VA – d. 6-14-1968
actor: “Irma dn Ezra”
05-25-1898 – Gene Tunney – NYC – d. 11-7-1978
heavyweight boxing champion: “National Guard Show”; “The Navy is Fit to Fight”
05-25-1905 – Joseph C. Harsch – Toledo, OH – d. 6-3-1998
news commentator: “A Closer Look at the News”; “Emphasis”
05-25-1907 – Barbara Luddy – Helena, MT – d. 4-1-1979
actor: Carol Evans “Road of Life”; Janet Munson Adams “Woman in White”
05-25-1908 – Linda Watkins – Boston, MA – d. 10-31-1976
actor: Dot “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”; “Big Guy”; “Fat Man”
05-25-1912 – Eddie Maxwell – Detroit. MI – d. 11-21-1999
writer: “The Spike Jones Show”
05-25-1913 – Richard Dimbleby – Richmond onThames, England – d. 12-22-1965
BBC’s first-ever radio news reporter: “Down Your Way”; “Twenty Questions”
05-25-1915 – Betty Ruth Smith – d. 2-1-2008
actor: Helen Trent “Romance of Helen Trent”; Catherine Monroe “Backstage Wife”
05-25-1916 – Ginny Simms – San Antonio, TX – d. 4-4-1994
singer: “Ginny Simms Show”; “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
05-25-1916 – Kevin O’Morrison – St. Louis, MO
actor: Charlie Wild “Charlie Wild, Private Detective”
05-25-1917 – Jimmy Hamilton – Dillon, SC – d. 9-20-1994
jazz clarinetist: “One Night Stand”; “A Date with the Duke”
05-25-1917 – Steve Cochran – Eureka, CA – d. 6-15-1965
actor: “Voice of the Army”; “Unexpected”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
05-25-1918 – Henry Calvin – Dallas, TX – d. 10-6-1975
actor: Joshua Sharpe “Big Guy”
05-25-1919 – Lindsey Nelson – Campbellsville, TN – d. 6-10-1995
sportscaster: “Monitor Preview”; “Biography In Sound”
05-25-1921 – Kitty Kallen – Philadelphia, PA
singer: “Kitty Kallen Calling”; “Harry James and His Music Makers”
05-25-1923 – Eddie Ryan – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “The Charlotte Greenwood Show”; “Let’s Pretend”
05-25-1925 – Jeanne Crain – Barstow, CA – d. 12-14-2003
actor: “Screen Guild Players”; ”Lux Radio Theatre”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
05-25-1926 – Milt Bernhart – Valpariso, IN – d. 1-22-2004
trombonist: “One Night Stand”
05-25-1927 – William “Rosko” Mercer – NYC – d. 8-1-2000
disc jockey, announcer: CBS Network
05-25-1929 – Beverly Sills – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-2-2007
singer: “Major Bowes Capitol Family”; “Uncle Bob’s Rainbow House”
05-25-1937 – Mark Shields – Weymouth, MA
journalist; “Look at Today”
05-25-1943 – Leslie Uggams – NYC
singer: “The Peter Lind Hayes Show”
05-26-1884 – Charles Winninger – Athens, WI – d. 1-19-1969
actor: Captain Henry “Show Boat”; Uncle Charlie “Uncle Charlie’s Tent Show”
05-26-1886 – Al Jolson – Srednick, Lithuania, Russia – d. 10-23-1950
singer: (The Jazz Singer) “Shell Chateau”; “Kraft Music Hall”
05-26-1887 – Paul Lukas – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – d. 8-15-1971
actor: Albert Einstein “Quick and the Dead”
05-26-1893 – Edward MacHugh – Dundee, Scotland – d. 2-3-1957
singer: “Gospel Singer”
05-26-1893 – Eugene Goosens – London, England – d. 6-13-1962
conductor: New York Philharmonic
05-26-1895 – Norma Talmadge – Jersey City, NJ – d. 12-24-1957
actor: “Thirty Minutes in Hollywood”
05-26-1903 – Austin Armer – d. 2-11-1984
flutist: KTAB Oakland, California
05-26-1904 – George Formby – Lancashire, England – d. 3-6-1961
singer, actor: “Manitoba Flood Relief Show”
05-26-1905 – Fred MacKaye – Hackettstown, NJ – d. 9-10-1980
actor, director: Monk Rice “Point Sublime”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Romance”
05-26-1905 – Margaret Fuller – Butler, PA – d. 1-6-1952
actor: “Attorney At Law”; “Today’s Children”
05-26-1907 – John Wayne – Winterset, IA – d. 6-11-1979
actor: Dan O’Brien “Three Sheets to the Wind”
05-26-1908 – Robert Morley – Semley, England – d. 6-3-1992
actor: “U.S. Steel Hour”
05-26-1908 – Vera Van – Marion, OH – d. 4-16-1992
singer: “The George Jessel Show”; “The Vicks Open House”
05-26-1909 – Richard Maibaum – NYC – d. 1-4-1991
screen writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-26-1910 – Larry Rhine – San Francisco, CA – d. 10-27-2000
writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”
05-26-1911 – Ben Alexander – Goldfield, NV – d. 7-5-1969
actor: Frank Smith “Dragnet”; Bashful Ben “Great Gildersleeve”
05-26-1912 – Barbara Lee – Denver, CO – d. 11-11-1986
actor: “Big Sister”; “Valiant Lady”; “Our Gal Sunday”
05-26-1913 – Peter Chushing – Kenley, England – d. 8-11-1994
actor: “Aliens in the Mind”
05-26-1914 – Ziggy Elman – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-25-1968
trumpet: “Benny Goodman Orchestra”, “The Tommy Dorsey Show”
05-26-1915 – Martin Stone – d. 6-7-1998
producer: “Howdy Doody”; “Author Meets the Critic”
05-26-1915 – Ray Austin – NYC – d. 6-24-1998
composer/arranger for many big bands
05-26-1915 – Sam Edwards – Macon, GA – d. 7-28-2004
actor: Tracy Baker “One Man’s Family”; Dexter Franklin “Meet Corliss Archer”
05-26-1915 – Vernon Alley – d. 10-3-2004
musician, disk jockey: San Francisco area
05-26-1918 – John Dall – NYC – d. 1-15-1971
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Voice of the Army”
05-26-1920 – Peggy Lee – Jamestown, ND – d. 1-21-2002
singer: “Jimmy Durante Show”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”; “Peggy Lee Show”
05-26-1922 – Andrew (Fraser) Downie – Edingurgh, Scotland – d. 4-15-2009
actor: voice overs
05-26-1922 – William Froug – Brooklyn, NY
script writer: Jeff Regan
05-26-1923 – James Arness – Minneapolis, MN
announcer for station WLOL Minneapolis, Minnesota
05-26-1923 – Roy Dotrice – Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands
actor: Sir Gregory Pitkin “Men from the Ministry”
05-26-1924 – Leonard Maguire – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 9-12-1997
actor: “Navigator in the 7th Circle”; “Evening of Scottish Horrors”
05-26-1928 - Eugene Dinovi – Brooklyn, NY
composer, pianist: “Morningside”
05-26-1931 – Chet Norris – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Tomorrow Calling”; “Cisco Kid”; “ABC Radio Workshop”
05-27-1880 – Joseph C. Grew – Boston, MA – d. 5-25-1965
u.s. ambassador to japan: “Report from Tokyo”; “Cavalcade of America”
05-27-1894 – Dashiell Hammett – St. Mary’s County, MD – d. 1-10-1961
author: “Fat Man”; “Adventures of Sam Spade”
05-27-1902 – Cedric Adams – Magnolia, MN – d. 2-18-1961
commentator: In 1953 filled in for Arthur Godfrey for 13 weeks
05-27-1904 – Marlin Hurt – Du Quoin, IL – d. 3-21-1946
actor: Beulah “Fibber McGee and Molly”; Bill Jackson “Beulah”
05-27-1910 – Sidney Slon – Chicago, IL – d. 1-21-1995
actor: Solly “The Goldbergs”; Mr. Trent “Valiant Lady”
05-27-1911 – Evelyn Morin – Dunn, IN – d. 9-10-2000
singer: (Morin Sisters) “World of Music”; “Breakfast Club”
05-27-1911 – Herb Meadow – d. 3-1-1995
creator, writer: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
05-27-1911 – Hubert H. Humphrey – Wallace, SD – d. 1-13-1978
politician: “Meet the Press”; “University of Chicago Round Table”
05-27-1911 – Vincent Price – St. Louis, MO – d. 10-25-1993
actor: Simon Templar “The Saint”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-27-1912 – John Cheever – Quincy, MA – d. 6-18-1982
writer: “NBC Presents: Short Story”
05-27-1912 – Slammin’ Sammy Snead – Ashwood, VA – d. 5-23-2002
golf legend: “Kraft Music Hall”
05-27-1915 – Frank Crane – d. 7-25-1992
one time president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association
05-27-1915 – Herman Wouk – NYC
writer: “Town Hall Tonight”; “Fred Allen Show”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-27-1916 – Analee Whitmore – Price, UT – d. 2-5-2002
panelist: (Wife of Clifton Fadiman) “Information Please”
05-27-1919 – Ray Montgomery – d. 6-4-1998
actor: Noel Chandler “Dear John”
05-27-1920 – Portia Nelson – Brigham City, UT – d. 3-6-2001
jazz singer: “Sunday in New York”
05-27-1921 – Franklin Adams, Jr. – Chicago, IL – 8-9-2006
actor: Skippy “Skippy”; Davy Jones “Davy Jones”
05-27-1921 – Redd Stewart – Ashland City, TN – d. 8-2-2003
lyricist: “Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys”
05-27-1924 – Eric Lauder – Rugby, England – d. 10-28-1999
actor: “Violent Shore”
05-27-1925 – Tony Hillerman – Sacred Heart, OK – 10-26-2008
writer: “The Zero Hour”
05-27-1926 – Peter Ling – Croydon, Surrey, England – d. 9-14-2006
adapter: “Casebook of Sherlock Holmes”; “Return of Sherlock Holmes”
05-27-1928 – Jack Baker – d. 4-26-2002
disk jockey: “Sunday Sound Stage”
05-27-1934 – Harlan Ellison – Cleveland, OH
writer: “S.F. 68”
05-28-1888 – Jim Thorpe – Prague, Indian Territory – d. 3-28-1953
all around athelete: “Shell Chateau”; “Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel”
05-28-1898 – Andy Kirk – Newport, KY – d. 12-11-1992
bandleader: (Clouds of Joy) “Andy Kirk and His Orchestra”
05-28-1899 – Richard Lane – Rice Lake, WI – d. 9-5-1982
actor: Inspector Faraday “Boston Blackie”
05-28-1902 – “Little” Jack Little – London, England – d. 4-9-1956
singer: (Cheerful Little Earful) “Little Jack Little Show”
05-28-1906 – Phil Regan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-11-1996
singer: (The Singing Cop) “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
05-28-1907 – Don Becker – Covington, KY – d. 10-18-1991
script writer: “Life Can Be Beautiful”
05-28-1910 – Rachel Kempson – Dartmouth, Devon, England – d. 5-24-2003
actor: “The Archers”; “Tom’s Midnight Garden”
05-28-1911 – Lynn Biggler – d. 10-7-2003
newscaster: KWFT Witchita Falls, Texas
05-28-1912 – Dave Barbour – Flushing, NY – d. 12-11-1965
orchestra leader, composer, actor: “Electric Hour”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
05-28-1912 – Tom Scott – d. 8-12-1961
folk singer, writer: “American School of the Air”; “Golden Gate Quartet Sings”
05-28-1912 – Violet Dunn – d. 11-14-1982
actor: Peggy O’Neill “The O’Neill’s”
05-28-1918 – Elizabeth Harrower – Alameda, CA – d. 12-10-2003
actor: “NBC University Theatre”
05-28-1918 – Johnny Wayne – Toronto, Canada – d. 7-18-1990
comedian: (Wayne and Shuster) “Army Show”; “March of Time”
05-28-1919 – Frank Middlemass – Stockton-on-Tees, England – d. 9-8-2006
actor: “Too the Manor Born”
05-28-1919 – Ola Masters – Pambula, Australia – d. 9-27-1986
writer: “The Penny Ha’penny Stamp”
05-28-1920 – Gene Levitt – NYC – d. 11-15-1999
writer: “Advs. of Philip Marlowe”
05-28-1922 – Scott McKay – Pleasantville, IA – d. 3-16-1987
actor: John Nelson “Barry Cameron”
05-28-1928 – Billy Roy – Detroit , MI – d. 9-2-2003
actor: “Smilin’ Ed’s Buster Brown Gang”
05-28-1928 – Maynard Ferguson – Montreal, Canada – d. 8-23-2006
trumpeter: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
05-29-1874 – G. K. Chesterton – London, England – d. 6-14-1936
creator: “Advs. of Father Brown”
05-29-1883 – Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe – Canada – d. 6-2-1943
doctor who attended Dionne quintuplets birth: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-29-1892 – Mario Chamlee – Los Angeles, CA – d. 11-13-1966
singer: Tony “Tony and Gus”; “Arco Birthday Party”; “Swift Garden Party”
05-29-1894 – Beatrice Lillie – Toronto, Canada – d. 1-20-1989
commedienne: “Beatrice Lillie Show”
05-29-1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Brno, Czechoslovakia – d. 11-29-1957
“composer: “Contemporary Composers Concerts”; “Railroad Hour”
05-29-1897 – F. Hugh Herbert – Vienna, Austria – d. 5-17-1958
writer: “Meet Corliss Archer”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
05-29-1899 – Don Brodie – Cincinnati, OH – d. 1-8-2001
grouch: “The Grouch Club”
05-29-1902 – Dr. Harry Hagen – New Haven, CT – d. 2-3-1986
emcee: “True or False”; “Bob Emery’s Show”
05-29-1903 – Bob Hope – Eltham, England – d. 7-27-2003
actor, comedian: Taxpayer “Quick and the Dead”; “Bob Hope Show”
05-29-1904 – Saxie Dowell – Raleigh, NC – d. 7-22-1974
saxophonist, vocalist: (Hal Kemp Orchestra) “Music from Hollywood”
05-29-1909 – Bruce Seton – Simla, India – d. 9-27-1969
actor: Flint “Flint of the Flying Squad”
05-29-1909 – Dick Stabile – Newark, NJ – d. 9-25-1980
bandleader: “Martin and Lewis Show”
05-29-1909 – Oliver Wakefield – Mahlabitini, South Africa – d. 6-30-1956
comedian: “The Chesterfield Program”; “Fox Fur Trappers”
05-29-1911 – Vivi Janiss – Nebraska – d. 9-7-1988
actor: (Married to John Larch) Kit Calvert “Aunt Mary”
05-29-1913 – Iris Adrian – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-17-1994
actor: Abbott and Costello Show”
05-29-1914 – Grace McCarthy – Chapman, KS
singer: (Doring Sisters) “Contented Hour”
05-29-1914 – Stacy Keach, Sr. – Milwaukee, WI – d. 2-13-2003
producer-director: “Tales of the Texas Rangers”
05-29-1916 – Forrest Perrin – d. 5-27-2005
host: “Piano Playhouse”
05-29-1917 – John F. Kennedy – Brookline, MA – d. 11-22-1963
u.s. president: “Kennedy-Nixon Debates”; “American Forum of the Air”
05-29-1918 – Herb Shriner – Toledo, OH – d. 2-24-1970
comedian: “Camel Comedy Caravan”; “Herb Shriner Time”
05-29-1918 – Isabel Dean – Aldridge, England – d. 7-27-1997
actor: “The Long Shadow”; “No Name”; “Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair”
05-29-1918 – Kay Lorraine – St. Louis, MO
singer: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
05-29-1919 – Carol Batdorf – d. 2-7-1995
woman’s program on KVOS Bellingham, Washington
05-29-1923 – Winifred Wolfe – San Francisco, CA – d. 10-27-1981
writer: “Cloak and Dagger”
05-29-1924 – Bob Corley – Macon, GA – d. 11-18-1971
actor: Beulah “Beulah”
05-29-1932 – Rosalyn Borden – Hartford, CT – d. 1-23-2003
singer: (Borden Twins) “The Kiddies Hour”
05-29-1935 – Bryar Martin – Ulverston, Cumbrio, England – d. 3-4-2009
newsreader: BBC Radio 4
05-29-1936 – Arlene McQuade – NYC
actor: Rosalie Goldberg “The Goldbergs”
05-29-1937 – Misora Hibari – Yokohama, Japan – d. 6-24-1989
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
05-30-1888 – James Farley – Crassey Point, NY – d. 6-9-1976
post master general: “Information Please”
05-30-1891 – Ben Bernie – Bayonne, NJ – d. 10-20-1943
bandleader: (The Old Maestro) “Ben Bernie Orchestra”; “Musical Mock Trial”
05-30-1892 – Raymond Clapper – LaCygne, KS – d. 2-1-1944
commentator: (Killed During WWII) “News and Commentary for White Owl Cigars”
05-30-1892 – Russ Brown – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-19-1964
singer: “Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro”; “The Joe Penner Show”
05-30-1896 – Whispering Jack Smith – The Bronx, NY – d. 5-13-1950
singer: “Whispering Jack Smith”
05-30-1899 – Ruth Perrott – d. 1-6-1996
actor: Prudence Rockbottom “Meet Me at Parky’s”; Dottie Brainfeeble “Vic and Sade”
05-30-1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner – Chicago, IL – d. 7-9-1979
actor: Mary “Johnny Presents”
05-30-1902 – Stepin Fetchit – Key West, FL – d. 11-19-1985
comedian: “Hollywood Hotel”
05-30-1904 – Carol Goodner – Katonah, NY – d. 11-29-2001
actor: “Keep It Dark”; “Advs. of the Red Feather Man”
05-30-1906 – Norris Goff – Cove, AR – d. 6-7-1978
actor: Abner Peabody “Lum and Abner”
05-30-1908 – Mel Blanc – San Francisco, CA – d. 7-10-1989
actor: Professor Pierre La Blanc “Jack Benny Program”; August Moon “Point Sublime”
05-30-1909 – Benny Goodman – Chicago, IL – d. 6-13-1986
bandleader: (King of Swing) “Camel Caravan”; “Victor Borge Show”
05-30-1911 – Douglas Fowley – NYC – d. 5-21-1998
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
05-30-1911 – Louise Campbell – Chicago, IL – d. 11-15-1997
actress: “The Star Maker”
05-30-1912 – Jerry D. Lewis – d. 8-7-1996
writer: “This Is Your FBI”
05-30-1912 – Julian Symons – London, England – d. 11-19-1994
crime writer: “Night Driver to Dover”; “Affection Unlimited”
05-30-1913 – Julian Blaustein – NYC – d. 6-20-1995
writer: “Cavalcade of America”
05-30-1913 – Kalman Bloch – NYC – d. 3-12-2009
principal clarinetist” Los Angeles Symphony
05-30-1914 – Bob Sherwood – Indianapolis, IN – d. 1-23-1981
music: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
05-30-1915 – Frank Blair – Yemasse, SC – d. 3-14-1995
newscaster, announcer: “America Looks Ahead”; “Fulton Lewis, Jr.”
05-30-1917 – Peter Leeds – Bayonne, NJ – d. 11-12-1996
actor: Eugor “Rogue’s Gallery”; “Bob Hope Show”; “Stan Freberg Show”
05-30-1920 – Franklin J. Schaffner – Tokyo, Japan – d. 7-2-1989
writer, director: “World Security Workshop”; “The March of Time”
05-30-1921 – Roy Neal – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-15-2003
actor: “The Lost Continent”
05-30-1923 – Jimmy Lydon – Harrington Park, NJ
actor: Jimmy “Young Love”
05-30-1926 – Christine Jorgenson – The Bronx, NY – d. 5-3-1989
actor: “Whatever Became of….”
05-30-1936 – Keir Dullea – Cleveland, OH
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-30-1944 – Meredith MacCrea – Houston, TX – d. 7-14-2000
actor: (Daughter of Gordon and Shelia MacCrea) “Sears Radio Theatre”
05-30-1961 – Ralph Carter – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
05-31-1819 – Walt Whitman – Long Island, NY – d. 3-26-1892
writer: “Against the Storm”
05-31-1879 – Frances Alda – Christchurch, New Zealand – d. 9-18-1952
soprano: “Atwater Kent Hour”
05-31-1893 – Albert Mitchell – Elsberry, MO – d. 10-4-1954
host: “Answer Man”
05-31-1894 – Fred Allen – Cambridge, MA – d. 3-17-1956
comedian: “Linit Bath Club”; “Town Hall Tonight”; “Fred Allen Show”
05-31-1898 – Norman Vincent Peale – Bowersville, OH – d. 12-24-1993
preacher: “Art of Living”
05-31-1900 – Hugh Studebaker – Ridgeville, IN – d. 5-6-1978
actor: Ichabod Mudd “Captain Midnight”; Silly Watson “Fibber McGee and Molly”
05-31-1901 – Alfredo Antonini – Alessandra, Italy – d. 11-3-1983
conductor: “La Rosa Concerts”; “Treasure Hour of Song”
05-31-1901 – Joe Kelly – Crawfordsville, IN – d. 5-26-1959
emcee, quizmaster: “National Barn Dance”; “Quiz Kids”
05-31-1903 – Abo Hosiosky – Latvia – d. 2-xx-1976
NBC news in partnership with Alex Dreier
05-31-1903 – Blanche Stewart – Pennsylvania – d. 7-25-1952
actor: Brenda “Bob Hope Show”
05-31-1904 – Clifton Utley – Chicago, IL – d. 1-19-1978
newsman: (Father of Garrick) “Comments by Clifton Utley”
05-31-1904 – Jeanne Juvelier – NYC – d. 1-25-1981
actor: Madame Babette “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”
05-31-1905 – Jeff Sparks – NYC – d. 9-30-1981
announcer: “Ben Bernie and all the Lads”; “Death Valley Days”
05-31-1908 – Don Ameche – Kenosha, WI – d. 12-6-1993
actor, singer: John Bickerson “Bickersons”; Captain Hughes “Jack Armstrong”
05-31-1908 – Jack Costello – Sauk Centre, MN – d. 9-xx-1983
announcer: “Stella Dallas”; “Words at War”
05-31-1912 – Henry M. Jackson – Everett, WA – d. 9-1-1983
u.s. senator washington: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
05-31-1918 – Bill Harrington- Indianapolis, IN
singer, songwriter: “Your Hit Parade”
05-31-1920 – Jeanne Wilson – London, England – d. 12-xx-1996
author, actor: “No Medicine for Murder”
05-31-1921 – Alida Valli – Pola, Istria, Italy – d. 4-22-2006
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood”
05-31-1921 – Howard Reig – NYC – d. 11-10-2008
newscaster, announcer: “The Music Builders”; “The Falcon”
05-31-1922 – Denholm Elliott – London, England – d. 10-6-1992
actor: ‘Michael and His Lost Angel”
05-31-1925 – Bob Aro – d. 5-25-1996
disk jockey: WHLB Virginia, Minnesota
05-31-1931 – Barbara Whiting – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-9-2004
actor: Judy Graves “Junior Miss”; Mildred “Meet Corliss Archer”
05-31-1938 – Johnny Paycheck – Greenfield, OH – d. 2-18-2003
country singer: “Country Sessions”
05-35-1935 – Hiroshi Wakasugi – NYC – d. 7-21-2009
orchestral conductor: “Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra”
05-xx-1893 – Fanny May Baldridge – Weakley, TN – d. 9-1-1961
actor: “Miracles of Magnolia”; “Ellen Randolph”; “The Man I Married”
05-xx-1931 – Frankie Desmond – d. 6-4-2005
writer for the BBC
06-01-1870 – Frank Cooley – Natchez, MS – d. 7-6-1941
actor: Reverend McArthur/Fred Thompson “One Man’s Family”
06-01-1878 – John Masefield – Ledbury, England – d. 5-12-1967
writer: “Against the Storm”
06-01-1887 – Clive Brook – London, England – d. 11-17-1974
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”
06-01-1888 – Louis Mason – Danville, KY – d. 11-12-1959
actor: Clem Betts “Moonshine and Honeysuckle”
06-01-1890 – Frank Morgan – NYC – d. 9-18-1949
actor: Thaddeus Q. Tweedy “Fabulous Dr. Tweedy”
06-01-1898 – Edward “Cookie” Fairchild – NYC – d. 2-20-1975
conductor: “Johnny Presents Ginny Simms”; “Eddie Cantor Show”
06-01-1898 – Molly Picon – NYC – d. 4-5-1992
actor: “I Give You My Life”; “Molly Picon’s Parade”
06-01-1900 – Werner Janssen – NYC – d. 9-19-1990
music: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
06-01-1901 – John Van Druten – London, England – d. 12-19-1957
writer: “Radio Guild”; “Chase and Sanborn Hour”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
06-01-1905 – Robert Newton – Shaftesbury, England – d. 3-25-1956
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-01-1908 – Percy Edwards – Suffolk, England – d. 6-7-1996
animal impersonator: a chicken “Ray’s a Laugh”; a dog “Life of Bliss”
06-01-1909 – Ray Heatherton – Jersey City, NJ – d. 8-15-1997
singer, host: “Old Gold Hour”; “Musical Cruise with Spearmint Crew”
06-01-1911 – Erik Rolf – Chicago, IL – d. 5-28-1957
actor: Hans Simon “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”; Thor Nielsen “Prairie Folks”
06-01-1915 – John Randolph – NYC – d. 2-24-2004
actor: “New World A’ Coming”; “A Date with Judy”
06-01-1915 – Johnny Bond – Enville, OK – d. 6-12-1978
singer, comedian: “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”; “Hollywood Barn Dance”
06-01-1917 – Donald Dame – Titusville, PA – d. 1-21-1952
singer: “Music for an Hour”; “American Album of Familiar Music”
06-01-1917 – Maggi McNellis – Chicago, IL – d. 5-24-1989
hostess: “Maggi’s Private Wire”; “Leave It to the Girls”
06-01-1917 – Norb Beckers – d. 4-17-1996
disk jockey: WDSG Dyersburg, Tennessee
06-01-1919 – Kathleen Norris – Newark, OH – d. 6-15-2005
writer, announcer: “By Kathleen Norris”; “Bright Horizon”
06-01-1920 – Elaine Kent – NYC
actor: Jo March “Little Women”; Iris Houston “Lora Lawton”
06-01-1920 – Robert Clarke – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 6-11-2005
actor: “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-01-1921 – Nelson Riddle – Oradell, NJ – d. 10-7-1985
composer, conductor: “On a Sunday Afternoon”; “Sears Radio Theatre”
06-01-1922 – Joan Caulfield – East Orange, NJ – d. 6-18-1991
actor: “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Great Scenes from Great Plays”
06-01-1922 – Joan Copeland – NYC
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Faces Of Love”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-01-1925 – Richard Erdman – Enid, OK
actor: “Empire of the Air”; “We Hold These Truths”
06-01-1926 – Andy Griffith – Mount Airy, NC
host comedy night: “Sears Radio Theatre”
06-01-1926 – Marilyn Monroe – Los Angeles, CA – d. 8-5-1962
actor: “Hollywood Star Playhouse”; “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
06-01-1930 – Edward Woodward – Croydon, Surrey, England – d. 11-16-2009
actor: “Price of Fear”
06-01-1934 – Pat Boone – Jacksonville, FL
singer: “Arthur Godfrey Time”; “Special Delivery: Vietnam”
06-01-1935 – Reverend Ike – Ridgeland, SC – d. 7-28-2009
His weekly radio sermons were carried by hundreds of stations across the U.S.
06-01-1940 – Rene Auberjonois – New York, NY
actor: “Empire of the Air”
06-02-1879 – Florence Edney – London, England – d. 11-24-1950
actor: Aunt Maizie “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
06-02-1884 – Frank Hummert – St. Louis, MO – d. 3-12-1966
producer: “Backstage Wife”; “American Album of Familiar Music”
06-02-1889 – Martha Wentworth – NYC – d. 3-8-1974
actor: Wintergreen Witch “Cinnamon Bear”; Nancy “Witch’s Tale”
06-02-1891 – Joe Schenck – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-28-1930
singer, comedian, dancer: (Gus Van and Joe Schenck) “The Eveready Hour”
06-02-1896 – Katherine Bacon – Chesterfield, England – d. 1-30-1982
pianist: WOR New York
06-02-1900 – Charles Tazewell – d. 6-26-1972
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”; “Tom Mix”; “Mayor of the Town”
06-02-1901 – Lou Shoobe – d. 7-14-1989
bassist: “The Saturday Night Swing Club”
06-02-1902 – Jimmie Lunceford – Fulton, MO – d. 7-12-1947
bandeader: “Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra”
06-02-1902 – Rosa Rio – New Orleans, LA – d. 5-13-2010
organist: “Rosa Rio Rhythms”; “The Shadow”
06-02-1904 – Johnny Weissmuller – Windber, PA – d. 1-20-1984
actor: Movie Tarzan and Jungle Jim
06-02-1908 – Ben Grauer – Staten Island, NY – d. 5-31-1977
announcer, emcee: “Walter Winchell”; “Information, Please”; “Boston Symphony”
06-02-1909 – June MacCloy – Sturgis, MI – d. 5-5-2005
vocalist: “Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra”
06-02-1909 – Martin Ashe – Bradford, IL – d. 4-15-1991
actor: “Grand Central Station”
06-02-1910 – Ward Bryon – NYC – d. 2-4-1996
announcer: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
06-02-1913 – Burt Farber – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-27-2005
orchestra leader: “Curtain Time”
06-02-1913 – Nicholas Saunders – Kiev, Russia – d. 8-16-2006
actor: Sergeant Ross “Martin Kane, Private Eye”
06-02-1915 – Lionel Murton – London, England – d. 9-26-2006
Began career in radio with Montreal Repertory Company
06-02-1915 – Walter Tetley – NYC – d. 9-4-1975
actor: Julius Abbruzio “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”; LeRoy Forrester “Great Gildersleeve”
06-02-1920 – Johnny Speight – London, England – d. 7-5-1998
comedy writer: “Frankie Howerd Show”
06-02-1920 – Toni Gilman – Chicago, IL
actor: (Sister of Lucy Gilman) “Young Widder Brown”
06-02-1921 – Awdrey Hewlett – Maidenhead, England – d. 9-3-1995
writer: “Clever Wife”
06-02-1921 – Bob Arthur – Kansas – d. 3-25-1997
newscaster: “Bob Arthur Show”
06-02-1922 – Gil Stratton, Jr. – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-11-2008
actor: “Billy Webster “Those Websters”; Jimmy “Life with Luigi”; Freddie “My Little Margie”
06-02-1924 – Peter Hackes – NYC – d. 4-17-1994
newscaster: “News of the World”; “Meet the Press”
06-02-1928 – Bob Amsberry – Boring, OR – d. 11-27-1957
actor: KEX Portland, Oregon
06-02-1929 – Perry Beaumont – d. 6-26-2005
disk jockey: WLOK Lima, Ohio
06-02-1934 – John E. Carter – Chicago, IL – d. 8-21-2009
singer: (The Dells; The Flamingoes) “Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party”
06-02-1941 – Stacy Keach, Jr. – Savannah, GA
actor, narrator: “Twilight Zone”
06-02-1942 – Marie Cheatham – Oklahoma
actor” “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-03-1900 – Frank Dailey – Bloomfield, NJ – d. 2-27-1956
bandleader: “Matinee at Meadowbrook”
06-03-1901 – Maurice Evans – Dorchester, England – d. 3-12-1989
actor: “Keep ‘Em Rolling”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
06-03-1904 – Jan Peerce – NYC – d. 12-15-1984
singer: “Music Hall of the Air”; “A & P Gypsies”; “Golden Treasury of Song”
06-03-1905 – Paulette Goddard – Whitestone Landing, Long Island, NY – d. 3-23-1990
actor: “Cresta Blanca Players”
06-03-1906 – Brooke Temple – Niagra Falls, NY – d. 04-1982
actor: Red Ryder “Red Ryder”
06-03-1906 – Josephine Baker – St. Louis, MO – d. 4-12-1975
singer: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
06-03-1908 – Joey Nash – Brooklyn, NY
singer: “The Capitol Family”; “Notes of Love”
06-03-1911 – Ellen Corby – Racine, WI – d. 4-14-1999
actor: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
06-03-1911 – Jack McCarthy – Pernell, MI – d. 12-xx-1977
actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet “Green Hornet”
06-03-1913 – Lucille Lund – Buckley, WA – d. 2-15-2002
actor: “First Nighter”
06-03-1914 – Roy Glenn – Pittsburg, KS – d. 3-12-1971
actor: “The Beulah Show”
06-03-1915 – Ralph Allinger – d. 10-xx-1971
sportscaster: White Plains and Utica, New York
06-03-1916 – Jack Manning – Cincinnati, OH
actor: David Crawford “Young Dr. Malone”
06-03-1917 – Leo Gorcey – NYC – d. 6-2-1969
actor: (The Dead End Kids) “Texaco Star Playhouse”; “Blue Ribbon Town”
06-03-1918 – Patrick Cargill – London, England – d. 5-23-1996
actor: “Brothers in Law”
06-03-1919 – Charles F. McCarthy – d. 7-4-1988
newscaster: “Charles F. McCarthy and the News”
06-03-1922 – Joy Shelton – London, England – d. 1-28-2000
actor: “PC 49”
06-03-1924 – Colleen Dewhurst – Montreal, Canada – d. 8-22-1991
actor: “Will Cather: A Look of Rememberance”
06-03-1924 – Jimmy Rogers – Ruleville, MS – d. 12-19-1997
blues singer: “Stars for Defense”; “Here’s to Veterans”; “Guest Star”
06-03-1924 – Ted Mallie – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-25-1999
announcer: “I Love A Mystery”; “The Shadow”; “Bill Hickok”
06-03-1925 – Tony Curtis – NYC
actor: “Hollywood Star Playhouse”; “Stars in the Air”; “Suspense”
06-03-1927 – Boots Randolph – Paducah, KY – d. 7-2-2007
saxophonist: “Grand Ole Opry”
06-03-1933 – Lillian Briggs – Allentown, PA – d 4-11-1998
singer: “The Steve Lawrence Show”
06-03-1942 – Curtis Mayfield – Rosewell, GA – d. 12-26-1999
soul singer, songwriter: “Voices of Vista”
06-04-1881 – Clara Blandick – Hong Kong (on a ship in harbor) – d. 4-15-1962
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Campbell Playhouse”
06-04-1888 – Ivy Litvinov – England – d. 4-14-1977
author: “Information Please”
06-04-1891 – Erno Rapee – Budapest, Hungary – d. 6-26-1945
conductor: “Roxy’s Gang”; “General Motors Concert”
06-04-1900 – Dan Golenpaul – NYC – d. 2-13-1974
producer: “Information, Please”
06-04-1901 – Carlton E. Morse – Jennings, LA – d. 5-24-1993
writer, producer, director: “One Man’s Family”; “I Love A Mystery”
06-04-1906 – Richard Whorf – Winthrop, MA – d. 12-14-1966
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Jack Benny Program”
06-04-1906 – Vinton Haworth (Hayworth) – Washington, D.C. – d. 5-21-1970
actor: Fred Andrews “Archie Andrews”; Michael Shayne “Michael Shayne”
06-04-1907 – Rosalind Russell – Waterbury, CT – d. 11-28-1976
actor: “Four-Star Playhouse”; “Silver Theatre”
06-04-1912 – Jess Barker – Greenville, SC – d. 8-8-2000
announcer, actor: “Guest Star”; “Proudly We Hail”
06-04-1917 – Charles Collingwood – Three Rivers, MI – d. 10-3-1985
newscaster: CBS News UN Correspondent/White House Correspondent
06-04-1917 – Helen Wood – Clarksville, TN – d. 2-8-1988
actor: Elaine Dascomb “Those We Love”
06-04-1918 – Howard Culver – Colorado – d. 8-5-1984
actor: Steve Adams/Straight Arrow “Straight Arrow”; “Free lance”
06-04-1919 – Robert Merrill – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-23-2004
singer: “An Evening with Romberg”; “Robert Merrill Show”
06-04-1920 – Fedoro Barbieri – Trieste, Italy – d. 3-4-2003
opera singer: “Metropolitan Opera”
06-04-1921 – Don Diamond – Brooklyn NY
actor: “Confession”; “Gunsmoke”; “Escape”; “NBC University Theatre”
06-04-1921 – Harvey Bullock – Oxford, NC – d. 4-24-2006
writer: “Breakfast with Burrows”
06-04-1921 – Tom Bigler – Terentum, PA – d. 3-2-2007
disk jockey: WILK Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
06-04-1923 – Elizabeth Jolley – Birmingham, England – d. 2-13-2007
writer: “Little Lewis Has Had a Lovely Sleep”
06-04-1924 – Dennis Weaver – Joplin, MO – d. 2-24-2006
actor: Look Magazine Commercial “Have Gun, Will Travel”
06-04-1927 – Phil Rammacher – d. 3-6-2003
drums: “The Hoagy Carmichael Show”
06-04-1940 – Lassie (Pal) – North Hollywood, CA – d. xx-xx-1958
actor: “Lassie Show”
06-05-1890 – George Briegel – Scranton, PA – d. 5-12-1968
wrote theme music for radio
06-05-1891 – Prosper Buranelli – d. 6-19-1960
writer: Assistant to Lowell Thomas
06-05-1897 – Woods O. Dreyfus – Wisconsin – d. 10-xx-1965
singer, announcer, program director WISN Milwaukee, WI
06-05-1898 – William Boyd – Hendrysburg, OH – d. 9-12-1972
actor: Hopalong Cassidy “Hopalong Cassidy”
06-05-1906 – Margaret Rawlings – Osaka, Japan – d. 5-19-1996
actor: “Gigi”
06-05-1907 – D’Artega – Silao, Mexico – d. 1-20-1998
conductor, composer: “Enna Jettick Melodies”
06-05-1908 – Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph) – Illinois – d. 8-28-1957
writer: “Murder and Mr. Malone”
06-05-1908 – Edward James – d. 3-6-1995
creator of “Father Knows Best”
06-05-1910 – Herb Vigran – Fort Wayne, IN – d. 11-29-1986
actor: Sad Sack “Sad Sack”; Hector Smith “Father Knows Best”
06-05-1912 – Dan Ocko – d. 8-29-1991
actor: Killer Kane “Buck Rogers of the 25th Century”; “Sergeant Muggin “Inspector Thorne”
06-05-1914 – J. Donald Wilson – d. 1-26-1984
creator, writer, producer: “The Whistler”; “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; “Dark Venture”
06-05-1915 – Alfred Kazin – Brownsville, NY – d. 6-4-1998
author, teacher, literary critic: “Invitation to Learning”
06-05-1916 – John Raby – NYC – d. 3-xx-1957
actor: Jerry Forester “A Brighter Day”; Sinjun Harris “Our Gal Sunday”
06-05-1917 – Frances Burgio – Baltimore, MD
singer, pianist: “Girl with a Million Melodies”
06-05-1920 – Cornelius Ryan – Dublin, Ireland – d. 11-23-1974
d-dat war correspondent, novelist: “Hearing Highlights”
06-05-1922 – Gordon “Specs” Powell – NYC – d. 9-15-2007
jazz drummer: “Music ‘Til Midnight”; “All-Star Sextette”
06-05-1925 – Bill Hayes – Harvey, IL
singer, actor: “Arthur Godfrey Time”
06-05-1928 – Robert Lansing – San Diego, CA – d. 10-23-1994
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-05-1940 – David Brudnoy – Minneapolis, MN – d. 12-9-2004
radio personality WBZ Boston, Massachusetts
06-05-1945 – June Gable – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-05-1961 – Mary Kay Bergman – Los Angeles, CA – d. 11-11-1999
voice actor: commercials for radio
06-06-1872 – Arthur H. Adams – Lawrence, New Zealand – d. 3-4-1936
his stage play “Mrs. Pretty and the Premier” was adapted for radio
06-06-1875 – Thomas Mann – Lubeck, Germany – d. 8-12-1955
writer: Had works adapted for “Treasury Star Parade”
06-06-1891 – Ted Lewis – Circleville, OH – d. 8-25-1971
singer: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “Radio Hall of Fame”
06-06-1898 – Walter Abel – St. Paul, MN – d. 3-26-1987
actor: “Columbia Presents Shakespeare”; “Magic Key”; “Voice of the Army”
06-06-1900 – Arthur Askey – Liverpool, England – d. 11-16-1982
comedian: “Band Waggon”; “Music Hall”; “Does the Team Think”
06-06-1901 – Jan Struther – London, England – d. 7-20-1953
author: “Information Please”; “Mrs. Miniver”
06-06-1902 – Paul W. White – Pittsburg, KS – d. 7-9-1955
Organized CBS New Bureau; Vice president of CBS News
06-06-1903 – Bert Lown – d. 11-21-1962
CBS Network executive, also a songwriter
06-06-1905 – John Gart – Russia – d. 9-28-1989
orchestra leader, organ: “Lawyer Tucker”; “Cloak and Dagger”; “Big Town”
06-06-1906 – Asher Sizemore – Manchester, KY – d. 11-24-1975
singer with son Jimmie: “Grand Ole Opry”
06-06-1917 – Maria Montez – Barahona, Dominican Republic – d. 9-7-1951
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-06-1918 – Martin Esslin – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – d. 2-24-2002
Head of radio drama for the BBC
06-06-1918 – Peter Donald – Bristol, England – d. 4-30-1979
actor, emcee: Ajax Cassidy “Fred Allen Show”; “Can You Top This?”
06-06-1918 – William Cayton – Chevy Chase, MD – d. 10-4-2003
copywriter: Radio and Television Packagers, Inc.
06-06-1920 – Jan Rubes – Volyne, Czechoslovakia – d. 6-29-2009
opera singer: “Songs of My People”
06-06-1922 – Carol Richards – Harvard, IL – d. 3-16-2007
singer: “New Edgar Bergen Hour”; “Bing Crosby Show”
06-06-1923 – Beverly Styles – Richmond, VA – d. 1-3-2005
violinist, pianist, drummer vocalist
06-06-1926 – Jame Dukas – Portsmouth, OH
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-06-1927 – Alan Seymour – Fremantle, Australia
writer: “Swamp Creature”
06-06-1928- Rodney D. Wingfield – London, England – d. 7-31-2007
author: “Frost at Christmas”
06-06-1931 – Lloyd Lindroth – d. 6-9-1994
harpist: “Unites States Army Band”
06-06-1932 – Billie Whitelaw – Coventry, Warwickshire, England
actor: Maddy Rooney “All That Fall”
06-06-1940 – Richard Paul – Los Angeles, CA – d. 12-25-1998
actor: “Empire of the Air”
06-07-1887 – Carmela Ponselle – Schenectady, NY – d. 6-13-1977
operatic mezzo-soprano: “The Metropolitan Opera”
06-07-1891 – Alois Havrilla – Pressov, Hungary – d. 12-7-1952
announcer: “Campbell Soup Orchestra”; “Jack Benny Program”
06-07-1893 – Lillian Althouse – d. 1-19-1979
saxophonist: KFI Los Angeles
06-07-1896 – Hope Summers – Mattoon, IL – d. 6-22-1979
actor: Clara “Girl Alone”
06-07-1897 – George Szell – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – d. 7-30-1970
orchestra leader: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “New York Philharmonic”
06-07-1897 – Mann Holiner – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-29-1958
producer, director: “Baby Snooks Show”; “Frank Sinatra Show”; “Jubilee”
06-07-1903 – Glen Gray – Metamora, IL – d. 8-23-1963
bandleader: “Camel Caravan”
06-07-1903 – Joseph Kahn – NYC – d. 9-3-1998
pianist: “Voice of Firestone”; “Story of Mary Marlin”
06-07-1907 – Tom Slater – Parkersburg, WV – d. 11-18-1961
announcer: “Kitty Keen”; “Jack Berch Program”; “For Men Only”
06-07-1908 – Boris Goldovsky – Moscow, Russia – d. 2-15-2001
commentator: “Metropolitan Opera”
06-07-1908 – Clarence Straight – d. 6-21-1988
actor: Rags the Dog “Those We Love”
06-07-1909 – Jessica Tandy – London, England – d. 9-11-1994
actor: Liz Marriott “Marriage”; Mildred Rogers “Of Human Bondage”
06-07-1911 – Stanley Unwin – Pretoria, South Africa – d. 1-12-2002
sound engineer, commentator, actor: “Beyond Our Ken”
06-07-1913 – Tom Collins – Chicago, IL – d. 6-17-1973
actor: Chandu “Chandu the Magician”; Nicholas Lacey “One Man’s Family”
06-07-1917 – Dean Martin – Steubenville, OH – d. 12-25-1995
singer, comedian: “Martin and Lewis Show”
06-07-1917 – Kathleen Hite – d. 2-18-1989
writer: “Sam Spade”; “Escape”; “Gunsmoke”; “Rogers of the Gazette”; “Romamce”
06-07-1919 – Ray Scherer – Fort Wayne, IN – d. 7-1-2000
nbc white house correspondent: “News of the World”; “Army-McCarthy Hearings”
06-07-1924 – Dolores Gray – Chicago, IL – d. 6-26-2002
musical actor: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”; “Jack Smith Show”
06-07-1926 – Dick Williams – Wall Lake, IA
singer: (The Williams Brothers) “Bing Crosby Show”
06-07-1933 – Herb Score – Rosedale, NY – d. 11-11-2008
baseball broadcaster: Cleveland Indians
06-08-1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright – Richland Center, WI – d. 4-9-1959
architect: “Bob Elson on Board the Century”
06-08-1894 – Charles Frederick Lindsley – Higginsport, OH – d. 10-31-1960
judge: “Noah Webster Says”
06-08-1902 – Elliott Jacoby – NYC – d. 3-28-1977
composer, conductor: “Rudy Vallee Show”; “Maude’s Diary”
06-08-1905 – Ruth Bailey – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 9-30-1989
actor: “First Nighter”; “Kitty Keene, Inc.”; “Guiding Light”
06-08-1907 – Craig McDonnell – Buffalo, NY – d. 11-24-1956
actor: Dinty Moore “Bringing Up Father”; Jolly Rogers “Valiant Lady”
06-08-1907 – Roy Lockwood – Bristol, England – d. 4-25-2002
director: “Valiant Lady”
06-08-1908 – June Meredith – Chicago, IL
actor: Dorothy Wallace Webb “Attorney-at-Law”
06-08-1909 – Leland Frederick Cooley – Oakland, CA – d. 10-27-1998
writer, emcee: “Andre Kostelanetz Program”; “The Shadow”
06-08-1910 – John Campbell, Jr. – Newark, NJ – d. 6-11-1971
writer, host: “Beyond Tomorrow”; “Exploring Tomorrow”
06-08-1913 – Ray Morgan – d. 1-5-1975
announcer: “Counterspy”; “Gangbusters”; “Murder at Midnight”
06-08-1918 – Robert Carroll – North Carolina – d. 11-12-1994
actor: Inspector Mark Sabre “Molle Mystery Theatre”
06-08-1918 – Robert Preston – Newton Highlands, MA – d. 3-21-1987
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Eternal Light”; “Medicine USA”; “Silver Theatre”
06-08-1919 – Monte Hale – Ada, OK – d. 3-29-2009
singing cowboy: “All-Star Western Theatre”
06-08-1921 – Alexis Smith – Penticton, British Columbia, Canada – d. 6-9-1993
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Stars in the Air”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
06-08-1921 – Gordon McLendon – Paris, TX – d. 9-14-1986
Founder of the Liberty Radio Network
06-08-1927 – Jerry Stiller – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-08-1931 – Dana Wynter – Berlin, Germany
actor: “Black Museum”; “Lives of Harry Lime”
06-08-1933 – Joan Rivers – Brooklyn, NY
comedian: “Voices of Vista”
06-09-1890 – Leslie Banks – West Derby, England – d. 4-21-1952
actor: “Theatre of Romance”
06-09-1891 – Cole Porter – Peru, IN – d. 10-15-1964
composer: Theme for “My Friend Irma”
06-09-1896 – Tonio Selwart – Wartonberg, Bavaria – d. 11-2-2002
actor: “Secret Missions”
06-09-1900 – Fred Waring – Tyrone, PA – d. 7-29-1984
conductor: “Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians”; “Pleasure Time/Victory Tunes”
06-09-1903 – Marcia Davenport – NYC – d. 1-15-1996
auther: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-09-1905 – Martha Boswell – Kansas City, MO – d. 7-2-1958
singer: (The Boswell Sisters) “The Boswell Sisters”; “Woodbury Soap Show”
06-09-1908 – Joe Biviano – d. 9-4-1992
accordionist: NBC Blue Network
06-09-1908 – Robert Cummings – Joplin, MO – d. 12-1-1990
actor: David Adair “Those We Love”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-09-1910 – George Bryan – NYC – d. 6-27-1969
announcer: “Helen Hayes Theatre”; “Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts”
06-09-1910 – Joseph Julian – St. Marys, PA – d. 3-11-1982
actor: Sandy Matson “Lorenzo Jones”; Archie Goodwin “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”
06-09-1912 – Don Forbes – Camrose, Alberta, Canada – d. 11-28-1995
newscaster, announcer: “The Richfield Reporter”; Ten-Two-Four Ranch”
06-09-1912 – Ingolf Dahl – Hamburg, Germany – d. 8-7-1970
conductor, pianist
06-09-1915 – Les Paul – Waukesha, WI – d. 8-13-2009
guitarist: “Les Paul and Mary Ford Show”; “Rhubarb Red”
06-09-1922 – George Axelrod – NYC – d. 6-21-2003
writer: “Midnight in Manhattan”; “Grand Ole Opry”
06-09-1926 – Mona Freeman – Baltimore, MD
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”
06-09-1929 – Louise Maheux-Forcier – Montreal, Canada
author: “Neiges et palmiers”
06-09-1929 – Nancy Ashbaugh – Rochester, NY
writer: “The Story of Bill Adams”
06-09-1934 – Dick Orkin – Williamsport, PA
comedian: “Chickenman”; “Tooth Fairy”
06-10-1889 – Sessue Hayakawa – Chiba, Japan – d. 11-23-1973
actor: Freelance NHK Tokyo, Japan
06-10-1891 – Al Dubin – Zurich, Switzerland – d. 2-11-1945
lyricist: “Mutual-Don Lee Dedicatory Program”
06-10-1895 – Hattie McDaniel – Wichita, KS – d. 10-26-1952
actor: Beulah “Beulah”; Mammy “Maxwell House Showboat”
06-10-1897 – Boris Kroyt – d. 11-15-1969
violinist: (Member of the Budapest String Quaratet) “Library of Congress Concert”
06-10-1898 – Dorothy Day – NYC – d. 7-24-1975
actor, writer: “The House Beside the Road”
06-10-1898 – Norman Brokenshire – Murcheson, Ontario, Canada – d. 5-4-1965
announcer: “Music That Satisfies”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
06-10-1901 – Fritz Loewe – Vienna, Austria – d. 2-14-1988
composer: “Mitch Miller Show”
06-10-1903 – Clyde Beatty – Bainbridge, OH – d. 7-19-1965
big game hunter: “The Clyde Beatty Show”
06-10-1903 – Ernest Chappell – Syracuse, NY – d. 7-4-1983
announcer: “Fabulous Dr. Tweedy”; “Quiet Please”; “Big Story”
06-10-1909 – Larry LeSueur – NYC – d. 2-5-2003
CBS news correspondent: “This Week in Europe”; “The World Today”
06-10-1910 – Charles O’Connor – Cambridge, MA – d. 3-17-1942
announcer: “Johnny Presents”; “Breezing Along”
06-10-1910 – Julie Haydon – Oak Park, IL – d. 12-24-1994
actor: “Suspense”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
06-10-1911 – Denes Agay – Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary – d. 1-24-2007
composer/conductor: “Guest Star”
06-10-1911 – Mary Lansing – Louisiana – d. 9-30-1988
actor: Betty Crane “The Greatest of These”; Julie Collins “The Guiding Light”
06-10-1916 – Bill Waddington – Lancashire, England – d. 9-9-2000
actor: “Ack-Ack, Beer Beer”
06-10-1917 – Meredith Edwards – Denbighshire, Wales – d. 2-8-1999
actor: “The Cruel Sea”
06-10-1918 – Barry Morse – London, England – d. 2-2-2008
actor: “Odyssey of Honor”; “George Orwell: A Radio Biography”
06-10-1919 – Hal Simms – Boston, MA – d. 7-2-2002
announcer: “The Steve Allen Show”; “Stop the Music!”
06-10-1920 – Anne Burr – Boston, MA – d. 2-1-2003
actor: Regina Rawlings “Backstage Wife”; “Nona Marsh “Wendy Warren and the News”
06-10-1921 – Chuck Thompson – Palmer, MA – d. 3-6-2005
sportscaster: Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Colts
06-10-1922 – Judy Garland – Grand Rapids, MN – d. 6-22-1969
singer, actor: Romantic Interest “The Hardy Family”; “Good News of 1938”
06-10-1926 – June Haver – Rock Island, IL – d. 7-4-2005
vocalist: (Fio Rito Orchestra) “Hollywood Hotel”
06-10-1926 – Lionel Jeffries – London, England – d. 2-19-2010
actor: “The Box of Delights”
06-10-1931 – Hal “Harlan” Stone – Whitestone, Long Island, NY – d. 2-21-2007
actor, author: Jughead Jones “Archie Andrews”; “Aw…Relax, Archie! Re-laxx!
06-11-1889 – Wesley Ruggles – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-8-1972
film director: (Brother of Charlie) “Screen Guild Theatre”
06-11-1899 – Henry Biagini – d. 4-xx-1970
orchestra leader: WXYZ Detroit, Michigan
06-11-1900 – Lawrence Spivak – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-9-1994
moderator, panelist: “Meet the Press”
06-11-1904 – Allen Roth – St. Louis, MO – d. 10-30-1972
conductor: “Broadway Matinee”; “So You Think You Know Music”
06-11-1905 – Alex Beller – Chicago, IL – d. 4-13-1997
violinist: Ben Pollack , Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Nelson Riddle
06-11-1905 – Harry Marble – Brownville, ME – d. 8-1-1982
newscaster: “CBS News of the World”; “The World Today”
06-11-1906 – Frank Woodruff – Columbia, SC – d. 9-16-1983
director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-11-1908 – Katherine Carrington – South or East Orange, NJ – d. 5-2-1953
vocalist: “Evening in Paris”
06-11-1910 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau – Saint Andrew, France – d. 6-25-1997
oceanographer: “The Space Story”
06-11-1911 – Long John Nebel – Chicago, IL – d. 4-10-1978
host: All-night talk show in NYC
06-11-1913 – Rise Stevens – NYC
singer: “Rise Stevens Show”; “Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”
06-11-1914 – Dudley Manlove – Oakland, CA – d. 4-17-1996
announcer: “Candy Matson, YU2-8209”
06-11-1914 – Gerald Mohr – NYC – d. 11-10-1968
actor: Philip Marlowe “Advs. of Philip Marlowe”; Jacque Monet “Our Miss Brooks”
06-11-1918 – Jane Bryan – Los Angeles, CA – d. 4-8-2009
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Silver Theatre”
06-11-1919 – Richard Todd – Dublin, Ireland – d. 12-3-2009
singer: “Rinso-Spry Vaudeville Theatre”; “Your Hit Parade”
06-11-1920 – Hazel Scott – Port of Spain, Trinidad – d. 10-2-1981
singer, pianist: “Free World Theatre”; “New World A-Coming”
06-11-1920 – Robert Hutton – Kingston, NY – d. 8-7-1994
actor: “Proudly We Hail”; “NBC University Theatre”
06-11-1932 – Ed Bishop – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-8-2005
disk jockey on Armed Forces Radio
06-11-1941 – Mike McManus – Springfield, OH
commentator: “Family News in Focus”
06-11-1948 – John Pilkington – Lancashire, England
writer: “Hurdles”
06-12-1884 – William Austin – Georgetown, British Guiana – d. 6-15-1975
actor: Professor of the English Department “Jack Oakie’s College”
06-12-1890 – Junius Matthews – Chicago, IL – d. 1-18-1978
actor: Grandpa Eph “David Harum”; Ling Wee “Gasoline Alley”
06-12-1893 – Evelyn Varden – Adair, Oklahoma Territory – d. 7-11-1958
actor: Dorothy Stewart “This is Nora Drake”; Mother Malone “Young Dr. Malone”
06-12-1893 – Mal Hallett – Boston, MA – d. 11-20-1952
bandleader: “Spotlight Bands”
06-12-1898 – Dick Hartman – Burlington, WV – d. 4-15-1962
country: (Tennessee Ramblers) “Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance”
06-12-1901 – Ben Welden – Toledo, OH – d. 10-17-1997
character actor: “Family Theatre”; “Railroad Hour”; “Roy Rogers Show”
06-12-1902 – Al Donahue – Dorchester, MA – d. 2-20-1983
bandleader: “Al Donahue and His Orchestra”; “Matinee at Meadbrook”
06-12-1903 – Drue Leyton – Somers, WI – d. 2-8-1997
broadcast from Paris during WWII on “Voice of America”
06-12-1909 – Archie Bleyer – Corona, NY – d. 3-20-1989
conductor: “Arthur Godfrey Time”; “Casey, Crime Photographer”
06-12-1910 – Leon Carr – Allentown, PA – d. 3-27-1976
composer: “Voices of Vista”
06-12-1912 – Janet Fox – Chicago, IL – d. 4-22-2002
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “The Big Story”
06-12-1914 – Herbert C. Kenny – d. 7-11-1992
singer: (Member of the Ink Spots) “The Four Ink Spots”; “Let’s Go Nightclubbing”
06-12-1914 – Sydna Scott – Chicago, IL – d. 6-23-1996
actor: “Luke Slaughter of Tombstone”
06-12-1914 – William Lundigan – Syracuse, NY – d. 12-20-1975
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; announcer in early radio
06-12-1915 – Priscilla Lane – Indianola, IA – d. 4-4-1995
singer: “Fred Waring Show”
06-12-1915 – Robert Forster – NYC – d. 11-15-2003
announcer: “CBS Radio Workshop”; Gangbusters”; Twenty-First Precinct”
06-12-1915 – Zeke Zarchy – NYC – d. 4-12-2009
lead trumpet: “Benny Goodman Band”; “Artie Show Band”
06-12-1916 – Ivan Tors – Budapest, Hungary – d. 6-4-1983
producer: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
06-12-1917 – Constance Ernst Bessie – NYC – d. 3-19-1985
producer: “Theatre U.S.A.”; “Voice of America”
06-12-1917 – Wendell Barcroft – d. 3-25-1974
newscaster: KGGM Albuquerque, New Mexico
06-12-1919 – Uta Hagen – Gottingen, Germany – d. 1-14-2004
actor: “Big Show”
06-12-1920 – Peter Jones – Wem, Shropshire, England – d. 4-10-2000
actor: narrator “Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”; “In All Directions”
06-12-1924 – Dave Parker – Fresno, CA
actor: Young Good Guys “Lone Ranger”; “Green Hornet”; “Challenge of the Yukon”
06-12-1924 – George Herbert Walker Bush – Milton, MA
u.s. president: Saturday morning presidential broadcasts
06-12-1924 – Howard E. Goldfuss – The Bronx, NY – d. 11-7-2007
judge: “Tell It to the Judge”
06-12-1926 – Bob Pfeiffer – Iowa – d. 4-22-2003
announcer: “Answer Please”; “The Bickersons”
06-12-1927 – Henry Slesar – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-2-2002
writer: “Voice of the Army”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-12-1928 – Vic Damone – Brooklyn, NY
singer: “Saturday Night Serenade”; “Stars in Khaki ‘n’ Blue”
06-12-1941 – Chick Corea – Chelsea, MA
keyboardist: “White House Jazz Festival”; “Jazz Alive”
06-13-1873 – Jean Adair – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – d. 5-11-1953
actor: “Radio Guild”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
06-13-1874 – Major Edward Bowes – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-13-1946
emcee: “Capitol Family”; “Original Amateur Hour”
06-13-1887 – Edward ‘Senator’ Ford – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-27-1970
panelist: “Can You Top This”
06-13-1890 – Elmer Davis – Aurora, IN – d. 5-18-1958
newscaster: “Elmer Davis and the News”
06-13-1892 – Basil Rathbone – Johannesburg, South Africa – d. 7-21-1967
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”; Inspector Burke “Scotland Yard’s Inspector Burke”
06-13-1893 – Dorothy L. Sayers – Oxford, England – d. 12-17-1957
writer: “He That Should Come: A Nativity Play”
06-13-1894 – Mark Van Doren – Hope, IL – d. 12-10-1972
pulitzer prize winning poet: “NBC University Theatre”; “Invitation to Learning”
06-13-1894 – Tay Garnett – Los Angeles, CA – d. 10-4-1977
film director: “Three Sheets to the Wind”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
06-13-1899 – Carlos Chavez – Mexico City, Mexico – d. 8-2-1978
composer, conductor: “Columbia Workshop”; “Sinfonia India”
06-13-1900 – Ian Hunter – Kenilworth, South Africa – d. 9-24-1975
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”; “U.S. Steel Hour”
06-13-1903 – Jack Fulton – Philipsburg, PA – d. 11-13-1993
singer: “Ben Bernie, The Old Maestro”; “The Kraft Music Hall”
06-13-1905 – Doc Cheatham – Nashville, TN – d. 6-2-1997
jazz trumpeter: “Benny Goodman and His Sextet/Orchestra”; “Benny Goodman Quintet”
06-13-1908 – Carl Eastman – NYC – d. 1-16-1970
actor: “Mrs. Miniver”; “Renfrew of the Mounted”
06-13-1909 – Anna Sosenko – NYC – d. 6-9-2000
friend and agent to Hildegard
06-13-1911 – Maurice Copeland – Rector, AR – d. 10-3-1985
actor: Augustus Pendelton “Ma Perkins”; “Curtain Time”; “Hall of Fantasy”
06-13-1912 – Sam Taylor – Chicago, IL – d. 5-26-2000
writer: “Tales ofWillie Piper”
06-13-1913 – Bob Bailey – Toeldo, OH – d. 8-13-1983
actor: Johnny Dollar “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; George Valentine “Let George Do It”
06-13-1913 – Ralph Edwards – Merino, CO – d. 11-16-2005
host, announcer: “Truth or Consequences”; “This Is Your Life”; “Original Amateur Hour”
06-13-1916 – Mary Wickes – St. Louis, MO – d. 10-22-1995
actor: Louise “Meet Corliss Archer”; Irma Barker “Lorenzo Jones”
06-13-1917 – Elizabeth Reller – Richmond, IN – d. 9-29-1996
actor: Connie Barclay “Doc Barclay’s Daughters”
06-13-1917 – Si Zentner – NYC – d. 2-6-2000
bandleader, trombonist: “Si Zentner and His Orchestra”; “Guard Session”
06-13-1920 – Ben Johnson – Pawnee, OK – d. 4-8-1996
actor: “Francis Burke for Attorney General”
06-13-1923 – Eric Greer Earley – Ireland
writer: “The Custodians”
06-13-1924 – Lee Millar – Oakland, CA – d. 9-21-1980
actor: Bob Regent “Chandu the Magician”; “On Stage”; “NBC Presents: Short Story”
06-13-1934 – Marianne Means -Sioux City, IA
commentator: “Spectrum”
06-13-1939 – Tom Cheek – Pensacola, FL – d. 10-9-2005
sports announcer: Original Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play
06-14-1884 – John McCormack – Athone, Ireland – d. 9-16-1945
singer: “The Atwater-Kent Hour”; “The Vince Program”
06-14-1891 – Elaine Sterne Carrington – NYC – d. 5-4-1958
creator-writer: “Pepper Young’s Family”; “Rosemary”; “When a Girl Marries”
06-14-1893 – Joe Forte – England – d. 3-11-1967
actor: Osgood Conklin “Our Miss Brooks”; Horowitz “Life with Luigi”
06-14-1894 – Benny Fields – Milwaukee, WI – d. 8-16-1959
actor: “The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air”
06-14-1894 – George Hall – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-24-1959
orchestra leader: CBS network
06-14-1895 – Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards – Hannibal, MO – d. 7-17-1971
singer: Jiminy Cricket “Fun and Fancy Free”; “Cliff Edwards, Ukulele Ike”
06-14-1900 – June Walker – Chicago, IL – d. 2-3-1966
actor: (Mother of actor John Kerr) “The Rudy Vallee Show”
06-14-1901 – May Hogan Cambern – Fort Worth, TX – d. 6-25-1988
harpist on radio
06-14-1902 – Carl Esmond – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – d. 12-4-2004
actor: “Mayor of the Town”
06-14-1904 – Karena Shields – d. 9-27-1972
actor: Helen Gregory “Tarzan”
06-14-1905 – Wallace Deuel – d. 5-10-1974
author: “Information Please”
06-14-1906 – Gil Lamb – Minneapolis, MN – d. 11-2-1995
actor: Homer Clinker “The Rudy Vallee Show”
06-14-1906 – Patricia Brox – Winchester, KY – d. 8-27-1988
singer: (Brox Sisters) “A Tribute to Irving Berlin
06-14-1907 – Nappy Lamare – New Orleans, LA – d. 5-19-1988
jazz guitarist: “The Bob Crosby Show”
06-14-1908 – John Scott Trotter – Charlotte, NC – d. 10-29-1975
conductor: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Philco Radio Time”
06-14-1909 – Burl Ives – Hunt Township, IL – d. 4-14-1995
singer: “Columbia County Journal”; “Radio Reader’s Digest”
06-14-1911 – Dan Pursuit – d. 12-25-1999
author: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
06-14-1912 – Peggy Ann Wood – Chiswick, England – d. 5-30-1998
actor: “The Cleverest Man at Oxford”
06-14-1913 – Stanley Black – London, England – d. 11-26-2002
conductor: BBC Dance Orchestra
06-14-1914 – Loretta Lee, New Orleans, LA
band vocalist: “Your Hit Parade”; “Hollywood Hotel”
06-14-1914 – Nat Polen – NYC – d. 5-3-1981
actor: Edward McCormick “Indictment” “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-14-1915 – Kay Sutton – Irvington, NJ – d. 3-1-1988
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-14-1917 – Paul Monash – NYC – d. 1-14-2003
writer: “Molle Mystery Theatre”
06-14-1918 – Dorothy McGuire – Omaha, NE – d. 9-13-2001
actor: Sue Evans Miller “Big Sister”; “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”
06-14-1918 – Jon Arthur – New Kensington, PA – d. 2-23-1982
actor: “Big Jon and Sparkie”; “No School Today”
06-14-1919 – Gene Barry – NYC – d. 12-9-2009
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-14-1919 – Sam Wanamaker – Chicago, IL – d. 12-18-1993
actor: Ellis Smith “The Guiding Light”; “Lone Journey”
06-14-1924 – Jack Jones – El Paso, TX
writer: “Jason and the Golden Fleece”
06-14-1925 – George Draper Lewis – d. 1-4-1998
writer: “The Camel Caravan”
06-14-1929 – Cy Coleman – NYC – d. 11-18-2004
jazz pianist, composer: “Cy Coleman at the Piano”; “Voices of Vista”
06-14-1930 – David Leeson – d. 2-25-1971
writer: “Young Doctor Malone”
06-15-1843 – Edvard Grieg – Bergen Norway – d. 9-4-1907
composer: Some of his compositions used as themes
06-15-1861 – Ernestine Schumann-Heink – Prague, Czechoslovkia – d. 11-17-1936
singer: “Enna Jettick Melodies”; “Hoover Sentinels Serenade”
06-15-1872 – Johanna Gadski – Anclam, Poland – d. 2-23-1932
operatic singer: WJZ New York City
06-15-1891 – Mento Everitt – Lakeview, MI – d. xx-xx-1952
actor: Jenny Peabody “Jenny Peabody”
06-15-1894 – Leo Cleary – Massachusetts – d. 4-11-1955
actor: Bailiff “His Honor, the Barber”
06-15-1894 – Robert Russell Bennett – Kansas City, MO – d. 8-19-1981
compser: “Symphony in D for the Dodgers”; “Project Twenty”
06-15-1895 – Morty Howard – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-15-1970
pianist: “The Moylan Sisters”; “Rocking Horse Rhythms”
06-15-1905 – James Robertson Justice – Wigtown, Scotland – d. 7-2-1975
actor: “Star Bill”
06-15-1909 – Joe DeSantis – NYC – d. 8-30-1989
actor: Jim Scott “Under Arrest”; “This Is Nora Drake”
06-15-1909 – Mickey Katz – Cleveland, OH – d. 4-30-1985
clarinetist: (Father of Joel Grey) “Here’s to Veterans”
06-15-1910 – David Rose – London, England – d. 8-23-1990
conductor: “Red Skelton Show”; “David Rose Show”; “Bold Venture”
06-15-1918 – Grace McDonald – Boston, MA – d. 10-30-1999
actor: “Treasury Star Parade”; “Hollywood Personals”
06-15-1918 – Hal Roach, Jr. – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-29-1972
producer, director: “My Little Margie”
06-15-1918 – Michael Dunn – NYC
singer: “This Is Fort Dix”
06-15-1918 – Richard Derr – Norristown, PA – d. 5-8-1992
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
06-15-1919 – Alvin Boretz – NYC – d. 7-21-2010
writer: “American School of the Air”; “The Big Story”; “Treasury Salute”
06-15-1921 – Erroll Garner – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 1-2-1977
jazz muscian: “Jubilee”; “Command Performance”; “Arthur Godfrey Show”
06-15-1921 – Lucille Norman – Lincoln, NE – d. 4-1-1998
singer: “Time, the Place and the Tune”; “Railroad Hour”
06-15-1947 – Paul Walters – Wheathampstead., England – d. 10-21-2006
producer: “”Wake Up with Wogan”
06-16-1885 – Tom Howard – County Tyrone, Ireland – d. 2-27-1955
comedian: “It Pays to Be Ignorant”; “Sunday Night Party”
06-16-1890 – Bertha Brainard – South Orange, NJ – d. 6-11-1946
manager of the commercial program division of NBC in 1937
06-16-1890 – Stan Laurel – Ulverston, England – d. 2-23-1965
comedian: “Ruth Lyons Show”
06-16-1892 – Al Llewelyn – d. 4-6-1964
comedian, singer: (Brad and Al) Heard over CBS and NBC
06-16-1895 – Murray Leinster – Norfolk, VA – d. 6-8-1975
writer: “Dimension X”
06-16-1898 – Harold McClinton – d. 6-29-1977
producer: “This Is War”
06-16-1899 – Frank X. Capano – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-10-1956
singer and program director
06-16-1899 – Helen Traubel – St. Louis, MO – d. 7-28-1972
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Telephone Hour”; “Jimmy Durante Show”
06-16-1903 – Louis Raderman – d. 10-xx-1974
musician: “The Ipana Troubadors”
06-16-1903 – Ona Munson – Portland, OR – d. 2-11-1955
actor: Lorelei Kilbourne “Big Town”
06-16-1907 – Jack Albertson – Malden, MA – d. 11-25-1981
actor: “Milton Berle Show”; “Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-16-1907 – Joan Winters – Dayton, OH – d. 1-1-2001
actor: Alice Ames “Girl Alone”; Sylvia Bertram “Road of Life”
06-16-1907 – Stuart Allen – NYC – d. 10-xx-1978
baritone: (Richard Himber Orchestra) “The Monday Night Show”
06-16-1908 – Grace Albert – d. 4-9-2003
singer: “The Honeymooners”; “Time Out”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-16-1912 – Ilona Massey – Budapest, Hungary – d. 8-20-1974
actor: Mata Hari-style operative in World War II “Top Secret”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
06-16-1914 – Edward Gruskin – d. 11-15-2005
writer: “Nick Carter, Master Detective”; “Rendezvous in Paris”
06-16-1916 – Stanley Niss – Illinois – d. 7-21-1969
writer, director: “Counterspy”; “Gang Busters”; “Twenty-First Precinct”
06-16-1919 – Al Viola – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-21-2007
guitarist: “Elgin Thanksgiving Day Greeting to America”
06-16-1919 – Mason Jones – Hamilton, NY – d. 2-18-2009
horn player: Philadelphia Orchestra
06-16-1920 – Amy Sedell – NYC
actor: “Pretty Kitty Kelly”; “Gangbusters”; “Big Sister”
06-16-1958 – Mark Lewisohn – London, England
radio news administrator: “The Beeb’s Lost Beetle Tapes”
06-17-1874 – Robert Boice Carson – Rossville, IN – d. 8-22-1941
director of the Apollo Orchestra on KVOO Tulsa, Oklahoma
06-17-1877 – Charles Coburn – Savannah, GA – d. 8-30-1961
actor: “Roses and Drums”; “Song of Liberty”
06-17-1882 – Igor Stravinsky – Oranienbaum, Russia – d. 4-6-1971
composer: “Columbia Work Shop”; “New York Philharmonic”
06-17-1894 – Harold Levey – NYC – d. 6-18-1967
composer, conductor: “Theatre Guild on the Air”
06-17-1897 – Vivian Duncan – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-19-1986
singer: (Topsy and Eva) “Wireless Vaudeville”
06-17-1899 – Benny Krueger – Newark, NJ – d. 4-29-1967
bandleader: “The Rudy Vallee Show”; “Side Walk Cafe”
06-17-1904 – Ralph Bellamy – Chicago, IL – d. 11-29-1991
actor: “These Are Our Men”
06-17-1905 – Anne Teeman – New York – d. 8-18-1991
actor: Sally Gibson “The Gibson Family”; Joyce “The Goldbergs”
06-17-1905 – Frank Cunkle – Ft. Smith, AR – d. 2-4-1986
arranger: “The Fred Waring Show”
06-17-1910 – Red Foley – Blue Lick, KY – d. 9-19-1968
singer: “National Barn Dance”; “Grand Ole Opry”; “Red Foley Show”
06-17-1913 – Bob Allen – Allendale, OH – d. 4-24-1989
singer: (Hal Kemp Band) “Phil Baker Show”; “Calling America”
06-17-1914 – John Hersey – Tientsin, China – d. 3-24-1993
author: “Bell for Adano”; “Hiroshima”
06-17-1916 – Terry Gilkyson – Mont Clare, PA – d. 10-15-1999
singer, songwriter: “Solitary Singer”; “America Sings”; “Here’s to Veterans”
06-17-1919 – Beryl Reid – Hereford, England – d. 10-13-1996
actor: Monica “Educating Archie”
06-17-1919 – Gene De Paul – NYC – d. 2-27-1988
composer, arranger, pianist: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
06-17-1920 – Aaron “Red” Doff – Washington, D. C. – d. 6-13-1997
actor: “Uncle Whoa Bill”
06-17-1921 – Ben Morris – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 8-18-1982
actor: Pat Novak “Pat Novak for Hire”
06-17-1921 – Earl Hammond – NYC – d. 5-19-2002
actor: “Coounterspy”; “Martin Kane, Private Eye”
06-17-1921 – Tony Scott – Morristown, NJ – d. 3-28-2007
jazz clarinetist: American Armed Forces Radio
06-17-1922 – Jerry Fielding – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 2-17-1980
conductor: “Hardy Family”; “Jack Paar Show”; “You Bet Your Life”
06-17-1923 – Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch – Wausau, WI – d. 1-28-2004
pro football hall of fame, host: “Elroy Hirsch Sports Show”; “Touchdown Tips”
06-17-1924 – Sir Edward Downes – Birmingham, England – d. 7-10-2009
conductor: “BBC Philharmonic”; “Netherlands Radio Philharmonic”
06-18-1885 – Ernie Adams – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-26-1947
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-18-1893 – Gladys Gooding – Macon, MO – d. 11-18-1963
organist, singer: organist at Madison Square Garden
06-18-1895 – Castro Darazo – San Jose, Costa Rica – d. 12-28-1981
conductor: “Strand Theatre Concert Orchestra” WSMB New Orleans, Louisiana
06-18-1897 – Alan MacAteer – d. 6-26-1986
actor: Pop, the stage doorman “Backstage Wife”
06-18-1897 – Henry Wadsworth – Maysville, KY – d. 12-5-1974
actor: Alabama Randall “Jane Arden”
06-18-1898 – Carleton Hobbs – Farnborough, England – d. 7-31-1978
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Saturday Night Theatre, Children’s Hour”
06-18-1898 – Francis ‘Dink’ Trout – Beardstown, IL – d. 3-26-1950
actor: Waldo Binney “Life of Riley”; Mr. Anderson “A Day in the Life of Dennis Day”
06-18-1901 – Jimmy Dale – The Bronx, NY – d. 12-17-1982
pianist, arranger: “Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra”
06-18-1902 – Tom Breneman – Waynesboro, PA – d. 4-28-1948
emcee: “Breakfast at Sardi’s/in Hollywood”; “My Secret Ambition”
06-18-1903 – Jeanette MacDonald – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-14-1965
singer: “Nobody’s Children”; “Vicks Open House”; “Campbell Playhouse”
06-18-1904 – Keye Luke – Canton, China – d. 1-12-1991
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Image Minorities”
06-18-1906 – Kay Kyser – Rocky Mt., NC – d. 7-23-1985
bandleader, emcee: (The Old Perfessor) “Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
06-18-1906 – Ray Bauduc – New Orleans, LA – d. 1-8-1988
drummer, composer: “The Bob Crosby Show”
06-18-1908 – Clayton “Bud” Collyer – NYC – d. 9-8-1969
actor, announcer: Clark Kent/Superman “Advs. of Superman”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-18-1908 – Elmore Vincent – Amarillo, X – d. 3-27-2000
actor: Phineas Peabody “Lum and Abner”
06-18-1910 – Betty Mandeville – Minneapolis, MN – d. 6-14-2001
producer, director: “The FBI in Peace and War”; “Take It or Leave It”
06-18-1910 – Dick Foran – Flemington, NJ – d. 8-10-1979
singer: (The Singing Cowboy) ”George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
06-18-1910 – Ray McKinley – Fort Worth, TX – d. 5-7-1995
bandleader, vocalist: Co-leader of the Glen Miller Band
06-18-1910 – Russ Hodges – Dayton, TN – d. 4-19-1971
sportscaster: “Giants win the pennant, Giants win the pennant, Giants win the pennant”
06-18-1911 – Babe Russin – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 8-4-1984
tenor sax: “The Ipana Troubadors”
06-18-1913 – Harold Alberghini – d. 7-16-1993
disk jockey and newscaster: Maine
06-18-1913 – Johnnie Neblett – Mississippi – d. 9-15-1946
announcer: “Bargain Counter”; “Tin Pan Alley”
06-18-1913 – Sammy Cahn – NYC – d. 1-15-1993
lyricist: “You Bet Your Life”; “Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP”; “Monitor”
06-18-1914 – E.G. Marshall – Owatonna, MN – d. 8-25-1998
narrator: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-18-1917 – Richard Boone – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-10-1981
actor: “Dragnet”
06-18-1917 – Ross Elliott – The Bronx, NY – d. 8-12-1999
actor: “Mercury Theatre”
06-18-1919 – Ed Simmons – d. 5-18-1998
writer, director: “The Martin and Lewis Show”; “The Quiz Kids”
06-18-1919 – Mel Brandt – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-14-2008
announcer: “Advs. of Frank Merriwell”
06-18-1920 – Ian Carmichael – Hull, Yorkshire, England – d. 2-5-2010
actor: Lord Peter Wimsey “Five Red Herrings” and other Sayers stories
06-18-1922 – Buck Page – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 8-21-2006
guitarist: (Riders of the Purple Sage) “The Roy Rogers Show”
06-18-1925 – Bob Arthur – Aberdeen, WA – d. 10-1-2008
actor: “The Bob Arthur Show”
06-18-1938 – Don “Sugarcane” Harris – Pasadena, CA – d. 11-27-1999
rock violinist: (Squires) “Stars for Defense”
06-18-1942 – Paul McCartney – Liverpool, England
singer: (The Beatles) “Here We Go Again”
06-19-1863 – William A. Brady – San Francisco, CA – d. 1-6-1950
theatrical producer: heard twice weekly on CBS during 1934-1935
06-19-1865 – May Whitty – Liverpool, England – d. 5-29-1948
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-19-1892 – Mishel Piastro – Kertz, Russia – d. 4-10-1970
violinist, conductor: “Longines Symphonette”; “General Motors Concerts”
06-19-1893 – Frank Banyard – d. 6-xx-1971
baritone: WOR Newark, New Jersey
06-19-1894 – Emil Coleman – Odessa, Russia – d. 1-26-1965
orchestra leader: “Penthouse Party”; “Gulf Headliners”
06-19-1897 – Moe Howard – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-4-1975
original stooge: (Three Stooges) “Whatever Became of . . . .?”
06-19-1899 – Francis Drake “Pat” Ballard – d. 10-26-1960
writer of radio scripts in Troy, Pennsylvania
06-19-1901 – Frederic Tozere – d. 8-5-1972
actor: Stephen Dallas “Stella Dallas”
06-19-1902 – Ed Thorgerson – Elizabeth, NJ – d. 12-22-1997
announcer/sportscaster: “A&P Gypsies”; “The Elgin Football Revue”
06-19-1902 – Guy Lombardo – London, Canada – d. 11-5-1977
bandleader: (The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven) “Lombardoland USA”
06-19-1903 – Lou Gehrig – NYC – d. 6-2-1941
baseball iron man: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-19-1908 – Mildred Natwick – Baltimore, MD – d. 10-25-1994
actor: “Starring Boris Karloff”; “Best Plays”; “Campbell Playhouse”
06-19-1909 – Maurice Zimm – Waterloo, IA – d. 11-17-2005
writer: “The Man Who Sang”
06-19-1910 – Virginia Payne – Cincinnati, OH – d. 2-10-1977
actor: Ma Perkins “Ma Perkins”; Kerry Carter “Carters of Elm Street”
06-19-1912 – Jerry Jerome – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-17-2001
musician: “Eileen Barton Show”; “Mirth and Madness”
06-19-1912 – Martin Gabel – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-22-1986
actor: John Wayne “Big Sister”; Gregory Hood “Casebook of Gregory Hood”
06-19-1915 – Pat Buttram – Addison, AL – d. 1-8-1994
actor: (Sage of Winston County) “National Barn Dance”
06-19-1917 – Robert Karnes – Kentucky – d. 12-4-1979
announcer: Started his career in his native Kentucky
06-19-1919 – E. S. Madden – Melbourne, Australia
author: Wrote for radio in his native Australia
06-19-1919 – Louis Jourdan – Marseilles, France
actor: “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “U. S. Steel Hour”
06-19-1919 – Pauline Kael – Sonoma County, CA – d. 9-3-2001
film critic: Broadcast for Pacifica radio station
06-19-1920 – Johnny Douglas – London, England – d. 4-20-2003
host: “In the Still of the Night”
06-19-1921 – Buddy Brees – NYC – d. 10-30-1994
singer: “Art Mooney and his Orchestra”; “Bob Chester and his Orchestra”
06-19-1921 – Vernon Jarrett – Saulsbury, TN – d. 5-23-2004
host: “The Vernon Jarrett Report”
06-19-1922 – Gwen Davies – NYC
actor: “Advs. of Helen and Mary”; “Let’s Pretend”
06-19-1923 – Estelle Levy – NYC
actor, singer: “Grand Central Station”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
06-19-1925 – Charlie Drake – South London, England – d. 12-24-2006
comedian: “Jigsaw”
06-19-1925 – Robert Barager – d. 4-17-2004
disk jockey: WNBZ Saranac Lake, New York
06-19-1928 – Barry Took – London, England – d. 3-31-2002
writer, comedian: “Round the Horne”; “We’re In Business”
06-19-1928 – Nancy Marchand – Buffalo, NY – d. 6-18-2000
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “A Private Space”
06-19-1932 – Pier Angeli – Cagliaru, Saradinia – d. 9-10-1971
actor: “Louella Parsons Show”
06-20-1876 – Raymond Ditmars – New Jersey – d. 5-12-1942
curator bronx zoo: “Adventures in Reading”
06-20-1890 – Effie Palmer – Albany, NY – d. 8-19-1942
actor: Jean Evans “Lonely Woman”; Dodie Black “Scattergood Baines”
06-20-1892 – Katherin Prescott Bemis – d. 5-xx-1974
singer: KOA Denver, Colorado
06-20-1893 – Edwin Wolfe – d. 9-23-1983
actor: Curt Bradley “Pepper Young’s Family”
06-20-1897 – Bob Howard – W. Newton, MA – d. 12-4-1986
pianist-singer: “Calsodent Presents Bob Howard”; “Sing It Again”
06-20-1904 – Matt Crowley – New Haven, CT – d. 3-10-1983
actor: Mark Trail “Mark Trail”; Buck Rogers “Buck Rogers”
06-20-1905 – Lillian Hellman – New Orleans, LA – d. 6-30-1984
author: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
06-20-1909 – Errol Flynn – Hobart, Tasmania – d. 10-14-1959
actor: Christopher Casanova “Modern Adventures of Casanova”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-20-1911 – Edward Eager – Toledo, OH – d. 10-23-1964
writer: “Jane Pickens Show”
06-20-1911 – Gail Patrick – Birmingham, AL – d. 7-6-1980
actor: “The Dreft Star Playhouse”
06-20-1913 – Al Gallodoro – Birmingham, AL – d. 10-4-2008
jazz saxophonist: “The Paul Whiteman Show”; “The Henry Morgan Show”
06-20-1924 – Audie Murphy – Kingston, TX – d. 5-28-1971
world war II hero, actor: “Cavalcade of America”
06-20-1924 – Billie Lou Watt – St. Louis, MO – d. 9-7-2001
actor: “Land of the Free”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-20-1924 – Chet Atkins – Luttrell, TN – d. 6-30-2001
guitarist: “Boone County Neighbors”; “Grand Ole Opry”
06-20-1931 – Martin Landau – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “No Love Lost”
06-20-1948 – Tess Brady – Adelaide, Australia
writer: “Anthony”
06-21-1880 – Mary Young – d. 6-23-1971
actor: Lily “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”
06-21-1882 – William Afsprung – d. 1-15-1976
reader: WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
06-21-1895 – Saul B. Arenson – Lincoln, NE – d. 6-11-1954
lecturer on scientific topics on WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
06-21-1900 – Jack Arthur – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-1-1980
singer, emcee: “Echoes of New York”; “Family Time”; “Jack Arthur Show”
06-21-1907 – Charles ‘Bud’ Dant – Washington, IN – d. 10-31-1999
music: “A Day in the Life of Dennis Day”; “Glamour Manor”
06-21-1909 – Ted Sherdeman – d. 8-22-1987
producer, director, writer: “Latitude Zero”; “Sad Sack”; “Sears Radio Theatre”
06-21-1910 – Clive Sansom – London, England – d. 3-29-1981
writer: “The Pardoner’s Tale”
06-21-1910 – Montie Montana – Wolf Point, MT – d. 5-20-1998
actor, periennial Rose Parade participant: “All-Star Western Theatre”
06-21-1911 – Irving Fein – Brooklyn, NY
producer: “Jack Benny Program”
06-21-1911 – Wonderful Smith – Arkadelphia, AR – d. 8-28-2008
comedian: “Red Skelton Show”
06-21-1912 – Mary McCarthy – Seattle, WA – d. 10-25-1989
novelist: “Guest Star Time”
06-21-1916 – Al Brown – d. 4-12-1989
actor: Og “Og, Son of Fire”
06-21-1921 – Jane Russell – Bemidji, MN
actor: Guest Detective: “Adventures of Ellery Queen”
06-21-1921 – Joan Tetzel – NYC – d. 10-31-1977
actor: Sylvia Field “When a Girl Marries”; Jane Brown “The Goldbergs”
06-21-1921 – Judy Holliday – NYC – d. 6-7-1965
actor: “Big Show”
06-21-1921 – Owen Weingott – Sydney, Australia – d. 10-12-2002
actor: Hercule Poirot “Hercule Peroit”; “Portia Faces Life”
06-21-1922 – Wade Denning – Albermarle, NC – d. 9-17-2007
composer, arranger: “Let’s Go On With the Show”
06-21-1925 – Byron Palmer – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-30-2009
actor: “Plays for Americans”
06-21-1925 – Desmond Briscoe – Birkenhead, England – d. 12-7-2006
sound technician and effects cooridinator for the BBC Radio
06-21-1925 – Maureen Stapleton – Troy, NY – d. 3-13-2006
actor: “Best Plays”
06-21-1926 – Margaret Potter – Harrow, England – d. 8-26-1998
writer: “Hindleford”; “The Waiting Game”
06-21-1926 – Merle Harmon – Salem IL – d. 4-15-2009
sportscaster: Milwaukee Braves, Milwauke Brewers, Minnesota Twins
06-21-1928 – Rudy Wissler – d. 1-11-2007
actor,singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
06-21-1932 – O. C. Smith – Mansfield, LA – d. 11-23-2001
singer: “Voices of Vista”
06-21-1940 – Mariette Hartley – Weston, CT
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-22-1887 – Julian Huxley – London, England – d. 2-14-1975
film director: “Information Please”
06-22-1901 – Charlie Agnew – Illinois – d. 10-22-1978
bandleader: “Yeast Foam Program”; “Armandes Face Cream Program”
06-22-1901 – Jack Whiting – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-15-1961
singer: “MGM Radio Club”
06-22-1901 – Phil Duey – Macy, IN – d. 4-7-1982
singer: “Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra”; “Leo Reisman Orchestra”; “Happy Bakers”
06-22-1903 – Ben Pollack – Chicago, IL – d. 6-7-1971
bandleader: Bib band remotes – became the Bob Crosby Orchestra
06-22-1903 – Glenhall Taylor – d. 12-28-1997
producer, director: “Blondie”; “Sherlock Holmes”; “Dinah Shore Show”; “Ozzie and Harriett”
06-22-1906 – Billy Wilder – Sucha, Austria-Hungary – d. 3-27-2002
screenwriter, film director: “Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-22-1907 – Mike Todd – Minneapolis, MN – d. 3-22-1958
film producer: “Closing the New York World’s Fair”
06-22-1909 – Milton Kaye – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-14-2006
pianist/arranger: “Roger Kilgore, Public Defender”; “Under Arrest”
06-22-1912 – June Carroll – Detroit, MI – d. 5-16-2004
composer: “New Faces of 1948”
06-22-1914 – Lem Davis – Tampa, FL – d. 1-5-2002
saxophonist, clarinetist: “Jubilee”
06-22-1915 – Robert Soderberg – Ohio – d. 4-9-1996
writer: “Junior Miss”
06-22-1916 – John Craven – NYC – d. 11-24-1995
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”; “Star Spangeled Theatre”
06-22-1916 – Johnny Jacobs – Milwaukee, WI – d. 2-8-1982
announcer: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Frontier Gentleman”; “Granby’s Green Acres”
06-22-1918 – Julian Anthony – d. 6-xx-1984
newscaster: “News of Tomorrow”
06-22-1919 – Gower Champion – Geneva, IL – d. 8-25-1980
choreographer: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Guest Star”
06-22-1920 – Paul Frees – Chicago, IL – d. 11-2-1986
actor: Jethro Dumont/Green Lama “Green Lama”; Robert Aladdin “Mr. Aladdin”
06-22-1922 – Joe Siracuso – Cleveland, OH – d. 9-5-1997
drummer: “The Spike Jones Show”
06-22-1925 – Basil Beardsley – d. 12-3-1991
disk jockey: WJER Dover, Ohio
06-22-1930 – Roy Drusky – Atlanta, GA – d. 9-24-2004
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
06-22-1932 – Prunella Scales – Sutton Abinger, Surrey, England
actor: Sybil Fawlty “Fawlty Towers”; Sarah France “After Henry”
06-22-1941 – Ed Bradley – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-9-2006
newscaster: WBCS New York, New York
06-22-1949 – Meryl Streep – Summit, NJ
actor. “Earplay”
06-23-1876 – Irvin S. Cobb – Paducah, KY – d. 3-10-1944
humorist: “Gulf Show”; “Paducah Plantation”
06-23-1884 – Marley R. Sherris – Toronto, Canada – d. 7-2-1956
announcer: “Midweek Hymn Sing”; “National Vespers”
06-23-1889 – Kajetan Attl – d. 2-13-1976
harpist: KPO, San Francisco, California
06-23-1894 – King Edward VIII – Richmond Park, England – d. 5-28-1972
king, ex-king, duke: Abdication Speech for the “woman” he loved
06-23-1894 – Laurie York Erskine – England – d. 11-30-1976
author: “Renfrew of the Mounted”; “Adventure Story”; “National Children’s Week”
06-23-1895 – Pick Malone – nr. Dallas, TX – d. 1-22-1962
comedian: ”Show Boat”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
06-23-1905 – Mary Livingstone (Sadye Marks) – Seattle, WA – d. 6-30-1983
comedian: (wife of Jack Benny) “Jack Benny Program”
06-23-1907 – Eddie Pola – NYC – d. 11-3-1995
director: “Blondie”
06-23-1908 – Erik Barnouw – The Netherlands – d. 7-19-2001
radio historian/author: “A Tower of Babel”; “The Golden Web”; “The Image Empire”
06-23-1910 – Edward P. Morgan – Walla Walla, WA – d. 1-27-1993
newscaster: “News and Commentary”
06-23-1910 – Milt Hinton – Vicksburg, MS – d. 12-19-2000
jazz bassist: “Town Hall Concert”; “Monsanto Night: Benny Goodman”
06-23-1911 – Eddie Miller – New Orleans, LA – d. 4-1-1991
saxaphone: “The Bob Crosby Show”
06-23-1912 – John Milton Kennedy – Farrell, PA – d. 6-11-2006
announcer: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Tidbit Revue”
06-23-1914 – Nat Hiken – Chicago, IL – d. 12-7-1968
creator, director, writer: “Magnificent Montague”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
06-23-1916 – Irene Worth – Fairbury, NE – d. 3-10-2002
actor: “Odyssey of Homer”
06-23-1917 – Norman Rose – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-12-2004
narrator: “Dimension X”
06-23-1922 – Rusty Morris – Colorado – d. 5-14-1986
actor: “Halls of Ivy”; “Mayor of the Town”; “This Is Your FBI”
06-23-1923 – George Russell – Cincinnati, OH – d. 7-29-2009
composer, theoretician, pianist: Director of Swedish Radio
06-23-1925 – Larry Blyden – Houston, TX – d. 5-6-1975
actor: “Radio City Playhouse”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-23-1929 – June Carter Cash – Maces Spring, VA – d. 5-15-2003
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
06-23-1943 – James Levine – Cincinnati, OH
conductor: “The Metropolitan Opera”
06-23-1944 – “Jolly Joe” Truszkowski – Warrior Run, PA – d. 4-23-2009
polka bandleader: WICK-AM Wilkes Barre, PA
06-24-1891 – Irving Pichel – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 7-13-1954
actor, film director: “Gulf Screen Theatre”;”Screen Director’s Playhouse”
06-24-1893 – Arthur Hughes – Bloomington, IL – d. 12-28-1982
actor: Bill Davidson “Just Plain Bill”; Stephen Dallas “Stella Dallas”
06-24-1895 – Jack Dempsey – Manassa, CO – d. 5-31-1983
boxing champion: “Ben Bernie Show”; “Kemtone Hour”; “Saturday Night Bandwagon”
06-24-1900 – Gene Austin – Gainesville, TX – d. 1-24-1972
singer: “Gene Austin”; “Joe Penner Show”; “N.K. Musical Showroom”
06-24-1904 – Phil Harris – Linton, IN – d. 8-11-1995
bandleader, singer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”
06-24-1909 – Milton Katims – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-27-2006
violist, conductor: “NBC Symphony”; “Eternal Light”
06-24-1910 – Cootie Williams – Mobile, AL – d. 9-14-1985
jazz trumpet player: “Jubilee”
06-24-1910 – Katherine Locke – Kalakenchu, Russia – d. 9-12-1995
actor: (Wife of Norman Corwin) “Columbia Presents Corwin”
06-24-1912 – Brian Johnston – Little Berkhamsted, England – d. 1-5-1994
entertainer-commentator: “In Town Tonight”; “Down Your Way”
06-24-1914 – Allan E. Sloane – d. 4-29-2001
writer: “Indictment”; “Bulldog Drummond”; “The Man Behind the Gun”
06-24-1915 – Jack Sterling – Baltimore, MD – d. 10-31-1991
announcer/emcee: “Make Up Your Mind”
06-24-1921 – Peggy DeCastro – On a Sugar Plantation, Dominican Republic – d. 3-6-2004
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) “Steve Lawrence Show”; “Here’s to Veterans”
06-24-1923 – Jack Carter – NYC
comedian: “Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway”
06-24-1924 – Mickey “Junior” O’Day – Newark, NJ
actor: Peter Pig “Children’s Hour”; Neddie Evans “Big Sister”
06-24-1924 – Thelma Rogers – Coventry, England – d. 1-13-2000
actor: “The Archers”
06-24-1925 – Louis Jean Brunelli – NYC
assistant conductor: “Longines Symphonette”
06-24-1929 – Barbara Franklin (Perkins) – Regina, Canada – d. 2-15-2009
actor/singer: “Opportunity Knocks”
06-25-1886 – Edna Wheeler Ballard – d. 2-10-1971
harpist: WBBM Chicago, Illinois
06-25-1887 – George Abbott – Forestville, NY – d. 1-31-1995
broadway producer: “Stagestruck”
06-25-1891 – Cliff Soubier – d. 9-xx-1984
host: Howard B. Thurston “Thurston the Magician”; Dwight Twentysixer “Vic and Sade”
06-25-1893 – Charlotte Greenwood – South Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-18-1978
comedian: “Life with Charlotte Greenwood”; “Charlotte Greenwood Show”
06-25-1895 – Donald Gallagher – Quincy, IL – d. 8-14-1961
actor: P. Wallace Carver “Houseboat Hannah”; Humble Dickinson “Joan and Kermit”
06-25-1897 – Wilkie Mahoney – d. 7-1-1976
writer: “The Bob Hope Show:
06-25-1898 – Jack Roth – d. 2-12-1980
drummer: (Memphis Five) “The Jimmy Durante Show”
06-25-1899 – Arthur Tracy – Kaminetz-Podolski, Russia – d. 10-5-1997
singer: (The Street Singer) “Street Singer”; “Music That Satisfies”
06-25-1903 – Anne Revere – NYC – d. 12-18-1990
actor: “Cavalcade of America”
06-25-1903 – Earl Ebi – Hollister, CA – d. 1-24-1973
director: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Vic and Sade”
06-25-1908 – Hawley Ward Ades – Bloomington, IL – d. 3-26-2008
arranger: “The Fred Waring Show”
06-25-1908 – Larry Berns – Philadelphia, PA
producer: “Jack Carson Show”; “Our Miss Brooks”; “Lum and Abner”
06-25-1911 – Martin Gosch – d. 10-20-1973
producer, creator, writer: “Abbott and Costello Show”; “Amazing Mr. Smith”
06-25-1911 – Reed Hadley – Petrolia, TX – d. 12-11-1974
actor: Red Ryder “Red Ryder”; Chad Remington “Frontier Town”
06-25-1913 – Cyril Fletcher – Watford, England – d. 1-1-2005
panelist: “Does the Team Think”
06-25-1913 – John Pickard – Lascossas, TN – d. 8-4-1993
actor: Grant Thursday “Pretty Kitty Kelly”; Bruce Barrett “My Son and I”
06-25-1915 – Peter Lind Hayes – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-21-1998
actor: “Jack Benny Program”; “Texaco Town”; “Ford Show”; “Lum and Abner”
06-25-1918 – Ken Mayer – California – d. 1-30-1985
actor: Robbie Robertson “Space Patrol”
06-25-1919 – Bill Manhoff – Newark, NJ – d. 6-18-1974
writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Hollywood Showcase”
06-25-1920 – Frances Lafferty – New Jersey – d. 9-15-1999
actor: “Ladies Home Journal”; “Mr. District Attorney”; “Myrt and Marge”
06-25-1924 – Phil Nowlan – d. 4-20-2002
writer: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century based on Nowlan”s comic strip
06-25-1924 – Sidney Lumet – Philadelphia, PA
actor: “Let’s Pretend”
06-25-1925 – June Lockhart – NYC
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”
06-25-1925 – Virginia Welles – Wausau, WI
actor: Cosette (Older) “Les Miserables”
06-25-1932 – Helen Batts – d. 4-22-2005
woman’s program on WPET Greensboro, North Carolins
06-25-1939 – Harold Melvin – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-24-1997
lead singer: (Blue Notes) “Music On Deck”; “Join the Navy”
06-26-1877 – William Hiram Foulkes – d. 12-9-1961
presbyterian leader: mid-week inspirational talks
06-26-1891 – Octavus Roy Cohen – Charleston, SC – d. 1-6-1959
writer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “The Personal Column of the Air”
06-26-1892 – Pearl S. Buck – Hillsboro, WV – d. 3-6-1973
author: “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”; “Pacific Story”
06-26-1893 – Dorothy Fuldheim – Passaic, NJ – d. 11-3-1989
newscaster: weekly news round-up on the ABC network
06-26-1894 – William Wirges – Buffalo, NY – d. 9-28-1971
conductor: “Club Valspar”; “Arabesque”; “Gold Dust Twins”
06-26-1897 – Warren Colston – Great Bend, PA – d. 5-24-1972
actor: “Young Widder Brown”; “Cavalcade of America”
06-26-1900 – Richard Crooks – Trenton, NJ – d. 9-29-1972
singer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Maxwell House Coffee Hour”
06-26-1902 – Bruce Evans – d. 2-9-1978
actor: Trapeze Artist “Circus Days”
06-26-1902 – William Powell Lear – Hannibal, MO – d. 5-14-1978
inventor: With Elmer Wavering, invented first commerial car radio (Motorola)
06-26-1904 – Peter Lorre – Rozsahegy, Hungary – d. 3-23-1964
actor: I.A. Moto “Mr. Moto”; “Creeps By Night”; “; “Mystery in the Air”
06-26-1907 – Ynez Seabury – Oregon – d. 4-11-1973
actor: Libby Collins “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-26-1908 – Robert J. Ross – d. 8-17-1970
writrer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
06-26-1913 – Jack Moyles – San Francisco, CA – d. 1-16-1973
actor: Major Daggett “Fort Laramie”; Rocky Jordan “A Man Named Jordan/Rocky Jordan”
06-26-1914 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias – Port Arthur, TX – d. 9-27-1956
all-around athlete: “Babe Didrikson Zaharia Sports Show”
06-26-1916 – Alex Dreier – Honolulu, Hawaii Territory – d. 3-12-2000
reporter: “Morning News Roundup”; “NBC D-Day Coverage”; “Weekly War Journal”
06-26-1920 – Leonid Hambro – Chicago, IL – d. 10-23-2006
pianist: “WQXR Halloween Party:
06-26-1922 – Eleanor Parker – Cedarville, OH
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Hollywood Sound Stage”
06-26-1923 – Syd Lawrence – Shutton, England – d. 5-5-1998
orchestra leader: “American Patrol”
06-26-1924 – Bob Maxwell – Custer, KY – d. 12-24-2002
actor: “The Lone Ranger”
06-26-1940 – Phoebe Dorin – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
06-26-1945 – Steven Keats – The Bronx – d. 5-8-1994
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
06-26-1957 – Martin Smith – England – d. 11-12-1994
vocalist: “Songs from the Shows”; “Friday Night is Music Night”
06-27-1862 – May Irwin – Whitby, Canada – d. 10-22-1938
actor: “The Eveready Hour”
06-27-1875 – Reginald Mason – San Francisco, CA – d. 7-10-1962
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-27-1880 – Helen Keller – Tuscumbia, AL – d. 6-1-1968
deaf and blind lecturer: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”; “Meet the Press”
06-27-1886 – Dr. Julius Klein – d. 6-15-1961
economist: “The World’s Business”
06-27-1892 – Robert Ellis – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-29-1974
actor: Del Tremaine “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”
06-27-1900 – Milt Mabie – d. 9-5-1973
singer: (The Westerners) “National Barn Dance”; “Plantation Party”; “Show Boat”
06-27-1900 – Rev. James G. Keller – Oakland, CA – d. 2-7-1977
priest: “The Christophers”
06-27-1905 – Sydney Mason – NYC – d. 4-11-1976
announcer, actor: “Famous Jury Trials”; “Johnny Presents”
06-27-1906 – Carroll Bratman – Baltimore, MD – d. 7-15-1984
staff percussionist for CBS radio
06-27-1906 – Catherine Cookson – Tyne Dock, England – d. 6-11-1998
novelist: Several of her works were transferred to radio
06-27-1906 – Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton – d. 8-31-1995
writer: “Grand Central Station”; “Death Valley Days”
06-27-1907 – John McIntire – Spokane, WA – d. 1-30-1991
actor: Benjamin Ordway “Crime Doctor”; Lt. Dundy “Advs. of Sam Spade”
06-27-1907 – Valerie Cossart – London, England – d. 12-31-1994
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
06-27-1908 – David Davis – near Malvern, England – d. 4-29-1996
piano accompanist: “Children’s Hour”
06-27-1911 – Collins Driggs – Manchester, CT – d. 8-29-1966
organist: Collins Driggs at the Hammond Organ”
06-27-1911 – Dr. Jay Morton – Hollywood, CA – d. 9-6-2003
Best know for the catchphrase “Look; up in the sky, etc.” on “Superman”
06-27-1912 – Audrey Christie – Chicago, IL – d. 12-19-1989
actor: Assistant to Peter Standish “Peter Standish, Medical Examiner”
06-27-1912 – Bill Kennedy – Cleveland Heights, OH – d. 1-27-1997
announcer: “Nobody’s Children”
06-27-1914 – Noboru Kirishima – Iwaki City, Japan – d. 4-24-1984
enka singer: “This Week’s Star”
06-27-1918 – Ed Fleming – Baraboo, WI
newscaster, announcer: “Ed Fleming and the News”, “Our Gal Sunday”
06-27-1918 – Michael Sheldon – London, England
writer for CBC Radio
06-27-1920 – Betty Bryant – Bristol, England – d. 10-3-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-27-1924 – Rosalie Allen – Old Forge, PA – d. 9-24-2003
yodeling cowgirl: “Prairie Stars”, “Grand Ole Opry”
06-27-1925 – Chuck Balding – d. 6-10-2000
sportscaster: WOAY Oak Hill, West Virginia
06-27-1927 – Peter Bayliss – Kingston-upon-Thames, England – d. 7-29-2002
actor: “A Trick to Catch the Old One”
06-27-1933 – Gary Crosby – Los Angeles, CA – d. 8-24-1995
singer: “Gary Crosby Show”; “Bing Crosby Show”
06-27-1934 – Anna Moffo – Wayne, PA – d. 3-10-2006
soprano: “Voice of Firestone”
06-27-1938 – Alan Coren – Paddington, London, England – d. 10-18-2007
panellist: “The News Quiz”
06-27-1938 – Kathryn Beaumont – London, England
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
06-27-1938 – Ron Lyons – Asheville, NC – d. 8-3-2007
traffic anchor: KCBS San Francisco, California
06-28-1895 – George R. Holmes – Tippecanoe County, IN – d. 2-12-1939
news commentator: “Back of the News in Washington”
06-28-1895 – Kelvin Keech – Punachou, Hawaii Territory – d. 5-xx-1977
announcer: “Popeye the Sailor”; “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing”
06-28-1902 – Richard Rodgers – Long Island, NY – d. 12-30-1979
composer: “ASCAP On Parade”; “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”; “Chase and Sanborn Hour”
06-28-1904 – Hector Chevigny – d. 4-20-1965
writer: “Portia Faces Life”; “The Second Mrs. Burton”
06-28-1906 – Ann Leaf – Omaha, NE – d. 4-3-1995
organist: (Little Organ Annie) “Ann Leaf at the Organ”; “Lorenzo Jones”
06-28-1908 – Alan Bunce – Westfield, NJ – d. 4-27-1965
actor: Albert Arbuckle “Ethel and Albert”; Jerry Malone “Young Dr. Malone”
06-28-1908 – John W. Harrington – NYC – d. 9-17-1974
announcer: “Just Plain Bill”
06-28-1909 – Eric Ambler – London, England – d. 10-22-1998
author: “Escape”; “Hour of Mystery”
06-28-1913 – Harry Cool – d. 6-xx-1979
vocalist, bandleader: “Fibber McGee and Molly”s
06-28-1914 – Dan Seymour – NYC – d. 7-27-1982
actor, narrator: Danny “Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories”; “War of the Worlds”
06-28-1914 – Lester Flatt – Overton County, TN – d. 5-10-1979
bluegrass guitarist: (Flatt and Scruggs) “Martha White Biscuit Time”; “Grand Ole Opry”
06-28-1914 – Zina Provendie – d. 5-15-2005
actor: Sylvia Bruno Wick “The Goldbergs”
06-28-1924 – Gene Thompson – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-14-2001
writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”
06-28-1926 – Mel Brooks – NYC
comedian: “Jean Shepherd Show”
06-28-1933 – Maurice Cloutier – Manchester, NH – d. 11-21-2006
disk jockey: KOTA Rapid City, South Dakota
06-28-1946 – Gilda Radner – Detroit, MI – d. 5-20-1989
comedian: “The National Lampoon Radio Hour”
06-29-1893 – Alma Kitchell – Superior, WI – d. 11-13-1996
singer, commentator: “Melody Hour”; “Brief Case/Streamline Journal”
06-29-1895 – Paul V. Galvin – Harvard, IL – d. 11-5-1959
co-founder of Galvin Manufacturing, merged with Motorola
06-29-1899 – Lester Vail – Denver, CO – d. 11-28-1959
director: “Aldrich Family”; “March of Time”; “World’s Most Honored Flights”
06-29-1901 – Ed Gardner – Astoria, NY – d. 8-17-1963
comedian: Archie “Duffy’s Tavern”
06-29-1901 – Nelson Eddy – Providence, RI – d. 3-6-1967
singer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Vicks Open House”; “Chase & Sanborn Hour”
06-29-1903 – Ellen Pollock – Heidelberg, Germany – d. 3-29-1997
actor: “The Lady of Lyons”
06-29-1903 – John Stanley – London, England – d. 12-2-1982
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes” Jeff Brady “Romance of Helen Trent”
06-29-1905 – John Gibson – Oakland, CA – d. 9-xx-1971
actor: Red Pennington “Don Winslow of the Navy”
06-29-1907 – Joan Davis – St. Paul, MN – d. 5-22-1961
comedian: “Sealtest Village Store”; “Joan Davis Show”
06-29-1908 – John Hench – Cedar Rapids, IA – d. 2-5-2004
actor: Stanley Gilman “Those Happy Gilmans”
06-29-1908 – Leroy Anderson – Cambridge, MA – d. 5-18-1975
composer, arranger: “ Contemporary Composers Concerts”; “Must for America”
06-29-1909 – Mary Jane Higby – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-1-1986
actor: Joan Davis “When a Girl Marries”; Nora Drake “This is Nora Drake”
06-29-1909 – Oscar Argumedo – d. 8-16-1986
disk jockey: KCOR San Antonio, Texas
06-29-1910 – Frank Loesser – NYC – d. 7-26-1969
composer: “Cavalcade for Victory”; “Abe Burrows Show”; “Heartbeat of Broadway”
06-29-1911 – Bernard Herrmann – NYC – d. 12-24-1975
conductor, composer: “Columbia Workshop”; “Mercury Theatre on the Air/Campbell Playhouse”
06-29-1911 – Milt Josefsberg – NYC – d. 12-14-1987
writer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Bob Hope Show”
06-29-1913 – Charles Gussman – Kansas City, MO – d. 10-18-2000
writer: “Road to Life”; “Right to Happiness”, Young Doctor Malone”
06-29-1913 – Hilliard Marks – d. 8-19-1982
producer: (Brother of Mary Livingstone) “The Jack Benny Program”
06-29-1914 – Rafael Kubelik – Bychory, Czech Republic – d. 8-11-1996
conductor: “Musicians Off Stage”
06-29-1915 – Leo Diamond – NYC – d. 9-15-1966
harmonica player: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
06-29-1915 – Ruth Warrick – St. Joseph, MO – d. 1-15-2005
actor: “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”; “Myrt and Marge”
06-29-1920 – Bonnie Dunn – NYC
singer: “This Is Fort Dix”
06-29-1922 – Norm Michie – Scotland – d. 8-18-1993
reader: “Story Time” Program Director for WI Public Radio
06-29-1922 – Ralph Burns – Newton, MA – d. 11-21-2001
pianist, arranger: “Esquire Jazz Concert”; “Saturday Night Swing Session”
06-29-1922 – Tony Osborne – Cambridge, England – d. 3-1-2009
arranger: “The Goon Show”; “Take It From Here”
06-29-1924 – T. Tommy Cutrer – Tangipahoa Parish, LA – d. 10-11-1998
announcer: “Grand Ole Opry”
06-29-1925 – Cara Williams – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”
06-29-1934 – Chuck Schaden – Chicago, IL
host: Those Were the Days”
06-29-1935 – Keith Walker – St. Louis, MO – d. 12-30-1996
writer: Hollywood Radio Theatre”
06-29-1937 – Ivan Cury – NYC
actor: Bobbie Benson “Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders”
06-30-1879 – Walter Hampden – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-11-1955
actor: Leonidas Witherall “Leonidas Witherall”
06-30-1891 – Man Mountain Dean – NYC – d. 5-29-1953
professional wrestler: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
06-30-1893 – Virginia Beberus – Mercer, ME – d. 10-3-1964
composer/author: conducted a radio programå
06-30-1894 – Frank Davis – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-9-1970
singer: “Fred Waring Show”
06-30-1894 – Phillips Carlin – NYC – d. 8-27-1971
announcer: “Palmolive Hour”; “Atwater Kent Hour”
06-30-1896 – Wilfred Pelletier – Montreal, Canada – d. 4-9-1982
conductor: “Roses and Drums”; “Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air”
06-30-1898 – Carl Pierce – Quincy, MA – d. 8-16-1962
announcer: “Breakfast at Sardi’s”; “The Right Thing to Do”
06-30-1898 – George Chandler – Waukegan, IL – d. 6-10-1985
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-30-1899 – Santos Ortega – NYC – d. 4-10-1976
actor: Nero Wolfe “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; Richard Queen “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
06-30-1900 – Frank Gallop – Boston, MA – d. 5-17-1988
announcer: “Milton Berle Show”; “Gangbusters”; “Stella Dallas”
06-30-1904 – Glenda Farrell – Enid, Oklahoma Territory – d. 5-1-1971
opposing pitcher: “Quizzer’s Baseball”
06-30-1905 – Nestor Paiva – Fresno, CA – d. 9-9-1966
actor: “NBC Presents: Short Story”; “Escape”
06-30-1910 – Sundra Love – Chicago, IL – d. 12-6-1996
actor: Kay Fairchild “Stepmother”; Ethel Foster “Guiding Light”
06-30-1913 – Harry Wismer – Port Huron, MI – d. 12-3-1967
sportscaster: “Harry Wismer Sports Show”; “Champion Roll Call”
06-30-1917 – Buddy Rich – NYC – d. 4-2-1987
drummer: “Artie Shaw and His Orchestra”; “Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra”
06-30-1917 – Lena Horne – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-9-2010
singer: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
06-30-1917 – Susan Hayward – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-14-1975
actor: “Radio Almanac”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
06-30-1918 – Stewart Foster – Binghamton, NY – d. 2-7-1968
singer: “Stewart Foster Show”; “Galen Drake”; “On a Sunday Afternoon”
06-30-1920 – Dean Harens – South Bend, IN – d. 5-20-1996
actor: Arthur Anderson “We, the Abbotts”
06-30-1925 – Alice Wallace – Los Angeles, CA – d. 2-23-2002
actor: “Music for America”; “Let Freedom Sing”
06-30-1928 – Frank Marcus – Breslau, Germany – d. 8-5-1996
playwright: “The Hospital Visitor”
06-30-1957 – Carol Boettcher – Milwaukee, WI
actor: Billie “Billie the Brownie”
06-xx-1873 – Royal Arch Gunnison – d. 9-24-1946
newsman: twice weekly 15 minute broadcast on Mutual
07-01-1881 – Josef Pasternack – Czenstachown, Poland – d. 4-29-1940
conductor: “Atwater Kent Concert”; “Carnation Contented Hour”
07-01-1894 – John Lair – Livingston, KY – d. 11-13-1985
announcer, director: “National Barn Dance”; “Sunday Mornin’ Gatherin’”
07-01-1899 – Cavan O’Connor – Nottingham, England – d. 1-11-1997
singer: “The Vagabond Lover”
07-01-1899 – Charles Laughton – Scarborough, England – d. 12-15-1962
actor: “Three Ring Time”; “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Blue Ribbon Town”
07-01-1901 – Irna Phillips – Chicago, IL – d. 12-23-1973
actor, writer: Mother Moran “Today’s Children”; “The Guiding Light”; “Road of Life”
07-01-1902 – William Wyler – Muhlhausen, Germany – d. 7-28-1981
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”; “Hollywood Fights Back”
07-01-1907 – Bill Stern – Rochester, NY – d. 11-19-1971
sportscaster: “Carnival of Champions”; “Colgate Sports Newsreel”
07-01-1908 – Alvino Rey – Oakland, CA – d. 2-24-2004
bandleader: “Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers”
07-01-1909 – Gertrude Fass – d. 3-6-2005
writer: “Suspense”; “The Whistler”
07-01-1909 – Madge Evans – NYC – d. 4-26-1981
panelist: “Leave It to the Girls”; “Who Said That?”
07-01-1911 – Larry Berns – Belfast, Northern Ireland
producer, director: “The Bill Goodwin Show”
07-01-1912 – Murray Matheson – Casterto, Australia – d. 4-25-1985
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
07-01-1913 – Dolph Nelson – d. 12-7-1981
actor, director: “Captain Midnight”; “Art Linkletter’s House Party”
07-01-1914 – Michael Wilson – McAlester, OK – d. 4-9-1978
blacklisted screen writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-01-1916 – Olivia De Havilland – Tokyo, Japan
actor: “Plays for Americans”; “Your Hollywood Parade”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-01-1920 – Alexander Lepak – d. 3-25-2009
percussionist: “Hartford Symphony Orchestra”
07-01-1920 – Ronnie Bonner – Philadelphia, PA – d. 4-19-1991
song writer: “Uncle Wip”
07-01-1921 – Margarita Duparinova – Bulgaria – d. 11-3-2005
actor: Starred in Bulgarian radio
07-01-1923 – Ralph Young – NYC- d. 8-22-2008
singer: “Fitch Bandwagon”
07-01-1925 – Farley Granger – San Jose, CA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”, “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-01-1927 – Grady Bass – d. 7-24-1991
sportscaster: KSFA Nacogdoches, Texas
07-01-1931 – Leslie Caron – Boulogne, France
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-01-1934 – Jamie Farr – Toledo, OH
actor: Armed Forces Radio
07-01-1934 – Jean Marsh – London, England
actor: “Earplay”
07-02-1892 – Jack Hylton – Great Lever, England – d. 1-29-1965
bandmaster: CBS 1935-1936 Sundays at 10:30 PM Standard Oil
07-02-1910 – Earl Robinson – d. 7-20-1991
composer: “The Pursuit of Happiness”
07-02-1910 – Jeff Alexander – Whidbey Island, WA – d. 12-4-1989
conductor: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Light Up Time”; “Tums Hollywood Theatre”
07-02-1914 – Clint Alley – d. 3-9-1994
sportscaster: WKOY West Virginia
07-02-1916 – Barry Gray – Red Lion, NJ – d. 12-21-1996
talk show host: “Barry Gray on Broadway”; “Scout About Town”
07-02-1916 – Ken Curtis – Lamar, CO – d. 4-28-1991
singing cowboy: “Hollywood Barn Dance”
07-02-1921 – Paul Atkerson – d. 5-16-1988
newscaster: KPHO Phoenix, Arizona
07-02-1924 – Bryant Arbuckle – d. 6-27-1976
disk jockey: WAIR Winston-Salem, North Carolina
07-02-1927 – Brock Peters – NYC – d. 8-23-2005
actor: Darth Vader “Star Wars”; “Earplay”
07-02-1927 – Charlie Kennedy – Staten Island, NY – d. 4-3-2009
saxophonist: “Gene Krupa’s Band”; “Louis Prima’s Band”
07-02-1928 – John Timpson – Harrow, England – d. 11-19-2005
presenter: “Today”
07-02-1961 – Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa – Mexico City
radio journalist: “Latino USA”
07-03-1878 – George M. Cohan – Providence, RI – d. 11-5-1942
composer: “Collier Hour”; “Ed Sullivan Show”; “Free Company”
07-03-1881 – Leon Errol – Sydney, Australia – d. 10-12-1951
actor, comedian: WENR Chicago
07-03-1890 – Herbert A. Bell – Rock Valley, IA – d. 1-30-1970
radio manufacturer: Co-founder of Packard-Bell in 1945
07-03-1899 – Herb Polesie – d. 6-8-1979
panelist,director: “Twenty Questions”; “It Pays to Be Ignorant”
07-03-1900 – John Mason Brown – Louisville, KY – d. 3-16-1969
host-critic: “Of Men and Books”
07-03-1903 – John Lake – Leesburg, VA – d. 6-28-1960
actor: “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”; “Twelve Players”
07-03-1903 – Wynne Gibson – NYC – d. 5-15-1987
actor: Amah “Thanks for Tomorrow”; Angie “When a Girl Marries”
07-03-1906 – George Sanders – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 4-25-1972
host: “High Adventure”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Cavalcade of America”
07-03-1908 – Robert B. Meyner – Phillipsburg, NJ – d. 5-27-1990
governor new jersey: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
07-03-1911 – Pembroke Davenport – Dallas, TX – d. 1-27-1985
pianist, arranger: “Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians”
07-03-1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen – Chicago, IL – d. 11-8-1965
commentator: “Voice of Broadway”; “Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick”
07-03-1915 – Jerry Gray – Boston MA – d. 8-10-1976
bandleader: “I Sustain the Wings”; “Philip Morris Frolics”; “Club 15”
07-03-1919 – Fred Maddox – Boaz, AL – d. 10-29-1992
bass: “The Maddox Brothers and Rose”
07-03-1920 – Louise Allbritton – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 2-16-1979
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “This Is My Best”; “Cavalcade of America”
07-03-1926 – Anne Gerety – NYC – d. 10-25-2003
actor: Aunt Bery “Star Wars”
07-03-1930 – Pete Fountain – New Orleans, LA
dixieland clarinetist: “New Year’s All-Star Parade of Bands”
07-03-1930 – Robert Robertson – St. Andrews, Scotland – d. 1-16-2001
actor: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
07-03-1937 – Tom Stoppard – Zlin, Czechoslovakia
writer: “Earplay Weekday Theatre”; “The Dissolution of Dominic Boot”
07-04-1883 – Rube Goldberg – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-7-1970
cartoonist: “Famous Comic Artists”; “The Shell Show”; “Biography in Sound”
07-04-1884 – George Trendle – Norwalk, OH – d. 5-22-1972
executive: WXYZ Detroit; Original idea for “The Lone Ranger”
07-04-1885 – Louis B. Mayer – Minsk, Byelorussia, Russian Empire – d. 10-29-1957
film executive: “Good News of 1938/39”; “Songs By Sinatra”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-04-1888 – Henry Armetta – Palermo, Italy – d. 10-21-1945
actor: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
07-04-1888 – Otto Rauhut – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-27-1986
director: “Otto Rauhut Violin Ensemble” KPO San Francisco, California
07-04-1895 – Irving Caesar – NYC – d. 12-17-1996
lyricist: “Biography In Sound”; “Perspective”
07-04-1898 – Johnny Lee – Los Angeles, CA – d. 12-12-1965
actor: Algonquin J. Calhoune “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
07-04-1900 – Gertrude Lawrence – London, England – d. 9-6-1952
singer, actor: “Royal Gelatin Hour”; “Campbell Playhouse”; “Radio Reader’s Digest”
07-04-1900 – Robert S. Allen – Latonia, KY – d. 7-17-1978
news commentory: “Listen America”; “News of the World”
07-04-1901 – Adelaide Klein – NYC – d. 3-18-1983
actor: Mrs. S. Kent Wentworth “Life Can Be Beautiful”; Dragon Lady “Terry and the Pirates”
07-04-1902 – George Murphy – New Haven, CT – d. 5-3-1992
actor, emcee: “Let’s Talk Hollywood”; “Hollywood Calling”
07-04-1902 – Vince Barnett – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 8-10-1977
actor: “Shell Chateau”; “Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show”
07-04-1907 – Tommy Carr – Philadelphia, PA – d. 4-23-1997
actor: Jerry Hall “Magic Island”
07-04-1908 – Harold John Adonis – d. 7-xx-1981
singer, announcer: New York City and Jersey City
07-04-1909 – Al Jarvis – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 5-6-1970
disc jockey, songwriter: “Make-Believe Ballroom”
07-04-1909 – Alec Templeton – Cardiff, South Wales – d. 3-28-1963
pianist, satirist: “You Shall Have Music”; “Universal Rhythm”; “Alec Templeton Time”
07-04-1909 – Fielden Farrington – Michigan – d. 7-xx-1977
announcer: “Green Hornet”; “Just Plain Bill”; “Romance of Helen Trent”
07-04-1910 – Gloria Stuart – Santa Monica, CA
actor: “Suspense”
07-04-1911 – Dwight Hauser – Idaho – d. 1-18-1969
producer, director: “Defense Attorney”; “I Fly Anything”; “Man from Homicide”
07-04-1911 – Mitch Miller – Rochester, NY – d. 7-31-2010
bandleader: “Here’s to Veterans”
07-04-1911 – Olga Druce – d. 4-18-2004
director: “House of Mystery”; “When a Girl Marries”
07-04-1912 – Virginia Graham – Chicago, IL – d. 12-22-1998
talk show host: “Cancer Can Be Cured”; “Weekday Theatre”
07-04-1913 – Barbara Weeks – Boston, MA – d. 6-24-2003
actor: “Pulitzer Prize Plays”; “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”; “Romance”
07-04-1915 – Timmie Rogers – Detroit, MI – d. 12-17-2006
actor: “Jubilee”
07-04-1916 – Iva Toguri d’Aquino “Tokyo Rose” – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-26-2006
disc jockey, american patriot: (Little Orphan Ann) Zero Hour NHK Tokyo, Japan
07-04-1918 – Abaigail Van Buren – Sioux City, IA
advice columnist: “Dear Abby”
07-04-1919 – Shirley Eder – NYC – d. 5-28-2005
entertainment reporter: “Monitor”; “Composite”
07-04-1921 – Betty Underwood – Rockford, IL – d. 7-17-2009
script writer: Oregon Public Broadcasting
07-04-1921 – Russ Carlyle – Cleveland, OH
vocalist, bandleader: “Tommy Flynn Orchestra”; “Big Band Remotes”
07-04-1923 – Thelma Holland – Waukesha, WI – d. 3-11-2008
guitarist: “Hank and Thelma”
07-04-1924 – Eva Marie Saint – Newark, NJ
actor: “As Easy as A.B.C.”; John Steele, Adventurer
07-04-1926 – Mary Stuart – Miami, FL – d. 2-28-2002
actor: “Doctor Christian”; “Advs. of Maisie”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-04-1927 – Neil Simon – The Bronx, NY
writer: (Brother of Danny) “The Milton Berle Show”
07-05-1879 – Wanda Landowska – Warsaw, Poland – d. 8-16-1959
harpsichordist: “New York Philharmonic”
07-05-1898 – Richard P. Condie – d. 12-22-1985
director mormon tabernacle choir: “Music and the Spoken Word”
07-05-1899 – Tim Ryan – Bayonne, NJ – d. 10-22-1956
actor: “Tim and Irene Show”
07-05-1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. – Nahant, MA – d. 2-27-1985
u.s. senator: “Information Please”
07-05-1903 – Hester Sondergaard – Minnesota – d. 2-26-1994
actor: (Sister of Gale Sondergaard) “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Studio One”
07-05-1904 – Don Goddard – Binghamton, NY – d. 3-20-1994
news commentator: “The Goodyear Rubber Company’s Farm Radio News”
07-05-1905 – John Abbott – London, England – d. 5-24-1996
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-05-1908 – Don Dunphy – NYC – d. 7-22-1998
boxing play-by-play broadcaster: “Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn 6-18-1941”; “Navy Relief Program”
07-05-1911 – Richard Newton – Vancouver, Canada – d. 1-13-2006
actor: “Now Hear This”
07-05-1921 – Mort Fega – d. 1-21-2005
long time jazz disc jockey in New York
07-05-1928 – Beverly Tyler – Scranton, PA – d. 11-23-2005
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-05-1930 – Tommy Cook – Duluth, MN
actor: Little Beaver “Red Ryder”; Alexander Busmtead “Blondie”; Chester A. Riley, Jr. “Life of Riley”
07-05-1934 – Katherine Helmond – Galveston, TX
actor: L.A. Theatre Works “Night Mother”
07-05-1935 – John Griffin – Hammond, Australia
writer: “Santa Anna’s Wooden Leg”
07-05-1936 – Shirley Knight – Goessel, KS
Sang with the Horace Heidt Orchestra on Wichita Radio at the age of 8
07-05-1940 – Curcy H. (Bud) Andrews, Jr.
musical director: KSEL Lubbock, TX
07-06-1875 – Roger Babson – d. 3-5-1967
economist: “Babson Reports”
07-06-1882 – Ralph Morgan – NYC – d. 6-11-1956
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-06-1892 – Jack Yellen – Razcki, Poland – d. 4-17-1991
lyricist: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-06-1894 – Myra Marsh – Maine – d. 10-29-1964
actor: Dora Foster “A Date with Judy”; Mother “My Friend Irma”
07-06-1894 – Shelly Lee Alley – Alleyton, Texas – d. 6-1-1964
songwriter, musician, vocalist: WFAA Dallas, Texas
07-06-1895 – Grete Stueckgold – d. 9-13-1977
soloist: “The Chesterfield Show”; “Chesterfield Presents”
07-06-1898 – Hans Eisler – Germany – d. 2-6-1962
orchestra leader: “The Littlest Angel”; “Mr. Pickwick’s Christmas”
07-06-1904 – Marie Baumer – d. 7-31-1977
writer: “Mr. Chameleon”
07-06-1905 – Pauline Drake – Denver, CO – d. 2-5-1981
actor: Bessie “Great Gildersleeve”; “Miss Duffy “Duffy’s Tavern”
07-06-1910 – Alexander Kendrick – d. 5-17-1991
correspondent: “Years In Crisis”; “As Europe Sees the Marshall Plan”
07-06-1910 – Dorothy Kirsten – Montclair, NJ – d. 11-18-1992
singer: “Keepsakes”; “Kraft Music Hall”; “Light Up Time”
07-06-1911 – Betty Worth – NYC – d. 7-xx-1993
actor: Florence Weston “The Man I Married”; Andrea Reynolds “We Love and Learn”
07-06-1912 – Redd Evans – Meridian, MS – d. 8-29-1972
vocalist: “Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra”
07-06-1915 – Laverne Andrews – Minneapolis, MN – d. 5-8-1967
singer: (The Andrews Sisters) “Andrews Sisters Revue:
07-06-1918 – Gaylord Avery – d. 3-11-1996
announcer: “Gangbusters”; “My Son Jeep”
07-06-1918 – Sebastian Cabot – London, England – d. 8-23-1977
actor: Toussiant Charbonneau “Horizons West”; “Studio One”; “Lives of Harry Lime”
07-06-1922 – William Schallert – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
07-06-1923 – Marie McDonald – Westchester, NY – d. 10-21-1965
actor: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Maxwell House Coffee Time”; “Proudly We Hail”
07-06-1924 – Billy Mauch – Peoria, IL – d. 9-29-2006
actor: “Coast-to-Coast on a Bus”; “Let’s Pretend”; “Robinson Crusoe, Jr.”
07-06-1924 – Bobby Mauch – Peoria, IL – d. 10-15-2007
actor: “Coast-to-Coast on a Bus”; “Let’s Pretend”; “Robinson Crusoe, Jr.”
07-06-1925 – Bill Haley, Jr. – Highland Park, MI – d. 2-9-1981
rocker: “Camel Rock and Roll Party”; “Stars for Defense”
07-06-1925 – Merv Griffin – San Mateo, CA – d. 8-12-2007
singer: “San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show”
07-06-1925 – Ruth Cracknell – Sydney, Australia – d. 4-14-2002
actress for the BBC
07-06-1927 – Alan “Fluff” Freeman – Melbourne, Australia – d. 11-27-2006
announcer, singer: “Records Around Five”; “Pick of the Pops”
07-06-1927 – Janet Leigh – Merced, CA – d. 10-3-2004
actor: “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players” – Radio Debut
07-06-1929 – James Berwick – Dublin, Ireland – d. 8-17-2000
actor: “Frankenstein”
07-06-1931 – Della Reese – Detroit, MI
singer-actor: “Manhattan Melodies”; “Camel Rock and Roll Party”
07-06-1938 – Luana Patten – Long Beach, CA – d. 5-1-1996
actor: “Martha Deane Show”; “Radio Reader’s Digest”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
07-06-1946 – George Walker Bush – New Haven, CT
u.s. president: Saturday morning presidential broadcast
07-07-1887 – Raymond Hatton – Red Oak, IA – d. 10-21-1971
actor: Football Coach “Jack Oakie’s College”
07-07-1888 – John Frank – Missouri – d. 2-15-1961
actor: Jimmie Allen “Air Advs. of Jimmie Allen”
07-07-1890 – Tom Powers – Owensboro, KY – d. 11-9-1955
commentator: “Central City”
07-07-1894 – David Ross – NYC – d. 11-12-1975
actor: Bob “Mary and Bob”
07-07-1896 – Yasha Bunchuk – Russia – d. 7-31-1944
cellist: “Roxy and His Gang”
07-07-1898 – Arlene Harris – Toronto, Canada – d. 6-12-1976
actor: Mrs. Higgins “Baby Snooks”; Human Chatterbox “Al Pearce and His Gang”
07-07-1899 – George Cukor – NYC – d. 1-23-1983
film director: “Marilyn Monroe: Fame is Fickle”; “Hollywood Calling”
07-07-1903 – Joe Boland – d. 6-21-1987
actor: Police Sergeant “Abie’s Irish Rose”
07-07-1906 – Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige – Mobile, AL – d. 6-8-1982
baseball hall of famer: “Destination Freedom”
07-07-1907 – Elton Britt – Marshall, AR – d. 6-23-1972
singer: “Tennessee Jed”
07-07-1907 – Robert Heinlein – Butler, MO – d. 5-8-1988
science fiction writer: “Beyond Tomorrow”; “Dimension X”; “X Minus One”
07-07-1908 – Ben Brady – NYC – d. 3-20-2003
host: “The Comedy Writers Show”
07-07-1909 – Eddie Mayehoff – Baltimore, MD – d. 11-12-1992
actor: Waldo Greentree/Nick Scott “Against the Storm”
07-07-1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti – Cadegliano, Italy – d. 2-1-2007
opera composer: “Best of All”
07-07-1911 – Joan Perry – Pensacola, FL – d. 9-15-1996
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-07-1911 – Lou Maury – Butte, MT – d. 12-11-1975
pianist: “What’s the Name of That Song?”
07-07-1911 – Ruth Ford – Hazelhurst, MS – d. 8-12-2009
actor: “Mercury Theatre”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-07-1914 – Robert Luff – Bedford, England – d. 2-18-2009
impresario: produced series of weekly shows for Radio Normandie
07-07-1915 – Terry O’Sullivan – Kansas City, MO – d. 9-14-2006
announcer: “All-Star Western Theatre”; “The Jack Smith Show”
07-07-1915 – Yul Brynner – Vladivostock, Czarist Russia – d. 10-10-1985
actor: “As Easy as A.B.C.”
07-07-1917 – Doris Dudley – NYC – d. 8-14-1985
actor: Peggy Meek “Meet Mr. Meek”
07-07-1919 – Brenda Bruce – Manchester, England – d. 2-19-1996
actor: “Lady in a Fog”
07-07-1919 – Daisy Lange – Ohio
bass: (Coon Creek Girls) “WLS National Barn Dance”
07-07-1919 – Jon Pertwee – Chelsea, England – d. 5-20-1996
actor: The Doctor “Doctor Who”; Worzel; Gummidge “Worzel Gummidge”
07-07-1920 – Charles Flynn – Chicago, IL – d. 9-29-1999
actor: Jack Armstrong “Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy”
07-07-1921 – Rod Peterson – Phoenix, AZ – d. 8-9-2004
writer: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
07-07-1922 – Artie Malvin – NYC – d. 6-16-2006
vocalist: “Moonlight Serenade”; “I Sustain These Wings”; “Wehrmact Hour”
07-07-1924 – Mary Ford – Pasadena, CA – d. 9-30-1977
singer: “Les Paul and Mary Ford Show”
07-07-1925 – Wally Phillips – Portsmouth, OH – d. 3-27-2008
radio personality: WGN Chicago, Illinois
07-07-1927 – Doc Severinsen – Arlington, OR
trumpet player: Bands of Ted Fio Rito, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman
07-07-1927 – Gloria Mann – New York – d. 4-21-1961
actor: Veronica Lodge “Archie Andrews”
07-07-1940 – Geoff Page – Grafton, Australia
writer: “Sally Rivers’ All Girl Band”
07-07-1940 – Ringo Starr – Liverpool, England
singer: (The Beatles) “Ringo’s Yellow Submarine: A Voyage Through Beatles Music”
07-07-1943 – Joel Siegel – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-29-2007
movie critic: “Joel Siegel’s New York”
07-07-1946 – Joe Spano – San Francisco, CA
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
07-07-1947 – Goran Hagg – Sweden
author: “Konung Kark XI: s sista dagar och dod”
07-08-1882 – Percy Grainger – Melbourne, Australia – d. 2-20-1961
composer: “Prudential Family Hour”; “The Pause that Refreshes.”
07-08-1885 – John Brinkley – Jackson County, NC – d. 5-26-1942
the “goat gland doctor”
07-08-1889 – Eugene Pallette – Winfield, KS – d. 9-3-1954
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-08-1898 – Melville Ruick – Boise, ID – d. 12-24-1972
actor, announcer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Quiet Please”; “Suspense”
07-08-1908 – Nelson Rockefeller – Bar Harbor, ME – d. 1-26-1979
vice president: Helped fund “Hello Americans” with Orson Welles
07-08-1910 – Jack Rubin – New York – d. 10-10-1952
writer: “Hallmark Hall of Fame”; “The Hardy Family”; “Hilltop House”; “The O’Neills”
07-08-1911 – Gertrude Niesen – Mid-Atlantic Ocean – d. 3-27-1975
singer: “Songs by Gertrude Niesen”; “Good News of 1939”
07-08-1912 – Donna Dameral – Chicago, IL – d. 2-15-1941
actor: Marge Mintere “Myrt and Marge”
07-08-1913 – Ann Thomas – Newport, RI – d. 4-28-1989
actor: Sharon O’Shaughnessy “Bob Burns Show”; Barbara Weeks “We Love and Learn”
07-08-1913 – Bill Thompson – Terre Haute, IN – d. 7-15-1971
actor: Wallace Wimple, Horatio K Boomer and others “Fibber McGee and Molly”
07-08-1913 – Walter Kerr – Evanston, IL – d. 10-9-1996
drama critic: “Stagestruck”
07-08-1914 – Billy Eckstine – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-8-1993
jazz vocalist: “Yessiree . . .It’s Mr. B!”; “ABCs of Music”; “Julilee”; “Big Show”
07-08-1916 – Jean Rouverol – St. Louis, Mo
actor: Betty Barbour “One Man’s Family”
07-08-1917 – Faye Emerson – Elizabeth, NJ – d. 3-9-1983
actor: “My Silent Partner”
07-08-1917 – Glenn Langan – Denver, CO – d. 1-19-1991
actor: “Chuck Morgan “Stand By For Crime”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-08-1917 – Pamela Brown – London, England – d. 9-18-1975
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Theatre On the Air”
07-08-1918 – Craig Stevens – Liberty, MO – d. 5-10-2000
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
07-08-1928 – Royce Baerg – d. 9-22-2002
disk jockey: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
07-08-1931 – Louis Wayne Ballard – Miami, OK
singer: “Tulsa University Radio Choir”
07-08-1932 – Jerry Vale – NYC
singer: “Peter Lind Hayes Show”
07-08-1934 – Marty Feldman – East London, England – d. 12-3-1982
comedian, writer: “Round the Horne”; “We’re In Business”
07-08-1935 – Steve Lawrence – Brooklyn, NY
singer: “Roadshow”
07-08-1940 – Marcia Rodd – Lyons, KS
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-09-1878 – Hans Von “H.V.” Kaltenborn – Milwaukee, WI – d. 6-14-1965
commentator: “Current Events”; “Editing the News”
07-09-1881 – Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel – Stillwater, MN – d. 1-13-1936
emcee: “Roxy’s Gang”; “Roxy Revue”
07-09-1894 – Alan Lipscott – d. 11-20-1961
writer: “The Life of Riley”
07-09-1894 – Dorothy Thompson – Lancaster, NY – d. 1-30-1961
commentator: “Commentary”
07-09-1901 – Jester Hairston – Belews, NC – d. 1-18-2000
calypso singer: King Moses “Bold Venture”
07-09-1907 – Eddie Dean – Posey, TX – d. 3-4-1999
actor: Larry Burton “Modern Cinderella”
07-09-1910 – Alfred Kreymborg – NYC – d. 7-2-1991
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”
07-09-1912 – John McQuade – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 9-21-1979
actor: Charlie Wild “Charlie Wild, Private Detective”; Steve Lansing “Our Gal Sunday”
07-09-1915 – Joan Tompkins – d. 1-29-2005
actor: Nora Drake “This Is Nora Drake”; Siri Allen “Against the Storm”
07-09-1917 – Kay Aldredge – Tallahassee, FL – d. 1-12-1995
actor: “Maxwell House Coffee Time”
07-09-1917 – Ted Steele – Hartford, CT – d. 10-15-1985
bandleader: “Ted Steele’s Studio Club”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
07-09-1919 – Earl Hagen – Chicago, IL – d. 5-26-2008
conductor: “Music With Wings”; Wrote TV Theme for “Andy Griffith Show”
07-09-1923 – Molly O’Day – McVeigh, KY – d. 12-5-1987
country singer: “Renfro Valley Barn Dance”, Midday Merry-Go-Round”
07-09-1924 – Leonard Pennario – Buffalo, NY – d. 6-27-2008
pianist: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Concert Hall”
07-09-1925 – Alan Dale – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-20-2002
singer, actor: “Sing It Again”
07-09-1927 – Ed Ames – Malden, MA
singer,: (Ames Brothers) “Sing It Again”; “Robert Q. Lewis Show”
07-09-1929 – Lee Hazelwood – Mannford, OK – d. 8-4-2007
disk jockey, singer, songwriter
07-09-1935 – Michael Williams – Liverpool, England – d. 1-11-2001
actor: George Cragge “In the Red”; Dr. John Watson “Sherlock Holmes”
07-09-1955 – Mia Dillon – Colorado
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-10-1877 – Caroline Crockett Ellis – d. 5-17-1963
actor: Mary Ward “Travels of Mary Ward”; “Caroline’s Golden Store”
07-10-1888 – Graham McNamee – Washington, D.C.. – d. 5-9-1942
announcer: “Fleischmann Hour”; “Fire Chief”; “Treasury Hour”
07-10-1889 – Noble Sissle – Indianapolis, IN – d. 12-17-1975
songwriter, orchestra leader: “Freedom’s People”
07-10-1890 – Louis Katzman – Odessa, Russia – d. 11-13-1943
musical director: “Fred Allen’s Linit Bath Club”
07-10-1894 – Jimmy McHugh – Boston, MA – d. 5-23-1969
song writer: “Cavalcade of Music”; “It’s Time to Smile”; “The Navy Sings”
07-10-1896 – Slim Summerville – Albuquerque, NM – d. 1-5-1946
actor: “Hollywood Star Time”
07-10-1905 – Thomas Gomez – NYC – d. 6-18-1971
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-10-1908 – Harry Golder – Detroit, MI – d. 10-16-1968
announcer: “The Lone Ranger”
07-10-1908 – Hjerluf Provenson – Racine, WI – d. 5-14-1957
announcer: “John’s Other Wife”; “The Gulden Serenaders”
07-10-1909 – Bernard Katz – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-22-1992
pianist: (Cousin of Mel Blanc) “Katz on the Keys”
07-10-1910 – Helen Pickens – Macon, GA
singer: (Pickens Sisters) “The Pickens Sisters”; “The Magic Key”
07-10-1910 – Hugh B. Cave – Chester, England – d. 6-27-2004
writer: “Escape”; “Romance”
07-10-1913 – Joan Marsh – Porterville, CA – d. 8-10-2000
actor: “Calling All Cars”; “Good News of 1939”
07-10-1914 – Joe Shuster – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – d. 7-30-1992
co-creator (with Jerry Siegel): “Advs. of Superman”
07-10-1916 – Dick Carey – Hartford, CT – d. 4-5-1994
jazz pianist: “Louis Armstrong and the Original All-Stars”
07-10-1917 – Don Herbert – Waconia, MN – d. 6-12-2007
actor: “Captain Midnight”; Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy”
07-10-1918 – Ernest Ricca – d. 10-10-1987
director: “Lorenzo Jones”; “Valiant Lady”; “Stella Dallas”; “Romance of Helen Trent”
07-10-1918 – John Easton – NYC – d. 4-10-1984
announcer: “The Great Gildersleeve”; “Advs. of Maisie”
07-10-1919 – Ian Wallace – London, England – d. 10-12-2009
bass-baritone: “My Music”
07-10-1920 – David Brinkley – Wilmington, NC – d. 6-11-2003
newscaster: WRC Washington D.C.; “Nightline”
07-10-1921 – Jeff Donnell – South Windham, ME – d. 4-13-1988
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-10-1923 – Earl Hamner, Jr. – Schuyler, VA
writer: “NBC University Theatre of the Air”
07-10-1923 – John Bradley – Antigo, WI – d. 1-11-1994
raiser of second flag on Iwo Jima: “Interview programs”
07-10-1926 – Carleton Carpenter – Bennington, VT
actor: “NBC University Theatre”; “Stagestruck”
07-10-1926 – Fred Gwynne – NYC – d. 7-2-1993
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-11-1881 – Clarence Budington Kelland – Powers Park, MI – d. 2-19-1964
writer: “Scattergood Baines”
07-11-1884 – Howard Estabrook – Detroit, MI – d. 7-16-1978
screen writer: “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-11-1888 – Dr. Lyman Bryson – Valentine, NE – d. 11-24-1959
moderator: “American School of the Air”; “Invitation to Learning”; “People’s Platform”
07-11-1892 – Thomas Mitchell – Elizabeth, NJ – d. 12-17-1962
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”
07-11-1894 – Walter Wanger – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-18-1968
film producer: “Information, Please”; “Hollywood Fights Back”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-11-1897 – Johnny Marvin – Butler, Oklahoma Territory – d. 12-20-1944
country singer: Had his own show on NBC
07-11-1906 – Fred Feibel – Union City, NJ – d. 5-16-1978
organist: “Between the Bookends”; “Organ Reveille”
07-11-1906 – Harry Von Zell – Indianapolis, IN – d. 11-21-1981
actor, announcer: Bill Smith “Smiths of Hollywood”; “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
07-11-1909 – Irene Hervey – Venice, CA – d. 12-20-1998
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-11-1914 – Tommy Bartlett – Milwaukee, WI - d. 9-6-1998
emcee: “Welcome Travlers”
07-11-1922 – Bernard Punsly – NYC – d. 1-20-2004
actor: (The Dead End Kids) “Texaco Star Playhouse”
07-11-1922 – Gene Evans – Holbrook, AZ – d. 4-1-1998
actor: “Family Theatre”
07-11-1928 – Hope Miller – d. 7-25-1992
actor: “Let’s Pretend”
07-11-1929 – Hermann Prey – Berlin, Germany – d. 7-22-1998
operatic baritone: “Metropolitan Opera”
07-11-1933 – Chuck Cassey – Chicago, IL
composer, conductor: (Chuck Casey Singers) “Voices of Vista”
07-11-1942 – Tommy Vance – Oxford, England – d. 3-6-2005
presenter: Radio 1
07-12-1863 – Herschel Mayall – Bowling Green, KY – d. 6-10-1941
actor: “The Lone Ranger”; “The March of Time”
07-12-1884 – Edgar Stehli – Lyons, France – d. 7-16-1973
actor: Dr. Huer “Buck Rogers”; Rex A. Starr “It’s Murder”
07-12-1886 – Jean Hersholt – Copenhagen, Denmark – d. 6-2-1956
actor: Dr. Paul Christian “Dr. Christian”
07-12-1890 – Joseph Latham – Bolivar, NY – d. 10-10-1970
actor: Uncle Will “Home Sweet Home”; Elmer Eeps “Just Plain Bill”
07-12-1895 – Kirsten Flagstad – Hamar, Norway – d. 12-7-1962
opera singer: “General Motors Concerts”; “Metropolitan Opera”
07-12-1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II – NYC – d. 8-23-1960
lyricist: “Pet Milk Show”
07-12-1898 – Joe Reichman – St. Louis, MO – d. 4-14-1970
bandleader: (the Pagliacci of the Piano) “A Song is Born”
07-12-1903 – Ray Winters – Menomonie, WI – d. 12-8-1978
announcer: “Kitty Keene”; “The Lamplighter”; “Whispering Streets”
07-12-1908 – Milton Berle – NYC – d. 3-27-2002
comedian: “Milton Berle Show”; “Let Yourself Go”; “Three Ring Time”
07-12-1909 – Joey Faye – NYC – d. 4-26-1997
actor: Recruit “The Rookies”
07-12-1912 – Jim McClain – d. 5-5-2004
host: Dr. I.Q. “Dr. I.Q”; Dr. I.Q. “Dr. I.Q. Jr.”
07-12-1912 – Will Bradley – Newtown, NJ – d. 7-20-1978
bandleader: “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Saturday Night Swing Session”
07-12-1913 – Edgar E. Willis – Calgary, Canada
author: “A Radio Director’s Manual”; “Writing Radio and Television Scripts”
07-12-1913 – Maurice Rifkin – Ohio – d. 9-3-2001
producer, syndicator: “The Guy Lombardo Show”; “Boston Blackie”
07-12-1915 – Joseph Bolton – The Bronx, New York – d. 1-7-1997
composer: appeared on various radio stations
07-12-1917 – William Griffis – Chapel Hill, NC – d. 4-13-1998
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Roger Kilgore, Public Defender”
07-12-1919 – Earl Blessey – d. 5-22-1990
sportscaster, disk jockey: WVMI Biloxi, Mississippi
07-12-1919 – Vera Hruba Ralston – Prague, Czechoslovakia – d. 2-9-2003
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-12-1920 – Keith Andes – Ocean City, NJ – d. 11-11-2005
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
07-12-1920 – Pierre Berton – Whitehorse, Canada – d. 11-30-2004
author: “Klondike”
07-12-1921 – Lyn Duddy – NYC – d. 2-23-1998
conductor: (Lyn Duddy Singers) “Breakfast with Burrows”
07-12-1927 – Conte Candoli – Mishawaka, IN – d. 12-14-2001
trumpeter: “Artistry in Rhythm”
07-12-1934 – Van Cliburn – Shreveport, LA
pianist: “Van Cliburn Concert”
07-13-1886 – Father Flanagan – Roscommon, Ireland – d. 5-15-1948
founder of boys town: “Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel”; “Good New of 1939”
07-13-1889 – Frank M. Thomas – St. Joseph, MO – d. 11-25-1989
actor: Police Captain “Martin Kane, Private Eye”
07-13-1895 – Bradley Kincaid – Kentucky – d. 9-13-1989
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “WLS Barn Dance”
07-13-1895 – Sidney Blackmer – Salisbury, NC – d. 10-5-1973
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-13-1902 – Frank Dane – Aalborg, Denmark – d. 6-xx-1963
actor: “Perry Mason”; “Mary Noble, Backstage Wife”
07-13-1902 – Phillips H. Lord – Hartford, VT – d. 10-19-1975
actor: Seth Parker “Seth Parker”; Mitchell Frazier “Story of Mary Marlin”
07-13-1903 – Milo Boulton – Ohio – d. 2-2-1989
host: “We, the People”
07-13-1906 – Harry Sosnick – Chicago, IL – d. 3-22-1996
conductor: “Pennzoil Parade”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Beat the Band”
07-13-1908 – Tim Spencer – Webb City, MO – d. 4-26-1974
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) “The Roy Rogers Show”
07-13-1912 – Joseph Bell – California – d. 3-xx-1987
director, actor: “Big Town”, “East of Cairo”; “Will Rogers Show”
07-13-1913 – Dave Garroway – Schenectady, NY – d. 7-21-1982
emcee, announcer: “World’s Great Novels”; “Dave Garroway Show”; “Dial Dave Garroway”
07-13-1914 – Hershel ‘Hersh’ Barbour – d. 8-1-1974
disk jockey, sportscaster: WCKB Dunn, North Carolina
07-13-1917 – Jimmie Dale – Newark, NJ
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
07-13-1919 – Dirk Fredericks – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-31-1976
announcer: “Music Tent”
07-13-1921 – Philip L. Bodner – Waterbury, CT
saxophonist: Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey orchestras
07-13-1922 – Lois Kibbee – Rhinelander, WI – d. 10-18-1993
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-13-1923 – Norma Zimmer – Larsen, ID
singer: (Talking People)“Meredith Willson’s Music Room”
07-13-1924 – Patrick Campbell – d. 5-30-2003
actor: “The Chase”
07-13-1928 – Bob Crane – Waterbury, CT – d. 6-29-1978
actor: “Bob Crane Show”
07-13-1931 – Bob Johnson – Bessemer, NC
singer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
07-13-1934 – Dennis Crosby – California – d. 5-7-1991
actor: “Bing Crosby Show”
07-13-1934 – Peter Gzowski – Toronto, Canada – d. 1-24-2002
CBC Morningside host
07-13-1934 – Philip Crosby – California – d. 1-13-2004
actor: “Bing Crosby Show”
07-13-1946 – Robert Caswell – Rockhampton, Australia – d. 10-29-2006
writer: “Little Lunches”; “The Phone Friend”
07-13-1948 – Anthony Korneiser – NYC
co-host: “Out of Bounds”
07-14-1880 – Donald Meek – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 11-18-1946
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-14-1892 – Gene Rouse – Boulder, CO – d. 8-26-1956
announcer/newscaster: “First Nighter”; “Grand Hotel”; “Vanity Fair”
07-14-1897 – Cornelia Osgood – d. 4-xx-1984
actor: Dorothy Regent “Chandu the Magician”; Adella Winston “Stepmother”
07-14-1898 – Louise Lorimer – d. 8-11-1995
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Short Story”
07-14-1898 – Pat C. Flick – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-1-1955
actor: Pablo Ittheptiches “Fred Allen Show”
07-14-1898 – “Happy” Chandler – Corydon, KY – d. 6-15-1991
governor, baseball commissioner: “University of Chicago Round Table”
07-14-1901 – George Tobias – NYC – d. 2-27-1980
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-14-1902 – Harlan Ware – d. 5-7-1967
writer: “The Bartons”; “One Man’s Family”
07-14-1903 – Irving Stone – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-26-1989
author: “Cavalcade of America”; “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Arch Oboler’s Plays”
07-14-1903 – Ken Murray – Nyack, NY – d. 10-12-1988
comedian: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
07-14-1904 – Annabella – La Varenne Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France – d. 9-18-1996
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-14-1904 – Isaac Bashevis Singer – Radzymin, Poland – d. 7-24-1991
yiddish storyteller: “Earplay”
07-14-1904 – Nadia Reisenberg – Vilna, Lithuania – d. 6-10-1983
pianist: “Benny Goodman Music Festival”
07-14-1909 – Isabel Jewell – Shoshone, WY – d. 4-5-1972
actor: “Dr. Kildare”; “NBC Presents: Short Story”
07-14-1909 – Walter Gross – NYC – d. 11-27-1967
composer, pianist: “Piano Playhouse”; “Carnation Contented Hour”
07-14-1910 – Boris Aplon – Chicago, IL – d. 11-27-1995
actor: Ivan Shark “Captain Midnight”
07-14-1911 – Terry-Thomas – London, England – d. 1-8-1990
comedian: “Top of the Town”
07-14-1912 – Woody Guthrie – Okemah, OK – d. 10-2-1967
songwriter, singer: “Pursuit of Happiness”
07-14-1913 – Gerald R. Ford – Omaha, NE – d. 12-26-2006
accidental u.s. president: “Meet the Press”
07-14-1914 – Billy Kyle – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-23-1966
pianist: “Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm”
07-14-1914 – George F. Putnam – Breckenridge, MN – d. 9-12-2008
newscaster, announcer: “George Putnam and the News”; “The Army Hour”
07-14-1914 – John Laing – NYC – d. 5-15-1979
announcer: “Great Gildersleeve”; “Sealtest Variety Theatre”
07-14-1915 – Jack Gregson – Spokane, WA – d. 6-5-1988
announcer, emcee: “Jack’s Place”; “Live Like a Millionaire”
07-14-1915 – Jerome Lawrence – Cleveland, OH – d. 2-29-2004
cbs staff writer: “Frank Sinatra Show”; “Doris Day Show”; “Kate Smith Show”
07-14-1917 – Douglas Edwards – Ada, OK – d. 10-13-1990
newscaster: “Wendy Warren and the News”
07-14-1919 – Claude Trenier – Mobile, AL – d. 11-17-2003
singer: “Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra”
07-14-1923 – Dale Robertson – Harrah, OK
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-14-1926 – Harry Dean Stanton – West Irvine, KY
vocalist: “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-14-1927 – John Chancellor – Chicago, IL – d. 7-12-1996
newscaster: WMAQ Chicago, NBC; “Voice of America”
07-14-1928 – George “Cousin Josh” Rose – Huntsville, AL – d. 12-16-2006
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
07-14-1928 – Nancy Olson – Milwaukee, WI
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Dimension X”
07-14-1930 – Polly Bergen – Knoxville, TN
actor: “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
07-14-1931 – Robert Stephens – Bristol, England – d. 11-12-1995
actor: Aragorn “The Lord of the Rings”
07-14-1932 – Del Reeves – Sparta, NC – d. 1-1-2007
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
07-14-1944 – Lynn Lorring – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-15-1889 – Marjorie Rambeau – San Francisco, CA – d. 7-6-1970
actor: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-15-1893 – William Dieterle – Rhein-Palatinate, Germany – d. 12-8-1972
movie director: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
07-15-1897 – Howard Lanin – Philadelphia, PA – d. 4-26-1991
bandleader: ((King of Society Dance Music) “Atwater Kent Hour”; “Campbell Soup Show”
07-15-1900 – Ernest Batchelor – d. 2-25-1976
disk jockey: WDAX McRae, Georgia
07-15-1900 – Helen Shields – Champaign, IL – d. 8-7-1963
actor: Linda Dale “I Love Linda Dale”; Sylvia Meadows “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
07-15-1903 – Walter D. Edmonds – Boonville, NY – d. 1-24-1998
writer: “Information Please”
07-15-1905 – Dorothy Fields – Allenhurst, NJ – d. 3-28-1974
lyricist: “Music for Millions”
07-15-1905 – Shirley Povich – Bar Harbor ME – d. 6-4-1998
sports columnist: “World Series Preview”; ”Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay”
07-15-1906 – Richard Armour – San Pedro, CA – d. 2-28-1987
humorist: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
07-15-1908 – Lee Erwin – Cincinnati, OH – d. 9-21-2000
organist, arranger: Moneybags Erwin “Arthur Godfrey Show”
07-15-1908 – Parke Levy – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-8-1993
creator, writer, director: “Joe Penner”; “My Friend Irma”
07-15-1910 – Ken Lynch – Cleveland, OH – d. 2-13-1990
actor: Lt. Matt King “Twenty-First Precinct”; Christopher Gard “Cafe Istanbul”
07-15-1912 – John Ademy – d. 9-1-1976
bass-baritone: WCAO Baltimore, Maryland
07-15-1913 – Cowboy Copas – Muskogee, OK – d. 3-5-1963
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Music Time”
07-15-1916 – Len Sterling – Chicago, IL
announcer/actor: “FBI in Peace and War”; “Pot ‘O Gold”; “Sunday Serenade”
07-15-1918 – Joan Roberts – NYC
singer: “The Texaco Star Theatre”
07-15-1919 – Eve McVeagh – Ohio – d. 12-10-1997
actor: Harriet Beatty “Clyde Beatty Show”
07-15-1920 – B. H. Anderly – d. 1-13-1998
newscaster, disk jockey: KLIZ Brainerd, Minnesota
07-15-1923 – Herb Sargent – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-6-2005
writer: Wrote for radio in the 1940s
07-15-1925 – Phil Carey – Hackensack NJ – d. 2-6-2008
actor: “Family Theatre”
07-15-1927 – Nan Martin – Decatur, IL – d. 3-4-2010
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
07-16-1882 – Charles Egelston – Covington, KY – d. 10-31-1958
actor: Shuffle Shober “Ma Perkins”; Humphrey Fuller “Just Plain Bill”
07-16-1887 – Floyd Gibbons – Washington, D.C. – d. 9-23-1939
commentator: “Headline Hunter”; “World Adventures”; “Nash Program”
07-16-1888 – Percy Kilbride – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-11-1964
actor,host: “Paul Whiteman Presents”; “Melody Round-Up”; “Stars in the Air”
07-16-1891 – Blossom Seeley – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-17-1974
song and dance trouper: “The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air”
07-16-1902 – Andrew Stone – Oakland, CA – d. 6-9-1999
film writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-16-1903 – Carmen Lombardo – London, Canada – d. 4-17-1971
saxophonist: (Guy’s brother) “Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra”; “Esso Marketer”
07-16-1903 – Edith Walton – d. 3-1-1975
journalist: “Speaking of Books”; “Author Meets the Critics”
07-16-1906 – Asakusa Ichimaru (Mitsue Goto) – Japan – d. 2-17-1997
singer: “Mitsukoshi Calendar of Songs”
07-16-1906 – Vincent Sherman – Vienna, GA – d. 6-18-2006
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
07-16-1907 – Barbara Stanwyck – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-20-1990
actor: “Prudential Family Hour of Stars”; “This Is My Story”
07-16-1907 – Ned Calmer – Chicago, IL – d. 3-9-1986
news analyst: “World News Roundup”
07-16-1908 – Frank Singiser – Montevideo, MN – d. 5-28-1982
newscaster: “Mutual News”
07-16-1911 – Ginger Rogers – Independence, MO – d. 4-25-1995
actor: “Star and the Story”; “Packard Hour”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-16-1911 – Sonny Tufts – Boston, MA – d. 6-4-1970
actor: “Harold Lloyd’s Comedy Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-16-1912 – Raphael (Ray) Barr – NYC – d. 3-17-1983
composer, arranger, pianist: “Cliquot Club Eskimos”
07-16-1915 – Elaine Barrie – NYC – d. 3-1-2003
actor: (Wife of John Barrymore) “Streamlined Shakespeare”
07-16-1915 – Joe O’Brien – Yonkers, NY – d. 7-24-2005
announcer: “Jack and Cliff”; “Rosemary”
07-16-1916 – Lionel Baxter – d. 11-11-2000
sportscaster: WAPI Birmingham, Alabama
07-16-1917 – William Woodson – Los Angeles, CA
actor: John Britton :Just Plain Bill”; Narrator “This is Your FBI”
07-16-1920 – Edwin Cooper – d. 8-14-1961
announcer, actor: “The Milt Herth Trio”; “RFD America”
07-16-1920 – Shirley Thomas – d. 7-21-2005
producer: “Hopalong Cassidy”
07-16-1925 – Cal Tjader – St. Louis, MO – d. 5-5-1982
jazz vibrophonist: “Music for Moderns”; “”All-Star Parade of Bands”
07-16-1926 – Stanley Clements – Long Island, NY – d. 10-16-1981
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-16-1927 – Mindy Carson – NYC
singer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
07-16-1928 – Robert Sheckley – NYC – d. 12-9-2005
writer: “X-Minus One”
07-16-1930 – Joey Giardello – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-4-2008
middleweight boxer; “Tops In Sports”; “Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts”
07-16-1932 – Max McGee – Saxton City, NV – d. 10-20-2007
color commentator for the Green Bay Packers
07-16-1948 – Stella Kent – United Kingdom
writer: “Because”
07-17-1881 – Artur Argiewicz – d. 5-10-1966
violinist: “Everyready Hour”
07-17-1883 – James Abbe – d. 11-11-1973
photographer: “James Abbe Observes”
07-17-1889 – Erle Stanley Gardner – Malden, MA – d. 3-11-1970
creator, writer: “Advs. of Christopher London”; “Perry Mason”; “Life in Your Hands”
07-17-1899 – James Cagney – NYC – d. 3-30-1986
actor: “Arch Oboler’s Plays”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-17-1902 – Edward Gargan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-19-1964
actor: “This Is Your F.B.I.”; “This Is Our Heritage”
07-17-1904 – John B. Hughes – d. 11-6-1989
news commentator: “Hughes Reel”
07-17-1905 – William Gargan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-17-1979
actor: Martin Kane “Martin Kane, Private Eye”; Barrie Craig “Barrie Craig, Private Investigator”
07-17-1906 – Anton Karras – Vienna, Austria – d. 1-9-1985
composer, zither: “The Third Man”
07-17-1906 – John Carroll – New Orleans, LA – d. 4-24-1979
actor: “Hello Mom”; “Suspense”
07-17-1908 – Jack Douglas – d. 1-31-1989
writer: “Jack Paar Show”; “The Martin and Lewis Show”
07-17-1911 – Earl Glade, Jr. – Utah – d. 5-14-2001
announcer: “Music and the Spoken Word (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)”
07-17-1912 – Art Linkletter – Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada – d. 5-26-2010
emcee: “People Are Funny”; “House Party”
07-17-1914 – Eleanor Steber – Wheeling, WV – d. 10-3-1990
singer: “Voice of Firestone”; “I.J. Fox Trappers”
07-17-1915 – Cass Daley – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-22-1975
comedian: “New Fitch Bandwagon”; “Cass Daley Show”; “Maxwell House Coffee Time”
07-17-1916 – Irene Manning – Cincinnati, OH – d. 5-28-2004
singer: Night Club Singer “Mr. Broadway”; “Wehmacht Hour”; “Railroad Hour”
07-17-1917 – Lou Boudreau – Harvey, IL – d. 8-10-2001
sportscaster: Chicago Cubs
07-17-1917 – Phyllis Diller – Lima, OH
comedian: “Special Delivery: Vietnam”
07-17-1918 – Red Sovine – Charleston, WV – d. 4-4-1980
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Hoedown”
07-17-1920 – Helen Walker – Worcester, MA – d. 3-10-1968
actor: “Proudly We Hail”; “Suspense”; “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”
07-17-1926 – Doyle Bladon – d. 6-4-2006
disk jockey: KFOR Lincoln, Nebraska
07-17-1935 – Diahann Carroll – The Bronx, NY
singer: “Army Bandstand”; “Manhattan Melodies”; “Stars for Defense”
07-17-1951 – Lucie Arnaz – Hollywood, CA
celebrity interviewer: “Tune In With Lucie Arnaz”
07-17-1954 – J. Michael Straczynski – Patterson, NJ
author: “Encounter at Twilight”
07-18-1891 – Gene Lockhart – Ontario, Canada – d. 3-21-1957
actor: “Nebbs”; “Doctor Fights”; “Abroad with the Lockharts”
07-18-1893 – Richard Dix – St. Paul, MN – d. 9-20-1949
actor: “Eveready Hour”
07-18-1903 – Chill Wills – Seagoville, TX – d. 12-15-1978
actor: “Armed Forces Radio Theatre”; “Dinner Bell Round-Up Time”
07-18-1903 – Riza Royce – Lancaster, PA – d. 10-20-1980
actor: Victoria Lorring “Young Widder Brown”
07-18-1906 – Clifford Odets – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-15-1963
playwright: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”; “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players”
07-18-1906 – S.I. Hayakawa – Vancouver, Canada – d. 2-27-1992
u.s. senator: “Americana”
07-18-1908 – Lupe Velez – San Luis Potosi, Mexico – d. 12-14-1944
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Speed Show”
07-18-1908 – Martha Mears – Mexico, MO – d. 12-13-1986
singer: “G. I. Laffs”
07-18-1909 – Harriet Nelson – Des Moines, IA – d. 10-2-1994
actor: Daisy June “Red Skelton Show”; “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”
07-18-1910 – Lou Bush – Louisville, KY – d. 9-19-1979
orchestra leader: “Guest Star”; “Stars for Defense”; “Here’s to Veterans”
07-18-1910 – Wyn Sayre – Lakeview, IA – d. 12-17-2007
singer: (Doring Sisters) “Contented Hour”
07-18-1911 – Hume Cronyn – London, Ontario, Canada – d. 6-15-2003
actor: Ben Marriott “Marriage”
07-18-1913 – Eric Pohlmann – Vienna, Austria – d. 7-25-1979
actor: During WWII broadcast for BBC European Service
07-18-1913 – Joe Ripley – d. 2-3-1993
announcer: “Armstrong Circle Theatre”; “Dorothy Dix on the Air”
07-18-1913 – Marvin Miller – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-8-1985
actor: Ben Lyon “Jeff Regan, Investigator”; Gil Whitney “Romance of Helen Trent”
07-18-1913 – Michael Roy – Hanaford, ND – d. 6-26-1976
host: “Mike Roy’s Kitchen”
07-18-1913 – Red Skelton – Vincennes, IN – d. 9-17-1997
comedian: “Avalon Time”; “Red Skelton Show”
07-18-1914 – Phyllis Brooks – Boise, ID – d. 8-1-1995
actor: “Silver Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Command Performance”
07-18-1916 – Irene Winston – NYC – d. 9-1-1964
actor: Myra Gordon “Valiant Lady”; Rosemary Hemingway “Woman In White”
07-18-1918 – Jane Frazee – Duluth, MN – d. 9-6-1985
vaudeville act with sister
07-18-1920 – Charlie McCarthy – Chicago, IL – d. 9-30-1978
dummy: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
07-18-1923 – Sam Gray – Chicago, IL
actor: “High Moment”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-18-1927 – Kurt Masur – Brieg, Germany
conductor: New York Philharmonic
07-18-1964 – Wendy Williams – Ocean Township, NJ
host: “The Wendy Williams Experience”
07-19-1889 – Max Fleischer – Vienna, Austria – d. 9-11-1972
cartoonist: “Popeye the Sailor”
07-19-1891 – Raymond Bramley – Independence, OH – d. 11-27-1977
actor: Burton York “Howie Wing”; Silas Finke “David Harum”
07-19-1896 – Merle Kendrick – d. 5-23-1968
orchestra conductor: “Cabin B-13”
07-19-1901 – Juano Hernandez – San Juan, Puerto Rico – d. 7-17-1970
actor: Kolu “Jungle Jim”; Lothar “Mandrake the Magician”
07-19-1902 – Buster Bailey – Memphis, TN – d. 4-12-1967
clarinet: “Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm”
07-19-1906 – “Tiny” Hill – Sullivan, IL – d. 12-13-1971
orchestra leader: “Tiny” Hill and His Orchestra”
07-19-1907 – Thomas Grandin – Cleveland, OH – d. 10-xx-1977
correspondent: “ABC News”; “CBS News of Europe”; “World News Today”
07-19-1910 – Fred Kirby – Charlotte, NC – d. 4-22-1996
country, bluegrass: “Briarhoppers”
07-19-1911 – Dennis Conrad Bardens – Midhurst, England – d. 2-7-2004
editor of weekly BBC radio documentaries “Focus”
07-19-1912 – Frank Kane – d. 11-29-1968
writer: “The Shadow”
07-19-1913 – Charlie Teagarden – Vernon, TX – d. 12-10-1984
trumpet: (Brother of Jack) “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
07-19-1914 – Hubert Gregg – London, England – d. 3-28-2004
host: “Thanks for the Memory for 30 Years”
07-19-1914 – Lou Krugman – Passaic, NJ – d. 8-8-1992
actor: Tony Griffin “Romance of Helen Trent”; Ulysses Hink “Dear Mom”; “Gunsmoke”
07-19-1917 – Larry Marcus – Beaver, UT – d. 8-28-2001
writer: “Suspense”; “Dark Venture”; “Nightbeat”
07-19-1919 – Dallas McKennon – La Grange, OR – d. 7-14-2009
start in radio reading O. Henry and Mark Twain
07-19-1925 – Ivor Roberts – Nottingham, England – d. 9-5-1999
character actor: “Station Road”
07-19-1930 – Rhoda Williams – Denver, CO – d. 3-8-2006
actor: Betty Anderson “Father Knows Best”; “Life of Riley”
07-19-1940 – Dennis Cole – Detroit, MI – d. 11-15-2009
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-19-1943 – Paula Keiser – Elizabeth, NJ
general manager, chief engineer, part owner, WCRM, Clare, MI
07-19-1966 – Hilary Bell – Stratford-upon-Avon, England
writer: “Cruisin’”
07-20-1869 – Howard Thurston – d. 4-13-1936
conjuror: “Thurston, the Magician”
07-20-1881 – Hugh Sothern – Anderson County, KS – d. 4-13-1947
actor: John Marshall “Those We Love”
07-20-1883 – Mary Cecil – Louisville, KY – d. 12-21-1940
actor: Miranda Chandler “The Life and Love of Dr. Susan”
07-20-1890 – Theda Bara – Cincinnati, OH – d. 4-13-1955
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-20-1890 – Verna Felton – Salinas, CA – d. 12-14-1966
actor: Blossom Blimp “Sealtest Village Store”; Liz Pierce “Judy Canova Show”
07-20-1896 – Harry Horlick – Tiflis, Russia – d. 7-xx-1970
conductor: “A&P Gypsies”
07-20-1898 – J. E. Mainer – Weaversville, NC – d. 6-12-1971
country: (Mainer’s Crazy Mountaineers) “Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance”
07-20-1901 – Dilys Powell – Bournemouth, England – d. 6-3-1995
film critic: “The Critics”; “Critics Forum”
07-20-1902 – Jimmie Tansey – Omaha, NE – d. 11-4-1950
actor: Danny O’Neill “The O’Neills”; Clement Arnaud “Hilltop House”
07-20-1905 – Murray Forbes – Chicago, IL – d. 1-28-1987
actor: Willie Fitz “Ma Perkins”; Benny Fox “Foxes of Flatbush”
07-20-1907 – Art Jarrett – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-23-1987
singer, bandleader: “Coca Cola’s Spotlight Parade”; “Fitch Bandwagon”
07-20-1908 – Fritz Littlejohn – Paculet, SC – d. 11-25-2005
news writer/supervisor for NBC radio (1945-1952)
07-20-1908 – Jerry Desmonde – Middlesbrough, England – d. 2-11-1967
actor: “Crime Classics”
07-20-1910 – Muriel Evans – Minneapolis, MN – d. 10-26-2000
four radio shows of her own in Washington D.C.
07-20-1911 – Bill Dillard – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-16-1995
jazz trumpeter: “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts”; “Arthur Godfrey Time”
07-20-1912 – Tom McDermott – McHenry, IL – d. 3-6-1996
producer, director: “Portia Faces Life”; “Rosemary”; “Wendy Warren and the News”
07-20-1916 – Mary Barclay – Wilton, Somerset, England – d. 2-19-2008
actor: “Advs. in Odyssey”
07-20-1918 – Cindy Walker – Mart, TX – d. 3-23-2006
songwriter: “National Barn Dance”; “Spike Jones”; “Lifebouy Show”
07-20-1919 – K.T. Stevens – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-13-1994
actor: Lois Graves “Junior Miss”
07-20-1920 – Max Bicknell – d. 11-11-1995
disk jockey: KIUL Garden City, Kansas
07-20-1923 – James Bree – England – d. 12-1-2008
actor: “Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance”
07-20-1925 – Lola Albright – Akron, OH
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “MGM Theatre Of the Air”
07-20-1935 – Ted Rogers – South London, England – d. 5-2-2001
comedian: “The Billy Cotton Band”
07-20-1938 – Diana Rigg – Doncaster, England
actor: Agave “Dionysos”
07-20-1938 – Natalie Wood – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-29-1981
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-20-1943 – Wendy Richard – Middlesbrough, England – d. 2-26-2009
actor: Anne Marie Rat “Cat’s Whiskers”; “Dad’s Army”
07-21-1863 – C. Aubrey Smith – London, England – d. 12-20-1948
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-21-1883 – Cecil Humphreys – Cheltenham, England – d. 11-6-1947
actor: “Theatre Guild on the Air”
07-21-1892 – Lenore Ulric – New Ulm, MN – d. 12-30-1970
guest artist: “Watch the Fun Go By”
07-21-1894 – Elsie Hitz – Cleveland, OH – d. 5-14-1976
actor: Ellen Randolph “Story of Ellen Randolph”; Gail Brewster “Dangerous Paradise”
07-21-1895 – Ken Maynard – Vevey, IN – d. 3-13-1973
cowboy actor: Ken Maynard Show”
07-21-1899 – Ernest Hemingway – Oak Park, IL – d. 7-2-1961
author: “NBC University Theatre”; “Columbia Workshop”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-21-1899 – Sara Dougherty Carter – Flatwoods, VA – d. 1-8-1979
singer: (Carter Family) XERA Mexico
07-21-1901 – Allyn Joslyn – Milford, PA – d. 1-22-1981
actor: “Island Boat Club”; “Page of Romance”; “Show Boat”
07-21-1905 – Diana Trilling – d. 10-23-1996
writer: “NBC University Theatre”
07-21-1909 – Gene Kirby – d. 3-xx-1985
announcer, sportscaster: “The Adele Clark Show”; “Big Moment in Sports”
07-21-1910 – Carl Ravazza – Alameda, CA – d. 7-29-1968
bandleader: “Carl Ravazza and His Orchestra”; “One Night Stand”
07-21-1910 – Himan Brown – NYC – d. 6-4-2010
actor, producer: Papa Marino “Little Italy”; “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”
07-21-1910 – Mary Eastman – Kansas City, MO
soprano: “Atwater Kent Hour”; “Waltz Time”
07-21-1911 – Alice Cornett Asherman – Plant City, FL – d. 4-23-2002
singer: Had own program five times weekly on NBC
07-21-1912 – Frank Deniz – Cardiff, Wales – d. 7-17-2005
guitarist: “Harry Parry’s Radio Rhythm Club”
07-21-1912 – Robert Sloane – NYC – d. 4-3-1955
writer: “The Fat Man”; “The Life of Riley”; “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”
07-21-1914 – Robert Presnell, Jr. – d. 6-14-1986
writer: “The Smiths of Hollywood”
07-21-1915 – Floyd McDaniel – Athens, AL – d. 7-22-1995
guitarist, vocalist: (Member of the Ink Spots) “The Four Ink Spots”; “Let’s Go Nightclubbing”
07-21-1920 – Isaac Stern – Kreminiecz, Ukraine, USSR – d. 9-22-2001
violinist: “Jack Benny Program”; “New York Philharmonic”
07-21-1922 – Kay Starr – Dougherty, OK
singer: “The Bob Crosby Show”
07-21-1922 – Mollie Sugden – Keighley, England – d. 7-1-2009
actor: Worked in British radio
07-21-1924 – Don Knotts – Morgantown, WV – d. 2-24-2006
actor: Windy Wales “Bobby Benson’s Adventures”
07-21-1925 – Anne Meacham – Chicago, IL – d. 1-12-2006
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-21-1926 – Bill Pertwee – Amersham, England
actor: ARP Warden Hodges “Dad’s Army”
07-21-1926 – Josephine Premice – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-13-2001
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-21-1942 – Patricia Elliott – Gunnison, CO
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-21-1949 – Ian Kennedy-Williams – Weston-Super-Mare, England
writer: “Beached”
07-22-1874 – Arthur Maitland – d. 5-23-1959
actor: Zeke “David Harum”; Mr. Weatherby “Archie Andrews”
07-22-1879 – Harry Armstrong – Somerville, MA – d. 2-28-1952
composer/singer
07-22-1893 – Andrew Stanton – Philadelphia, PA – d. unknown
actor: “Bachelor’s Children”; “Little Orphan Annie”; “Pretty Kitty Kelly”
07-22-1894 – Major George Fielding Eliot – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-21-1971
cbs military analyst during World War II
07-22-1898 – Stephen Vincent Benet – Bethlehem, PA – d. 3-13-1943
writer: “Columbia Workshop”
07-22-1903 – Betty Roland – Kaniva, Australia – d. 2-12-1996
writer: “New Day”
07-22-1904 – Magdalen King-Hall – London, England – d. 3-1-1971
children’s author who also wrote radio plays
07-22-1907 – Perry Botkin – Richmond, IN – d. 10-14-1973
musician: (Perry Botkin and Trio) “The King’s Men”
07-22-1908 – Amy Vanderbilt – Staten Island, NY – d. 12-27-1974
etiquette expert: “Jack Benny Program”
07-22-1908 – Shirley Howard – d. 1-13-1988
singer: “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
07-22-1910 – Dorris Macon – d. 2-15-1982
singer: (Son of Uncle Dave Macon) :”Grand Ole Opry”
07-22-1912 – Orren Allen – d. 2-5-1993
sportscaster: WKAN Kankakee, Illinois
07-22-1913 – Licia Albanese – Bari, Italy
singer: “Treasure Hour of Song”
07-22-1917 – Lou McGarity – Athens, GA – d. 8-28-1971
jazz trombonist: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”; “Arthur Godfrey Show”
07-22-1918 – Buddy Black – Huntington, PA – d. 6-5-1990
announcer: “Chuck Foster and His Orchestra”
07-22-1922 – Jason Robards, Jr. – Chicago, IL – d. 12-26-2000
actor: “Pepper Young’s Family”
07-22-1924 – Margaret Whiting – Detroit, MI
singer: “Philip Morris Frolics”; “Barry Wood Show”; “Bob Hope Show”
07-22-1926 – Bryan Forbes – Stratford, England
actor: “Junior Brains Trust”
07-22-1928 – Orson Bean – Burlington, VT
actor: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
07-22-1940 – Alex Trebek – Sudbury, Canada
news reporter for CBC in Canada
07-23-1883 – Albert Warner – Poland – d. 11-26-1967
co-founder of warner brothers: “Warner Brothers Academy Theatre”
07-23-1888 – Raymond Chandler – Chicago, IL – d. 3-26-1959
detective story author: “Phillip Marlow”
07-23-1891 – Everett Glass – Bangor, ME – d. 3-22-1966
actor: spokesman for “the 21 old men of 10 grammercy park: “I Love Adventure”
07-23-1892 – Dr. W. W. Bauer – d. 12-25-1967
host: “Doctors at Work”; “Your Health”
07-23-1894 – Arthur Treacher – Brighton, England – d. 12-14-1975
actor: “Philco Radio Playhouse”; “Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway”
07-23-1895 – Aileen Pringle – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-16-1989
actor: Anne Hill “Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne”
07-23-1900 – “Lefty” Ingram – Tennessee – d. 2-xx-1987
reeds: “The Swift Jewel Cowboys”
07-23-1901 – Maurice Brachhausen – d. 9-xx-1976
sound effects: Head of the ABC Sound Effects department
07-23-1908 – Ernest Dudley – Dudley, England – d. 2-1-2006
writer: “Enter Sexton Blake”; “Dr. Morelle”
07-23-1908 – Irving Mansfield – d. 8-25-1988
producer: “It’s Always Albert”; “The Morey Amsterdam Show”
07-23-1908 – Karl Swenson – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-8-1978
actor: Lorenzo Jones “Lorenzo Jones”; Lord Henry Brinthrope “Our Gal Sunday”
07-23-1909 – Helen Martin – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-25-2000
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
07-23-1910 – Gale Page – Spokane, WA – d. 1-8-1983
actor: Holly Sloan “Story of Holly Sloan”; Gertrude Lamont “Masquerade”
07-23-1910 – Nat Brandywine – NYC – d. 3-7-1978
pianist, bandleader: “Wonderful City”
07-23-1912 – Jackson Beck – NYC – d. 7-28-2004
actor: Philo Vance “Philo Vance”; Gregory Hood “Casebook of Gregory Hood”
07-23-1914 – Edward Axt – d. 9-1-1998
saxophonist: “Major Bowes Capitol Family Program”
07-23-1915 – Frances Chaney – Odessa, Ukraine – d. 11-23-2004
actor: (One of Hollywood Ten) Marion Kirby “Advs. of Topper”; Burma “Terry and the Pirates”
07-23-1916 – Kurt Kreuger – Michenberg, Germany – d. 7-12-2006
actor: “New National Guard Show”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
07-23-1916 – Sandra Gould – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-20-1999
actor: Lucy Twitchell “Sad Sack”; Miss Duffy “Duffy’s Tavern”
07-23-1918 – Anne Ayars – Los Angeles, CA – d. 2-27-1995
vocalist: “The Chicago Theatre of the Air”
07-23-1918 – Pee Wee Reese – Ekron, KY – d. 8-14-1999
baseball great: “Play Ball”; “Box Score Review”; “Feature Project: This Game of Baseball”
07-23-1920 – Christopher Lynch – County Limerick, Ireland – d. 4-15-1994
singer: “Voice of Firestone”
07-23-1924 – Gavin Lambert – East Gristead, England – d. 7-17-2005
writer: Wrote commercials for radio
07-23-1925 – Gloria De Haven – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “NBC Radio Theatre”
07-23-1936 – Don Drysdale – Van Nuys, CA – d. 7-2-1993
baseball announcer: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers
07-23-1937 – Robert W. Morgan – Galion, OH – d. 5-22-1998
host (communicator) “Monitor”
07-23-1940 – Don Imus – Riverside, CA
host (communicator) “Monitor”
07-23-1944 – Alex Buzo – Sydney, Australia – d. 8-16-2006
writer: “File on Rod”
07-24-1802 – Alexandre Dumas – Aisne, France – d. 12-5-1870
writer: “Works adapted for radio
07-24-1853 – William Gillette – Hartford, CT – d. 4-29-1937
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”
07-24-1875 – Frank Moulan – NYC – d. 5-13-1939
comedian: “Roxy and His Gang”
07-24-1878 – Lord Dunsany – London, England – d. 10-25-1957
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”
07-24-1888 – Basil Ruysdael – Jersey City, NJ – d. 10-10-1960
announcer: “Beggar’s Bowl”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Cavalcade of America”
07-24-1898 – Amelia Earhart – Atchinson, KS – d. 7-2-1937
aviatrix: “Amelia Earhart”, “Cities Service Concerts”
07-24-1901 – Mabel Albertson – Lynn, MA – d. 9-28-1982
actor: (Sister of Jack Albertson) “The Phil Baker Show”
07-24-1903 – Hazel Arth – d. 3-17-1991
second place winner Atwater-Kent National Radio Auditions
07-24-1904 – Delmer Daves – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-17-1977
movie writer/director: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
07-24-1907 – Glenn Riggs – East McKeesport, PA – d. 9-12-1975
announcer: “Musical Varities”; “Hop Harrigan”; “Boston Blackie”
07-24-1911 – Dudley McCarthy – Sydney, Australia – d. 10-3-1987
auther of radio plays
07-24-1911 – Jane Hoffman – Seattle, WA – d. 7-26-2004
actor: “The Author’s Studio”
07-24-1911 – Raymond Edward Johnson – Kenosha, WI – d. 8-15-2001
actor: Raymond your host “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”; Don Winslow “Don Winslow of the Navy”
07-24-1913 – Brian Reece – Noctorum, England – d. 4-12-1962
actor: Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby “The Advs. of P.C. 49”
07-24-1913 – Hollace (Vivien) Shaw – Fresno, CA – d. 3-2-1976
singer: “Blue Velvet”; “Vic Damone and Hollace Shaw Show”
07-24-1914 – Frank Silvera – Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies – d. 6-11-1970
actor: “X Minus One”
07-24-1914 – Vincent Bogert – New York – d. 11-28-1978
writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”
07-24-1915 – Lloyd Marx – d. 5-26-1988
composer, conductor: “Capitol Family Hour”; “Original Amateur Hour”
07-24-1916 – Bob Eberly – Mechanicville, NY – d. 11-17-1981
singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band)
07-24-1917 – Robert Farnon – Toronto, Canada – d. 4-23-2005
conductor: “AEFP Farewell Party”; “Songs for America”ß
07-24-1919 – Jerry Wayne – Buffalo, NY – d. 9-15-1996
vocalist: Lover “Happy Island”; “Your All-Time Hit Parade”
07-24-1921 – Billy Taylor – Greenville, SC – d. 8-xx-1990
host: “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Bing Crosby Show”; “Genius of Duke”
07-24-1921 – Giuseppe Di Stefano – Motta, Sicily, Italy – d. 3-3-2008
operatic tenor: “Standard Hour”, “Metropolitan Opera”
07-25-1894 – Isabella Beech – d. 1-3-1972
food editor: Francis Lee Barton “Mother Knows Best”
07-25-1894 – Walter Brennan – Swampscott, MA – d. 9-21-1974
actor: Grandpa Vanderhof “You Can’t Take it with You”; Judge Roy Bean “Law West of the Pecos”
07-25-1896 – Leo Russotto – d. 1-29-1978
musical coach and arranger: “Roxy and His Gang”
07-25-1899 – Ralph Dumke – South Bend, IN – d. 1-4-1964
actor: Willie Tompkins “We, the Abbotts”; Pat Plenty “Quality Twins”
07-25-1900 – Al Pearce – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-2-1961
comedian: Elmer Blurt “Here Comes Elmer”; “Al Pearce Show”
07-25-1901 – Lila Lee – Union Hill, NJ – d. 11-13-1973
actor: “Fleischman’s Yeast Hour”
07-25-1903 – Percy Angwin – d. 9-22-1985
sportscaster: WSKI Montpelier, Vermont
07-25-1904 – Bob Beddome – d. 8-xx-1983
baritone: KFWI San Francisco, California
07-25-1905 – Harold Peary – San Leandro, CA – d. 3-30-1985
actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve , “Fibber McGee and Molly and The Great Gildersleeve”
07-25-1906 – Johnny Hodges – Cambridge, MA – d. 5-11-1970
alto saxophonist: “Esquire Jazz Concert”; “Duke Ellington and His Orchestra”
07-25-1907 – Jack Gilford – NYC – d. 6-4-1990
comedian: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-25-1910 – Ted Dale – d. 7-25-1975
orchestra leader: :Carnation Contented Hour”
07-25-1916 – Barbara Vernon – Inverell, Australia – d. 4-6-1978
writer: “The Gerney”
07-25-1917 – Arthur Alsberg – NYC – d. 8-7-2004
wrote comedy routines for Milton Berle and Danny Kaye
07-25-1918 – Louanne Hogan – St. Paul, MN – d. 1-23-2006
singer: “One Night Stand”
07-25-1918 – Nan Grey – Houston, TX – d. 7-25-1993
actor: Kathy Marshall “Those We Love”
07-25-1922 – Earl Gillespie – Chicago, IL – d. 12-12-2003
sportscaster: voice of the Milwaukee Braves
07-25-1936 – Michael Chapin – Hollywood, CA
actor: Andy ‘Skipper’ Barbour “One Man’s Family”
07-25-1936 – Paulette Attie – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-21-2009
host: “Paulette Attie’s Musical Playbill”
07-26-1856 – George Bernard Shaw – Dublin, Ireland – d. 11-2-1950
playwright: “Wisconsin College of the Air”; “George Bernard Shaw Speech”
07-26-1883 – Walter Blaufuss – Milwaukee, WI – d. 8-23-1945
composer, conductor, pianist: “Breakfast Club”; “Viennese Ensemble”
07-26-1894 – Aldous Huxley – Godalming, Surrey, England – d. 11-22-1963
writer: “CBS Radio Workshop”
07-26-1896 – Charles Butterworth – South Bend, IN – d. 6-13-1946
comedian: “Fred Astaire Show”
07-26-1897 – Paul Gallico – NYC – d. 7-15-1976
writer: “Author’s Playhouse”; “Keep ‘Em Rolling”; “Radio City Playhouse”
07-26-1899 – Danton Walker – Marietta, GA – d. 8-8-1960
broadway columnist: “Forty-Five Minutes on Broadway”; “Twin Views of the News”
07-26-1901 – Serge Koussevitzky – Vyshni Volocheck, Russia – d. 6-4-1978
symphony conductor: “Boston Symphony Orchestra”
07-26-1902 – Gracie Allen – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-27-1964
comedian: “The Adventures of Gracie”; “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”
07-26-1903 – Donald Voorhees – Allentown, PA – d. 1-10-1989
conductor: “Show Boat”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Telephone Hour”
07-26-1906 – Galen Drake – Kokomo, IN – d. 6-30-1989
commentator: “Galen Drake”
07-26-1908 – Professor Hale Sparks – d. 11-13-1997
director of broadcast University of California: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
07-26-1909 – Vivian Vance – Cherryvale, KS – d. 8-17-1979
actor: Ethel Mertz “I Love Lucy”
07-26-1911 – Mary Mason – Pasadena, CA – d. 10-13-1980
actor: Mary Aldrich “The Aldrich Family”; Maudie Mason “Maudie”s Diary”
07-26-1912 – Buddy Clark – Dorchester, MA – d. 10-1-1949
singer: “Your Hit Parade”; “New Carnation Contented Hour”
07-26-1912 – Monty Margetts – Vancouver, Canada – d. 2-27-1997
announcer: “This Woman’s Secret”
07-26-1914 – Erskine Hawkins – Birmingham, AL – d. 11-11-1992
bandleader: “Apollo Concerts”; “Big Band Themes on the Air”
07-26-1914 – Ralph Blane – Broken Arrow, OK – d. 11-13-1995
singer: “Johnny Green and His Orchestra”
07-26-1915 – Fred S. Fox – St. Louis, MO – d. 10-23-2005
writer: “Freddie the Fox”
07-26-1918 – Stacy Harris – Big Timber, Quebec, Canada – d. 3-13-1973
actor: Jim Taylor “This is Your F.B.I.”; Carter Trent “Pepper Young’s Family”
07-26-1919 – Virginia Gilmore – El Monte, CA – d. 3-28-1986
actor: “The Ford Theatre”
07-26-1921 – Jean Sheperd – South Chicago, IL – d. 10-16-1999
host: “The Jean Sheperd Show”
07-26-1921 – John de Lancie, Sr. – Berkeley, CA – d. 5-17-2002
principle oboist: “Phildelphia Symphony Orchestra”
07-26-1922 – Blake Edwards – Tulsa, OK
writer: “Lineup”; “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
07-26-1924 – Ann Howard Bailey – Memphis, TN – d. 11-23-2006
writer: “Suspense”
07-26-1924 – Louis Bellson – Rock Falls, IL – d. 2-14-2009
jazz drummer: “Land’s Best Bands”; “Benny Goodman: Let’s Dance”
07-26-1935 – Walter Winchell, Jr. – NYC – d. 12-25-1967
radio news writer
07-26-1945 – Helen Mirren – London, England
actor: “NPR: Morning Edition”
07-27-1877 – Florence Gill – London, England – d. 2-19-1965
actor: “Uncle Walter’s Doghouse”
07-27-1881 – Jack Roseleigh – Tennessee – d. 1-5-1940
actor: Sam Davis “Pepper Young’s Family”; Dr. Winslow “Road of Life”
07-27-1889 – Ada Arlitt – d. 9-13-1976
host: “Mother’s Discussion Group”
07-27-1890 – J. Walter Leopold – NYC – d. 12-28-1956
pianist, composer: KFI Los Angeles, California
07-27-1890 – Judith Lowry – Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory – d. 11-29-1976
actor: Emma ‘Stevie’ Stevens “Valiant Lady”; Emmy Fergusson “Welcome Valley”
07-27-1901 – Henrietta Drake-Brockman – Perth, Australia – d. 3-8-1968
writer: “The Quick and the Dead”
07-27-1905 – Leo Durocher – West Springfield, MA – d. 10-7-1991
baseball legend: “baseball announcer”; “Double Play with Durocher and Day”
07-27-1912 – Charles Crutchfield – Hope, AR – d. 8-19-1998
announcer: “The Johnson Family Singers”
07-27-1912 – Irve Tunick – NYC – d. 9-5-1987
writer: “The Cavalcade of America”; “You Are There”
07-27-1913 – Liam Redmond – Limerick, Ireland – d. 10-31-1989
actor: “Great Plays”
07-27-1914 – Ira Avery – Albany, NY – d. 8-14-1984
director: “We Came This Way”; “Eternal Light”
07-27-1916 – Keenan Wynn – NYC – d. 10-14-1986
actor: Moe ‘Shrevie’ Shrevnitz “The Shadow”; Gregory Smith “Amazing Mr. Smith”
07-27-1918 – Veola Vonn – NYC – d. 10-28-1995
actor: Dimples Wilson “Blondie”; Princess Nadji “Chandu the Magician”
07-27-1919 – David Swift – Minneapolis, MN – d. 12-31-2001
writer: “Opie Cates Show”
07-27-1920 – Henry “Homer” Haynes – d. 8-7-1971
comedian: (Homer and Jethro) “WLS National Barn Dance”
07-27-1920 – Michael Evans – Sittingbourne, England – d. 9-4-2007
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
07-27-1922 – Norman Lear – New Haven, CT
writer: “The Martin and Lewis Show”
07-27-1925 – Harry Towb – Lame, Northern Ireland – d. 7-24-2009
actor, writer: “The Debt Collector”; “A Candle for Casey”
07-27-1928 – Barbara Eiler – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-16-2006
actor: Babs Riley “Life of Riley”; Millie Anderson “Day in the Life of Dennis Day”
07-27-1933 – Nick Reynolds – San Diego, CA – d. 10-2-2008
singer: (The Kingston Trio) “Guest Star”; “Guard Session”
07-28-1874 – Alice Duer Miller – NYC – d. 8-22-1942
author: “Author, Author”
07-28-1892 – Joe E. Brown – Holgate, OH – d. 7-6-1973
comedian, quizmaster: “Ceiling Unlimited”; “Joe E. Brown Show”; “Stop or Go”
07-28-1901 – Felix Mills – Fort Collins, CO – d. 4-5-1987
musical director: “Aldrich Family”; “Burns and Allen”; “Tarzan”
07-28-1901 – Hal Totten – Newark, NJ – d. 4-5-1985
sportscaster: first play-by-play announcer for Chicago Cubs; “Elgin Campus Review”
07-28-1901 – Rudy Vallee – Island Pond, VT – d. 7-3-1986
singer, bandleader, emcee: (The Vagabond Lover) “Fleischmann Hour”; Rudy Vallee Show”
07-28-1903 – Duane Thompson – Red Oaks, IA – d. 8-15-1970
actor: Telephone Operator “Hollywood Hotel”
07-28-1910 – Bill Goodwin – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-9-1958
announcer, actor: “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”; Johnny Fletcher “Johnny Fletcher”
07-28-1911 – Ann Doran – Amarillo, TX – d. 9-19-2000
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-28-1912 – George Cisar – Illinois – d. 6-13-1979
actor: Tim “Tena and Tim”
07-28-1912 – Herbert Finn – Boston, MA – d. 5-28-2002
comedy writer: “Duffy’sTavern”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
07-28-1914 – Carman Dragon – Antioch, CA – d. 3-28-1987
conductor: “Maxwell House Coffee Time”; “Baby Snooks Show”; “Railroad Hour”
07-28-1915 – Frankie Yankovic – d. 10-14-1998
polka king: “Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks”; “Guest Star Time”
07-28-1916 – Laird Cregar – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-9-1944
actor: “Hello, Americans”; “Radio Hall of Fame”; “Suspense”
07-28-1920 – Art Hannes – Newport, KY – d. 3-30-1992
announcer: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Gangbusters”; “Suspense”
07-28-1925 – Paul Rogers – Chicago, IL – d. 3-3-2007
host: “Great Music from Chicago”; “Music Unlimited”; “Nightside”
07-28-1931 – Darryl Hickman – Hollywood, CA
actor: “Family Theatre”
07-28-1935 – Simon Dee – Manchester, England – d. 8-30-2009
disk jockey “BBC Light Programme”
07-28-1937 – Peter Duchin – NYC
pianist: “Stars for Defense”
07-28-1940 – Phil Proctor – Goshen, IN
actor: “Empire of the Air”
07-29-1869 – Booth Tarkington – Indianapolis, IN – d. 5-19-1946
writer: “Maude and Cousin Bill”
07-29-1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya – Tula, Russia – d. 12-3-1949
actor: “Towards the Century of the Common Man”; “Treasury Star Parade”
07-29-1877 – William Beebe – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-4-1962
author: “Information Please”
07-29-1887 – Sigmund Romberg – Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary – d. 11-9-1951
composer, conductor: “An Evening with Romberg”; “Swift Hour”
07-29-1888 – Niles Welch – Hartford, CT – d. 11-21-1976
announcer: “The Campbell Playhouse”
07-29-1892 – Horace Braham – London, England – d. 9-7-1955
actor: Charles Lang “Wendy Warren and the News”; Ernest Benning “Big Sister”
07-29-1892 – Lewis James – Dexter, MI – d. 2-19-1959
vocalist: “The Mobiloil Concert”; “The Revelers Quartet”
07-29-1892 – William Powell – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 3-5-1984
actor: Father “My Mother’s Husband”
07-29-1894 – Kenneth Daigneau – d. 6-11-1948
actor: Captain Silver “Sea Hound”
07-29-1895 – Bill Corum – Speed, MO – d. 12-16-1958
boxing color man: “Gillettes’s Cavalcade of Sports”
07-29-1896 – William Ford Manley – d. 7-10-1954
writer: “Snow Village Sketches”
07-29-1900 – Don Redman – Piedmont, WV – d. 11-30-1964
bandleader: “Don Redman and His Orchestra”; “Chipso Radio Program”
07-29-1900 – Owen Lattimore – Washington, DC – d. 5-31-1989
consultant: “Pacific Story”
07-29-1905 – Clara Bow – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-27-1965
actor: (The It Girl) “Kay Parker in Hollywood”
07-29-1906 – Thelma Todd – Lawrence, MA – d. 12-16-1935
comedian: Series with Zasu Pitts
07-29-1909 – Bernard Mackey – d. 3-5-1980
singer, guitarist: (Member of the Ink Spots) “The Four Ink Spots”; “Let’s Go Nightclubbing”
07-29-1910 – Joseph Curtin – Cambridge, MA – d. 4-5-1979
actor: Nick Charles “Advs. of the Thin Man”; John Perry “John’s Other Wife”
07-29-1910 – Sydney Roslow – d. 11-12-2002
psychologist: “What Makes You Tick?”
07-29-1911 – Florence Freeman – NYC – d. 4-25-2000
actor: Ellen Brown “Young Widder Brown”; Wendy Warren “Wendy Warren and the News”
07-29-1913 – Geraldine Kay – d. 9-25-2001
actor: Barbara Palmer “Masquerade”; Kyle Ling “Lone Journey”
07-29-1913 – Stephen McNally – NYC – d. 6-4-1994
actor: “Ford Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
07-29-1914 – Robert Haag – Illinois
actor: Sheriff Mark Chase “Death Valley Days”
07-29-1914 – “Professor” Irwin Corey – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
07-29-1916 – Albert Lewin – NYC – d. 4-23-1996
writer: “Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy”; “Eddie Cantor Show”
07-29-1919 – Vic Lewis – London, England – d. 2-9-2009
band leader: “Jazz Alive”
07-29-1922 – Johnny Barricks – d. 12-3-2005
disk jockey: WKAY Glasgow, Kentucky
07-29-1924 – Lloyd Bochner – Toronto, Canada – d. 10-29-2005
actor: “The Chase”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
07-29-1924 – Robert Horton – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Suspense”
07-29-1927 – Luther Sies – Westminster, MD
author: “The Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920-1960”
07-29-1938 – Peter Jennings – Toronto, Canada – d. 8-7-2005
news broadcaster: “When Conventions Were Conventions”
07-29-1949 – Tim James Archer – Lancaster, CA
singer of radio commercials
07-29-1950 – Bill Estes – Racine, WI – d. 4-13-2008
regional manager of Wisconsin Public Radio’s WHAD-FM
07-30-1880 – Robert R. McCormick – Chicago, IL – d. 4-1-1955
newspaper publisher, commentator: “The Chicago Theatre of the Air”
07-30-1890 – Casey Stengel – Kansas City, MO – d. 9-30-1975
hall of fame baseball manager: “DiMaggio Farewell”; “Witness!”; “Tops in Sports”
07-30-1909 – Gordon Hughes – d. 4-19-1999
director: “Lights Out”; “The Guiding Light”
07-30-1911 – Richard Louis Ables – d. 8-1-1997
composer, musician: Woody Herman Orchestra; Charlie Barnet Orchestra
07-30-1912 – Charles Irving – Minneapolis, MN – d. 2-15-1981
actor: Tex Mason “Bobby Benson’s Advs.”; Jerry Malone “Young Dr. Malone”
07-30-1912 – Edward L. Bliss – Fizhou, China – d. 11-25-2002
cbs news correspondent: (One of Morrow’s Boys) CBS News Twentieth Century Roundup”
07-30-1914 – John Meston – Pueblo, CO – d. 3-24-1979
writer: “Gunsmoke”; “Escape”; “Fort Larmie”
07-30-1916 – Dick Wilson – Preston, Lancashire, England – d. 11-19-2007
actor: “Family Theatre” Mr. Whipple in Charmin commercials
07-30-1922 – Meredith Davies – Birkenhead, England – d. 3-9-2005
conductor: “City of Birmingham Choir”
07-30-1928 – Christine McGuire – Middletown, OH
singer: (The McGuire Sisters) “Arthur Godfrey Time”
07-30-1928 – Joe Nuxhall – Hamilton, OH – d. 11-15-2007
baseball annoucer for the Cincinnati Reds
07-30-1958 – Robert Leppzer – Cambridge, MA
producer: “Wounded Knee: Roots of Earth”
07-31-1854 – Charles Goodell – Dudley, MA – d. 4-27-1937
clergyman: (The Shepard of the Air) “Sabbath Reveries”
07-31-1892 – Herbert W. Armstrong – Des Moines, IA – d. 1-16-1986
preacher: “Plain Truth”; “The World Tomorrow”
07-31-1894 – John Mayo – Providence, RI – d. 4-28-1974
announcer: Staff announcer for both CBS and NBC
07-31-1894 – Roy Bargy – Newaygo, MI – d. 1-15-1974
conductor: “Jimmy Durante Show”; “Kraft Music Hall”; “Rexall Summer Theatre”
07-31-1900 – Elmo Roper – Hebron, NE – d. 4-30-1971
pioneering polster: “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”; “Word from the People”
07-31-1902 – Robert E. Griffin – Hutchinson, KS – d. 12-19-1960
actor: Wilbur Ramage “Story of Holly Sloan”; Michael West “Bright Horizon”
07-31-1904 – Billy Hillpot – Red Bank, NJ – d. 2-25-1985
singer: Trade “Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark”; “Camel Pleasure Hour”
07-31-1904 – Brett Halliday – Chicago, IL – d. 2-4-1977
creator of Michael Shayne; host on “Murder by Experts”
07-31-1908 – W.F. “Bill” Shadel – Milton, WI – d. 1-29-2005
newscaster: Reported the D-Day landings for CBS
07-31-1909 – Roger Krupp – Minnesota – d. 5-25-1987
announcer, newscaster: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; “Famous Jury Trials”
07-31-1911 – George Liberace – Menasha, WI – d. 10-16-1983
sideman: Orrin Tucker Band, Anson Weeks Band
07-31-1912 – Chester Stratton – Paterson, NJ – d. 7-7-1970
actor: Carter Trent “Pepper Young’s Family”; Hop Harrigan “Hop Harrigan”
07-31-1912 – Irv Kupcinet – Chicago, IL – d. 11-11-2003
sportscaster: WGN Chicago “Chicago Bears”
07-31-1912 – Milton Friedman – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-16-2006
economist: Radio Australia
07-31-1913 – Brook Byron – Weakly County, TN – d. 5-29-2006
actor: “Top Secret”; “Suspense”
07-31-1915 – Chet Forrest – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-10-1999
composer, pianist: “U.S. Treasury Star Parade”
07-31-1916 – Bill Todman – NYC – d. 7-29-1979
producer, director, writer: “Treasury Salute”; “Winner Take All”; “What’s My Line”
07-31-1918 – Hank Jones – Vicksburg, MS – d. 5-16-2010
jazz pianist: “Andy Williams Sings”; Benny Goodman Quintet”
07-31-1919 – Curt Gowdy – Green River, WY – d. 2-20-2006
sportscaster: play-by-play Boston Red Sox
07-31-1919 – Norman Del Mar – Hempstad, England – d. 2-6-1994
conductor: “Scottish Orchestra”
07-31-1921 – Barbara Fuller – Nahant, MA
actor: Claudia Barbour “One Man’s Family”; Peggy Fairchild “Step Mother”
07-31-1922 – Hank Bauer – East St. Louis, IL – d. 2-9-2007
baseball great: “Tops in Sports”
07-31-1924 – Garard Green – Madras, India – d. 12-26-2004
actor: “Sherlock Holmes”
07-31-1927 – Tony Thomas – Portsmouth, England – d. 7-8-1997
announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
07-31-1931 – Kenny Burrell – Detroit, MI
guitarist: “Newport Jazz Festival”; “Jazz Alive”
07-31-1936 – David Halliwell – Brighouse, England – d. 3-16-2006
writer: “Spongehenge”; “There’s a Car Park in Whitherton.
08-01-1812 – Herman Melville – NYC – d. 9-28-1891
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
08-01-1898 – Caesar Petrillo – Chicago, IL – d. 11-22-1963
orchestra leader: (Brother of James C. Petrillo) “First Nighter”
08-01-1904 – Eli Mintz – Lemberg, Austria – d. 6-8-1988
actor: Uncle David “The Goldbergs”
08-01-1905 – Alice Frost – Minneapolis, MN – d. 1-6-1998
actor: Pamela North “Mr. and Mrs. North”; Martha Jackson “Woman of Courage”
08-01-1906 – Judd McMichael – Minneapolis, MN – d. 10-30-1989
singer: (The Merry Macs) “Bing Crosby Show”; “Fred Allen Show”
08-01-1910 – Jerry Mann – NYC – d. 12-6-1987
singer: (The Jerry Mann Voices) “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
08-01-1910 – Walter Scharf – NYC – d. 2-24-2003
music director: “Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show”
08-01-1911 – Fora Campbell – d. 11-6-1978
actor: Jean Forbes Lambert “Brave Tomorrow”; Janice King “Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters”
08-01-1912 – Ronnie Kemper – Missoula, MT – d. 2-16-1997
bandleader: “Ronnie Kemper”; “Horace Heidt Orchestra”
08-01-1915 – Bela Kovacs – Youngstown, OH – d. 8-xx-1985
actor: Prince Baccarritti “Space Patrol”
08-01-1915 – Stanley J. Wolf – d. 7-28-1996
writer,producer: “Topper”; “One Foot in Heaven”
08-01-1916 – James Hill – Jeffersonville, IN – d. 1-11-2001
writer: “Beulah”
08-01-1918 – Bill Shipley – Ottawa, KS – d. 11-25-1996
announcer: “The Jimmy Dorsey Show”; “Look Your Best”
08-01-1919 – Stanley Middleton – Notinghamshire, England – d. 7-25-2009
author: “The Captain of Nothinghamshire”
08-01-1921 – Jack Kramer – Las Vegas, NV – d. 9-12-2009
tennis pro: guest on the “Tex and Jinx Show”
08-01-1923 – Carol Teitel – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-27-1986
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-01-1924 – Marcia Mae Jones – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-2-2007
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-01-1926 – Meg Randall – Clinton, OK
actor: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-02-1886 – Cesare Sodero – Naples, Italy – d. 12-16-1947
conductor: Series of condensed operas on WEAF New York
08-02-1890 – Leila Roosevelt – d. 11-4-1973
explorer: (cousin of FDR) “So You Want to Be”
08-02-1892 – Jack L. Warner – London, Ontario, Canada – d. 9-9-1978
film studio owner” “Jack Benny Program”; “Warner Brothers Academy Award Theatre”
08-02-1892 – John Kieran – The Bronx, NY, New - d. 12-10-1980
panelist: “Information, Please”
08-02-1892 – Karolyn Wells Bassett – Derby, CT – d. 6-2-1931
was very popular in early radio
08-02-1899 – Charles Bennett – d. 6-15-1995
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Radio City Playhouse”
08-02-1899 – Earle Larimore – Portland, OR – d. 10-22-1947
actor: “Alias Jimmy Valentine”; “Life Can Be Beautiful”
08-02-1900 – Helen Morgan – Danville, IL – d. 10-8-1941
hostess, singer: “Helen Morgan, Songs”; “Broadway Melodies”; “Fred Allen Show”
08-02-1902 – Guy Repp – d. 11-24-1986
actor: Dr. Abernathy “County Seat”; Benito Mussoline “Our Secret Weapon”
08-02-1903 – Victor McLeod – d. 12-12-1972
writer: “The Bing Crosby Show”; “Stop or Go”
08-02-1904 – John McClain – Ohio – d. 5-3-1967
writer: “Hollywood Hotel”
08-02-1905 – Myrna Loy – Raidersburg, MT – d. 12-14-1993
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-02-1905 – Ruth Nelson – Saginaw, MI – d. 9-12-1992
actor: “Arch Obler’s Plays”; “Columbia Workshop”
08-02-1912 – Ann Dvorak – NYC – d. 12-10-1979 – d. 12-10-1979
actor: “Movietone Radio Theatre”
08-02-1912 – Gwen Plumb – Sydney, Australia – d. 6-4-2002
scripter, actor: “Big Sister”; “Blue Hills”
08-02-1912 – Harry Bailey – Indianapolis, IN
writer: “Cavalcade for Victory”; “Father’s Day Program”
08-02-1913 – Hal Block – d. 6-16-1981
writer, panelist: “Burns and Allen”; “Milton Berle Show”; “What’s My Line”
08-02-1914 – Beatrice Straight – Old Westbury, NY – d. 4-7-2001
actor: “Great Scenes from Great Plays”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-02-1915 – Gary Merrill – Hartford, CT – d. 3-5-1990
actor: Bruce Wayne/Batman “Adventures of Superman”
08-02-1915 – Johnny Long – Newell, NC – d. 10-31-1972
bandleader: “The Teen-Timers Show”; “Judy, Joe, and Johnny”
08-02-1916 – Johnny Coons – d. 7-6-1975
actor: Chuck Ramsey “Captain Midnight”; Clipper “Sky King”; “Vic and Sade”
08-02-1919 – Nehemiah Persoff – Jerusalem, Palestine
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre
08-02-1921 – Kathryn Bankston – d. 4-10-1987
women’s programming: WRBC Athens, Georgia
08-02-1924 – Joe Harnell – The Bronx, NY – d. 7-14-2005
jazz arranger: (Joe Harnell Quartet) “The Navy Swings”
08-02-1942 – Doris Kenner-Jackson – North Carolina – d. 2-4-2000
singer: (Shirelles) “Murray The K: Live from the Brooklyn Fox”
08-02-1943 – Rose Tremain – London, England
author: “The Wisest Fool”
08-03-1885 – Arthur Sinclair – Dublin, Ireland – d. 12-14-1951
actor: John A. Considine “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”
08-03-1886 – Anna Barbash – d. 1-1-1983
soprano: “Memories of Jennie Lind”
08-03-1886 – Russ Westover – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-5-1966
writer: Creator of the comic strip “Tillie the Toiler”
08-03-1894 – Harry Heilmann – San Francisco, CA – d. 7-9-1951
sportscaster: WXYZ Detroit
08-03-1896 – Wendell Hall – St. George, KS - d. 4-4-1969
singer: (The Red Headed Music Maker) “Eveready Hour”; “Red Headed Music Maker”
08-03-1900 – Ernie Pyle – Dana, IN – d. 4-18-1945
world war II correspondent: “Words at War”; “Cavalcade of America”
08-03-1902 – Irma Glen – Chicago, IL – d. 12-15-1982
organist: “Irma Glen Lovable Music”; “Vic and Sade”
08-03-1903 – John S. Young – Springfield, MA – d. 1-12-1976
announcer: Foreign news for NBC in Nyw York
08-03-1904 – Clifford Simak – Millville, WI – d. 4-24-1988
writer: “Dimension X”
08-03-1905 – Dolores Del Rio – Durango, Mexico – d. 4-11-1983
actor: “Hollywood on the Air”
08-03-1905 – Gaylord Carter – Wiesbaden, Germany – d. 11-20-2000
organist: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Breakfast in Hollywood”
08-03-1906 – James Thieran Biggs – Richwood, OH – d. 8-27-1996
radio and telegraph operator: WVZ
08-03-1906 – Robert Emmett Dolan – Hartford, CT – d. 9-26-1972
music maestro: “The Circle”; “Birdseye Open House”
08-03-1907 – Adrienne Ames – Fort Worth, TX – d. 5-31-1947
film star: WHN New York, New York
08-03-1907 – Irene Tedrow – Denver, CO – d. 3-10-1995
actor: Janet Archer “Meet Corliss Archer”; Dorothy Regent “Chandu, the Magacian”
08-03-1911 – Ken Patterson – Montana – d. 2-16-1990
actor: “Dragnet”
08-03-1915 – Hugh Douglas – Chicago, IL – d. 9-1-1993
announcer: “Have Gun, Will Travel”; “CBS Radio Workshop”
08-03-1916 – Horace Logan – Shreveport, LA – d. 10-13-2002
creator of “The Louisana Hayride”
08-03-1916 – Milton Drake – NYC – d. 11-13-2006
songwriter: “Mairzy Doats”
08-03-1917 – Charlie Shavers – NYC – d. 7-8-1971
jazz trumpeter: “Jump Time”; “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Tommy Dorsey Show”
08-03-1917 – Larry Haines – Mt. Vernon, NY – d. 7-17-2008
actor: Carl Ward “Young Dr. Malone”; Fred Molina “This is Nora Drake”
08-03-1918 – Les Elgart – New Haven, CT – d. 7-29-1995
bandleader: “Let’s Go to Town”; “Manhattan Melodies”
08-03-1920 – Marilyn Maxwell – Clarinda, IA – d. 3-20-1972
singer, actor: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Abbott and Costello Show”; “Bob Hope Show”
08-03-1923 – Jean Hagen – Chicago, IL – d. 8-29-1977
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Stars in the Air”
08-03-1925 – Billy James Hargis – Texarkana, TX – d. 11-27-2004
preacher: Broadcast his ministry on more than 500 radio stations.
08-03-1926 – Tony Bennett – NYC
singer: “F.W. Woolworth Hour”; “Songs for Sale”; “Stepping Out”
08-03-1927 – Gordon Scott – Portland, OR – d. 4-30-2007
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy”
08-04-1792 – Percy Shelley – Field Place, England – d. 7-8-1822
poet: Many of his poems were read over the radio
08-04-1889 – William Keighley – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-24-1984
host: Lux Radio Theatre
08-04-1890 – Carson Robison – Oswego, KS – d. 3-24-1957
singer: “Eveready Hour”; “Dutch Masters Minstrels”
08-04-1897 – Abe Lyman – Chicago, IL – d. 10-23-1957
bandleader: “Jack Pearl Show”; “Lavender and New Lace”; “Waltz Time”
08-04-1898 – Hugh O’Connell – d. 1-19-1943
actor, comedian: “Vanity Fair”
08-04-1901 – Arcadie Berkenholz – d. 5-1-1975
violinist, orchestra leader: NBC Blue Network
08-04-1901 – Louis Armstrong – New Orleans, LA – d. 7-6-1971
trumpeter: “Pursuit of Happiness”; “Sealtest Village Store”; “Story of Swing”
08-04-1901 – Mildred Henry Merrill – d. 3-28-1995
writer: “Lone Ranger”; “Green Hornet”; “Official Detective”
08-04-1903 – Helen Kane – The Bronx, NY – d. 9-26-1966
actor: (The Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl) “Today’s Children”
08-04-1904 – Alice Bahman – d. 6-16-1970
woman’s program: (Mother of Jonathan Winters) WIZE Springfield, Ohio
08-04-1904 – Phil Clark – London, England – d. 9-27-1985
actor: Mr. Keen “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persosn”
08-04-1904 – Theodore Newton – Lawrenceville, NJ – d. 2-28-1963
actor: Christopher Parker “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”
08-04-1905 – Frank Luther – Lakin, KS – d. 11-16-1980
singer: “Luther-Layman Singer”; “Frank Luther Show”; “Happy Wonder Bakers Trio”
08-04-1905 – Luther Roundtree – d. 4-30-1990
banjo player: “The Bob Burns Show”
08-04-1905 – Maurice Brown – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-xx-1984
composer, conductor: “Let’s Pretend”; “Theatre Guild on the Air”
08-04-1908 – Wally Maher – Cincinnati, OH – d. 12-27-1951
actor: Dan Murray “One Man’s Family”; Archie Goodwin “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”
08-04-1909 – Alan Kent – Chicago, IL – d. 12-4-1993
announcer, emcee, writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Career of Alice Blair”
08-04-1910 – Paul Harris – d. 11-2-1996
actor: “Covered Wagon Days”
08-04-1913 – Barbara Townsend – Oakland, CA – d. 1-29-2002
actor: “Theatre Guild on the Air”; “Cavalcade of America”
08-04-1913 – Wesley Addy – Omaha, NB – d. 12-31-1996
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Great Plays”
08-04-1914 – Dick Todd – Montreal, Canada – d. 5-xx-1975
singer: “Avalon Time”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Rinso-Spry Vaudeville Theatre”
08-04-1915 – William Keene – Pennsylvania – d. 5-23-1992
actor: Red Lantern “Land of the Lost”
08-04-1921 – Herb Purdum – d. 4-16-1993
writer: “Gunsmoke”
08-04-1936 – Elsbery Hobbs – Manhattan, NY – d. 5-31-1996
singer: (The Drifters) “Grand Ole Opry”; “Camel Rock and Roll Party”
08-04-1952 – Kristoffer Tabori – Malibu, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-05-1868 – Marie Belloc Lowndes – London, England – d. 11-14-1947
author: “An Unrecorded Instance”
08-05-1882 – General Hugh S. Johnson – Ft. Scott, KS – d. 4-15-1942
militarist (Old Ironpants) 15 minute commentary thrice weekly on NBC
08-05-1887 – Reginald Owen – Wheathampton, England – d. 11-5-1972
actor, writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-05-1890 – Al Goodman – Nikopol, Russia – d. 1-10-1972
orchestra leader: “Fred Allen Show”; “Al Goodman’s Musical Album”; “Your Hit Parade”
08-05-1899 – Sam Beckwith – d. 10-1-1983
disk jockey: KEEN San Jose, California
08-05-1900 – Frances Royster Williams – d. 10-19-1998
cartoonist: Created “Cuddles and Tuckle” the basis for several radio shows
08-05-1905 – Wilbur Evans – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-31-1987
singer:”Vicks Open House”; “Stars from the Blue”
08-05-1906 – Allen C. Anthony – Buffalo, NY – d. 5-10-1962
announcer: “Dr. I.Q.”; “Dr. I.Q., Jr.”
08-05-1906 – Joan Hickson – Kingsthorpe – England – d. 10-17-1998
actor: “Strong Poison”
08-05-1906 – John Huston – Nevada, MO – d. 8-28-1987
actor, writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-05-1908 – Don Albert – d. 3-4-1980
orchestra leader: WGN Chicago, Illinois 1935
08-05-1911 – David Brian – NYC – d. 7-15-1993
actor: Mr. District Attorney “Mr. District Attorney”
08-05-1911 – Robert Taylor – Filley, NE – d. 6-8-1969
host, actor: “Good News of 1938”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Plays for Americans”
08-05-1912 – Clyde Barrie – d. 11-xx-1987
baritone: CBS 1935-1937; KUOA Siloam Springs, Arkansas
08-05-1912 – Lew Valentine – San Benito, TX – d. 6-20-1976
quizmaster: Mennen Jury Trials”; “Dr. I.Q., the Mental Banker”
08-05-1914 – Anita Colby – Washington, DC – d. 3-27-1992
actor: “Radio Hall of Fame”
08-05-1914 – Parley Baer – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 11-22-2002
actor: Chester Wesley Proudfoot “Gunsmoke”; Doc Clemmens “Rogers of the Gazette”
08-05-1915 – Peter Lisagor – Keystone, WV – d. 12-10-1976
chicago daily news d.c. bureau chief: “Meet the Press”
08-05-1916 – Elizabeth Bemis – d. 11-4-2004
newscaster: WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
08-05-1917 – Don Stanley – Stoughton, WI – d. 1-20-2003
announcer: “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; “Out of the Deep”; “The Saint”
08-05-1918 – Tom Drake – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-11-1982
actor: “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Proudly We Hail”
08-05-1920 – Selma Diamond – London, Ontario, Canada – d. 5-14-1985
writer: “Big Show”
08-05-1923 – Eileen Browne – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 4-14-1999
host: “Listed with Mother”
08-05-1924 – Eddie Brandt – Chicago, IL
writer: “The Spike Jones Show”
08-05-1938 – Ron Edwards
disk jockey for KRIZ Phoenix in the 1960s
08-05 1917 – Lilyan Perron – Fall River, MA
singer: “Vocal Varieties”; “The Fred Waring Show”
08-06-1881 – Leo Carrillo – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-10-1961
actor: Pedro “Grapevine Rancho”; “Four Frightened People”; “Good News of 1939”
08-06-1881 – Louella Parsons – Freeport, IL – d. 12-9-1972
commentator: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Louella Parsons”
08-06-1888 – Arthur Fields – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-29-1953
singer: “Old Man of the Mountains”; “Pipe Smoking Time”
08-06-1892 – Victor Rodman – Arkansas – d. 6-29-1965
actor: Jerry Payne “Those We Love”
08-06-1894 – Jack Kirkwood – Scotland – d. 8-2-1964
actor: Jack Williams “Saunders of the Circle X”; Uncle Jim “Hawthorne House”
08-06-1895 – Phil Boutelje – Phildelphia, PA – d. 7-29-1979
arranger: Paul Whiteman Orchestra
08-06-1900 – Tony Parenti – New Orleans, LA – d. 4-17-1972
jazz clarinetist: “WNYC, NY Jazz Festival”
08-06-1903 – Henry Burbig – d. 12-14-1980
dialect comedian: “Burbig’s Syncopated History”; “Vitaphone Hour”
08-06-1909 – Mike Barry – d. 1-10-1992
sportscaster: WKO Louisville, Kentucky
08-06-1911 – Dwight Butcher – Oakdale, TN – d. 11-11-1978
singer: (Cedar Ridge Boys) WBAP Fort Worth, Texas
08-06-1911 – Lucille Ball – Celoron, NY – d. 4-26-1989
comedian: Liz Cooper “My Favorite Husband”; Lucy Ricardo “I Love Lucy”
08-06-1912 – Marina Koshetz – Moscow, Russia – d. 12-9-2000
singer: “Kraft Music Hall”
08-06-1914 – Dorothy Ashmore – d. 7-3-1989
women’s programming: WCAT Orange, Massachusetts
08-06-1914 – Enright “Hi” Busse – Minnesota – d. 7-13-1997
singer: (Riders of the Purple Sage) “Roy Rogers Show”; “Andrew Sisters”
08-06-1915 – Jim Ameche – Kenosha, WI – d. 2-4-1983
actor: Jack Armstrong “Jack Armstrong”; Jim West “Silver Eagle”
08-06-1915 – Pamela Blake – Oakland, CA – d. 10-6-2009
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”
08-06-1916 – Phil Leeds – NYC – d. 8-16-1998
comic actor: “Jane Pickens Show”; “Slapsie Maxie Show”
08-06-1917 – Edward Jewesbury – London, England – d. 1-30-2002
actor: “Lady in a Fog”
08-06-1917 – Robert Mitchum – Bridgeport, CT – d. 7-1-1997
actor: “Family Theatre”; “So Proudly We Hail”
08-06-1921 – Buddy Collette – Los Angeles, CA
composer: “Uprising: Buddy Collette: Jazz Legend and Civil Rights Activist”
08-06-1921 – Ella Raines – Snoqualmie, WA – d. 5-30-1988
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Red Cross Show”
08-06-1922 – Jackie Kelk – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-5-2002
actor: Jimmy Olsen “Advs. of Superman”; Homer Brown “Aldrich Family”
08-06-1922 – Old Joe Clark – Johnson City, TN – d. 2-20-1998
banjo playing humorist: “Renfro Valley Barn Dance”
08-06-1923 – William B. Williams – Babylon, NY – d. 8-3-1986
disc jockey: Leading New York DJ for more than 40 years at WNEW
08-06-1925 – Barbara Bates – Denver, CO – d. 3-18-1969
writer: “Just Plain Bill”; “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons”
08-06-1932 – Jerry Girard – Chicago, IL – d. 3-25-2007
disk jockey, record librarian, news writer, sportscaster
08-06-1933 – Beverly Wills – California – d. 10-24-1963
actor: (Daughter of Joan Davis) Fluffy Adams “Junior Miss”
08-07-1883 – Reinald Werrenrath – NYC – d. 9-12-1953
baritone: “Old Company Program”
08-07-1884 – Billie Burke – Washington, D.C. – d. 5-14-1970
comedian: “Billie Burke Show”; Mrs. Featherstone “Gay Mrs. Featherstone”
08-07-1902 – Charles Cornell – Budapest, Hungary – d. 12-3-1993
composer: “Boston Blackie”; “Date with Judy”
08-07-1903 – Hilda Hopkins Burke – d. 4-6-1978
soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
08-07-1904 – Dr. Ralph Bunche – Detroit, MI – d. 12-7-1971
activist: “The Big Show”
08-07-1904 – Herbert Colin Rice – Guilford, England – d. 5-27-1991
creator, writer, producer: “Bobby Benson”
08-07-1906 – Ernestine Wade – Mississippi – d. 4-14-1983
actor: Sapphire Stevens “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
08-07-1907 – Alexander Turner – London, England – d. xx-xx-1993
writer: “Coat of Arms”
08-07-1908 – Dave Bacal – NYC – d. 9-12-1986
staff organist for CBS
08-07-1908 – Kathleen Fitz – d. 4-22-1998
actor: Judy Price “Dr. Christian”; Portia Brent “Brenthouse”
08-07-1909 – Sheldon Stark – NYC – d. 2-6-1997
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”; “Straight Arrow”
08-07-1910 – Freddie Slack – Westby, WI – d. 8-10-1965
pianist, bandleader: “Kraft Music Hall”
08-07-1911 – Nicholas Ray – Galesville, WI – d. 6-16-1979
director: Free lance
08-07-1913 – George Van Eps – Plainfield, NJ – d. 11-29-1998
guitarist: “Pete Kelly’s Blues”; “Guest Star”; “Just Jazz”
08-07-1914 – Clifford Thorsness – d. 6-14-2002
sound effects: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
08-07-1914 – June Travis – Chicago, IL – d. 4-14-2008
actor: Stormy Curtis/Wilson “Girl Alone”; Bernice Farraday “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”
08-07-1920 – Mel Diamond – NYC – d. 4-5-2002
comedy writer: Kate Smith, Milton Berle, Bob Hope and Mickey Rooney
08-07-1921 – Poni (Jane) Adams – San Antonio, TX
contestant escort: “Darts for Dough”
08-07-1921 – Warren Covington – Philadelphia, PA – d. 8-24-1999
orchestra leader: “Warren Covington and His Orchestra”
08-07-1926 – Stan Freberg – Los Angeles, CA
comedian: “That’s Rich”; “Stan Freberg Show”
08-07-1927 – Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer – Paris, IL – d. 1-21-1959
actor: “Thirty Minutes In Hollywood”
08-07-1942 – Garrison Keillor – Anoka, MN
vocalist, storyteller: “A Prarie Home Companion”
08-08-1885 – Gene Buck – Detroit, MI – d. 2-25-1957
president of ascap: “World’s Fair Concert”
08-08-1887 – Malcolm Keen – Bristol, England – d. 1-30-1970
actor: “Cavalcade of America”
08-08-1889 – Major J. Andrew White – d. 3-13-1966
Pioneer announcer, sportscaster and executive
08-08-1895 – Nat Pendelton – Davenport, IA – d. 10-11-1967
actor: “Dr. Kildare”
08-08-1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings – Washington, D.C. – d. 12-14-1953
novelist: “Stars in the Air”
08-08-1900 – James Pierce – Freedom, IN – d. 12-11-1983
actor: Tarzan “Tarzan”
08-08-1900 – Robert Siodmak – Memphis, TN – d. 3-10-1973
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
08-08-1900 – Victor Young – Chicago, IL – d. 11-11-1956
conductor, composer: “Shell Chateau”; “Old Gold Don Ameche Show
08-08-1904 – Ray Buffum – d. 12-13-1980
writer, director: “A Man Named Jordan”; “Rogue’s Gallery”
08-08-1905 – Nino Martini – Verona, Italy – d. 12-9-1976
singer: “Seven Star Revue”
08-08-1905 – Ross Graham – Benton, AR – d. 1-5-1986
bariton-bass: “Cities Service Concert”; “Show Boat”
08-08-1906 – Joe DuVal – Wisconsin – d. 4-22-1966
actor: Professor Wiz the Owl “Cinnamon Bear”, Big Town”
08-08-1906 – Richard Cunliffe – McKeesport, PA – d. 12-12-1968
composer, arranger: “Ted Weems and His Orchestra”
08-08-1907 – Benny Carter – NYC – d. 7-12-2003
saxaphonist, songwriter (Professor) “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
08-08-1909 – Bob Davis – Charleston, MS – d. unknown
singer: “Spotlight Bands”; “One Night Stand”
08-08-1910 – Sylvia Sidney – The Bronx, NY – d. 7-1-1999
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”
08-08-1912 – Gail Henshaw – NYC – d. 4-20-1954
actor: Kitty Keene “Kitty Keene”; Linda Munson “The Woman in White”
08-08-1913 – Axel Stordahl – Staten Island, NY - d. 8-30-1963
conductor: “Songs by Sinatra/Frank Sinatra Show”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Coke Time”
08-08-1914 – Pete King – Greenville, OH – d. 9-21-1982
conductor: (Pete King Chorale) “Bing Crosby Show”; “Doris Day Show”
08-08-1917 – Ann Francine – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-3-1999
singer: “Hour of Charm”
08-08-1917 – Malvin Wald – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-6-2008
writer: “Suspense”
08-08-1921 – Webb Pierce – West Monroe, LA – d. 2-24-1991
singer: “”Grand Ole Opry”; Louisiana Hayride”
08-08-1922 – Esther Williams – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Tex and Jinx”
08-08-1922 – Rory Calhoun – Los Angeles, CA – d. 4-28-1999
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-08-1923 – Jimmy Witherspoon – Gurdon, AR – d. 9-18-1997
blues singer: (Jay McShann’s Band) “Jubilee”
08-08-1926 – Richard Anderson – Long Beach, NJ
actor: “Suspense”
08-08-1927 – Basil Kirchin – Blackpool, England – d. 6-18-2005
drummer: “Harry Roy and His Orchestra”
08-08-1930 – Terry Nation – South Wales – d. 3-9-1997
comedy writer: “Goon Show”
08-08-1937 – Dustin Hoffman – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Soundstage”
08-08-1945 – Percy Granger – Norman, OK – d. 3-10-1997
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-09-1892 – Joe Emerson – Grand Rapids, MI – d. 9-30-1969
gospel singer: “Hymns of All Churches”; “Hymn Time”
08-09-1894 – Kathleen Lockhart – Southsea, England – d. 2-18-1978
actor: “The Nebbs”; “Abroad with the Lockharts”
08-09-1901 – Charles Farrell – Onset Bay, Cape Cod, MA – d. 5-6-1990
actor: Verne Albright “My Little Margie”
08-09-1901 – Gaby Casadesus – Marceilles, France – d. 11-11-1999
pianist: “The Telephone Hour”
08-09-1902 – Zino Francescatti – Marseilles, France – d. 9-17-1991
violinist: “Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour”; “Concert Hall Program”
08-09-1903 – Don Bernard – d. unknown
director: “Blondie”; “Life of Riley”; “Meet Mr. Meek”
08-09-1903 – Maurice Wells – Nebraska – d. 6-25-1978
actor: Donald Putnam “Your Family and Mine”; Warren Biggers “Lawyer Tucker”
08-09-1905 – Leo Genn – London, England – d. 1-26-1978
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-09-1906 – Gunnar Back – Escanaba, MI – d. 11-27-1983
newscaster: “CBS Morning News Roundup”; “Headline Addition”
08-09-1908 – A.I. Bezzerides – Samsun, Turkey – d. 1-1-2007
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-09-1910 – Snag Werris – NYC – d. 2-27-1987
writer: “The Comedy Writers Show”; “Quixie Doodles”
08-09-1911 – Robert K. McCormick – Danville, KY – d. 9-4-1984
newscaster: “Robert K. McCormick and the News”
08-09-1912 – Anne (Wiggins) Brown – Baltimore, MD – d. 3-13-2009
singer: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “This Week Around Paris”
08-09-1919 – Ralph Houk – Lawrence, KS – d. 7-21-2010
baseball manager: “Tops In Sports”
08-09-1921 – Joe Anzivin – Youngstown, OH – d. 5-24-2003
sportscaster: KGMB Honolulu, Hawaii
08-09-1934 – Cynthia Harris – NYC
actor:“CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-10-1874 – Herbert Hoover – West Branch, IA – d. 10-20-1964
u.s. president: “The People’s Platform”
08-10-1878 – Louis Esson – Sydney, Australia – d. 11-27-1943
writer: “Lola, the Lorelei”
08-10-1887 – Hugh Herbert – Binghamton, NY – d. 3-12-1952
actor: Pop “That’s My Pop”; “Rudy Vallee Hour”; “Family Theatre”
08-10-1895 – Harry Richman – Cincinnati, OH – d. 11-3-1972
singer, dancer, actor: “Harry Richman Dodge Program”; “Chase and Sanborn Hour”
08-10-1896 – Louis Sobol – New Haven, CT – d. 2-9-1986
columist: “Album of Manhattan”; “Voice of Broadway”; “Bright Lights of New York”
08-10-1896 – Walter Lang – Memphis, TN – d. 2-7-1972
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
08-10-1899 – Jack Haley – Boston, MA – d. 6-6-1979
comedian: “Log Cabin”; “Wonder Show”; “Sealtest Village Store”
08-10-1899 – Walter Ashenbrenner – d. 11-xx-1981
violinist: WJAZ Chicago, Illinois
08-10-1901 – Josef Koestner – Wilmersdorf, Germany – d. 9-16-1990
orchestra leader: “Ry-Krisp Show”; “Hoover Sentinels Serenade”
08-10-1902 – Curt Siodmak – Dresden, Saxony, Germany – d. 9-2-2000
film writer: “Suspense”
08-10-1902 – Franklyn Ferguson – Texas – d. 9-18-1969
announcer: “The Breakfast Club”; “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy”
08-10-1902 – Louise Massey – Midland, TX – d. 6-20-1983
singer: (Louise Massey and the Westerners) “National Barn Dance”; “Show Boat”
08-10-1902 – Venezuela Jones – d. 6-22-1995
actor: Susie Robinson “Our Gal Sunday”
08-10-1907 – Jane Pickens – Macon, GA – d. 2-21-1992
singer: (Pickens Sisters) “Gulf Headliners”; “Evening in Paris”; “Jane Pickens Show”
08-10-1908 – Richard DuPage – Kansas City, MO – d. 6-21-1983
composer: “Murder By Experts”; “The Search That Never Ends”
08-10-1909 – Claude Thornhill – Terre Haute, IN – d. 7-1-1965
bandleader: “The Judy ‘N Jill ‘N Johnny Show”
08-10-1910 – Roy Ringwald – d. 7-11-1995
singer: “The Fred Waring Show”
08-10-1910 – Sigmund Miller – d. 8-5-1998
writer: “Inner Sanctum Mysteries”
08-10-1911 – Wanna Coffman – d. 11-28-1991
bass: “The Musical Brownies”
08-10-1912 – Wilbur Stark – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-11-1995
producer: “Movie Matinee”; “Teen Canteen”
08-10-1913 – Noah Beery, Jr. – NYC – d. 11-1-1994
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
08-10-1914 – Jeff Corey – NYC – d. 8-16-2002
actor: “Nightbeat”; “Escape”; “NBC Presents: Short Story”
08-10-1915 – Jack Lester – Oklahoma – d. 9-18-2004
actor: Sky King “Sky King”; “”Whistlin’ Jimmy Steele”
08-10-1917 – Kathleen Claypool – Aylesworth, IN – d. 5-5-2003
actor: “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy”
08-10-1921 – Marvin Zindler – Houston, TX – d. 7-29-2007
disk jockey, spot news announcer: KATL-AM, Houston, Texas
08-10-1922 – Al Alberts – Chester, PA – d. 11-27-2009
singer: (Member of the Four Aces) “Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour”
08-10-1923 – Rhonda Fleming – Hollywood, CA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-10-1924 – Martha Hyer – Fort Worth, TX
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-10-1927 – Jimmy Martin – Sneedville, TN – d. 5-14-2005
bluegrass performer: “Louisiana Hayride”; “WWVA Jamboree”
08-10-1928 – Eddie Fisher – Philadelphia, PA
singer: “Stars in Khaki ‘n’ Blue”; “Eddie Fisher Show”
08-10-1928 – Jimmy Dean – Plainview, TX – d. 6-13-2010
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
08-10-1935 – Marshall Borden – Howell, MI
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-11-1867 – Joe Weber – NYC – d. 5-10-1940
comedian: (Weber and Fields) “The Eveready Hour”; “George Jessel Show”
08-11-1868 – Edgar Norton – London, England – d. 2-6-1953
actor: “I Love A Mystery”
08-11-1891 – Helen Broderick – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-25-1959
actor: (Mother of Broderick Crawford) “Shell Chateau”
08-11-1900 – Norma Shearer – Montreal, Canada – d. 6-12-1983
actor: “Everyman’s Theatre”; “Louella Parsons”
08-11-1902 – Lloyd Nolan – San Francisco, CA – d. 9-27-1985
actor: Johnny Strange “Results Inc.”; Martin Kane “Martin Kane, Private Eye”
08-11-1904 – Jess Stacy – Bird’s Point, MO – d. 1-5-1994
jazz piano player: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
08-11-1907 – Andrew Allan – Arbroath, Scotland – d. 1-15-1974
writer of radio plays: “Mistress Nell”
08-11-1908 – Russell Procope – d. 1-21-1981
clarinetist, saxophonist: “Duke Ellington and His Orchestra”; “Ellington at Newport”
08-11-1910 – Perfecto Barbosa – d. 8-17-1989
newscaster: KMAC San Antonio, Texas
08-11-1911 – Jerome Chodorow – NYC – d. 9-12-2004
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-11-1912 – Raphael David Blau – d. 3-31-1996
writer: “Theatre Five”
08-11-1913 – Edith Oliver – NYC – d. 2-23-1998
actor: “Crime Doctor”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”
08-11-1915 – Bernard “Buddy” Arnold – NYC – d. 3-30-2004
writer: “Your Hit Parade”
08-11-1915 – Berne Surrey – d. 8-25-1992
sound effects: “Suspense (Sorry, Wrong Number)”; “Whistler”; “Sam Spade”
08-11-1915 – Jean Parker – Deer Lodge, MT – d. 11-30-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-11-1923 – Tommy Hanlon – Parkersburg, WV – d. 10-10-2003
actor: “Orson Welles Mercury Theatre”
08-11-1925 – Mike Douglas – Chicago, IL – d. 8-11-2006
singer: “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
08-11-1928 – Arlene Dahl – Minneapolis, MN
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”. Hollywood Stars on Stage”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”
08-11-1939 – Jack Hobbs – Shawneetown, IL
disk jockey, news director, announcer: “Time Out”
08-12-1881 – Cecil B. DeMille – Ashfield, MA – d. 1-21-1959
host: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-12-1887 – Gus Van – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-12-1968
comedian: (Van and Schenck) “Eveready Hour”; “Sinclair Wiener Minstrels”
08-12-1888 – Eric Snowden – England – d. 6-27-1979
actor: John H. Watson “Sherlock Holmes”; Alvin “Parties at Pickfair”
08-12-1892 – Alfred Lunt – Milwaukee, WI – d. 8-3-1977
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Treasury Star Parade”
08-12-1893 – Howard Smith – Attleboro, MA – d. 1-10-1968
actor: Will Brown “Aldrich Family”; Jack Galloway “Jane Arden”
08-12-1895 – Carol DeAngelo – Rome, Italy – d. 1-3-1962
actor, director: “We Love and Learn”; “The Jack Benny Program”
08-12-1897 – Bob Emery – Abington, MA – d. 7-18-1982
host: “The Small Fry Club”; “This Wonderful World”
08-12-1898 – Oscar Homolka – Vienna, Austria – d. 1-27-1978
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-12-1904 – Kay Campbell – d. 5-27-1985
actor: Evey Perkins Fitz “Ma Perkins”
08-12-1907 – Joe Besser – St. Louis, MO – d. 3-1-1988
comedian: (“No so faaaast! . . . oh, you craaaaze you!) “Jack Benny Program”
08-12-1909 – Nat Asherton – NYC – d. 1-4-1987
composer/pianist: Leo Reisman Orchestra, Lester Lanin Orchestra
08-12-1911 – Dr. Olan Downes – West Roxbury, MA – d. 12-26-2001
musicologist: “Texaco Metropolitan Opera”; “New York Philharmonic”
08-12-1911 – Jane Wyatt – Campgaw, NJ – d. 10-20-2006
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Great Plays”; “U.S. Steel Hour”
08-12-1912 – Sam Fuller – Worcester, MA – d. 10-30-1997
producer, director: “The Aldrich Family”; “The Jack Carson Show”
08-12-1914 – Guy Sorel – d. 4-5-1994
actor: Larry Noble “Backstage Wife”
08-12-1916 – Dorothy Allen – Oakland, CA – d. 4-25-1996
singer: “Bob Crosby Show”; “Shep Fields Orchestra”
08-12-1917 – Ebba Haslund – Seattle, WA – d. 7-10-2009
writer: “Himmelsk Dilemma”
08-12-1919 – Peter Luke – St. Albans, England – d. 1-23-1995
writer: “The Other Side of the Hill”
08-12-1921 – Marjorie Reynolds – Buhl, ID – d. 2-1-1997
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Silver Theatre”
08-12-1926 – John Derek – Hollywood, CA – d. 5-22-1998
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-12-1927 – Porter Wagoner – West Plains, MO – d. 10-28-2007
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
08-12-1929 – Buck Owens – Sherman, TX – d. 3-25-2006
singer: “Here’s to Veterans”
08-12-1929 – Nancy Flannery – Bawler, South Australia
writer: “Martina’s Guinea Pigs”
08-13-1878 – Harry A. Earnshaw – d. 4-14-1953
Along with Raymond R. Morgan created “Chandu the Magician
08-13-1886 – Aurania Rouverol – Utah – d. 6-23-1955
author: “Andy Hardy”
08-13-1895 – Bert Lahr – NYC – d. 12-4-1967
comedian: “Hildegarde’s Raleigh Room”; “Manhattan at Midnight”; “Royal Vagabonds”
08-13-1898 – Regis Toomey – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 10-12-1991
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Campbell Playhouse”
08-13-1899 – Alfred Hitchcock – London, England – d. 4-29-1980
host: “Murder by Experts”; “Once Upon a Midnight”
08-13-1904 – Charles “Buddy” Rogers – Olathe, KS – d. 4-21-1999
bandleader, actor: (America’s Boyfriend) “Twin Stars”; “Pick-A-Date”
08-13-1904 – Jonathan Hole – Eldora, IA – d. 2-11-1998
actor: Paul Henderson “Ma Perkins”; Dr. Clifford “Bachelor’s Children”
08-13-1905 – Olga Albani – Barcelona, Spain – d. 6-3-1940
singer: “Coca-Cola Hour”; “Silken String”
08-13-1907 – Mabel Todd – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-2-1977
vocalist: “The Al Pearce Show”; “Your Hollywood Parade”
08-13-1908 – Gene Raymond – NYC – d. 5-3-1998
actor: John J. Malone “Amazing Mr. Malone”; “Witness”; “Hollywood Hotel”
08-13-1909 – Dave Willock – Chicago, IL – d. 11-12-1990
actor: Tugwell “Jack Carson Show, Sealtest Village Store”
08-13-1909 – John Beal – Joplin, MO – d. 4-26-1997
actor: Bonnie Doon “Amazing Mr. Tutt”; “Box 13”; “Favorite Story”
08-13-1909 – Tristram Coffin – Mammoth, UT – d. 3-26-1990
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-13-1910 – Gwen Pharis Ringwood – Anatone, WA – d. 5-24-1984
writer: “New Lamps for Old”
08-13-1910 – Skinnay Ennis – Salisbury, NC – d. 6-3-1963
bandleader, singer: “Bob Hope Show”; “Abbott and Costello Show”
08-13-1911 – Allan Aldous – Leederville, Western Australia – d. 3-17-2000
author: “Game as Ned Kelly”
08-13-1913 – Melvin Frank – Chicago, IL – d. 10-14-1988
film writer, producer, director: “Pepsodent Show”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-13-1913 – Rita Johnson – Worcester, MA – d. 10-31-1965
actor: Martha Curtis “John’s Other Wife”; Joyce Jordan “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”
08-13-1916 – Gloria Dickson – Pocatello, ID – d. 4-10-1945
actor: “Warner Bros. Academy Theatre”; “Federal Theatre Special”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-13-1917 – Jay Bechtel – d. 12-30-2004
sportscaster: WHOL, Allenton, Pennsylvania
08-13-1918 – Bobb Carroll, Jr. – d. 1-27-2007
writer: “It’s A Great Life”; “My Favorite Husband”
08-13-1919 – George Shearing – London, England
sideman: The Bert Ambrose Band
08-13-1925 – Jane Webb – Chicago, IL
actor: Peggy Mead “Aunt Mary”; Belinda Boyd “Those Websters”
08-13-1929 – Pat Harrington – NYC
actor: “Hollywood’s Open House”
08-13-1930 – Don Ho – Honolulu, HI – d. 4-14-2007
singer: Interview on KINE
08-13-1930 – John Cacavas – Aberdeen, SD
orchestra leader: “Voices of Vista”
08-14-1863 – Ernest Lawrence Thayer – Lawrence, MA – d. 8-21-1940
author: “Favorite Story”
08-14-1867 – John Galsworthy – Kingston Hill, Surrey, England – d. 1-31-1933
author Several of his works adapted for radio
08-14-1870 – Harry Lauder – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 2-26-1950
singer: “Sir Harry Lauder”; “The Fourth Christmas”
08-14-1876 – John Todd (Fred McCarthy) – Crossingville, PA – d. 7-14-1957
actor: Tonto “The Lone Ranger”; Mr. Reid “The Green Hornet”
08-14-1879 – Edna Fisher – NB – d. 4-23-1978
actor: “The Al Pearce Show”
08-14-1889 – Robert Woolsey – Oakland, CA – d. 10-31-1938
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
08-14-1892 – Paul Wing – Tacoma, WA – d. 5-29-1957
producer: “Story Man for Children”
08-14-1893 – Carl Benton Reid – Lansing, MI – d. 3-16-1973
actor: Roger Allen “Big Sister”
08-14-1897 – Lal Chand Mehra – Amritsar, India – d. 10-21-1980
actor: “I Love A Mystery”; “I Love Adventure”
08-14-1902 – Harriet Allyn – d. 9-18-1998
actor: Aggie Horn “In the Case of Aggie Horn”
08-14-1903 – Millard Mitchell – Havana, Cuba – d. 10-13-1953
actor: Casey “Mighty Casey”
08-14-1909 – Ed Herlihy – Dorchester, MA – d. 1-30-1999
announcer: “Advs. of the Thin Man”; “Just Plain Bill”; “Vic and Sade”
08-14-1909 – Frank Papp – d. 5-27-1996
director: “The Bartons”; “Words at War”; “Right to Happiness”; “Eternal Light”
08-14-1911 – Ethel Payne – Chicago, IL – d. 5-28-1991
commentator: “Spectrum”; “Matters of Opinion”
08-14-1911 – Ken Nordine – Chicago, IL – d. 9-15-1993
announcer: “Armstrong of the SBI”; “The Breakfast Club”
08-14-1913 – Ferrucio Tagliavini – Reggio Emilia, Italy – d. 1-28-1995
lyric tenor: “Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour”
08-14-1914 – Alyce King – Payson, UT – d. 8-21-1996
singer: (The King Sisters) “Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers”; “Al Pearce and His Gang”
08-14-1914 – Andrea Leeds – Butte, MT – d. 5-21-1984
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
08-14-1914 – Bill Downs – Kansas City, MO – d. 5-3-1978
newscaster: CBS Moscow 1942
08-14-1917 – Marty Glickman – NYC – d. 1-3-2001
sprorts broadcaster: “Saturday Night Bandwagon”; “Play Ball”; “Box Score Review”
08-14-1921 – Cobina Wright, Jr. – NYC
actor: “Your Blind Date”
08-14-1926 – Alice Ghostly – Eve, MO – d. 9-21-2007
actor: “Theatre Five”
08-15-1879 – Ethel Barrymore – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-18-1959
actor: Hattie Thompson “Miss Hattie”
08-15-1885 – Edna Ferber – Kalamazoo, MI – d. 4-16-1968
author: “Cavalcade of America”; “Cables from Lisbon”; “Campbell Playhouse”
08-15-1888 – Albert Spalding – Chicago, IL – d. 5-26-1952
violinist: “Forecast”; “Pause That Refreshes . . . On the Air”
08-15-1894 – Harry Akst – NYC – d. 3-31-1963
writer: “The Barry Gray Show”
08-15-1897 – Aben Kandel – d. 1-28-1993
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-15-1897 – Charles Tobias – NYC – d. 7-7-1970
songwriter: (Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree) “Music for Millions”; “Great Moments to Music”
08-15-1898 – Monroe Upton – d. 8-6-1990
announcer, writer, comedian: KFRC San Francisco
08-15-1901 – Ned Washington – Scranton, PA – d. 12-20-1976
songwriter: “Dick Aurandt Show”
08-15-1901 – Sam Perrin – d. 1-8-1998
writer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Phil Baker Show”; “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
08-15-1903 – Burke Bivens – Kirbyville, TX – d. 11-6-1967
saxophonist: Wayne King Orchestra
08-15-1903 – Jerry Cady – d. 11-7-1948
writer: “Major Hoople”
08-15-1907 – Margaret Brayton – d. 5-29-1992
actor: “Burns and Allen”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-15-1909 – Hugo Winterhalter – d. 9-17-1973
pop-music conductor, arranger: “Johnny Desmond Program”; “Musical Showcase”
08-15-1910 – Johnny Roventini – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-30-1998
commercial announcer: (Call for Phil-lip Mor-ress) “Ferde Grofe Show”; “Johnny Presents”
08-15-1910 – Signe Hasso – Stockholm, Sweden – d. 6-7-2002
actor: “Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Hollywood Star Time”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-15-1912 – Robert Lewis Shayon – NYC – d. 6-28-2008
along with Edward R. Murrow created “You Are There”
08-15-1912 – Wendy Hiller – Bramhall, Cheshire, England – d. 5-14-2003
actor: Queen Vic “Original Dramatic Work”
08-15-1914 – Eve Alwyn – Christ Church, New Zealand – d. 11-16-2005
actor: WEAT West Palm Beacg, Florida
08-15-1916 – Van Patrick – d. 9-29-1974
detroit lions play-by-play: “Jean Shepard Show”
08-15-1918 – David Baskerville – Freehold, NJ – d. 12-27-1986
nbc staff composer and conductor: “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
08-15-1919 – Huntz Hall – NYC – d. 1-30-1999
comedian: (The Dead End Kids) “Texaco Star Playhouse”
08-15-1923 – Baby Rose Marie – Lower East Side, NYC
singer: (Radio’s first genuine child star) “Baby Rose Marie”
08-15-1924 – Phyllis Schlafley – St. Louis, MO
commentator: “America Wake Up”
08-15-1924 – Robert Bolt – Sale, England – d. 2-20-1995
writer: “The Last of the Wine”
08-15-1925 – Bill Pinkney – Dalzell, SC – d. 7-4-2007
singer: (Drifters) “Grand Ole Opry”; “Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party”
08-15-1925 – Oscar Peterson – Montreal, Canada – d. 12-23-2007
jazz pianist: “Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum”
08-15-1925 – Rose Maddox – Boaz, AL – d. 4-15-1998
country singer: “Faron Young Show”; “Country Hoedown”
08-15-1931 – Joe Feeney – Grand Island, NE – d. 4-16-2008
irish tenor: Got start at station WOW in Omaha, Nebraska
08-15-1933 – Bobby Helms – Bloomington, IN – d. 6-19-1997
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
08-15-1935 – Joey Jay – Middletown, CT
baseball pitcher: “Tops in Sports”
08-15-1944 – Linda Ellerbee – Bryan, TX
disk jockey and newscaster for WVON Chicago
08-16-1862 – Amos Alonzo Stagg – West Orange, NJ – d. 3-17-1965
legendary football coach: “We the People”
08-16-1868 – Bernarr Macfadden – Mill Springs, MO – d. 10-12-1955
calisthentics program on WOR in New York
08-16-1884 – Bess Flynn – Tama, IA – d. 2-28-1976
actor, writer: Mother Moynihan “Painted Dreams”; Tilda “The Gumps”
08-16-1888 – Howard Marsh – Bluffton, IN – d. 8-7-1969
singer: “Buick Presents”; “Evening in Paris”; “Frigidaire Program”
08-16-1888 – Marion Sayle Taylor – Louisville, KY – d. 2-1-1942
advisor: “Voice of Experience”
08-16-1890 – Myron “Grim” Natwick – Wisconsin Rapids, WI – d. 10-7-1990
creator of Betty Boop
08-16-1891 – Harry V. “Pappy” Cheshire – Emporia, KS – d. 6-16-1968
actor: “The Old Corral”
08-16-1895 – Lucien Littlefield – San Antonio, TX – d. 6-4-1960
actor: “Hollywood On the Air”
08-16-1896 – Eddie Green – Baltimore, MD – d. 9-19-1950
actor: Eddie the Waiter “Duffy’s Tavern”; Jerry “Uncle Charlie’s Tent Show”
08-16-1897 – Margery Barnard – Ashfield, Australia – d. 5-8-1987
writer: “The Watch on the Headland”
08-16-1899 – Glenn Strange – Weed, NM – d. 9-20-1973
singer, actor: “Arizona Wranglers”
08-16-1900 – Walter Kinsella – NY – d. 5-11-1975
actor: Pat Patton “Dick Tracy”; Sergeant Mullins “Mr. and Mrs. North”
08-16-1904 – Ruth Gillette – Chicago, IL – d. 5-13-1994
actor: “Theatre Five”
08-16-1904 – Wesley Beans – d. 12-3-1992
baritone: KFSG Los Angeles, California
08-16-1907 – Mae Clark – Philadelphia, PA – d. 4-29-1992
actor: “Family Theatre”; “This Is Your FBI”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-16-1908 – Russell Preston Pike, Jr. – d. 9-9-1995
singer: “The Prairie Knights”
08-16-1913 – Joe Lilley – d. 1-1-1971
orchestra leader: “Drene Time”
08-16-1915 – Al Hibbler – Tyro, MS – d. 4-24-2001
jazz singer: “A Date with the Duke”; “Jubilee”
08-16-1915 – Gloria Blondell – NYC – d. 3-25-1986
actor: Gerry Booker “I Love A Mystery” Gloria Dean “Hollywood Mystery Time”
08-16-1915 – Rosie Ledford – Pilot, KY – d. 7-24-1976
guitar: (Coon Creek Girls) “WLS National Barn Dance”
08-16-1924 – Fess Parker – Fort Worth, TX – d. 3-18-2010
actor: “Guest Star”; “We Hold These Truths”
08-16-1927 – Neil Strawser – Rittman, OH – d. 12-31-2005
newscaster: “CBS World News Roundup”
08-16-1928 – Ann Blyth – Mt. Kisco, NY
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-16-1929 – Lois Nettleton – Oak Park, IL – d. 1-18-2008
actor: Patsy Dennis “Brighter Day”
08-16-1930 – Frank Gifford – Santa Monica, CA
sports announcer: “Sonny Liston Vs. Cassius Clay”
08-16-1930 – Robert Culp – Oakland, CA – d. 3-24-2010
actor: “Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway”
08-16-1931 – Betsy Von Furstenberg – Neiheim Heusen, Germany
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-16-1932 – Eydie Gorme – The Bronx, NY
vocalist: Tex Beneke Band
08-16-1932 – Marianne Moylan – Southampten, NY – d. 7-25-1990
singer: (The Moylan Sisters) (Angels of the Airwaves) “Moylan Sisters”
08-16-1933 – Julie Newmar – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-16-1939 – Carole Shelley – London, England
08-16-1941 – Paul Hecht – London, England
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-17-1888 – Monte Woolley- NYC – d. 5-6-1963
actor: Edwin Montague “Magnificent Montague”
08-17-1893 – Mae West – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-22-1980
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show” (Famous Adam and Eve Skit)
08-17-1896 – Alma Lawton – Woolwich, England – d. 2-24-1982
actor: “I Love Adventure”; “NBC University Theatre”
08-17-1899 – Ralph Goll – d. 1-1-1957
scriptwriter: “The Lone Ranger”
08-17-1900 – Gregory Abbott – d. 9-25-1981
narrator: “Believe It or Not”
08-17-1900 – Quincy Howe – Boston, MA – d. 2-19-1977
newscaster: “Quincy Howe: Comment”
08-17-1903 – Abram Chasins – NYC – d. 6-21-1987
musical director: “Stars from the Blue”
08-17-1903 – Bob Evans – California – d. 3-21-1961
actor: “Sing It Again”
08-17-1904 – Ann Harding – Fort Sam Houston, TX – d. 9-1-1981
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
08-17-1904 – Elizabeth Bilson – d. 4-17-1995
soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
08-17-1905 – Frederick Ziv – Cincinnati, OH – d. 10-13-2001
producer: “Philo Vance”
08-17-1907 – Bernard Schoenfeld – d. 4-25-1990
writer: “Brave New World”; “This is Our Eneny”
08-17-1909 – Larry Clinton – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-2-1985
bandleader: “Larry Clinton’s Musical Sensations”; “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
08-17-1912 – Gogo De Lys – Edmonton, Canada – d. 2-19-2003
singer: “Carefree Carnival”; “Little Ol’ Hollywood”; “Stoopnagle and Budd”
08-17-1913 – Guy Della-Cioppa – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-17-2000
director: “An American in Russia”; “The Columbia Workshop”
08-17-1916 – Ira Cook – Duluth, MN – d. 5-15-2007
disk jockey: KMPC Los Angeles, California
08-17-1918 – Evelyn Ankers – Valparaiso, Chili – d. 8-28-1985
actor: Argentine Radio
08-17-1919 – Georgia Gibbs – Worcester, MA – d. 12-9-2006
singer: (Her Nibs) “Your Hit Parade”; “Camel Caravan”; “Philco Hall of Fame”
08-17-1920 – Maureen O’Hara – Millwall, Ireland
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-17-1921 – Donald Buka – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-21-2009
actor: Barney Mallory “Sparrow and the Hawk”
08-17-1921 – Wayne Raney – Wolf Bayou, AR – d. 1-23-1993
country music harmonica player: “Grand Ole Opry”
08-17-1922 – Jack Sperling – Trenton, NJ – d. 3-8-2004
drummer: Bands of Bunny Berrigan, Les Brown and others
08-17-1927 – Sam Butera – New Orleans, LA – d. 6-3-2009
tenor sax: (Sam Butera and the Witnesses) “The Navy Swings”
08-17-1930 – Harve Bennett – Chicago, IL
panelist: “The Quiz Kids”
08-17-1932 – Johnny ‘Red’ Kerr – Chicago, IL – d. 2-27-2009
announcer: Chicago Bulls
08-17-1943 – John Humphreys – Cardiff, Wales
presenter: “Nine O’Clock News”; “Today”
08-18-1873 – Otto Harbach – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 1-24-1963
songwriter: “Music for Millions”; “Railroad Hour”
08-18-1878 – Harry C. Browne – North Adams, MA – d. 11-15-1954
actor: Hank Simmons, Henry Clinton “Hank Simmon’s Showboat”
08-18-1879 – Gus Edwards – Hohensaliza, Germany – d. 11-7-1945
songwriter: “Thirty Minutes In Hollywood”
08-18-1893 – Benjamin Abrams – Rumania – d. 6-23-1967
co-founder of Emerson radio
08-18-1896 – Alan Mowbray – London, England – d. 3-26-1969
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Forecast”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
08-18-1898 – Ken Sisson – Danbury, CT – d. 5-30-1947
conductor/arranger: “Maxwell House Coffee Time”; “Your Hit Parade”
08-18-1900 – Walter O’Keefe – Hartford, CT – d. 6-26-1983
comedian, emcee: “Camel Caravan”; “Town Hall Tonight”; “Double or Nothing”
08-18-1902 – Joseph Catizone – Italy – d. 1-20-1973
trumpeter
08-18-1907 – Enoch Light – Canton, OH – d. 7-31-1978
bandleader: “BMI Pin Up Platter”
08-18-1908 – Bernard Prockter – d. 5-xx-1986
producer: “Big Story”; “Crime Cases of Warden Lawes”; “Quick as a Flash”
08-18-1911 – Marjorie Hannan – Hamilton, OH
actor: Nancy Webster “We Are Four”; Ruth Ann Graham “Bachelor’s Children”
08-18-1912 – Ralph Hetzel – d. 1-13-1994
labor leader: “Wake Up America”
08-18-1912 – Tom Moore – San Antonio, TX – d. 4-13-1986
announcer, emcee: “Ladies Be Seated”; “Captain Midnight”
08-18-1914 – Perry Ward – Tulsa, OK – d. 5-29-1989
announcer, emcee: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Scramby Amby”
08-18-1917 – Mary Rolfe – Brooklyn NY – d. 10-28-1996
actor: Mary Aldrich “The Aldrich Family”; Rose O’Brien “Rose of My Dreams”
08-18-1918 – Hank Penny – Birmingham, AL – d. 4-17-1992
singer, rhythn guitar: “The Radio Cowboys”
08-18-1920 – George Wright – Orland, CA – d. 5-10-1998
organist: “George Wright-Hammond Organ”; “Nick Carter”
08-18-1934 – Roberto Clemente – Carolina, Puerto Rico – d. 12-31-1972
baseball great: “Tops In Sport”
08-18-1935 – Howard Morrison – Rotorua, New Zealand – d. 9-24-2009
singer: “Howard Morrison Quartetæ
08-18-1937 – William Rushton – London, England – d. 12-11-1996
comediam: “I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue”
08-18-1940 – Molly Bee – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 2-7-2009
singer: “Hometown Jamboree”; “Rex Allen Show”
08-19-1870 – Bernard Baruch – Camden, SC – d. 6-20-1965
guest: “Tex and Jinx”
08-19-1873 – Fred Stone – Longmont, CO – d. 3-6-1959
comedian: “Gulf Headliners”
08-19-1889 – Don “Uncle Don” Carney – St. Joseph, MO – d. 1-14-1954
host: “Uncle Don”; “Friendship Village”; “Dog Chats”
08-19-1902 – Colleen Moore – Port Huron, MI – d. 1-25-1988
actor: “Whatever Became of . . . .”
08-19-1902 – Ogden Nash – Rye, NY – d. 5-19-1971
poet: “Three Ring Time”; “Kaleidoscope”
08-19-1903 – Claude Dauphin – Corbeil, France – d. 11-17-1978
actor: “As Easy as A.B.C.”
08-19-1903 – Fran Striker – Buffalo, NY – d. 9-4-1962
creator, writer: “The Lone Ranger”; “Sgt. Preston of the Yukon”; “The Green Hornet”
08-19-1903 – Muriel Kirkland – Yonkers, NY – d. 9-26-1971
actor: Mary Marlin “Story of Mary Marlin”; Mary Todd “Honest Abe”
08-19-1910 – Evelyn Antonsen – d. 8-18-2002
violinist: WCCO Minneapolis, Minnesota
08-19-1913 – Harry F. Mills – Picqua, OH – d. 6-28-1982
singer: (The Mills Brothers) “Mills Brothers Quartette”
08-19-1915 – Ring Lardner, Jr. – Chicago, IL – d. 10-31-2000
screenwriter: (Member of the Hollywood Ten) “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-19-1916 – Marie Wilson – Anaheim, CA – d. 11-23-1972
actor: Irma Peterson “My Friend Irma”
08-19-1917 – Muriel M. Bell – d. 8-26-1997
woman’s programming: WBOB Galax, Virginia
08-19-1918 – Giles Cooper – Carrickmines, Ireland – d. 12-2-1966
writer: “Thieves Rush In”å
08-19-1921 – Gene Roddenberry – El Paso, TX – d. 10-24-1991
writer: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
08-19-1922 – Lester Fletcher – Cardiff, Wales – d. 12-8-1989
actor: “Sherlock Holmes”; “FBI in Peace and War”
08-19-1928 – Norman Brooks – Montreal, Canada – d. 9-14-2006
actor: “The Best Things In Life Are Free”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
08-19-1930 – David Guy Compton – London, England
author: “Blind Man’s Bluff”
08-19-1933 – Debra Paget – Denver, CO
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Family Theatre”
08-19-1946 – Bill Clinton – Hope, AR
u.s. president: Saturday morning presidential broadcast
08-20-1881 – Edgar Guest – Birmingham, England – d. 8-5-1959
poet: (Poet Laureate of Radio) “Edgar Guest in Welcome Valley”; “It Can Be Done”
08-20-1888 – Julia Sanderson – Springfield, MA – d. 1-27-1975
singer, emcee: “Blackstone Plantation”; “Battle of the Sexes”; “Let’s Be Charming”
08-20-1905 – Jack Teagarden – Vernon, TX – d. 1-15-1964
trombonist: “Eddie Condon”s Jazz Concert”; “Paul Whiteman Show”
08-20-1906 – Floyd Neal – Iowa – d. 12-22-1985
announcer: “Uncle Don”; “Vienese Night”
08-20-1907 – Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman) – NYC – d. 6-14-1977
actor: Falstaff Openshaw “Fred Allen Show”; Pasquale “Life with Luigi”
08-20-1908 – Al Lopez – Tampa, FL – d. 10-29-2005
baseball hall of fame: “Greatest Sports Thrills”; “Tops In Sports”
08-20-1908 – Andre Baruch – Paris, France – d. 9-15-1991
announcer, disc jockey: “Your Hit Parade”; “Kate Smith Program”; “Myrt and Marge”
08-20-1911 – Robert Riley Crutcher – Missouri – d. 8-10-1974
writer: “Fabulous Dr. Tweedy”; “Eddie Bracken Show”
08-20-1912 – Gerald Dickler – NYC – d. 2-13-1999
first legal counsel to the radio’s union
08-20-1915 – Virginia Vass – Greenville, SC
singer: (The Vass Family) “The Lady Next Door”; “Kraft Phoenix Program”
08-20-1916 – Bernard Archard – London, England – d. 5-1-2008
actor: “The Murder of Walter Raleigh”
08-20-1917 – Catherine McCune – Honolulu, Hawiian Territory
actor: Clara Potts “Scattergood Baines”; “Joe Penner Show”
08-20-1918 – Henry Leff – NYC – d. 8-12-2007
actor: Ray Mallard “Candy Matson, YU2-8209”
08-20-1918 – Jacqueline Susann – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-21-1974
actor: Lola the Cigarette Girl “Morey Amsterdam Show”
08-20-1920 – Stefan Hatos – Aurora, IL – d. 3-2-1999
producer, writer, announcer: “Beulah”; “The Green Hornet”
08-20-1923 – Jim Reeves – nr. Galloway, Panola County, TX – d. 7-31-1964
country singer: “Jim Reeves Show”; “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Style U.S.A.”
08-20-1929 – Frank Bresee – Los Angeles, CA
actor: Little Beaver “Red Ryder”
08-20-1933 – Ted Donaldson – NYC
actor: Bud Anderson “Father Knows Best;” “Screen Guild Theatre”
08-20-1935 – Fran Halpern – NYC
host: “Literary Lunch with Fran Halpern”
08-20-1935 – Justin Tubb – San Antonio, TX – d. 1-14-1998
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
08-21-1882 – Helen Carew – Kansas – d. 3-7-1980
actor: Vera Johnson “Stella Dallas”; “Mrs. Mitchell “Barry Cameron”
08-21-1890 – Bill Henry – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-24-1970
commentator: Chief CBS Correspondent
08-21-1895 – Benny Davis – NYC – d. 12-20-1979
lyricist: “Benny Davis Stardust”
08-21-1896 – Marie Blake – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-14-1978
actor: (Sister of Janette MacDonald) “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-21-1900 – Ken Carpenter – Avon, IL – d. 10-16-1984
announcer: “Kraft Music Hall”; “One Man’s Family”; “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
08-21-1904 – William Allen “Count” Basie – Red Bank, NJ – d. 4-26-1994
bandleader: “Command Performance”; “Jubilee”
08-21-1907 – Carlton Kadell – Danville, IL – d. 3-14-1975
announcer, actor: Tarzan “Tarzan”; Red Ryder “Red Ryder”
08-21-1907 – Hy Zaret – Syracuse, NY – d. 6-29-2007
composer: “Music for Millions”; “I Love You Joe”
08-21-1908 – Bob Jellison – Des Moines, IA – d. 4-21-1980
actor: Oswald Ching “Story of Mary Marlin”; Buster Gunn “Great Gunns”
08-21-1908 – Tom Tully – Durango, CO – d. 4-27-1982
actor: Charles Martin “Stella Dallas”
08-21-1911 – Anthony Boucher – Oakland, CA – d. 4-29-1968
writer: “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”; “Advs. of Ellery Queen; “Gregory Hood”
08-21-1913 – John Faulk – Austin, TX – d. 4-9-1990
humorist, writer: “Forecast”; “Says Who?”; “Hootenanny”
08-21-1916 – Consuelo Velazquez – Ciudad Guzman, Mexico – d. 1-22-2005
songwriter: (Besame Mucho) Oversaw classical music programs for station XEQ
08-21-1916 – Jackson Gillis – Kalama, WA – d. 8-19-2010
writer: “The Whistler”; “Jeff Reagan, Invesitgator”; “Let George Do It”
08-21-1919 – Billy Idelson – Forest Park, IL – d. 12-31-2007
actor: Rush Gook “Vic and Sade”; Henry Herbert Murray “One Man’s Family”
08-21-1923 – Chris Schenkel – Bippus, IN – d. 9-11-2005
sportscaster: “Campy’s Corner”; “11:30 Clubhouse”
08-21-1924 – Jack Buck – Holyoke, MA – d. 6-18-2002
baseball broadcaster: St. Louis Cardinals
08-21-1927 – Barry Foster – Beeston, England – d. 2-11-2002
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”
08-21-1938 – Kenny Rogers – Houston, TX
country/western singer: “Here’s to Veterans”
08-21-1940 – Jim Frank – Chicago, IL – d. 4-27-2007
newscaster in Chicago, WBBM, WIND, WMAQ
08-22-1851 – Daniel Frohman – Sandusky, OH – d. 12-26-1940
broadway producer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-22-1879 – Edward Johnson – Ontario, Canada – d. 4-20-1959
operatic tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”
08-22-1893 – Cecil Kellaway – Capetown, South Africa – d. 2-28-1973
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”
08-22-1893 – Dorothy Parker – West End, NJ – d. 6-7-1967
author, panelist: “Author, Author”; “Information, Please”
08-22-1897 – Eddie Dunstedter – Edwardsville, IL – d. 7-30-1974
organist, conductor: “Gold Medal Fast Freight”; “Lineup”; “It Happened in Hollywood”
08-22-1897 – Elisabeth Bergner – Vienna, Austria – d. 5-12-1986
actor: “Radio Hall of Fame”
08-22-1897 – Nick Lucas – Newark, NJ – d. 7-28-1992
singer: (The Singing Troubador) “Al Pearce and His Gang”
08-22-1900 – Charles Halleck – De Motte, IN – d. 3-3-1986
u.s. senator: “Meet the Press”; “American Forum on the Air”
08-22-1904 – Don Prindle – d. 10-25-1968
writer: “The Abbott and Costello Show”; “Niles and Prindle”
08-22-1904 – Jay Novello – Chicago, IL – d. 9-2-1982
actor: Sam Sabaaya “Rocky Jordan”; Glenn Hunter “One Man’s Family”
08-22-1906 – James Meighan – NYC – d. 6-20-1970
actor: Michael Waring “The Falcon”; Peter Carver “Lora Lawton”
08-22-1907 – Sherling Oliver – Kipling, AL – d. 8-23-1971
actor: Dudley Trowbridge “Valiant Lady”
08-22-1909 – Julius J. Epstein – NYC – d. 12-30-2000
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-22-1909 – Philip G. Epstein – NYC – d. 2-7-1952
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-22-1910 – David Victor – d. 10-18-1989
writer: “Joan Davis Time”; “Let George Do It”; “The Mel Blanc Show”
08-22-1910 – Lesley Woods – d. 8-2-2003
actor: Mary Wesley “Boston Blackie”; Margo Lane “The Shadow”
08-22-1910 – Rod Brasfield – Smithville, MS – d. 9-12-1958
comedian: “Grand Ole Opry”
08-22-1912 – Charles Carpenter – Chicago, IL – d. 10-18-1978
writer: “Brownstone Theatre”
08-22-1915 – Hugh Paddick – Hoddeston, Hartfordshire, England – d. 11-9-2000
actor: “Beyond Our Ken”
08-22-1917 – Joe Connelly – NYC – d. 2-13-2003
writer: “Harry Von Zell Show”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Frank Morgan Show”
08-22-1920 – Ray Bradbury – Waukegan, IL
writer: “Bradbury 13”; “Martian Chronicles”
08-22-1921 – Robert Marsden – London, England – d. 4-5-2007
actor: “Saturday Night Play”
08-22-1922 – Shelley Winters – St. Louis, MO – d. 1-14-2006
actor: “Hollywood Star Preview”
08-22-1930 – Don Parcher – d. 7-9-2006
newscaster: WTMJ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
08-22-1936 – John Callaway – New Martinsville, WV – d. 6-23-2009
journalist: “Chicago Tonight”; “Nightline”
08-22-1942 – Kathy Lennon – Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The Lennon Sisters) “Music on Deck”; “Voices of Vista”; “Guest Star”
08-22-1952 – Heather Nimmo – Falkirk, Scotland
writer: “Fly In-Fly-Out”; “I’ll Write to Ritchie Benaud”
08-23-1869 – Edgar Lee Masters – Garnett, KS – d. 3-5-1950
author: “Cavalcade of America”; “CBS Radio Workshop”
08-23-1883 – Art Van Harvey – Chicago, IL – d. 7-7-1957
actor: Vic Gook “Vic and Sade”; Jeffery Barker “Welcome Valley”
08-23-1897 – Ray Perkins – Boston, MA – d. 1-31-1969
emcee, singer: “National Amateur Night”; “Show of the Week”; “Nickel Man”
08-23-1902 – Carl Hohengarten – St. Louis, MO – d. 12-3-1968
orchestra leader: “Double Everything”; “Knickerbocker Playhouse”
08-23-1902 – Charles Paul – NYC – d. 9-18-1990
organist: “Kate Smith”; “As the Twig is Bent”
08-23-1905 – Rags Ragland – Louisville, KY – d. 8-20-1946
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
08-23-1906 – Harriet Parsons – Burlington, IA – d. 1-2-1983
commentator: (Daughter of Louella Parsons) “Hollywood Hotel”
08-23-1908 – Natalie Bodanya – NYC – d. 3-4-2007
opera soprano: “The Metropolitan Opera”
08-23-1910 – John Nesbitt – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – d. 8-10-1960
commentator: “”John Nesbitt and the News”; Passing Parade”
08-23-1912 – Gene Kelly – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 2-2-1996
actor: “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players”; “Star for a Night”; “Suspense”
08-23-1915 – Ralph Amati – d. 6-xx-1980
sound effects: “One Man’s Family”; “I Love A Mystery”
08-23-1919 – Olin Tice – Savannah, GA – d. 1-8-1998
announcer: “The Mindy Carson Show”; “The Peggy Lee Show”
08-23-1922 – George Kell – Swifton, AR – d. 3-24-2009
baseball announcer: Detroit Tigers
08-23-1924 – Frank Pacelli – d. 3-7-1997
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Sportsman Club”; “War Town”
08-23-1925 – Larry Nunn – Marshfield, OR – d. 10-20-1974
actor: Don Bradley “Glorious One”; Peter Bretn “Brenthouse”
08-23-1926 – Eugene Troopnick – Boston, MA – d. 2-19-2003
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-23-1928 – Marian Seldes NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-23-1947 – Willy Russell – Whiston, England
writer: “I Read the News Today”
08-24-1875 – Frank Craven – Boston, MA – d. 9-1-1945
actor: “Arthur Hopkins Presents”; “Cavalcade of America”
08-24-1884 – Earl Der Biggers – Warren, OH – d. 4-5-1933
author: Charlie Chan books
08-24-1896 – Cyril Armbrister – d. 9-18-1966
producer, director: “Chandu the Magician”; “Strange As It Seems”; “Terry and the Pirates”
08-24-1898 – Malcolm Cowley – Belsano, PA – d. 3-28-1989
speaker: “NBC University Theatre”
08-24-1900 – Jimmy Fidler – St. Louis, MO – d. 8-9-1988
commentator: “Jimmy Fidler”
08-24-1900 – Preston Foster – Ocean City, NJ – d. 7-14-1970
actor: “NBC University Theatre”
08-24-1900 – Ralph Kirbery – Paterson, NJ – d. 8-14-1993
singer: (The Dream Singer) “Mohawk Treasure Chest”; “Musical Moments Revue”
08-24-1903 – Claude Hopkins – Alexandria, VA – d. 2-18-1984
bandleader: “Jubilee”; “Let’s Go Nightclubbing”
08-24-1905 – Charles C. Alsup – d. 9-21-1987
sportscaster: KICS Clovis, New Mexico
08-24-1905 – Don Douglas – Kinleyside, Scotland – d. 12-31-1945
actor: “Good News of 1939”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Did Justice Triumph?”
08-24-1909 – Ridley Bell – d. 6-22-1989
newscaster: WGBA Columbus, Ohio
08-24-1912 – Durward Kirby – Covingnton, KY – d. 3-15-2000
announcer, emcee: “Club Matinee”; “Honeymoon in New York”
08-24-1913 – Howard Duff – Bremerton, WA – d. 7-8-1990
actor: Sam Spade “Advs. of Sam Spade”; Mike McCoy “McCoy”; Josh Chandler “Dear John”
08-24-1916 – Hal Smith – Petosky, MI – d. 1-28-1994
singer, piccolo: “California Melodies”
08-24-1917 – Dennis James – Jersey City, NJ – d. 6-3-1997
host, announcer: “Lawyer Q”; ”Major Bows Original Amateur Hour”
08-24-1923 – Helena Carter – NYC – d. 1-11-2000
actor: “Anacin Hollwood Star Theatre”
08-24-1924 – Lou Teicher – Wilkes Barre, PA – d. 8-3-2008
pianist: (Ferrante and Teicher) “The Zero Hour”; “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
08-24-1924 – Patricia Maloney – Chisholm MN
newswriter: KSTP St. Paul
08-24-1927 – Jerry Damon – d. 1-24-1979
announcer: “X Minus One”; “The Eternal Light”
08-24-1933 – Bobby Ellis – Chicago, IL – d. 11-23-1973
actor: Henry Aldrich “Aldrich Family”; Chester A. Riley, Jr. “Life of Riley”
08-24-1957 – Stephen Fry – London, England
actor: Guest Panelist “One Minute Please”
08-25-1885 – Chick Sale – Huron, SD – d. 11-7-1936
humorist: “General Motors Family Party”; “RCA Victor Hour”
08-25-1896 – Dick Ryan – Connecticut – d. 8-12-1969
actor: “The Nebbs”
08-25-1901 – Ken Christie – Binghamton, NY – d. 4-xx-1967
choral director: “The Ford Summer Hour”; “Telephone Hour”
08-25-1903 – Michael Bartlett – North Oxford, MA – d. 2-1-1978
singer: “The Jack Benny Program”
08-25-1904 – Alice White – Paterson, NJ – d. 2-19-1983
actor: Blondie Bumstead “Blondie”
08-25-1908 – Walter Burke – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-4-1984
actor: Mark Saber’s Assistant “Inspector Mark Saber”
08-25-1909 – Michael Rennie – Bradford, Yorkshire, England – d. 6-10-1971
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-25-1910 – Albert Ward – d. 2-20-2009
director: “Romance”; “Casey, Crime Photographer”; “Columbia Workshop”
08-25-1910 – Ruby Keeler – Halifax, Nova Scotia – d. 2-28-1993
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-25-1911 – Herbert (Edwin) Harris – London, England – d. 4-xx-1995
author: “The Detective’s Wife”
08-25-1912 – John Rarig – Washington – d. 1-2-1991
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) “Jack Benny Program”
08-25-1912 – Zinn Arthur – d. 3-11-2003
orchestra leader: WFIL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
08-25-1913 – Bob Crosby – Spokane, WA – d. 3-9-1993
bandleader, singer: “Camel Caravan”; “Bob Crosby Show”; “Jack Benny Program”
08-25-1914 – Dolores O’Neill – d. 12-12-2006
singer: The Bob Chester Orchestra
08-25-1916 – Guy Hall – NYC – d. 5-10-2009
saxophonist: “Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye”
08-25-1916 – Van Johnson – Newport, RI – d. 12-12-2008
actor: “Request Performance”; “Romance”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”
08-25-1917 – Mel Ferrer – Elberon, NJ – d. 6-2-2008
actor: “Eternal Light”; “Cloak and Dagger”; “MGM Theatre of the Air”
08-25-1918 – Leonard Bernstein – Lawrence, MA – d. 10-14-1990
conductor: “Metropolitan Opera”
08-25-1918 – Richard Greene – Plymouth, England – d. 6-1-1985
actor: “Somerset Maugham Theatre”; “This Is Hollywood”; “Cavalcade of America”
08-25-1921 – Monty Hall – Winnipeg, Canada
host (communicator) “Monitor”
08-25-1924 – Karl A. Mackey – Cleveland, OH – d. 10-13-2002
actor: “Hodge Podge Lodge”; “Wizard of Music”
08-25-1931 – Hal Fishman – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-7-2007
television news anchor: Got start on campus radio at Cornell
08-25-1931 – Regis Philbin – NYC
newscaster: KOGO San Diego
08-25-1943 – Bill Holm – nr: Minneota, MN – d. 2-25-2009
writer: “Prairie Home Companion”
08-26-1873 – Lee De Forest – Council Bluffs, IA – d. 6-30-1961
inventor: Audion tube
08-26-1891 – Frayne Baker – d. 8-15-1968
newscaster: KFYR Bismarck, North Dakota
08-26-1896 – Phil Baker – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-30-1963
comedian, emcee: “Honolulu Bound”; “Take It or Leave It”
08-26-1903 – Jimmy Rushing – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory – d. 6-8-1972
blues singer: “Count Basie and His Orchestra”; “Blue Ribbon Guest Night”
08-26-1904 – Chirstopher Isherwood – High Lane, Cheshire, England – d. 1-4-1986
writer: “NBC University Theatre”; “CBS Radio Workshop”
08-26-1905 – George F. Hicks – Tacoma, WA – d. 3-17-1965
announcer: “Metropolitan Echoes”; “Death Valley Days”; “Seth Parker”
08-26-1907 – Jack Berch – Sigel, IL – d. 12-10-1992
singer: “Kitchen Pirate”; “Sweetheart Serenade”; “Jack Berch Show”
08-26-1907 – Lester Lanin – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-27-2004
bandleader: “Lester Lanin and His Orchestra”; “Here’s to Veterans”
08-26-1911 – Hal Gibney – Woodland, CA – d. 6-5-1973
announcer: “Draget”; “The Six Shooter”; “Tales of the Texas Rangers”
08-26-1911 – “Slim” Hall – Tennessee – d. 5-xx-1971
guitar: “The Swift Jewel Cowboys”
08-26-1912 – Chuck Foster – Jeanette, PA – d. 12-12-2001
bandleader: “Treasury Bandstand”; “One Night Stand”
08-26-1915 – Jim Davis – Edgereton, MO – d. 4-26-1981
actor: “Dangerous Assignment”
08-26-1918 – Dave Barry – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-16-2001
comedian: “Major Bowes and the Original Amateur Hour”
08-26-1919 – Frances Wayne – Boston, MA – d. 2-6-1978
vocalist: “The Woody Herman Show”
08-26-1921 – June Whitley – d. 5-25-2006
actor: Margaret Anderson “Father Knows Best”
08-26-1922 – Irving R. Levine – Pawtucket, RI – d. 3-27-2009
newsman: “World News Roundup”; “News of the World”
08-26-1924 – Gloria Holliday – Billings, MT
actor: Bessie “Great Gildersleeve”; Gloria “Honest Harold”
08-26-1930 – Theodore S. Beardsley, Jr.
host: “Caribbean Music in the U.S.”
08-26-1934 – Gordon Clough – Salford, England – d. 4-6-1996
radio journalist: “The World at One”; “World This Weekend”; “PM”
08-27-1871 – Theodore Dreiser – Terre Haute, IN – d. 12-28-1945
writer: “The Heinz Magazine of the Air”
08-27-1882 – Samuel Goldwyn – Warsaw, Poland – d. 1-31-1974
panelist: “People’s Platform”
08-27-1896 – Morris Ankrum – d. 9-2-1964
actor: “Shakespeare Festival”; “Campbell Playhouse”; “A Report to the Nation”
08-27-1899 – C. S. Forester – Cairo, Egypt – d. 4-2-1966
poet, biographer, novelist: “Keep ‘Em Rolling”; “Words at War”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
08-27-1900 – Gene Burdette – Chicago, IL – d. 10-3-1968
producer, director: “Luck of the Irish”
08-27-1901 – Al Ritz – Newark, NJ – d. 12-22-1965
comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) “Hollywood Hotel”
08-27-1901 – Roger Pryor – NYC – d. 1-31-1974
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Summer Symphony”
08-27-1905 – Frederick O’Neal – Brooksville, MA – d. 8-25-1992
actor: “New World A-Coming”
08-27-1908 – Frank Leahy – O’Neill, NE – d. 6-21-1973
football coach (Notre Dame): “Hallmark Hall of Fame”; “Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel”
08-27-1908 – Lyndon Baines Johnson – nr. Stonewall, TX – d. 1-22-1973
u.s. president: “Meet the Press”; “World’s Fair Holiday”
08-27-1911 – Paul West – Nebraska – d. 6-15-1998
scriptwriter: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-27-1916 – Larry Thor – Lundar, Manitoba, Canada – d. 3-15-1976
actor: Danny Clover “Broadway Is My Beat”
08-27-1916 – Martha Raye – Butte, MT – d. 10-19-1994
comedian: “Tuesday Night Party”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
08-27-1916 – Vicki Vola – Denver, CO – d. 7-21-1985
actor: Shanghai L’il DeVries “Jungle Jim”; Edith Miller “Mr. District Attorney”
08-27-1918 – Peter Winter – Birmingham, England – d. 6-xx-1985
author of many radio plays
08-27-1921 – Leo Penn – d. 9-5-1998
actor, film director: “Family Theatre”; “Hollywood Calling: George Fisher Interviews”
08-27-1925 – Carter Stanley – Stratton, VA – d. 12-1-1966
bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) “Farm and Fun Program”
08-27-1926 – Pat Coombs – London, England – d. 5-25-2002
comedian: Nola “Hello Playmates”
08-27-1929 – Dick Vosburgh – Elizabeth, NJ – d. 4-18-2007
writer: “Breakfast with Braden”
08-27-1930 – Jack Gallahue – NYC – d. 8-27-2007
wrote radio plays and scripts before becoming a Jesuit
08-27-1936 – Anne Whitfield – Oxford, MS
actor: Phyllis Harris “Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”; Sandy Carter “Woman in My House”
08-28-1870 – James R. Waters – Hungary – d. 11-20-1945
actor/comedian: Jake Goldberg “The Goldbergs”; “The House of Glass”
08-28-1885 – Vance Palmer – Bundaberg, Australia – d. 7-15-1959
writer: “Telling Mrs. Baker”
08-28-1891 – Stanley Andrews – Chicago, IL – d. 6-23-1969
actor: Daddy Warbucks “Little Orphan Annie”
08-28-1893 – Harriette Widmer – Water Valley, MS – d. 9-1-1964
actor: Madam Queen “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; Aunt Jemima “Aunt Jemima”
08-28-1895 – H. Norman Schwarzkopf – Newark, NJ – d. 11-25-1958
narrator: “Gangbusters”
08-28-1897 – Charles Boyer – Figeac, France – d. 8-26-1978
actor: Michel “Presenting Charles Boyer”; “Hollywood Playhouse”
08-28-1898 – Artells Dickson – Oklahoma Territory – d. 6-24-1968
actor: Tom Mix “Tom Mix”; Slim “Pretty Kitty Kelly”
08-28-1900 – Diana Bourbon – NYC – d. 3-19-1978
producer, director: 
ouble or Nothing”; “Life Begins”
08-28-1900 – Rudy Schrager – Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary – d. 8-24-1983
musical director: “Box 13”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-28-1907 – Roy Chamberlain – NYC – d. 5-14-1981
old gold rhythmaires: “The New Old Gold Show”
08-28-1907 – Sam Levene – NYC – d. 12-17-1980
comedian: “Fred Allen Show”
08-28-1908 – Genevieve Rowe – Freemont, OH – d. 2-26-1995
singer: “Gay Nineties Revue”; “Songs America Loves”; “An Evening with Romberg”
08-28-1910 – John F. Holbrook – Cameron, WI – d. 9-20-1978
announcer, director: “The Bickersons”; “The Dinah Shore Show”
08-28-1914 – Glenn Osser – Munising, MI
maestro: “American Music Hall”
08-28-1914 – Maria F. von Trapp – Zell am See, Austria
singer: (Trapp Family Singers) “Christmas Seal Sale”
08-28-1914 – Richard Tucker – NYC – d. 1-8-1975
opera tenor: “Chicago Theatre of the Air”; “Standard Hour”; “Metropolitan Opera”
08-28-1915 – Tol Avery – Texas – d. 8-27-1973
actor, announcer: “Pat Novak for Hire”; “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
08-28-1917 – Jayne Walton – San Antonio, TX – d. 1-10-2010
singer: (Champagne Lady) “Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra”
08-28-1919 – D. C. Muecke – Adelaide, Australia
writer: “Ls Signora Fantastici”; “Alcestis Ascends”
08-28-1920 – Don Glasser – Derry, PA – d. 4-26-2004
bandleader: “Don Glasser and His Orchestra”
08-28-1924 – Peggy Ryan – Long Beach, CA – d. 10-30-2004
dancer, actor: “Mail Call”; “Bob Hope Show”; “Proudly We Hail”
08-28-1925 – Donald O’Connor – Chicago, IL – d. 9-27-2003
comedian, actor: “Ginny Simms Show”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”; “Suspense”
08-28-1926 – Andree Wallace – Brooklyn, NY
actor: Mary Lambert “Brave Tomorrow”; Irene “Mary Noble, Backstage Wife”
08-28-1929 – Roxie Roker – Miami, FL – d. 12-2-1995
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
08-28-1930 – Ben Gazzara – NYC
actor: “Strange Interlude”
08-29-1882 – Richard Legrand – Mount Tabor section near Portland, OR – d. 6-29-1963
actor: Richard Q. Peavy “Great Gildersleeve”; Ole “Fibber McGee and Molly”
08-29-1898 – Charlie Grimm – St. Louis, MO – d. 11-15-1983
Sportscaster:(Jolly Cholly) WBBM Chicago
08-29-1898 – Preston Sturges – Chicago, IL – d. 8-6-1959
film producer, writer, director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-29-1899 – George V. Denny, Jr. – Washington, D.C. – d. 11-11-1959
moderator: “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”
08-29-1900 – Buell Kazee – Burton’s Fork, KY – d. 8-31-1976
banjo-playing, singing Baptist minister: “Renfro Valley Barn Dance”
08-29-1904 – Ronald Watkins – Surrey, England – d. 2-16-2001
Reader of prose and poetry
08-29-1906 – Joe Sawyer – Guelph, Canada – d. 4-21-1982
actor: Sergant ‘Biff’ O’Hara “Rin-Tin-Tin”
08-29-1907 – Lurene Tuttle – Pleasant Lake, IN – d. 5-28-1986
actor: Effie Perrine “Advs. of Sam Spade”; Ellie Connors “Lum and Abner”
08-29-1910 – John Kane – Davenport, IA – d. 3-15-1910
actor: Tom Jones “Five Star Jones”; Scubby “Nick Carter”
08-29-1912 – Barry Sullivan – NYC – d. 6-6-1994
actor: Steve Canyon “Steve Canyon”; Simon Templar “The Saint”
08-29-1913 – Sylvia Fine – NYC – d. 10-28-1991
writer: (Wife of Danny Kaye) “Danny Kaye Show”; “Forecast”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
08-29-1914 – Willard Waterman – Madison, WI – d. 2-2-1995
actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve “Great Gildersleeve”; Roger Barton “The Guiding Light”
08-29-1915 – Ingrid Bergman – Stockholm, Sweden – d. 8-29-1982
actor: “Everything for the Boys”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-29-1916 – George Montgomery – Brady, MT – d. 12-12-2000
actor: “Hollywood Star Time”; “NBC University Theatre of the Air”
08-29-1916 – Max Bice – d. 11-18-2002
newscaster: KMO Seattle, Washington
08-29-1916 – “Georgia Slim” Rutland – Tilton, GA – d. 6-17-1969
fiddler: “Three Fiddlers”
08-29-1917 – Eddie Hubbard – Baltimore, MD – d. 3-26-2007
disk jockey: “Music Unlimited”
08-29-1920 – Charlie Parker – Kansas City, MO – d. 3-12-1955
jazz musician: “This Is Jazz”
08-29-1922 – Arthur Anderson – Staten Island, NY
actor: “Let’s Pretend”; Mark Davis “Lawyer Tucker”; Buddy “Tony and Gus”
08-29-1924 – Dinah Washington – Tuscaloosa, AL – d. 12-14-1963
blues singer: “Jubilee”; “Bob Hope Show”; “One Night Stand”
08-29-1927 – Marion Williams – Miami, FL – d. 7-2-1994
gospel singer: “Soundstage”
08-29-1928 – Thomas Stewart – San Saba, TX – d. 9-24-2006
operatic baritone: “Musicians Off Stage”
08-30-1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley – London, England – d. 2-1-1851
creator of Frankenstein
08-30-1879 – Fritzi Scheff – Vienna, Austria – d. 4-8-1954
prima donna: “Lavender and Old Lace”; “The Philco Hour”
08-30-1887 – Eduardo Ciannelli – Island of Ischia, Italy – d. 10-8-1969
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-30-1896 – Raymond Massey – Toronto, Canada – d. 7-29-1983
actor, host: “Doctor Fights”; “Harvest of Stars”
08-30-1898 – Shirley Booth – NYC – d. 10-16-1992
actor: Miss Duffy “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Hogan’s Daughter”; “Strictly Business”
08-30-1901 – John Gunther – Chicago, IL – d. 5-29-1970
writer: “Information, Please”;”America’s Town Meeting of the Air”; “Royal Gelatin Hour”
08-30-1902 – Ray Bloch – Alsace-Lorraine, France – d. 3-29-1982
conductor: “Milton Berle Show”; “Take It or Leave It”; “Johnny Presents”
08-30-1903 – Jack Bundy – Milwaukee, WI – d. 11-30-1973
bandleader: “Heinie and the Grenadiers”
08-30-1905 – Sarah Selby – St. Louis, MO – d. 1-7-1980
actor: Grace Graves “Junior Miss”; Wife “My Mother’s Husband”
08-30-1906 – Joan Blondell – NYC – d. 12-25-1979
actor: Mary Vance “Miss Pinkerton, Inc.”
08-30-1908 – Fred MacMurray – Kankakee, IL – d. 11-5-1991
actor: George Harvey “Bright Star”; “Lux Radio Theatre
08-30-1908 – Willie Bryant – New Orleans, LA – d. 2-9-1964
host: “Night Life”
08-30-1910 – Elinor Herriot – Duluth, MN – d. 6-10-2000
actor: “Ruby Jones “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; Dorothy Wright “Couple Next Door”
08-30-1910 – Joseph Holland – Virginia – d. 12-28-1994
actor: “Royal Desserts Hour”; “Campbell Playhouse”
08-30-1914 – Frank Latourette – d. 5-7-1985
creator of “Hollywood Byline”
08-30-1914 – Julie Bishop – Denver, CO – d. 8-30-2001
actor: “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
08-30-1916 – Herman Klurfeld – The Bronx, NY – d. 12-18-2006
ghostwriter for Walter Winchell
08-30-1917 – Dan Enright – d. 5-22-1992
producer: “Put Up or Shut Up”; “Brain Train”; “Juvenile Jury”; “Life Begins at 80”
08-30-1918 – Ted Williams, San Diego, CA – d. 7-5-2002
baseball superstar: Several interview shows
08-30-1919 – Kitty Wells – Nashville, TN
singer: (Queen of Country Music) “Grand Ole Opry”
08-30-1924 – Ivor (Arthur) Wilson – Grimsby, England – d. 2-xx-2002
author: “Take Any Day”
08-30-1925 – Jack Bivans – Evanston, IL – d. 8-14-2009
actor: Chuck Ramsey “Captain Midnight”
08-30-1926 – Jeff Brown – NYC – d. 12-3-2003
actor: “Little Blue Playhouse”
08-30-1939 – John Peel – Heswall, England – d. 10-25-2004
disc jockey: “The Perfumed Garden”; “Top Gear”
08-30-1941 – Sue Mac Gregor – Oxford, England
announcer, producer: “The World at One”; “Woman’s Hour”; “Today”; “PM”
08-31-1883 – Erma Miranda – d. 12-xx-1964
choir director: Beloit College Choir, WBBW Norfold, Virginia
08-31-1886 – L. Wolfe Gilbert – Odessa, Russia – d. 7-12-1970
pianist: WEAF New York City
08-31-1897 – Fredric March – Racine, WI – d. 4-14-1975
actor: “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Campbell Playhouse”
08-31-1897 – Sidney Ellstrom – Chicago, IL – d. 7-29-1968
actor: “Captain Midnight”; “Flying Patrol”; “Lights Out”
08-31-1898 – Jack Ward – Philadelphia, PA – d. 7-26-1973
organist: “Gangbusters”; “Magnificent Montague”
08-31-1900 – Cedric Foster – Hartford, CT – d. 3-6-1975
commentator: “News and Commentary”
08-31-1900 – Larry Elliott – Washington, D.C. – d. 7-27-1957
announcer: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “American Melody Hour”; “Barry Cameron”
08-31-1903 – Arthur Godfrey – NYC – d. 3-16-1983
emcee: (The Old Redhead) “Arthur Godfrey Time”; “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts”
08-31-1905 – Dory Schary – Newark, NJ – d. 7-7-1980
writer: “America Calling”; “The Eternal Light”; “Hallmark Hall of Fame”
08-31-1906 – Ruth Weston – Boston, MA – d. 11-5-1955
actor: Maude Kellogg “Life Can Be Beautiful”
08-31-1907 – Gus Hawkins – Shreveport, LA – d. 11-10-2007
congressman: Democratic response to Reagan’s radio address
08-31-1907 – Winifred Cecil – Staten Island, NY – d. 9-13-1985
singer: “Show Boat”
08-31-1908 – William Saroyan – Fresno, CA – d. 5-18-1981
writer: “Columbia Workshop”; “The Free Company”; “Biography in Sound”
08-31-1911 – Walter Paterson – Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia – d. 9-1-1942
actor: Reggie York “I Love A Mystery”; Nicholas Lacy “One Man’s Family”
08-31-1912 – Ramon Vinay – Chillan, Chile – d. 1-4-1996
tenor: “A Critic’s Toscanini”
08-31-1914 – Richard Basehart – Zanesville, OH – d. 9-17-1984
actor: “Document A/777”; “Hollywood Star Preview”
08-31-1916 – Daniel Schoor – NYC – d. 7-23-2010
correspondent, commentator: “Edward R. Murrow and the News”
08-31-1917 – Burleigh Robbins Downey, Jr. – d. 3-1-2000
news director: “You are the Jury”
08-31-1918 – Alan Jay Lerner – NYC – d. 6-14-1986
writer: “Victor Borge”; “Raleigh Room”; “Philco Hall of Fame”
08-31-1922 – John Hanson – Ontario, Canada – d. 12-4-1998
singer, actor: “Children’s Hour”; “Songs from the Shows”; “Variety Bandbox”
08-31-1930 – Big Tiny Little – Worthington, MN – d. 3-3-2010
piano player: “The Lawrence Welk Show”
08-31-1932 – Roy Castle – Scholes, England – d. 9-2-1994
actor: “Castles on the Air”
08-xx-1864 – Clara Lane – Ellsworth, ME – d. 3-15-1952
singer: WBZ Boston, Massachusetts
09-01-1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs – Chicago, IL – d. 3-19-1950
author: Creator of Tarzan
09-01-1877 – Frank Tours – London, England – d. 2-2-1963
orchestra leader: “Will Rogers”; “The Vince Program”
09-01-1879 – Billy Beard – d. 11-14-1954
singer: (Raybestos Twins) “Eddie Cantor Show”; Al Jolson Show”
09-01-1886 – Regina Wallace – Trenton, NJ – d. 2-13-1978
actor: Alice Aldrich “Aldrich Family”
09-01-1887 – William Daly – Cincinnati, OH – d. 12-4-1936
condctor: “Raleigh Review”; “Voice of Firestone”
09-01-1893 – Betty Blythe – Los Angeles, CA – d. 4-7-1972
actor: “The Whistler”; “This Is Your FBI”; “Let George Do It”
09-01-1897 – Lucille Fenton – d. 10-26-1966
actor: Paula Kirby “Myrt and Marge”
09-01-1899 – Richard Arlen – Charlottesville, VA – d. 5-28-1976
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-01-1900 – Don Wilson – Lincoln, NE – d. 4-25-1982
announcer: “Jack Benny Program”; “Good News of 1941”
09-01-1901 – Clyde Lucas – Minneapolis, KS – d. 1-15-1982
bandleader: “Spotlight Bands”; “Rendezvous Music”
09-01-1901 – William Anthony Farren – d. 10-5-1968
NBC staff announcer
09-01-1902 – John J. Anthony – NYC – d. 7-16-1970
moderator: “Good Will Hour”; “John J. Anthony Hour”
09-01-1904 – Johnny Mack Brown – Dothan, AL – d. 11-14-1974
actor: “Straight Arrow Pow Wow”
09-01-1905 – Bertram Tanswell – Blandford, England – d. 6-15-1984
actor/director: “Commandos”; “Second Husband”; “Stage Door Canteen”
09-01-1907 – Cliff Howell – Hattiesburg, MS – d. unknown
announcer: “Gateway to Hollywood; “The Euclid Ballot Box”
09-01-1907 – Ray Barrett – NYC – d. 1-16-1973
announcer, newscaster: “Monitor”; “Talent Search, Country Style”
09-01-1908 – Paul Sullivan – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-7-1986
news commentator: Monday thru Saturday 15-minute show on CBS
09-01-1909 – Charles Bickford – d. 10-26-1988
disk jockey: WOHS Shelby, North Carolina
09-01-1912 – Victor Zembruski – d. 11-xx-1976
orchestra leader: “The Victor Zembruski Polish Eagle Show”
09-01-1914 – Bert Bank – Montgomery, AL – d. 6-22-2009
Founder of the Alabama Football Radio Network
09-01-1915 – George Balzer – Erie, PA – d. 9-28-2006
writer: “The Jack Benny Program”
09-01-1922 – Cherie DeCastro – NYC – d. 3-14-2010
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) “Steve Lawrence Show”; “Here’s to Veterans”
09-01-1922 – Yvonne De Carlo – Vancouver, Canada – d. 1-8-2007
actor: “ Screen Guild Theatre”; “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
09-01-1925 – Art Pepper – Gardena, CA – d. 6-15-1982
jazz artist: “Jazz Alive”
09-01-1925 – Colin Free – Sydney, Australia – d. 5-26-1996
writer: “Brain Drain”
09-01-1925 – Walter Stocker – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-5-2003
actor: “Have Gun, Will Travel”
09-01-1928 – George Maharis – Astoria, NY
actor: “Zero Hour”
09-01-1931 – Boxcar Willie – Sterrett, TX – d. 4-12-1999
country singer and songwriter: “Grand Ole Opry”
09-01-1935 – Seiji Ozawa – Shenyang, China
conductor: Boston Symphony Orchestra
09-02-1894 – Emil Birnbaum – d. 12-22-1983
orchestra leader, violinist: KOMO Seattle, Washington
09-02-1896 – Amanda Randolph – Louisville, KY – d. 8-24-1967
actor: Mama “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; Oriole “Beulah”
09-02-1898 – Arthur Young – Bristol, Gloucestershire, England – d. 2-24-1959
actor: Junior Fitz “Ma Perkins”; Son “The Baxters”
09-02-1901 – Phil Napoleon – Boston, MA – d. 9-13-1990
bandleader: “Napoleon’s Retreat”
09-02-1902 – Henry J. Taylor – Chicago, IL – d. 2-24-1984
commentator: ‘Your Land and Mine”; “News Commentary”
09-02-1904 – Set Svanholm – Vasteras, Sweden – d. 10-4-1964
tenor: “Drene Time”
09-02-1904 – Vera Vague (Barbara Jo Allen) – NYC – d. 9-14-1974
comedian: “Vera Vague Show”; “Bob Hope Show”; “Jimmy Durante Show”
09-02-1907 – Irving Miller – NYC – d. 4-13-1986
musician: “Mel Blanc Show”; “Garry Moore Show”
09-02-1909 – Adrienne Marden – Cleveland, OH – d. 11-9-1978
actor: Patrica Jordan “Story of Bess Johnson”
09-02-1912 – Phil Agresta – d. 7-25-1986
sportscaster: WBT Charlotte, North Carolina
09-02-1914 – Tom Glazer – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-21-2003
folk singer: “V.D. Radio Project”; “Living 1948”; “The Eternal Light”
09-02-1917 – Cleveland Amory – Nahant, MA – d. 10-14-1998
writer: “Brain Trust”
09-02-1918 – Laurinda Almeida – Sao Paulo, Brazil – d. 7-16-1995
guitarist: “Stan Kenton and His Orchestra”
09-02-1925 – Russ Conway – Trever Stanford in Bristol, England – d. 11-15-2000
pianist: “Billy Cotton Band Show”
09-02-1933 – James Villiers – London, England – d. 1-18-1998
actor: Roderick Spode “The Code of the Woosters”
09-03-1876 – Dick Teela – Wisconsin – d. 3-24-1971
singer: “The Breakfast Club”
09-03-1893 – Anthony Collins – Hastings, England – d. 12-11-1963
composer: “Ceiling Unlimited”
09-03-1897 – Sally Benson – St. Louis, MO – d. 7-19-1972
writer: “Junior Miss”
09-03-1899 – Ezra Taft Benson – Whitney, ID – d. 5-30-1994
u.s. secratary of agriculture: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
09-03-1901 – Mantan Moreland – Monroe, LA – d. 9-28-1973
actor: “Rudy Vallee Presents the Drene Show”
09-03-1903 – Carlton Beck – d. 1-21-1979
newscaster: KOMA Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
09-03-1909 – Dorothy Maynor – Norfolk, VA – d. 2-19-1996
concert soprano: “For America We Sing”; “Freedom’s People”
09-03-1910 – Grace Matthews – Toronto, Canada – d. 5-15-1995
actor: Ruth Evans Wayne “Big Sister”; Margo Lane “The Shadow”
09-03-1910 – Kitty Carlisle – New Orleans, LA – d. 4-18-2007
singer: “Song Shop”; “RCA Magic Key”
09-03-1910 – Michael Eisenmenger – d. 3-14-2003
sound effects: “Captain Midnight”; “Backstage Wife”
09-03-1912 – Peter Capell – Berlin, Germany – d. 3-3-1986
actor:”Dimension X”; “Romance”; “Secret Missions”
09-03-1913 – Alan Ladd – Hot Springs, AR – d. 1-29-1964
actor: Dan Holliday “Box 13”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Proudly We Hail”
09-03-1918 – David Harmon – NYC – d. 8-28-2001
writer: “America in the Air”; “Now Hear This”
09-03-1918 – Donna King – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 6-20-2007
singer: (The King Sisters) “Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers”; “Al Pearce and His Gang”
09-03-1918 – Helen Wagner – Lubbock, TX – d. 5-1-2010
actor: Trudy Bauer “The Guiding Light”; “The Theatre Guild on the Air”
09-03-1918 – Jimmy Riddle – Dyersberg, TN – d. 12-10-1982
harmonica: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Crustene Ranch Party”; “Roy Acuff Show”
09-03-1918 – Tom Dillon – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-14-2005
actor: “NBC University Theatre”
09-03-1920 – Jackson Weaver – d. 10-20-1992
actor: “A Bright Tomorrow”
09-03-1922 – Burt Kennedy – Muskegon MI – d. 2-15-2001
writer: Wrote for radio in late 1940s
09-03-1924 – Shirley Shea – Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
writer: “It Seems to Me”
09-03-1925 – Hank Thompson – Waco, TX – d. 11-6-2007
singer/guitarist: “Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys”
09-03-1926 – Bill Flemming – Chicago, IL – d. 7-21-2007
sports director: WUOM Ann Arbor, Michigan
09-03-1926 – Irene Pappas – Chiliomodion, Greece
actor: Greek Radio
09-03-1938 – Glyn Worsnip – Highnam, England – d. 6-6-1996
host: “Breakfast Time”; “Press Gang”
09-04-1880 – Claude Cooper – London, England – d. 7-20-1932
actor: Pegleg Gaddis “Moonshine and Honeysuckle”
09-04-1891 – Sam Lanin – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-5-1977
bandleader: “Ipana Troubadors”; “Benrus Ticksters”
09-04-1895 – Jack Miller – Dorchester, MA – d. 3-18-1985
conductor: “Kate Smith and Her Swanee Music”; “Aldrich Family”
09-04-1898 – Agnes Ayres – Carbondale, IL – d. 12-25-1940
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-04-1898 – Charlie Cantor – Worcester, MA – d. 9-11-1966
actor: Clifton Finnegan “Duffy’s Tavern”; Levy Soloman “Abie’s Irish Rose”
09-04-1898 – Harry Salter – Bucharest, Romania – d. 3-5-1984
conductor: “It Pays to Be Ignorant”; “Lanny Ross Show”; “Stop the Music”
09-04-1903 – Bennie Bonacio – Mineo, Italy – d. 1-10-1974
saxophonist: Paul Whiteman, Vincent Lopez orchestras
09-04-1903 – Leonard Lee – d. 8-24-1964
writer: “Sherlock Holmes”
09-04-1903 – Phillip Arkansas – d. 11-27-1969
saxophonisst: WWNC Ashville, North Carolina
09-04-1905 – Meade Lux Lewis – Chicago, IL – d. 6-7-1964
jazz pianist: “Camel Caravan”; “Mercury Theatre”; “Jubilee”
09-04-1908 – Ed Dmytryk – Grand Forks, Canada – d. 7-1-1999
film director: “George Fisher Interviews the Stars”
09-04-1913 – Henry Russell – Michigan – d. 4-14-1968
conductor: “NBC University Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
09-04-1913 – Jan Savitt – Petrograd, Russia – d. 10-4-1948
bandleader: “Fitch Bandwagon”; “Rhapsody in Rhythm”
09-04-1914 – Leonard Sterling – d. 9-18-1992
announcer: “The Brighter Day”; “We Are Always Young”
09-04-1918 – Paul Harvey – Tulsa, OK – d. 2-28-2009
commentator: “Paul Harvey News”; “Speak Your Mind”
09-04-1923 – Graham Archer – d. 1-3-2001
disk jockey: “Wax Museum”; “The States of the Union”
09-04-1923 – Virginia Maxey – Indianapolis, IN
singer: (Modernaires) “Club Fifteen”
09-04-1925 – Howard Morris – NYC – d. 5-21-2005
comedian: “Those Good Old Days”
09-04-1928 – Dick York – Fort Wayne, IN – d. 2-20-1992
actor: Billy Fairfield “Jack Armstrong/Armstrong of the SBI”
09-04-1931 – Glyn Frewer – Oxford, England
writer: “The Hitchhikers”
09-04-1931 – Mitzi Gaynor – Chicago, IL
singer, actor: “Juke Box Jury”
09-04-1934 – Ron Batozech – d. 7-22-1997
disk jockey: WJOL Joliet, Illinois
09-04-1936 – Wayne Cody – Atlantic City, NJ – d. 6-7-2002
Seattle sportscaster
09-04-1937 – Red Shipley – Johnson City, TN – d. 10-6-2007
host: “Stained Glass Bluegrass”; “Orange & Blue Review”
09-05-1879 – Harold Sanford – Florence, MA – d. 1-19-1945
conductor: “Philco Hour”; “Exploring America with Carveth Wells”
09-05-1879 – Reginald C. Knorr – Mottville, MI – d. 6-13-1959
actor: “Myrt and Marge”
09-05-1887 – Vera Barstow – d. 11-19-1962
violinists: KHJ Los Angeles, California
09-05-1892 – Joseph Szigeti – Budapest, Austria-Hungary – d. 2-19-1973
violinist: “Camel Caravan”; “Elgin Christmas Party”; “Concert Hall”
09-05-1893 – George Sokolsky – Utica, NY – d. 12-12-1962
news commentator: 15-minute weekly series on ABC
09-05-1895 – Craig Earl – Great Barrington, MA – d. 8-13-1985
quizmaster: “Professor Quiz”
09-05-1895 – William Hillman – NYC – d. 5-30-1962
newscaster: Teamed with Raymond Clapper on NBC BLUE, ABC
09-05-1896 – Phil Baxter – Navarro County, TX – d. 11-21-1972
orchestra leader: Live remotes from El Torreon
09-05-1897 – Arthur Nielsen – Chicago, IL – d. 6-1-1980
Founder of the Nielsen Ratings
09-05-1897 – Doris Kenyon – Syracuse, NY – d. 9-1-1979
actor: Ann “Crossroads”
09-05-1897 – Morris Carnovsky – St. Louis, MO – d. 9-1-1992
actor: Adam Bassett “Prairie Folks”; Mr. Kriss “Into the Light”
09-05-1902 – Darryl Zanuck – Wahoo, NE – d. 12-22-1979
film director: “Jack Benny Program”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “Triburte to Irving Berlin”
09-05-1907 – Jimmy Wallington – Rochester, NY – d. 12-22-1972
announcer: “Chase & Sanborn Hour”; “Texaco Town/Star Theatre”; “Alan Young Show”
09-05-1907 – Sybil Chism Bock – Carrolton, IL – d. 5-28-1980
organist: “One Man’s Family”; “Lum and Abner”
09-05-1908 – Elizabeth Day – St. Paul, MN
actor: Sally Jones “Five Star Jones”
09-05-1908 – Gloria Holden – London, England – d. 3-22-1991
actor: Janet Archer “Meet Corliss Archer”
09-05-1910 – Kenny Delmar – Boston, MA – d. 7-14-1984
actor: Beauregard Claghorn “Fred Allen Show”; Commissioner Weston “The Shadow”
09-05-1912 – John Cage – Los Angeles, CA – d. 8-12-1992
composer: “The Columbia Workshop”
09-05-1912 – Sally Payne – Chicago, IL – d. 5-8-1999
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-05-1914 – Gail Thompson Kubik – Coffeyville, KS – d. 7-20-1984
staff composer and music advisor for NBC: “Great Plays,” Soldiers with Wings”
09-05-1914 – Nancy Ordway – Fort Warden, WA – d. 4-19-2005
actor: Helen Holden “Helen Holden, Government Girl”
09-05-1916 – Frank Shuster – Toronto Canada – d. 1-13-2002
writer: (Wayne and Schuster) “The Army Show”; “The March of Time”
09-05-1916 – Frank Yerby – Augusta, GA – d. 11-29-1991
author: “Best Seller”
09-05-1918 – Max Harris – Bournemouth, England – d. 3-6-2004
composer: “Round the Horn”
09-05-1923 – Joan Wagner Beck – Clinton, IA – d. 12-10-1998
scriptwriter: “Voice of America”
09-05-1929 – Bob Newhart – Oak Park, IL
comedian: “Newhart and Gallagher”
09-05-1932 – Carol Lawrence – Melrose Park, IL
singer: “New Faces of 1948”
09-05-1939 – John Stewart – San Diego, CA – d. 1-19-2008
singer: (Kingston Trio) “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; “Guest Star”
09-05-1941 – Alma de Groen – Foxton, New Zealand
writer: “Available Light”; “Stories in the Dark”
09-06-1881 – Charlie Dale – NYC – d. 11-16-1971
comedian: (Smith and Dale) “Al Jolson”; “Kate Smith”
09-06-1885 – Otto Kruger – Toledo, OH – d. 9-6-1974
actor: “Nobody’s Children”
09-06-1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy – East Boston, MA – d. 11-18-1969
ambassador to Great Britain: “Ambassador Joseph Kennedy”
09-06-1889 – John Charles Thomas – Meyersdale, PA – d. 12-13-1960
singer: “John Charles Thomas Program”; “Westinghouse Program”
09-06-1889 – Louis Silvers – NYC – d. 3-26-1954
music director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-06-1894 – Billy Mills – Flint, MI – d. 10-20-1971
conductor: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Great Gildersleeve”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
09-06-1899 – Billy Rose – NYC – d. 2-10-1966
creator-stager: “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”
09-06-1900 – Charles Kemper – Oklahoma Territory – d. 5-12-1950
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
09-06-1901 – Joseph Vitale – NYC – d. 6-5-1994
actor: “Great Plays”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-06-1902 – Morgan Beatty – Little Rock, AR – d. 7-4-1975
newscaster: “News of the World”
09-06-1904 – Maxie Rosenbloom – NYC – d. 3-6-1976
light heavyweight boxing champion, actor: “Slapsie Maxie Show”
09-06-1904 – Mildred Baker – Atlanta, GA – d. unknown
actor: “Roses and Drums”; “Cavalcade of America”; “By Kathleen Norris”
09-06-1904 – Ted Royal Dewar – Skedee, Oklahoma Territory – d. 3-27-1981
orchestrator: “Wayne King and His Orchestra”; Ted Weems and His Orchestra”
09-06-1908 – Paul Lavalle – Beacon, NY – d. 6-24-1997
conductor: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”; “Dinah Shore Show”
09-06-1909 – Michael Gordon – Baltimore, MD – d. 4-29-1993
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
09-06-1911 – Eleazar Lipsky – d. 2-14-1993
district attorney, writer: “Indictment”
09-06-1914 – Ken Vogt – Wisconsin – d. 10-10-2002
disk jockey: WMIL; WFOX; WRIT Milwaukee, Wisconsin
09-06-1915 – Kleve Kirby – d. 3-5-1949
actor: John Murray “Today’s Children”
09-06-1916 – Marie Green – Antrim, NH
vocalist: “Everything Goes”; “Hobby Lobby”; “Alec Templeton Time”
09-06-1917 – John Berry – The Bronx, NY – d. 11-29-1999
director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
09-06-1918 – Jay Stewart – Summitville, IN – d. 9-17-1989
announcer: “Great Gildersleeve”; “Hollywood Barn Dance”; “Spotlight on Music”
09-06-1919 – John Mitchum – Bridgeport, CT – d. 11-27-2001
actor: (Brother of Robert Mitchum) “This Is Your FBI”
09-06-1925 – Jimmy Reed – Dunleith, MS – d. 8-29-1976
blues singer, guitarist, harmonica playere: “One Night Stand”
09-06-1927 – Waring Jones – Minneapolis, MN – d. 1-10-2008
announcer: Armed Forces Radio
09-06-1930 – Bernard Jaffe – d. 8-2-1993
science writer: “Information, Please”
09-06-1934 – Jody McCrea – Los Angeles, CA – d. 4-4-2009
host” Armed Forces Radio Channel
09-06-1939 – Ray Barfield – Thomasville, GA
producer, host: “Shakespeare Scene by Scene”
09-07-1886 – Alan Devitt – d. 1-28-1955
actor: “Famous Jury Trial”; “The March of Time”
09-07-1888 – Alec Harford – London, England – d. 3-31-1955
actor: “Escape”; “NBC University Theatre”; “Romance”
09-07-1891 – Roscoe Karns – San Bernadino, CA – d. 2-6-1970
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
09-07-1900 – Emerson Treacy – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-10-1967
actor: Fred Thompson “One Man’s Family”
09-07-1903 – Margaret Landon – Somers, WI – d. 12-4-1993
author: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-07-1903 – Milton Brown – Stephenville, TX – d. 4-13-1936
singer: “The Musical Brownies”
09-07-1905 – Ivy Maude Baker Priest – Kimberly, UT – d. 6-23-1975
treasurer of the united states: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
09-07-1907 – Johnny McAfee – d. 10-18-1982
vocalist: (Harry James Band) “Chesterfield Time”
09-07-1908 – Max Kaminsky – Brockton, MA – d. 9-6-1994
jazz musician: :This Is Jazz”
09-07-1908 – Paul Brown – Norwalk, OH – d. 8-5-1991
football coach: “Greatest Sports Thrills”
09-07-1909 – Elia Kazan – Constantinople, Turkey – d. 9-28-2003
film director, actor: “Free Company”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”
09-07-1910 – Don Ried – d. 9-16-1996
vocalist: “The Jack Kirkwood Show”
09-07-1913 – Anthony Quayle – Ainsdale, England – d. 10-20-1989
actor: Guest Panelist “Quote…Unquote”
09-07-1918 – Al Christy – Kansas City, KS – d. 3-3-1995
started his career in radio
09-07-1919 – Louise Bennett – Kingston, Jamaica – d. 7-26-2006
poet, folklorist: commented on social matters as Aunty Roachy
09-07-1920 – Mende Brown – d. 2-2-2002
director: “The Affairs of Peter Salem”
09-07-1921 – Art Ferrante – NYC – d. 9-19-2009
pianist: (Ferrante and Teicher) “The Zero Hour”; “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
09-07-1923 – Peter Lawford – London, England – d. 12-24-1984
actor: “Radio Reader’s Digest”; “Suspense”
09-07-1927 – Don Messick – Buffalo, NY – d. 10-24-1997
actor: “Let George Do It”; “Horizons West”; “NBC University Theatre”
09-07-1930 – Sonny Rollins – Harlem, NY
jazz saxophonist: “White House Jazz Festival”
09-07-1936 – Buddy Holly – Lubbock, TX – d. 2-3-1959
singer: “Sunday Party”; “Buddy and Bob Show”
09-08-1877 – Bide Dudley – Minneapolis, MN – d. 1-4-1944
drama critic: “Around Little ‘Ol Broadway”
09-08-1889 – Robert A. Taft – Cincinnati, OH – d. 7-31-1953
us senator: “American Forum of the Air”; “The People’s Platform”
09-08-1896 – Howard Dietz – NYC – d. 7-30-1983
song lyricist: “The Gibson Family”
09-08-1897 – Jimmie Rodgers – Meridian, MS – d. 5-26-1933
singer: “The Singing Brakeman”
09-08-1902 – Milton Watson – Salinas, CA – d. 1-2-1982
vocalist: “Burns and Allen”
09-08-1902 – Welcome Lewis – d. 3-25-1999
singer: “Singo”; “The Singing Bee”
09-08-1905 – Henry Wilcoxon – Dominica, West Indies – d. 3-6-1984
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-08-1906 – Orlo Bagley – d. 7-2-1986
sportscaster: KOMB Cottage Grove, Oregon
09-08-1907 – Eleanor Phelps – Baltimore, MD – d. 9-29-2001
actor: Susan Chandler “Life and Loves of Doctor Susan”
09-08-1907 – Tom McAvity – d. 10-1-1972
producer, director: “A Date with Judy”; “Rudy Vallee Show”; “The Saint”
09-08-1908 – John Griggs – Chesterfield, SC – d. 2-25-1967
actor: Capt. Randy Claymore of the Confederacy “Roses and Drums”
09-08-1910 – Joe Bolton – Flushing, NY – d. 8-13-1986
announcer: “The 1937 Radio Show”
09-08-1911 – Christine Johnson – Hopkinsville, KY – d. 6-9-2010
singer, actress: “The Squibb Show”
09-08-1913 – Patricia ‘Honeychile’ Wilder – Macon, GA – d. 8-11-1995
actor: “Maxwell House Showboat”; “Atlantic Family”; G.I. Jive”
09-08-1914 – Hillary Brooke – Astoria, NY – d. 5-25-1999
actor: “Suspense”
09-08-1915 – Frank Cady – Susanville, CA
actor: “Gunsmoke”
09-08-1921 – Harry Secombe – Swansea, Wales – d. 4-12-2001
comedian: Neddie Seagoon “Goon Show”
09-08-1922 – Sid Caesar – Yonkers, NY
comedian: “Voice of the Army”; “Tex and Jinx Show”
09-08-1925 – Peter Sellers – London, England – d. 7-24-1980
comedian: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Major Dennis Bloodnok, others “Goon Show”
09-08-1932 – Patsy Cline – Gore, VA – d. 3-5-1963
country singer: “Country Hoedown”; “Grand Ole Opry”
09-09-1828 – Leo Tolstoy – Yasnaya, Polyana, Russia – d. 11-20-1910
author: Some works adapted for radio
09-09-1873 – Max Reinhardt – Baden, Austria – d. 10-30-1943
film director: “Texaco Star Theatre”
09-09-1882 – Clem McCarthy – East Bloomfield, NY – d. 6-4-1962
sportscaster: The Kentucky Derby
09-09-1885 – Billy Curtis – Lowell, MA – d. 4-28-1954
writer of radio scripts
09-09-1887 – Raymond Walburn – Plymouth, IN – d. 7-26-1969
actor: “That’s My Pop”
09-09-1894 – Arthur Freed – Charleston, SC – d. 4-12-1973
songwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-09-1898 – Frankie Frisch – The Bronx, NY – d. 3-12-1973
baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) New York Giants
09-09-1899 – Neil Hamilton – Lynn, MA – d. 9-24-1984
actor: A.J. Raffles “Raffles”
09-09-1899 – Waite Hoyt – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-25-1984
sportscaster, “Sports Review”; “According to Hoyt”; play-by-play: Cincinnati Reds
09-09-1900 – James Hilton – Leigh, Lancashire, England – d. 12-20-1954
host: “Hallmark Hall of Fame/Hallmark Playhouse”; “Ceiling Unlimited”
09-09-1901 – James Blades – Peterborough, England – d. 5-19-1999
percussionist: Freelance, best known as the drummer for ‘V for Victory’
09-09-1903 – Phyllis Whitney – Yokohoma, Japan – d. 2-8-2008
author: “The Young Book Reviewers”
09-09-1905 – Elsie Park Gowan – Helensburgh, Scotland – d. 2-2-1999
writer: “New Lamps for Old”
09-09-1905 – Ulric Cole – NYC – d. 5-21-1992
composer, conductor: “NBC String Symphony”
09-09-1908 – Ed Prentiss – Chicago, IL – d. 3-19-1992
actor: Red Albright/Captain Midnight “Captain Midnight”; Ned Holden “The Guiding Light”
09-09-1909 – Giulio Gari – Medias, Romania – d. 4-15-1994
operatic tenor: “Musical Bits”; “NBC Symphony Orchestra”
09-09-1914 – Marion Mann – Columbus, OH
singer: “The Breakfast Club Matinee”; “Danny Thomas Show”
09-09-1915 – Arnold Hillebrandt – Wisconsin – d. 10-xx-1986
actor: Santa Claus “Billie the Brownie”
09-09-1915 – Richard Webb – Bloomington, IL – d. 6-10-1993
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Crime Does Not Pay
09-09-1918 – Blanche Thebom – Monessen, PA – d. 3-23-2010
mezzo-soprano: “Bell Telephone Hour”; “Metropolitan Opera”; “Railroad Hour”
09-09-1920 – Michael Aldridge – Glastonbury, England – d. 1-10-1994
actor: “Relatively Speaking”
09-09-1922 – Imogene Lynn – Trenton, MO – d. 2-24-2003
singer: “Spotlight Bands”
09-09-1924 – Jane Greer – Washington, D.C. – d. 8-24-2001
singer, actor: “Rudy Vallee Show”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-09-1927 – Elvin Ray Jones – Pontiac, MI – d. 5-18-2004
jazz drummer: “Newport Jazz Festival”
09-09-1927 – “Mary” Olive Major – Santa Barbara County, CA – d. 8-12-1998
vocalist: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
09-09-1930 – Martha Jean “The Queen” Steinberg – d. 1-29-2000
Owned WQBH-AM Detroit, Michigan
09-09-1931 – Barbara Lyon – Hollywood, CA – d. 7-10-1995
actor: “Life with the Lyons”
09-10-1879 – Jess Pugh – Andersonville, IN – d. 1-22-1962
actor: Scattergood Baines, “Scattergood Baines”
09-10-1885 – Carl Van Doren – Hope, IL – d. 7-18-1950
author/lecturer: “New York Philharmonic Orchestra”; “Words at War”
09-10-1886 – Sam Taub – NYC – d. 7-10-1979
sportscaster: “Madison Square Boxing Bouts”
09-10-1892 – Albin Beck – d. 2-14-1982
newscaster: WKBZ Muskegon, Michigan
09-10-1898 – Adele Astaire – Omaha, NE – d. 1-25-1981
dancer, actor: (Fred’s Sister) “Magic Key”; “Savings Bond Campaign”
09-10-1900 – Francis Craig – Dickson, IN – d. 11-19-1966
bandleader: “Spotlight Revue”
09-10-1900 – Joseph Bentonelli – Sayre, OK – d. 4-4-1975
operatic tenor: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Vick’s Open House”
09-10-1902 – Jim Crowley – Chicago, IL – d. 1-15-1986
football all-american: (One of the Four Horsemen) “Kate Smith Hour”
09-10-1904 – Emery Deutsch – Budapest, Hungary – d. 4-16-1997
conductor: “Arabesque”; “Let’s Pretend”
09-10-1904 – John V. Aspe – d. 1-30-1973
tenor: WHN New York, New York
09-10-1904 – Lyle Van – Troy, NY – d. 7-22-1997
newscaster: “Lyle Van and the News”
09-10-1906 – Ruth Stafford Peale – Fonda, IA – d. 2-6-2008
religious leader: “The Aldrich Family”
09-10-1907 – Alvin Childress – Meridian, MS – d. 4-19-1986
actor: “New World A-Coming”
09-10-1907 – Fay Wray – Alberta, Canada – d. 8-8-2004
actor: Rosemary “Keeping Up with Rosemary”
09-10-1909 – Raymond Scott – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-8-1994
conductor, composer: “Your Hit Parade”; “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
09-10-1909 – Ruth Yorke – NYC – d. 12-xx-1980
actor: Jan Arden “Jane Arden”; Belle Owen “Life Can Be Beautiful”
09-10-1915 – Edmund O’Brien – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-9-1985
actor: Johnny Dollar “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
09-10-1915 – Vivian Della Chiesa – Chicago, IL – d. 1-6-2009
singer: (America’s Great Lyric Soprano) “American Album of Familiar Music”
09-10-1916 – Dorothy Lowell – NYC – d. 7-1-1944
actor: Sunday Brinthrope “Our Gal Sunday”; Linda Clark “Hilltop House”
09-10-1917 – Jean Ruth Hay – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-18-2004
disc jockey: “Reveille with Beverly”
09-10-1920 – Vivian Block – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Let’s Pretend”; Ann Weston “Wilderness Road”; “Coast to Coast on a Bus”
09-10-1922 – Emily Vass – Greenville, SC
singer: (The Vass Family) “The Lady Next Door”; “Kraft Phoenix Program”
09-10-1927 – Gwen Watford – London, England – d. 2-6-1994
actor: “Barnstaple”
09-10-1934 – Charles Kuralt – Wilmington, NC – d. 7-4-1997
sportscaster: “Junior Sports Parade”; “Sports Final”
09-11-1862 – O. Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter) – Greensboro, NC – d. 6-5-1910
short story writer: Several of his works adapted for radio
09-11-1878 – Charles Harrison – d. 2-2-1965
tenor: CBS Staff 1927-1928, had musical program on NBC 1935
09-11-1887 – Gus Arnheim – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-19-1955
orchestra leader: “Woodbury Soap Show”
09-11-1889 – Bill Comstock – Syracuse, NY – d. 6-22-1979
actor: Tizzy Lish “Mirth Parade”
09-11-1895 – Harry Tobias – NYC – d. 12-15-1994
songwriter: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
09-11-1896 – Robert S. Kerr – Ada, Oklahoma Territory – d. 1-1-1963
governor oklahoma: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
09-11-1899 – Jimmie Davis – Quitman, LA – d. 11-5-2000
Louisiana’s Singing Governor: “Songs By Sinatra”
09-11-1907 – Tommy McLaughlin – d. 7-28-1936
baritone: “Threads of Happiness”; “Vick’s Open House”
09-11-1908 – Elisebeth A. Heisch – Madison, WI – d. 8-17-2003
writer: “The Cinnamon Bear”
09-11-1908 – Ray Beals – Missouri – d. 1-23-1983
newscaster: KVGB Great Bend, Kansas
09-11-1909 – Anne Seymour – NYC – d. 12-11-1988
actor: “Mary Marlin “Story of Mary Marlin”; Francie Nolan “Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
09-11-1909 – Kenneth Banghart – Paramus, NJ – d. 5-25-1980
announcer: “Archie Andews”; “Lora Lawton”; “Robert Shaw Chorale”
09-11-1912 – Charles Stark – Reading, PA – d. 3-22-1992
announcer: “Gene Autry’s Melody Rance”; “Our Gal Sunday”
09-11-1912 – John Masterson – Spokane, WA – d. 2-4-1995
producer: “Queen for a Day”; “Bride and Groom”
09-11-1913 – Eugenia Rawls – Macon, GA – d. 11-8-2000
actor: “We, The People”; “Molle Mystery Theatre”
09-11-1915 – Athena Lorde – NYC – d. 5-23-1973
actor: Maggie Sprague “Young Widder Brown”; Sherry “Front Page Farrell”
09-11-1915 – Jack Fascinato – Bouvier, MO – d. 12-25-1994
conductor,composer: “Guest Star”; “Johnny Desmond Show”
09-11-1923 – Betsy Drake – Paris, France
actor: Muriel Blandings “Mr. and Mrs. Blandings”
09-11-1926 – Lee Richardson – Chicago, IL – d. 10-2-1999
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-11-1928 – Earl Holliman – Delhi, LA
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
09-11-1936 – Roger Barkley – Minnesota – d. 12-21-1997
actor: “Empire of the Air”
09-12-1888 – Maurice Chevalier – Paris, France – d. 1-1-1972
actor, singer, host: “Chase & Sanborn Hour”; “This is Paris”; “Bing Crosby Show”
09-12-1892 – Malcolm LaPrade – d. 7-11-1974
creator, producer: “The Collier Hour”
09-12-1893 – Gen. Lewis B. Hershey – Steuben City, IN – d. 5-20-1977
head of selective service: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
09-12-1894 – Billy Gilbert – Louisville, KY – d. 9-23-1971
actor: “NYA Varieties”; “Rudy Vallee Rehearsal”
09-12-1897 – Richard Maxwell – Mansfield, OH – d. 9-4-1954
singer, host: “A Friend in Deed”; “Cheer and Comfort”
09-12-1897 – Walter B. Gibson – Germantown, PA – d. 12-6-1985
creater of “The Shadow”; writer for “The Avenger”
09-12-1901 – Ben Blue – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – d. 3-7-1975
actor, comedian: “Hollywood Hotel”
09-12-1901 – Sam Bittel – d. 11-30-1994
orchestra leader: WBZ-WBZA Boston-Springfield, Massachusetts
09-12-1907 – Louis MacNeice – Belfast, Ireland – d. 9-4-1963
author: “Christopher Columbus”
09-12-1910 – Lehman Engel – Jackson, MS – d. 8-28-1982
broadway conductor: “Madrigal Singers of New York”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
09-12-1910 – Shep Fields – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-23-1981
bandleader: “Rippling Rhythm Revue”
09-12-1914 – Desmond Llewelyn – Newport, South Wales – d. 12-19-1999
actor: Archdeacon Erabazori “Nemesis”
09-12-1914 – Eddy Howard – Woodland, CA – d. 5-23-1963
bandleader, singer: “Carton of Cheer”; “Gay Mrs. Featherstone”
09-12-1915 – Paul Marion – The Bronx, NY
actor: Husband “Merry Life of Mary Christmas”
09-12-1916 – Ed Binns – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-4-1990
actor: “This Is My Story”
09-12-1916 – William Anderson – Greenville, SC – d. 4-30-1981
trumpeter: Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra
09-12-1918 – Ethel Beard – d. 10-15-2003
actor: “Experimental Playhouse of the Air”
09-12-1919 – Norma Jean Ross – Fremont, NE – d. 1-28-1983
actor: “Scattergood Baines”; “Author’s Playhouse”
09-12-1921 – Frank McGee – Monroe. LA – d. 4-17-1974
nbc newsman: “Meet the Press”;”The Great Debate”
09-12-1924 – Ella Mae Morse – Mansfield, TX – d. 10-16-1999
singer: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Everything for the Boys”; “Jubilee”
09-12-1925 – Dickie Moore – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Crime Does Not Pay”
09-12-1927 – Helen Carter – Maces Springs, VA – d. 6-2-1998
singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
09-12-1931 – Ian Holm – Goodmayes, England
actor: Frodo: The Lord of the Rings”
09-12-1940 – Skip Hinnant – Chincoteague Island, VA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-13-1871 – Alma Kruger – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 4-5-1960
actor: Emily Mayfield “Those We Love”
09-13-1876 – Sherwood Anderson – Camden, OH – d. 3-8-1941
writer: “The Free Company”
09-13-1880 – Jesse L. Lasky – San Francisco, CA – d. 1-13-1958
film producer, host: “Gateway to Hollywood”
09-13-1883 – Lewis E. Lawes – Elmira, NY – d. 4-23-1947
commentator: “Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing”
09-13-1894 – J. B. Priestley – Bradford, Yorkshire, England – d. 8-14-1984
dramatist: “London After Dark”; “Studio One”; “NBC University Theatre”
09-13-1895 – Ruth McDevitt – Coldwater, MI – d. 5-27-1976
actor: Jane Channing “This Life is Mine”; Mother “Keeping Up with Rosemary”
09-13-1896 – Laidman Browne – Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England – d. 9-11-1961
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Corner in Crime”
09-13-1897 – David Rubinoff – Grodno, Poland – d. 10-6-1986
violinist, conductor: “Chase & Sanborn Hour”; “Rubinoff and His Violin”
09-13-1900 – Gladys George – Patton, ME – d. 12-8-1954
actor: “Lincoln Highway”
09-13-1903 – Claudette Colbert – Paris, France – d. 7-30-1996
actor: “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Millions for Defense”
09-13-1903 – Dave Binder – London, England – d. 10-3-1992
formed “Jingle Jem Co,” to produce radio jingles
09-13-1903 – Ken Trietsch – Arcadia, IN – d. 9-17-1987
musician-singer: (Hoosier Hot Shots) “National Barn Dance”; “Uncle Ezra”
09-13-1908 – Mae Questel – The Bronx, NY – d. 1-4-1998
actor: Betty Boop “Betty Boop Fables”; Olive Oyl “Popeye the Sailor”
09-13-1908 – Sheila Barrett – d. 8-10-1980
impersonator, mimic: “Fred Allen Show”; “Time of Your Life”; “Magic Key”
09-13-1909 – Leith Stevens – Mount Moriah, MO – d. 7-23-1970
conductor: “Death Valley Days”; “Molle Merry Minstrels”
09-13-1910 – Raymond Raikes – London, England – d. 10-2-1998
producer: “Dick Barton”; “The Foundling”; “National Theatre of the Air”
09-13-1910 – Van Amburg – d. 3-15-1990
sportscaster: KPIX San Francisco, California
09-13-1911 – Bill Monroe – Rosine, KY – d. 9-9-1996
mandolin player: (Father of Bluegrass) “Grand Ole Opry”
09-13-1912 – Claude Casey – Enoree, SC – d. 6-24-1999
country, bluegrass: “Briarhoppers”
09-13-1913 – Gretchen Davidson – Chicago, IL – d. 8-2-2002
actor: Carol Kennedy “Carol Kennedy’s Romance”
09-13-1913 – Roy Engel – Missouri – d. 12-29-1980
actor:Schuyler ‘Sky’ King “Sky King” “NBC University Theatre”
09-13-1914 – Leonard Feather – London, England – d. 9-22-1994
composer: “Esquire Jazz Concert”; “Mildred Bailey Show”; “One Night Stand’
09-13-1916 – Norm Lenhardt – d. 4-28-1993
announcer: WXYZ Detroit
09-13-1916 – Roald Dahl – Llandaff, Wales – d. 11-23-1990
writer: “Escape”
09-13-1918 – Dick Haymes – Buenos Aires, Argentina – d. 3-28-1980
singer, actor: Dick Haymes Show”; “Tommy Dorsey Show”; Crane Dockery “I Fly Anything”
09-13-1918 – Ernie Winstanley – England – d. 5-27-1992
actor, sound effects: Scrub Troy “Secretary Hawkins’ Fair and Supper Club”; “The Lone Ranger”
09-13-1918 – Ray Charles – Chicago, IL
choral director: (The Other Ray Charles) “The Big Show”; “Radio Hall of Fame”
09-13-1920 – Carole Mathews – Montgomery, IL
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-13-1923 – Janice Gilbert – NYC
actor: “Bachelor’s Children”; “Dorothy Dix at Home”
09-13-1924 – Scott Brady – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-16-1985
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-13-1925 – Mel Tormé – Chicago, IL- d. 6-5-1999
actor, singer: Joe Corntassel “Little Orphan Annie”; “Tormé Time”; “New Mel Tormé Show”
09-13-1944 – Carol Barnes – Norwich, England – d. 3-8-2008
report for the BBC
09-14-1890 – Anthony Frome – Bellaire, OH – d. 1-20-1962
as “The Poet Prince” he sang and read poetry over NBC Blue in early 1930s
09-14-1892 – John Robert Powers – d. 7-19-1977
modeling agency founder: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
09-14-1899 – Hal B. Wallis – Chicago, IL – d. 10-5-1986
film producer: “Tex and Jinx Show”; “Academy Award Program”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-14-1907 – Cecil Brown – New Brighton, PA – d. 10-25-1987
newscaster: “CBS European News”; “Sizing Up the News”
09-14-1908 – Bernard Green – NYC – d. 8-8-1975
orchestra leader: “The Clock”
09-14-1910 – Jack Hawkins – London, England – d. 7-18-1973
actor: “U.S. Steel Hour”
09-14-1914 – Robert McCloskey – Hamilton, OH – d. 6-20-2003
author: “Books Bring Adventure”
09-14-1916 – Jerry Doggett – d. 7-7-1997
baseball announcer: “The LIberty Broadcasting System”
09-14-1918 – Bill Hanrahan – d. 8-7-1996
newscaster, announcer: “Inheritance”
09-14-1918 – Malcolm Yelvington – Covington, TN – d. 2-21-2001
mandolin: “The Star Rhythm Boys”
09-14-1918 – Mike Stokey – Shreveport, LA – d. 9-7-2003
announcer: “One Night Stand”
09-14-1922 – Frances Bergen – Birmingham, AL – d. 10-2-2006
actor: (Wife of Edgar, Mother of Candice) “New Edgar Bergen Hour”
09-14-1924 – Jerry Coleman – San Jose, CA
baseball announcer for the San Diego Padres
09-14-1925 – Bill Christy – Seattle, WA – d. 2-25-1946
actor: Franklin Dexter “Meet Corliss Archer”
09-15-1876 – Bruno Walter – Berlin, Germany – d. 2-17-1962
conductor: “Salzburg Music Festival”; “Word from the People”; “New York Philharmonic”
09-15-1878 – William Hard – Painted Post, NY – d. 1-30-1962
commentator: “Back of the News”
09-15-1889 – Robert Benchley – Worcester, MA – d. 11-21-1945
comedian: “Buick Program”; “Melody and Madness”
09-15-1890 – Agatha Christie – Torquay, England – d. 1-12-1976
author: Creator of “Hercule Poirot”
09-15-1890 – Agatha Christie – Torquay, England – d. 1-12-1976
author: Creator of “Hercule Poirot”
09-15-1894 – Edwin Cooper – Illinois – d. 2-2-1984
actor: “The Eddie Bracken Show”
09-15-1896 – Irene Arledge – d. 7-11-1977
contralto: KFDM Beaumont, Texas
09-15-1896 – Julia Hoyt – d. 10-31-1955
actor: Conducted a fashion program for NBC
09-15-1898 – Dave Belman – d. 10-xx-1982
disk jockey: KONG Visalia, California
09-15-1898 – Gene Arnold – d. 4-12-1954
singer: (the man with a tear in his throat) “National Barn Dance”
09-15-1899 – Dr. Milton Eisenhower – Abilene, KS – d. 5-2-1985
doctor: (Brother of Ike) “Second Seagram’s Symposium”; “Meet the Press”
09-15-1901 – Alexander Kirkland – Mexico City, Mexico – d. unknown
actor: “Helen Hayes Theatre”; “Our Gal Sunday”; “Society Girl”
09-15-1903 – Jean Tennyson – Chicago, IL – d. 3-16-1991
soprano: “Great Moments in Music”
09-15-1903 – Roy Acuff – Maynardsville, TN – d. 11-23-1992
singer: (The King of Country Music) “Grand Ole Opry”
09-15-1904 – Sheilah Graham – Leeds, England – d. 11-17-1988
gossip commentator: “Heinz Magazine of the Air”; “Sheilah Graham”
09-15-1904 – Tom Conway – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 4-22-1967
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”; Simon Templar “The Saint”
09-15-1906 – Kathryn Murray – Jersey City, NJ – d. 8-6-1999
hostess: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
09-15-1907 – Elspeth Eric – d. xx-xx-1993
actor: Joyce Jordan “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”; Diane Ramsey “Big Sister”
09-15-1907 – Jack Bailey – Hampton, IA – d. 2-1-1980
emcee: “Queen for a Day”; “Truth or Consequences”
09-15-1908 – Penny Singleton – Phildelphia, PA – d. 11-12-2003
actor: Blondie Bumstead “Blondie” Penny Williamson “Penny Singleton Show”
09-15-1909 – Eric Linden – NYC – d. 7-14-1994
actor: “Hollywood On the Air”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-15-1909 – Frank Richards – NYC – d. 4-15-1992
actor: “I Love A Mystery”
09-15-1911 – Grace Carney – Hartford, CT
actor: Freelance
09-15-1913 – Henry Brant – Montreal, Canada – d. 4-26-2008
composer: “The Eternal Light”
09-15-1915 – Al Casey – Louisville, KY – d. 9-11-2005
guitarist: “One Night Stand”; “New World A’ Coming”; “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”
09-15-1915 – John Conte – Palmer, MA – d. 9-4-2006
emcee: “Maxwell House Coffee Time”; “John Conte Show”
09-15-1915 – Phil Brito – Boomer, WV – d. 10-28-2005
narrator: “Moon River”
09-15-1916 – Margaret Lockwood – Karachi, British India – d. 7-15-1990
actor: “A Christmas Carol”
09-15-1919 – Nelson Giddings – NYC – d. 5-1-2004
writer: “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon”
09-15-1922 – Jackie Cooper – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Campbell Playhouse”; “George Jessel Show”; “Voice of the Army”
09-15-1923 – Arvell Shaw – St. Louis, MO – d. 12-5-2002
jazz bassist: “Floor Show”; “Damon Runyon Memorial Concert”; “Jubilee”
09-15-1924 – Bobby Short – Danville, IL – d. 3-21-2005
singer: Sang on Chicago radio at beginning of his career
09-15-1928 – Cannonball Adderley – Tampa, FL – d. 8-8-1975
jazz saxphonist: “Voices of Vista”
09-16-1881 – Jack Harvey – Cleveland, OH – d. 11-9-1954
writer: “Joan Davis Time”
09-16-1893 – Alexander Korda – Pusztaturpaszto, Hungary – d. 1-23-1956
director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-16-1899 – Sam Spewack – Ukraine, Russia – d. 10-14-1971
writer: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-16-1902 – Philip Reep – d. 1-23-1985
singer: (Elm City Four) “The Gay Nineties Revue”
09-16-1903 – Joe Venuti – Lecco, Italy – d. 8-14-1978
jazz violinist: “Friendly Five Footnotes”;”Paul Whiteman Show”; “Jubilee”
09-16-1908 – Neil Reagan – Tampico, IL – d. 12-11-1996
director, announcer: (Brother of Ron) “Dr. Christian”; “Straight Arrow”
09-16-1910 – Herta Glaz – Vienna, Austria – d. 1-28-2006
mezzo soprano: “NBC Summer Symphony”; “Metropolitan Opera”
09-16-1911 – Dorian St. George – d. 3-1-2004
announcer: “Advs. of Charlie Chan”; “Candid Microphone”
09-16-1911 – Paul Henning – Independence, MO – d. 3-25-2005
writer: “Burns and Allen”
09-16-1914 – Allen Funt – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-5-1999
host: “Candid Microphone”
09-16-1915 – Cy Walter – Minneapolis, MN – d. 8-18-1968
pianist: “Piano Playhouse”; “Songs by Sinatra”
09-16-1919 – Andy Russell – Los Angeles, CA – d. 4-16-1992
singer: “Your Hit Parade”
09-16-1919 – Larry Dobkin – NYC – d. 10-28-2002
actor: Archie Goodwin “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; Ellery Queen “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
09-16-1919 – Ralph Barco – d. 3-19-1993
orchestra leader: WHK Cleveland, Ohio
09-16-1921 – Korla Pandit (Juan Rolando) – St. Louis, MO- d. 10-1-1998
organ: “Chandu the Magician”, “Jubilee”
09-16-1922 – Janis Paige – Tacoma, WA
actor: “MGM Theatre of the Air”; “Theatre of Romance”
09-16-1924 – Lauren Bacall – NYC
actor: Sailor Duval “Bold Venture”
09-16-1924 – Royce Ryton – Ferring, England – d. 4-14-2009
playwright: “The Royal Baccarat Scandal”
09-16-1925 – B.B. King – Itta Bena, MS
disc jockey: “Boogie for Breakfast”
09-16-1925 – Charlie Byrd – Chuckatuck, VA – d. 12-1-1999
jazz guitarist: “Voices of Vista”
09-16-1926 – Tommy Bond – Dallas, TX – d. 9-24-2005
actor: Randolph Foster “A Date With Judy”
09-16-1927 – Jack Kelly – Astoria, NY – d. 11-7-1992
actor: “Suspense”
09-16-1930 – Anne Francis – Ossining, NY
actor: Kathy Cameron “When a Girl Marries”
09-17-1890 – Gabriel Heatter – NYC – d. 3-30-1972
news, commentator: “News and Comment”; “We, the People”
09-17-1897 – Charles L. Bates – Villisca, IA – d. 8-5-1937
organized and accompanied the Rhythm Girls with Paul Whitemen
09-17-1902 – Esther Ralston – Bar Harbor, ME – d. 1-14-1994
actor: Martha Jackson “Woman of Courage”; Kathy Marsh “Portia Faces Life”
09-17-1903 – Frank Barton – Chicago, IL – d. 1-11-1995
announcer: “A Day in the Life of Dennis Day”; “One Man’s Family”
09-17-1904 – Jerry Colonna – Boston, MA – d. 11-21-1986
comedian: “Bob Hope Show”
09-17-1905 – Dolores Costello – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 3-1-1979
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Suspense”; “Second Sunday”
09-17-1907 – Alice Yourman – South Dakota – d. 10-28-2000
actor: Mary Andrews “Archie Andrews”; Mr.s Aldrich “Aldrich Family”
09-17-1907 – Warren Burger – St. Paul, MN – d. 6-25-1995
chief justice of the supreme court: “We Hold These Truths”
09-17-1910 – Roberta Semple Salter – Hong Kong – d. 1-25-2007
researcher: “Hobby Lobby”
09-17-1914 – Charles Isaacs – Winnipeg, Canada – d. 12-13-2002
witer: “Al Pearce and His Gang”; “The Texaco Star Theatre”
09-17-1914 – Lindsay Hardy – Victor Harbor, South Australia – d. 2-7-1994
writer: “26 Hours”
09-17-1915 – John Witty – Bristol, England – d. 1-14-1990
Began radio broadcasting for the BBC in 1944
09-17-1916 – Mary Stewart – Sunderland, Durham, England
author: “Nine Coaches Waiting”
09-17-1918 – Tom Moore – Meridian, MS – d. 3-31-2007
executive: President ABC Radio and Television
09-17-1923 – Hank Williams – Georgiana, AL – d. 1-1-1953
singer: “Louisiana Hayride”; “Grand Ole Opry”; “Health and Happiness”
09-17-1925 – Art Baer – NYC – d. 9-17-2006
producer, director, creator: “The Funny Side Up”
09-17-1928 – Roddy McDowall – London, England – d. 10-3-1998
panelist: “Keep Up with the Kids”
09-17-1929 – Patricia Crowley – Olyphant, PA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-17-1931 – Anne Bancroft – The Bronx, NY – d. 6-6-2005
actor: “Image Minorities”
09-17-1934 – David McRobbie – Glasgow, Scotland
writer: “Shops”
09-17-1934 – Robin Ray – North London, England – d. 11-29-1998
actor, musician: “Robin Ray’s Record Review”
09-17-1941 – Robert Takeo Matsui – Sacremento, CA – d. 1-1-2005
congressman: Democratic response to President’s radio address
09-17-1943 – Beverly Aadland – Hollywood, CA – d. 1-5-2010
actor: “Whatever Became of . . .”
09-18-1873 – Charles K. Field – Montpelier, VT – d. 9-1-1948
host: (Cherrio) “Cherrio”; “Arco Birthday Party”
09-18-1881 – Wythe Williams – Meadville, PA – d. 7-13-1956
newscaster: “As the Clock Strikes”
09-18-1886 – Powel Crosley, Jr. – Cincinnati, OH – d. 3-28-1961
owner of WLW radio station in Cincinnati
09-18-1894 – Willard Robison – Shelbina, MO – d. 6-24-1968
orchestra leader: (Evangelist of Rhythm) “Plantation Echoes”
09-18-1905 – Eddie Anderson – Oakland, CA – d. 2-28-1977
actor: Rochester Van Jones “Jack Benny Program”
09-18-1905 – Greta Garbo – Stockholm, Sweden – d. 4-15-1990
actor: “Conquest”
09-18-1908 – Blair Walliser – Chicago, IL – d. 8-31-1996
writer, director: “Romance of Helen Trent”; “Backstage Wife”
09-18-1910 – Joe “Curley” Bradley – Coalgate, OK – d. 6-3-1985
actor, singer: Tom Mix “Tom Mix”; “Singing Marshall”
09-18-1916 – Samuel Badillo – d. 9-27-1992
newscaster: WIAC San Juan, PR
09-18-1917 – June Foray – Springfield, MA
actor: Junie “Smile Time” “Stan Freberg Show”; “It’s a Great Life”
09-18-1919 – Diana Lewis – Asbury, NJ – d. 1-18-1997
actor: “G. I. Journal”; “Radio’s Reader Digest”
09-18-1920 – Jack Warden – Newark, NJ – d. 7-19-2006
actor: “Stagestruck”
09-18-1929 – Phyllis Kirk – Syracuse, NY – d. 10-20-2006
actor: “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
09-18-1932 – Patricia Roe – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-18-1939 – Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, PA
singer: “Frankie Avalon Show”
09-18-1948 – Ken Brett – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-18-2003
part of the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast team
09-19-1877 – T. Stuart Gurr – Bombay, India – d. 12-xx-1960
writer: “The Summons”
09-19-1879 – Louis Joseph Vance – NYC – d. 12-16-1933
writer: “The Lone Wolf”
09-19-1888 – John Henry Bodkin – Chicago, IL – d. unknown
director: Abundant Life Mixed Chorus “Operatic Night”
09-19-1888 – Porter Hall – Cincinnati, OH – d. 10-6-1953
actor: “March of Time”
09-19-1892 – Fred E. Ahlert – NYC – d. 10-20-1953
composer/arranger: “When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day”
09-19-1899 – Ricardo Cortez – Vienna, Austria-Hungary – d. 4-28-1977
actor: “Shell Chateau”; “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”; “Treasury Hour”
09-19-1904 – Dr. Bergen Evans – Franklin, OH – d. 2-4-1978
host: “Down You Go”; “Of Many Things”
09-19-1904 – Elvia Allman – Concord, NC – d. 3-6-1992
comedian: Tootsie Sagwell “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”; Cora Dithers “Blondie”
09-19-1905 – Betty Garde – Philadelphia, PA – d. 12-25-1989
actor: Peggy O’Neill “O’Neills”; Kate Mason “Maudie’s Diary”
09-19-1908 – Sanford Barnett – East Orange, NJ – d. 4-14-1988
writer: “Believe It or Not”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-19-1910 – Arthur Mullard – London, England – d. 12-11-1995
actor: Jack (Dad Porter) “Industrial Inaction”; “Brothers In Law”
09-19-1910 – Dresser Dahlstead – Springville, UT – d. 4-20-1998
announcer: “I Deal in Crime”; “Death Valley Days”; “I Love a Mystery”
09-19-1910 – Margaret Lindsay – Dubuque, IA – d. 5-8-1981
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Silver Theatre”
09-19-1912 – Edmund Anderson – NYC – d. 6-29-2002
program writer and director for various network programs
09-19-1912 – William Abramchik – d. 4-16-1998
newscaster: Chicago, Illinois
09-19-1913 – Frances Farmer – Seattle, WA – d. 8-1-1970
actor: “Pursuit of Happiness”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-19-1916 – Helen Ward – NYC – d. 4-21-1998
jazz singer: (Benny Goodman’s Band) “Let’s Dance”
09-19-1920 – Warde Q. Butler – d. 4-16-2004
hosted a music and interview program in Cincinnati, Ohio
09-19-1921 – Michael Noonan – Christchurch, New Zealand – d. 3-5-2000
writer: “The Man Who Changed the Wind”
09-19-1922 – Willie Pep – Middletown, CT – d. 11-23-2006
boxer: “Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts”
09-19-1924 – Bob Murphy – Oklahoma – d. 8-3-2004
sportscaster: teamed with Curt Gowdy to broadcast Red Sox Games
09-19-1926 – James Lipton – Detroit, MI
actor: Dick Grant “The Guiding Light”; Dan Reid “The Lone Ranger”
09-19-1927 – William Hickey – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-29-1997
performed in radio at the age of 9
09-19-1930 – Derek Nimmo – Liverpool, England – d. 2-25-1999
comic actor: “The Dales”
09-19-1931 – Ray Danton – NYC – d. 2-11-1992
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
09-20-1869 – George Robey – London, England – d. 11-29-1954
music hall singer: “Music Hall”
09-20-1885 – Jelly Roll Morton – Gulfport, MS – d. 7-10-1941
jazz musician, songwriter: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”; “Americana”
09-20-1896 – Si Wills – Pennsylvania – d. 10-3-1977
writer: (Husband of Joan Davis) “Joan Davis Time”
09-20-1898 – Charlie Dressen – Decatur, IL – d. 8-10-1966
baseball manager: “Tops in Sports”; “Brooklyn Dodgers Locker Room Interviews”
09-20-1899 – Elliot Nugent – Dover, OH – d. 8-9-1980
actor: “Best Plays”; “United States Steel Hour”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-20-1908 – Lowell Hawley – Lynden, WA – d. 5-6-2003
screenwriter: “Art Baker’s Notebook”
09-20-1911 – Frank De Vol – Moundsville, WV – d. 10-27-1999
conductor: “Rudy Vallee Drene Show”; “Sealtest Village Store”; “Dinah Shore Show”
09-20-1912 – John W. Loveton – d. 1-17-1997
director: “The Shadow”; “Mr. and Mrs. North”; “Court of Missing Heirs”
09-20-1912 – Ron Cochran – d. 7-25-1994
newscaster: “Sounds of the World”; “Feature Project”
09-20-1915 – Joe King – Birmingham, AL
announcer: “Songs By Morton Downey”; “Walk A Mile”
09-20-1917 – Red Auerbach – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-28-2006
legendary baskeball coach: “The Inside Track”
09-20-1918 – Gordon Heath – NYC – d. 8-27-1991
actor: “New World A’ Coming”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-20-1918 – Peg Phillips – Everett, WA – d. 11-7-2002
actor: “Studio One”; “The Big Show”
09-20-1919 – Francis Heflin – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 6-1-1994
actor: (Sister of Van Heflin) “Aunt Jenny”; “Big Sister”
09-20-1921 – Dan Barton – Chicago, IL – d. 12-13-2009
actor: “This Is Your FBI”, “Horizons West”
09-20-1924 – Michael Hardwick – Leeds, England – d. 3-4-1991
author: Adapted Sherlock Holmes for radio
09-20-1925 – Joan Barton – d. 8-27-1976
actor: Cashier “Meet Me at Parky’s”
09-20-1928 – Dr. Joyce Brothers – NYC
psychologist: “Monitor”; “Ask Dr. Brothers”
09-20-1929 – Anne Meara – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-20-1929 – Henry Livings – Northern England – d. 2-20-1998
dramatist: “After the Last Lamp”; “A Most Wonderful Thing”
09-20-1937 – Tom Tresh – Detroit, MI – d. 10-15-2008
baseball player: “Tops In Sports”
09-21-1866 – H. G. Wells – Bromley, England – d. 8-13-1946
science fiction author: “A Discussion Between H. G. Wells and Orson Welles”
09-21-1901 – Lloyd Shaffer – Ridgeway, PA – d. 5-28-1999
orchestra leader: “Chesterfield Supper Club”; “Time to Shine”
09-21-1901 – Talitha Botsford – Millport, NY – d. 1-30-2002
composer and violinist
09-21-1902 – Dymphna Cusak – Wyalong, Australia – d. 10-19-1981
writer: “Shoulder the Sky”
09-21-1903 – Westbrook Van Voorhis – New Milford, CT – d. 7-13-1968
announcer, narrator: “March of Time”
09-21-1907 – Jack Mather – California – d. 8-15-1966
actor: Cisco Kid “Cisco Kid”
09-21-1909 – Nathaniel Curtis – NYC – d. 4-6-1983
writer: “You Can’t Take It With You”
09-21-1913 – Janet Ertel – Sheboygan, WI – d. 11-22-1988
singer: (The Chordettes) “Arthur Godfrey Time”
09-21-1914 – Geoffrey Clarkson – Yonkers, NY – d. 3-10-2009
pianist: “Les Brown and his Band of Renown”
09-21-1915 – Mac Benoff – NYC – d. 11-16-1972
writer: “The Mel Blanc Show”
09-21-1916 – Zinovy Gerdt – Sebezh, Russia – d. 11-18-1996
actor: Read poetry and prose on radio
09-21-1921 – Gail Russell – Chicago, IL – d. 8-26-1961
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
09-21-1927 – Jeanne Elaine Starcrystal Mazure – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “Across 22”
09-21-1930 – John Morgan – Aberdale, Wales – d. 11-25-2004
writer: “It’s All in the Mind of John Morgan”
09-21-1935 – Sigrid Valdis – Bakersfield, CA – d. 10-14-2007
actor: “Shaken, Not Stirred”
09-21-1944 – Susan Fleetwood – St. Andrews, England – d. 9-29-1995
actor: “King Priam”
09-21-1945 – Hazel Edwards – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “ ’L’ of a Difference”
09-21-1967 – Christopher Price – Norfolk, England – d. 4-22-2002
radio journalist: “BBC News 24”
09-22-1870 – Arthur Pryor – St. Joseph, MO – d. 6-18-1942
bandmaster, trombonist: “Cremo Military Band Program”; “Goodyear Program”
09-22-1875 – Guy Bates Post – Seattle, WA – d. 1-16-1968
actor: Ulysses S. Grant “Roses and Drums”
09-22-1881 – Joe Parsons – Indianapolis, IN – d. 12-22-1947
singer: Edelweiss Joe “The Sinclair Minstrels”; “The Yeast Foamers”
09-22-1885 – George Gaul – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-6-1939
actor: Jeb Stuart “Roses and Drums”; “Grits and Gravy”
09-22-1891 – Alfred Shirley – d. 7-24-1967
actor: Dr. John Watson “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
09-22-1895 – Paul Muni – Lemberg, Austria-Hungary – d. 8-25-1967
actor: “Free Company”; “Radio Hall of Fame”
09-22-1900 – Hanley Stafford – Hanley, Staffordshire, England – d. 9-9-1968
actor: Mr. Higgins “Baby Snooks Show”; Julius C. Dithers “Blondie”
09-22-1902 – John Houseman – Bucharest, Romania – d. 10-31-1988
writer, producer: “Mercury Theatre on the Air”; “Campbell Playhouse”
09-22-1904 – Clarence Nash – Watonga, Oklahoma Territory – d. 2-20-1985
actor: (voice of Donald Duck) “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air”
09-22-1907 – Sheppard Strudwick – Hillsboro, NC – d. 1-15-1983
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Odyssey of Homer”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-22-1910 – Del Courtney – Oakland, CA – d. 2-11-2006
bandleader: “Kodak Camera Show”
09-22-1913 – Chuck Acree – St. Louis, MO – d. 11-4-1991
emcee: “Hint Club”; We, the Wives”; Ladies Be Seated”
09-22-1914 – Martha Scott – Jamesport, MO – d. 5-28-2003
actor: Alice Blair “Career of Alice Blair”; “Somerset Maugham Theatre”
09-22-1915 – Arthur Lowe – Hayfield, Derbyshire, England – d. 4-15-1982
actor: Captain George Mainwaring “Dad’s Army”
09-22-1915 – Vincent Donehue – Whitehall, NY – d. 1-17-1966
actor: Neil Davison “Home of the Brave”
09-22-1917 – Richard C. Hottelet – Brooklyn, NY
news correspondent: CBS news correspondent in Europe and New York
09-22-1918 – Betty Wragge – NYC
actor: Peggy Davis “Red Davis”; Peggy Young “Pepper Young’s Family
09-22-1925 – William Franklyn – London, England – d. 10-31-2006
actor: Sexton Blake “Sexton Blake”
09-22-1926 – Sybil Trent – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-5-2000
actor: “Let’s Pretend”; Thelma “As the Twig is Bent/We Love and Learn”
09-22-1932 – Allen Actor – d. 1-12-2004
disc jockey: Orlando, Florida
09-22-1932 – Allen Actor – d. 1-12-2004
disc jockey: Orlando, Florida
09-23-1884 – Bill Lawrence – East St. Louis, IL – d. 2-14-1973
producer, director: “Fitch Bandwagon”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
09-23-1889 – Don Bestor – Longford, SD – d. 1-13-1970
bandleader: “Nestle Program”; “Jack Benny Program”
09-23-1893 – Louis Sorin – NYC – d. 12-14-1961
actor: Pan Pancho “Cisco Kid”
09-23-1897 – Walter Pidgeon – East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada – d. 9-25-1984
actor: “Hollywood Calling”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-23-1901 – Frederick Hazlitt Brennan – d. 6-30-1962
writer: “Shorty Bell” based on Brennan’s stories
09-23-1905 – Charlie Arlington – d. 1-9-1986
announcer: “Michael Shayne, Private Detective”; “Voyage of the Scarlet Queen”
09-23-1907 – Jarmila Novatana – Prague, Czechoslovakia – d. 2-9-1994
lyric soprano: “The Pause that Refreshes”; “The Celanese Hour”
09-23-1907 – Rudd Weatherwax – Engel, Sierra County, NM – d. 2-25-1985
dog trainer: “Lassie”
09-23-1908 – Sammy Forsmark – Georgia – d. 8-21-1961
steel guitar: “The Radio Cowboys”
09-23-1908 – Tiny Bradshaw – Youngstown, OH – d. 11-26-1958
orchestra leader: “Jubilee”; “One Night Stand”
09-23-1910 – Elliott Roosevelt – NYC – d. 10-27-1990
commentary for the Mutual Network (Son of FDR) “Information Please”
09-23-1913 – Helen Hiett – Tazewell, IL – d. 8-22-1961
correspondent, newscaster: “Helen Hiett News”; “News Roundup”
09-23-1913 – Robert Hudson Ballard – Nyack, NY – d. 5-2-1992
violinist, arranger: “Phil Harris Orchestra”
09-23-1913 – Stanley Kramer – NYC – d. 2-19-2001
film director: “Jack Benny Program”; “Stagestruck”
09-23-1914 – Aileen Burke – d. 3-xx-1992
author: “Reflex Action”
09-23-1919 – Ruth Sprague – San Francisco, CA
actor: “I Love a Mystery”; “Death Valley Days”; “Dog Dramas”
09-23-1920 – Mickey Rooney – Brooklyn, NY
actor: Andy Hardy “Hardy Family”; Ralph J. ‘Shorty’ Bell “Shorty Bell”
09-23-1927 – Richard Seff – NYC
actor/writer: “Aldrich Family”; “Brighter Day”; “Road of Life”
09-23-1927 – Virginia McDowall – London, England – d. 12-8-2006
actor: “Family Theatre”; “NBC University Theatre”
09-23-1934 – Chiyoko “Pat” Suzuki – Cressy, CA
singer: “Army Bandstand”; “Manhattan Melodies”
09-24-1886 – James Burke – NYC – d. 5-23-1968
actor: producer: “Rose of My Dreams”
09-24-1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald – St. Paul, MN – d. 12-21-1940
writer: several of his works adapted for radio
09-24-1900 – Ham Fisher – Wilkes-Barre, PA – d. 9-7-1955
cartoonist: (Creator of Joe Palooka) “Raleigh Room”; “Philco Radio Time”
09-24-1900 – Poley McClintock – d. 1-6-1980
comedic singer: “The Fred Waring Show”
09-24-1901 – Paschal Strong – d. 1-4-1988
writer: “Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy”
09-24-1903 – Stu Wilson – Chicago, IL – d. 8-1-1991
actor: “Quiz of Two Cities”
09-24-1904 – Jan August – NYC – d. 1-17-1976
pianist, bandleader: “Quarter hour broadcast on Mutual during 1947-48
09-24-1905 – Howard Hughes – Humble, TX – d. 4-5-1976
film producer, bra designer, billionaire: “Howard Hughes Senate Hearings”
09-24-1905 – Wilbur ‘Bill’ P. Bardo – d. 1-26-1975
bandleader: “One Night Stand”
09-24-1908 – John Winters – Williamsport, PA – d. 8-24-1990
organist: “Frank Merriwell”; “When a Girl Marries”; “Young Dr. Malone”
09-24-1909 – Edward Roecker – Merchantville, NJ – d. 5-xx-1975
baritone: “Model Minstrels”; “Pipe Smoking Time”
09-24-1911 – Edmund L. Hartman – St. Louis, MO – d. 11-28-2003
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-24-1915 – Larry Gates – St. Paul, MN – d. 12-12-1996
actor: “Radio City Playhouse”
09-24-1916 – Johnny Catron – Boston, MA – d. 10-31-1998
bandleader: “The Union Oil Company Show”
09-24-1919 – Dayton Allen – NYC – d. 11-11-2004
actor: Phineas T. Bluster/Flubadub “Howdy Doody”; “Words at War”
09-24-1919 – Kermit Barker – d. 2-xx-1986
disk jockey: Charleston, Missouri
09-24-1921 – Edward Bryce – Allenport, PA – d. 12-6-1999
actor: Captain Strong “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”
09-24-1921 – Larry Markes – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-19-1999
writer: “Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street”
09-24-1924 – Joan Aiken – Rye, Sussex, England – d. 1-4-2004
adapter of her short fiction: “Chilredn’s Hour”
09-24-1924 – Sheila Macrae – London, England
actor, singer: “Railroad Hour”; “Your Rhythmn Revue”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-24-1927 – Alfredo Kraus – Las Palmas, Canary Islands – d. 9-10-1999
operatic tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”
09-24-1928 – Jennifer Ramage – London, England
actor: “Calling All Forces”
09-24-1929 – Alfred Hudgins – d. 10-27-2004
disc jockey: “Blues in the Night”
09-24-1931 – Anthony Newley – London, England – d. 4-14-1999
singer, actor: “Round and Round”
09-25-1875 – Clyde Fillmore – McConnelsville, OH – d. 12-19-1946
actor: Sam Aldrich “The Aldrich Family”
09-25-1894 – John Howard Lawson – NYC – d. 8-12-1977
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-25-1895 – Jack Denny – Indiana – d. 9-15-1950
music: “The American Revue”; “The Harry Richman Show”
09-25-1896 – Noble Cain – Aurora, IL – d. 8-28-1977
choral director and producer for NBC
09-25-1897 – William Faulkner – New Albany, MS – d. 7-6-1962
author: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “NBC University Theatre”; “Short Story”
09-25-1905 – Carl Hoff – Oxnard, CA – d. 10-15-1965
bandleader: “Al Pearce and His Gang”; “Your Hit Parade”
09-25-1905 – Natalie Arnoux – d. 7-15-1997
violinist: KFDM Beaumont, Texas
09-25-1905 – Red Smith – Green Bay, WI – d. 1-15-1982
sportscaster: “Al Schacht Sports Show”; “Bill Stern Sports News”
09-25-1906 – Dimitri Shostakovich – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 8-9-1975
composer: “Four for the Fifth”
09-25-1909 – Don White – Wolfe Creek, WV – d. 3-6-2005
country, bluegrass: “Briarhoppers”
09-25-1911 – Eldon Barrick – d. 6-10-1969
disk jockey: KTRM Modesto, California
09-25-1911 – Lew Davies – Ashland, KY – d. 12-15-1968
composer: “The Cancer Quack”
09-25-1912 – Bobby Worth – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-17-2002
songwriter: Had his own radio program at an early age
09-25-1915 – David Brooks – Portland, OR – d. 3-31-1999
actor: “Theatre Guild on the Air”; “New World A’ Coming”
09-25-1916 – Jessica Anderson – Australia
authored at least 10 radio plays in her native Australia
09-25-1917 – Phil Rizzuto – Brooklyn, NY – d. 8-13-2007
sportscaster: “Phil Rizzuto’s Sports Caravan”; “Image Minorities”
09-25-1926 – Aldo Ray – Pen Argyl, PA – d. 3-27-1991
actor; “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
09-25-1926 – John Ericson – Dusseldorf, Germany – d. 6-18-1972
actor: “Stars On Parade”
09-25-1929 – Ronnie Barker – Bedford, England – d. 10-3-2005
comedian: “The Floggits”
09-25-1931 – Barbara Walters – Boston, MA
commentator: “Monitor”
09-25-1943 – Lee Aaker – Inglewood, CA
actor: Rusty “Rin-Tin-Tin”
09-25-1951 – Mark Hamill – Oakland, CA
actor: Luke Skywalker “Star Wars”
09-26-1875 – Edmund Gwenn – Glamorgan, Wales – d. 9-6-1959
actor: Ebenezer Scrooge “Christmas Carol”; “Lux Radio Theatre
09-26-1888 – T. S. Eliot – St. Louis, MO – d. 1-4-1965
writer: “Columbia Workshop”
09-26-1889 – Frank Crumit – Jackson, OH – d. 9-7-1943
singer, emcee: “Blackstone Plantation”; “Battle of the Sexes”; “Singing Sweethearts”
09-26-1890 – Sarah Allis – d. 4-12-1980
newscaster: WHAI Greenfield, Massachusetts
09-26-1893 – Fay Holden – Birmingham, England – d. 6-23-1973
actor: Mrs. Hardy “The Hardy Family”
09-26-1894 – Glenn Hunter – NYC – d. 12-30-1945
actor: “Roses and Drums”
09-26-1895 – George Raft – NYC – d. 11-24-1980
actor: Rocky Jordan “Rocky Jordan”
09-26-1896 – Vaughn DeLeath – Mount Pulaski, IL – d. 5-28-1943
singer: (The Original Radio Girl) “Voice of Firestone”
09-26-1897 – William B. Heyne – d. 3-26-1992
choral director: “Lutheran Hour”; “Lutheran Laymen’s League”
09-26-1898 – George Gershwin – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-11-1937
pianist, composer: “Music by Gershwin”
09-26-1898 – Richard Lockridge – St. Joseph, MO – d. 6-19-1982
writer: “Mr. and Mrs. North”
09-26-1900 – Ray Kinney – Hawaii – d. 1-28-1972
interpreter of Hawaiian rhythm: Sporadic timeslots on the Blue Network
09-26-1901 – Donald Cook – Portland, OR – d. 10-1-1961
actor: Dr. Allison “My Son Jeep”; Charlie “Charlie and Jessie”
09-26-1901 – Ted Weems – Pitcairn, PA – d. 5-6-1963
bandleader: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Sunday Matinee”; “Beat the Band”
09-26-1904 – Richard Thorne – NYC – d. 1-31-1957
writer, creator, producer, director: “The Hall of Fantasy”
09-26-1908 – Sylvia Marlowe – NYC – d. 12-10-1981
harpsichord virtuoso: “Lavender and New Lace”; “Sylvia Marlowe and Richard Dyer-Bennet”
09-26-1912 – Al Helfer – Elrama, PA – d. 5-16-1975
sportscaster: “Game of the Day”; “We Want a Touchdown”
09-26-1912 – Jacqueline de Wit – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-7-1998
actor: Ruth Thompson “Meet Mr. McNutley”; Valerie “Second Husband”
09-26-1913 – Margot Boyd – Bath, England – d. 5-20-2008
actor: Marjorie Antrobus “The Archers”
09-26-1914 – Dora McCann – d. 8-14-1975
host: “McCann Pure Food Hour”
09-26-1915 – Tony Romano – Fresno, CA – d. 3-5-2005
guitarist: “The Bob Hope Show”
09-26-1919 – Barbara Britton – Long Beach, CA – d. 1-17-1980
actor: Pamela North “Mr. and Mrs. North”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
09-26-1921 – Russ Atwood – d. 6-30-1992
disk jockey: WMAS Springfield, Massachusetts
09-26-1922 – Leonard Teale – Brisbane, Australia – d. 5-14-1994
actor: Played Superman on Australian radio
09-26-1925 – Marty Robbins – Glendale, AZ – d. 12-8-1982
country/western singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Style U.S.A.”; “Big Sound”
09-26-1926 – Julie London – Santa Rosa, CA – d. 10-18-2000
torch singer: “Guest Star”; “Here’s to Veterans”
09-26-1927 – Patrick O’Neal – Ocala, FL – d. 9-9-1994
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-26-1929 – Peter Dews – Yorkshire, England – d. 8-25-1997
producer: “The Archers”
09-26-1932 – Richard Herd – Boston, MA
actor: “Fiction Fair”; “Billy Budd”; “Theatre Five”
09-26-1941 – Patrick Hannan – Aberaman, Wales – d. 10-11-2009
host: “Out of Order”; “Tea Junction”
09-27-1872 – Bentley D. Ackley – Spring Hill, PA – d. 9-3-1958
pianist for Billy Sunday: “Back Home Hour”
09-27-1883 – Rev. Dr. Frederick K. Stamm – Millheim, PA – d. 2-23-1961
pastor: “Highlights of the Bible”
09-27-1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr. – Chicago, IL – d. 11-16-1965
magician: “Harry Blackstone, the Magic Detective” based on him.
09-27-1887 – Pat “Uncle Ezra” Barrett – Holden, MO – d. 3-25-1959
actor: “National Barn Dance”; Uncle Ezra “Uncle Ezra”
09-27-1892 – Ed Tomlinson – Stockton, GA – d. 12-30-1973
commentator: “The Other Americans”; “What’s New in South American?”
09-27-1893 – Phil Cook – Coldwater, MI – d. 9-18-1958
comedian: “Radio Chief”; “Quaker Oats Man”; “Morning Almanac”
09-27-1896 – Buddy Pearson (Hyman) – d. 11-21-1959
writer: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
09-27-1898 – Vincent Youmans – NYC – d. 4-5-1946
composer: “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
09-27-1901 – Beasley Smith – McEwen, TN – d. 5-14-1968
pianist/orchestra leader: “Music In the Moonlight”; “Sunday Down South”
09-27-1903 – Robert O. Cook – Manitowoc, WI – d. 11-9-1995
Began his career as a sound man on a Hollywood radio station
09-27-1913 – Hugh Rowlands – Racine, WI – d. 1-5-1978
actor: Trigger Brett “Island Venture”; Jimmy “Tom Mix”
09-27-1915 – Cy Howard – Milwaukee, WI – d. 4-29-1993
creator, writer, producer: “Life with Luigi”; “My Friend Irma”; “Milton Berle Show”
09-27-1915 – Frank Gerstle – d. 2-23-1970
actor: “Escape”; “NBC University Theatre”; “Six Shooter”; “Gunsmoke”
09-27-1917 – James Andelin – Provo, UT – d. 12-27-2006
actor: “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”; Og, Son of Fire”; “Houseboat Hannah”
09-27-1917 – William Orr – d. 12-25-2002
actor: “Hollywood Theatre Group”
09-27-1918 – Barclay Allen – d. 12-7-1966
pianist/composer: “Freddy Martin, His Singing Saxophone and His Orchestra”
09-27-1918 – James McCallion – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 7-11-1991
actor: Stephen Dallas “Stella Dallas”; Sydney Lawrence “One Man’s Family”
09-27-1920 – Jayne Meadows – Wu Chang, China
actor: “Hollywood Star Preview”
09-27-1920 – William Conrad – Louisville, KY – d. 2-11-1994
actor: Matt Dillon “Gunsmoke”; Louis Dumont “Jason and His Golden Fleece”
09-27-1921 – Carol Thurston – Forsyth, MT – d. 12-31-1969
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-27-1923 – Mary McCarty – Winfield, KS – d. 4-3-1980
actor: “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
09-27-1925 – Burkett “Uncle Josh” Graves – Tellico Plains, TN – d. 9-30-2006
dobro player: (Foggy Mountain Boys) “Grand Ole Opry”
09-27-1927 – Red Rodney – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-27-1994
jazz trumpeter: “Saturday Night Swing Session”
09-27-1933 – Greg Morris – Cleveland, OH – d. 8-27-1996
actor: “Voices of Vista”
09-27-1934 – Claude Jarman, Jr. – Nashville, TN
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-27-1934 – Dick Schaap – NYC – d. 12-21-2001
sportscaster: “Sports Answer Man: “Sports Week”
09-28-1881 – Pedro de Cordoba – NYC – d. 9-16-1950
actor: John Marshall “Those We Love”; Jose Alvarado “Romance of the Ranchos”
09-28-1887 – Tom Terriss – London, England – d. 2-8-1964
actor/narrater: “Letters from Abroad”; “Vagabond Adverturer”
09-28-1892 – Elmer Rice – NYC – d. 5-8-1967
writer: “The Free Company”
09-28-1901 – Ed Sullivan – NYC – d. 10-13-1974
host: “Ed Sullivan Show”
09-28-1901 – T. Inglis Moore – Camden, Australia – d. 7-23-1979
writer: “We’re Going Through”
09-28-1901 – William S. Paley – Chicago, IL – d. 11-5-1990
Founder and president of CBS
09-28-1903 – Boake Carter – Baku, Russia – d. 11-16-1944
news commentator: “Night newscast for CBS”
09-28-1904 – C.E. Bathe – d. 11-15-1997
announcer: WNAD Norman, Oklahoma
09-28-1905 – Max Schmelling – Klein Luckow, Brandenburg, Germany – d. 2-2-2005
nazi propagnadist: Radio Berlin
09-28-1906 – Jack Meakin – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 12-30-1982
music: “Abbott and Cosetello Show”; “Great Gildersleeve”; “Honest Harold”
09-28-1909 – Al Capp – New Haven, CT – d. 11-5-1979
cartoonist: Creator of “Li’l Abner”; “Monitor”
09-28-1913 – Alice Marble – Beckworth, CA – d. 12-13-1990
tennis player: “Information Please”
09-28-1913 – Ellis Peters – Horsehay, England – d. 10-14-1995
author: Her “Brother Cadfael” novels were adapted for radio
09-28-1914 – Lou Derman – d. 2-15-1976
writer: “Life with Luigi”
09-28-1916 – Peter Finch – London, England – d. 1-14-1977
actor: Australian Radio
09-28-1917 – Vernile Morgan – Oak Park, IL – d. 8-17-2006
actor: “Curtain Time”
09-28-1918 – Arnold Stang – Manhattan, NY – d. 12-20-2009
actor: Joey Brewster “That Brewster Boy”; Seymour Fingerhood “Goldbergs”
09-28-1919 – Doris Singleton – NYC
actor: Jean Gillespie “Alan Young Show”; Miss Duffy “Duffy’s Tavern”
09-28-1919 – Fred Robbins – Baltimore, MD – d. 7-23-1992
disc jockey: New York
09-28-1919 – Tom Harmon – Rensselar, IN – d. 3-17-1990
sportscaster: “Here Comes Harmon”; “Jimmy Durante Show”
09-28-1922 – Romeo Cascarino – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-8-2002
cheif arranger: Armed Forces Special Service Orchestraq
09-28-1926 – Jerry Clower – Amite County, MS – d. 8-24-1998
comedian: “The Grand Ole Opry”
09-28-1936 – Geoff Maslen – Echuca, Australia
writer: “Louis de Rougemont: Australia’s Only Cannibal Chief”
09-28-1950 – John Sayles – Schenectady, NY
writer: “Writers and Company”
09-29-1890 – Nils Thor Granlund – Korpibomboia, Lapland, Sweden – d. 4-21-1957
broadway producer: “N.T.G. and His Girls”
09-29-1895 – Colonel Roscoe Turner – d. 6-23-1970
host, narrator: “Sky Blazers”
09-29-1898 – Doris Hursley – Milwaukee, WI – d. 5-5-1984
writer: “American Women”; “Cousin Willie”; “Those Websters”; “The Truitts”
09-29-1898 – Leonard Salvo – d. 7-22-1985
organist: “Little Orphan Annie”; “Cisco Kid”; “Billie Burke Show”
09-29-1903 – Ted de Corsia – Brooklyn, NY – d. 4-11-1973
actor: Flip Corkin “Terry and the Pirates”; Dan McGarry “McGarry and His Mouse”
09-29-1904 – Greer Garson – County Down, Ireland – d. 4-6-1996
actor: “Arch Oboler’s Plays”; “Everything for the Boys”; “Star and the Story”
09-29-1907 – Gene Autry – Tioga, TX – d. 10-2-1998
singer, actor: “National Barn Dance”; “Melody Ranch”
09-29-1907 – Richard Harkness – Artesian, SD – d. 2-16-1977
newscaster: NBC network, occassionally filled in for H.V. Kaltenborn
09-29-1909 – Beryl Wallace – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-17-1948
actor: “Furlough Fun”
09-29-1910 – Bill Boyd – Fannin County, Texas – d. 12-7-1977
singer: (Cowboy Ramblers) WRR Dallas, Texas
09-29-1910 – Virginia Bruce – Minneapolis, MN – d. 2-24-1982
actor: Susan Read “Rexall Summer Theatre”
09-29-1911 – Pat Murphy – Bismark, ND
actor; Timothy Storey “Midstream”; Scoop “Girl Alone”
09-29-1913 – Gerald Strachan Pawle – Bishops Stortford, England – d. 7-26-1991
author of several radio plays
09-29-1913 – Trevor Howard – Cliftonville, England – d. 1-7-1988
actor: “London Playhouse”
09-29-1915 – Brenda Marshall – Island of Negros, Philippines – d. 7-30-1992
actor: Nancy Smith “Smiths of Hollywood”
09-29-1915 – Derwood Brown – Texas – d. 12-24-1978
singer: “The Musical Brownies”
09-29-1915 – Norton Mockridge – NYC – d. 4-18-2004
newspaper columnist: Hosted radio program on CBS radio (1964-1970)
09-29-1918 – James Wood – Elgin, Scotland – d. 3-5-1984
author of radio plays
09-29-1919 – Arthur Bernard – Gary, IN – d. 1-23-2001
producer: “Turning Point”
09-29-1922 – Lizabeth Scott – Scranton, PA
actor: “Stars Over Hollywood”
09-29-1922 – Lou Dinning – Franklin, KY
singer: (The Dinning Sisters) “Dinning Sisters-Songs”; “WLS National Barn Dance”
09-29-1924 – Steve Forrest – Huntsville, TX
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-29-1934 – James R. Wiseman – North Little Rock, AR
author: “Excavations at Corinth”
09-30-1891 – Fabien Sevitzky – d. 2-3-1967
director: “The Indianaoplis Symphony Orchestra”
09-30-1895 – Lewis Milestone – Odessa, Russia – d. 9-25-1980
film director: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
09-30-1896 – Howard Wright – San Diego, CA – d. 7-2-1990
actor: “Lights Out”; “Mystery is My Hobby”; “Ma Perkins”
09-30-1902 – Harold Bechtel (Uncle Harry) – d. 9-22-1971
actor: “Candy Matson”
09-30-1905 – Michael Powell – Bekesbourne, Kent, England – d. 2-19-1990
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-30-1906 – Michael Innes – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 11-12-1994
author, short story writer: “Appleby’s End”
09-30-1908 – Jay Michael – NYC
actor: Butch Cavendish “The Lone Ranger”
09-30-1911 – Jerry Scoggins – Mount Pleasant, TX – d. 12-7-2004
singer: (Member of the Cass County Boys) “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”
09-30-1912 – Kenny Baker – Monrovia, CA – d. 8-10-1985
singer, comedian: “Jack Benny Program”; “Glamour Manor”; “Kenny Baker Show”
09-30-1916 – Wendell Noble – Mesa, AZ – d. 2-10-1988
singer, actor: “Bride and Groom”; “Listener’s Digest”
09-30-1917 – Tom Reddy – d. 8-13-1961
announcer: “Chesterfield Supper Club”; “Fitch Bandwagon”
09-30-1921 – Deborah Kerr – Helensburgh, Scotland – d. 10-16-2007
actor: “Hollywood Calling”; “Hollywood Star Playhouse”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
09-30-1922 – Lamont Johnson – Stockton, CA
actor: Tarzan “Tarzan”; Mark Douglas “Wendy Warren and the News”
09-30-1922 – Oscar Pettiford – Okmulgee, OK – d. 9-8-1960
jazz composer, bass player: “Mildred Bailey Show”; “Esquire Jazz Concert”
09-30-1923 – Donald Swann – Llanelli, Wales – d. 3-23-1994
composer, pianist: “Third Programme with Henry Reed”
09-30-1924 – Truman Capote – New Orleans, LA – d. 8-25-1984
author: “Cather: A Look of Remembrance”
09-30-1930 – Ben Cooper – Hartford, CT
actor: Brad Burton “Second Mrs. Burton”; Scotty “Mark Trail”
09-30-1935 – Jill Corey – Avonmore, PA
singer: “Jill Corey Show”; “Stop the Music”
09-30-1935 – Johnny Mathis – Gilomer, TX
singer: “Star Carousel”
09-30-1939 – Lou Cariou – Winnipeg, Canada
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
09-xx-1858 – Lottie Blair Parker – d. 1-5-1937
writer: “Way Down East”
09-xx-1880 – Eva Condon – d. 9-25-1956
actor: Mrs.. Wiggs “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”
09-xx-1884 – Henrietta Tedrow – d. 7-25-1948
actor: Hannah O’Leary “Houseboat Hannah”; Helen Spalding “Woman in White”
10-01-1885 – Louis Untermeyer – NYC – d. 12-18-1977
writer: “Information Please”
10-01-1889 – Ralph W. Sockman – Mount Vernon, OH – d. 8-29-1970
preacher: “National Radio Pulpit”
10-01-1890 – Stanley Holloway – London, England – d. 1-30-1982
actor, singer: “Music As You Like It”
10-01-1893 – Faith Baldwin – d. 3-18-1978
novelist: Guest on “The Second Mrs. Burton”
10-01-1898 – Curtiss Arnall – Cheyenne, WY – d. 9-22-1964
actor: Buck Rogers, “Buck Rogers”
10-01-1898 – Lilyan Ariel – d. 10-8-1969
pianist: KFI Los Angeles, California
10-01-1899 – Rupert LaBelle – d. 8-9-1972
actor: Rufus Kane “Story of Joan and Kermit”
10-01-1902 – Joe Rines – Boston, MA – d. 12-12-1986
jack of all trades: (Married to Portland Hoffa) “Joe Rines Show”
10-01-1903 – George Coulouris – Manchester, England – d. 4-25-1989
actor: Hugh Drummond “Bulldog Drummond”; Frank Harrison “As the Twig Is Bent”
10-01-1904 – Vladimir Horowitz – Kiev, Ukraine, Russia – d. 11-5-1989
piano virtuoso: “GuestStar”; “Pictures At An Exhibition”
10-01-1905 – Wallace Magill – d. 8-12-1973
producer, director: “The Telephone Hour”
10-01-1909 – Everett Sloane – NYC – d. 8-6-1965
actor: Frank Kennelly, “21st Precinct”; Alfred Drake “This Is Nora Drake”
10-01-1910 – Bonnie Parker – Rowena, TX – d. 5-23-1934
outlaw, murderess: Subject on “Gang Busters”
10-01-1910 – Paul Baron – Baltimore, MD – d. 3-22-1985
bandleader: “Hildegard’s Campbell Room”; “Frank Parker Show”
10-01-1911 – Irwin Kostal – Chicago, IL – d. 11-23-1994
staff arranger for nbc: “Design for Listening”
10-01-1914 – Donald Wollheim – NYC – d. 11-2-1990
science fiction writer: “Dimension X”
10-01-1921 – James Whitmore – White Plains, NY – d. 2-6-2009
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-01-1922 – Ernest Altschuler – NYC – d. 5-11-1973
composer/author/engineer: “Voice of America”
10-01-1926 – George Peppard – Detroit, MI – d. 5-8-1994
actor: “MGM Air View”
10-01-1927 – Tom Bosley – Chicago, IL
host: “Sears Adventure Theatre”
10-01-1935 – Julie Andrews – Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
singer: “Music As You Like It”; “Heartbeat of Broadway”
10-01-1949 – Merle Kessler – Milbank, SD
social critic: Ian Shoales “Morning Edition”
10-02-1886 – Tony Burger – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-17-1964
actor: “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”; “Kate Smith”
10-02-1890 – Groucho Marx – NYC – d. 8-19-1977
comedian: “Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel”; “Blue Ribbon Town”; “You Bet Your Life”
10-02-1893 – Roy Shield – Waseca, MN – d. 1-9-1962
conductor: “Design for Listening”; “RCA Victor Show”; “Eternal Light”
10-02-1895 – Bud Abbott – Asbury Park, NJ – d. 4-24-1974
comedian: “Abbott and Costello Show”
10-02-1896 – Bob Burns – Van Buren, AR – d. 2-2-1956
comedian: (The Arkansas Traveler) “Kraft Music Hall”; “Bob Burns Show”
10-02-1897 – Jess Kirkpatrick – Illinois – d. 8-9-1976
actor: Harry Henderson “Beulah”
10-02-1898 – Baron Keyes – Greenwood, WI – d. 9-26-1976
writer: “Air Castle”; “The Story Man”
10-02-1900 – Barton Yarborough – Goldthwaite, TX – d. 12-19-1951
actor: Ben Romero “Dragnet”; Doc Long “I Love A Mystery/Adventure”
10-02-1900 – Cecil Roy – St. Paul, MN – d. 1-26-1995
actor: (Girl of a Thousand Voices) Junior Fitz “Ma Perkins”
10-02-1902 – Percy Crawford – Minnedosa, Canada – d. 10-31-1960
evangelist: “Young People’s Church of the Air”
10-02-1904 – Godfrey Baseley – Alvechurch, England – d. 2-2-1997
creator: “The Archers”
10-02-1904 – Graham Greene – Berkhampstead, England – d. 4-3-1991
writer: “Lives of Harry Lime”; “Studio One”; “NBC University Theatre”
10-02-1905 – Mary Breckinridge – NYC – d. 12-11-2002
correspondent: “CBS News of Europe”; “World News Today”
10-02-1909 – Alexander Raymond – New Rochelle – d. 9-6-1956
cartoonist: Created Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim
10-02-1911 – Jack Finney – Milwaukee, WI – d. 11-14-1995
writer: “Cloud Nine”
10-02-1914 – Charles Drake – Bayside, NYC – d. 9-10-1994
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
10-02-1915 – Bonnie Kay – Iowa City, IA
actor: “Barton Family”; “Mary Nobel, Backstage Wife”
10-02-1915 – Chubby Wise – Lake City, FL – d. 1-6-1996
musician: “Town and Country Time”
10-02-1919 – Henry (Noel) Bentinck – Exton, England – d. 1-30-1997
BBC talks producer
10-02-1920 – Rosemarie Brancato – d. 6-18-1994
operatic soprano: “Twin Sisters”
10-02-1921 – Edmund Crispin – Chesterham Bois, England – d. 9-15-1978
author: “The Moving Toyshop”
10-02-1921 – Scott Crossfield – Berkely, CA – d. 4-19-2006
test pilot: “Great Moments To Music”
10-02-1928 – George ‘Spanky’ McFarland – Dallas, TX – d. 6-30-1993
actor: “Thirty Minutes In Hollywood”
10-02-1934 – Peggy Joan Moylan – Sag Harbor, NY – d. xx-xx-2002
singer: (The Moylan Sisters, Angels of the Airwaves) “Moylan Sisters”
10-02-1937 – Jack Wilson – Bally Robert, County Down, Northern Ireland
author: “A Day Like Tomorrow”
10-03-1873 – Emily Post – Baltimore, MD – d. 9-25-1960
commentator: “Emily Post”; “Right Thing to Do”
10-03-1881 – George Moran – Elwood, KS – d. 8-1-1949
comedian: (Two Black Crows) “Majestic Theatre of the Air”; “Eveready Hour”
10-03-1882 – Ulderico ‘Rico’ Marcelli – Rome, Italy – d. 8-17-1962
bandleader: “Fibber McGee and Molly”
10-03-1890 – Henry Hull – Louisville, KY – d. 3-8-1977
actor: Honest Abe “Abraham Lincoln”; Nathan Hale “Roses and Drums”
10-03-1897 – Vincent Sorey – Turin, Italy – d. 3-29-1977
conductor/violinist: Musical director for WOR New York
10-03-1898 – Leo McCarey – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-5-1969
judge: “This Is My Story”
10-03-1898 – Morgan Farley – Mamaroneck, NY – d. 10-11-1988
actor: “Escape”
10-03-1899 – Gertrude Berg – NYC – d. 9-14-1966
actor: Molly Goldberg, “Goldbergs”
10-03-1907 – Paul Nugent – Brooklyn, NY – d. unknown
actor: Paul Strong “Mother O’ Mine”; “Just Plain Bill”
10-03-1908 – Johnny Burke – Antioch, CA – d. 2-25-1964
composer: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Kraft Music Hall”; “The Big Show”
10-03-1910 – Gwen Davenport – Colon, Canal Zone, Panama – d. 3-23-2002
author: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-03-1911 – Michael Hordern – Berkhamsted, England – d. 5-2-1995
actor: Gandolf “The Lord of the Rings”
10-03-1912 – Gabriel Julian – Newark, NJ – d. 9-29-2002
piano: “Bobby Byrne Orchestra”; arranger: “Glenn Miller Orchestra”
10-03-1913 – Mark Houston – Ohio – d. 5-11-1971
announcer: “Queen for a Day”
10-03-1916 – James Alfred “Alf” Wight – Sunderland, England – d. 2-23-1995
author: James Herriot Books
10-03-1918 – Perry Lafferty – Davenport, IA – d. 8-25-2005
producer: “Meet the Music”; “Columbia Workshop”
10-03-1924 – Joe Allison – McKinney, TX – d. 8-2-2002
songwriter: Began his career as a radio disk jockey
10-04-1878 – Arthur Hopkins – Cleveland, OH – d. 3-22-1950
producer: “Arthur Hopkins Presents”
10-04-1880 – Homer Rodeheaver – Union Furnace, OH – d. 12-18-1955
singer/composer: “Come On. Let’s Sing”
10-04-1880 – Nora Bayes – Joliet, IL – d. 3-19-1928
singer: “General Motors Family Party”
10-04-1884 – Damon Runyon – Manhattan, KS – d. 12-10-1946
short story writer: “Good News of 1940”; “Damon Runyon Theatre”
10-04-1892 – Kathryn Card – Butte, MT – d. 3-1-1964
actor: Grandmother Barton “The Bartons”; Mrs. Wiggins “Uncle Walter’s Dog House”
10-04-1893 – Reverend Walter A. Maier – Boston, MA – d. 1-11-1950
preacher: “Lutheran Hour”
10-04-1894 – Cliff Hall – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-6-1972
comedian: Sharlie “Baron and the Bee, Jack Pearl Show”
10-04-1895 – Buster Keaton – Piqua, KS – d. 2-1-1966
comedian: “Shell Chateau”; “Voices from the Hollywood Past”
10-04-1895 – Lea Penman – Red Cloud, MN – d. 10-12-1962
actor: Alice Aldrich “The Aldrich Family”
10-04-1897 – Frederick Chase Taylor – Buffalo, NY – d. 5-29-1950
comedian: Lemuel Q. Stoopnagel “Duffy’s Tavern, Quixie Doodles, Stoopnagel and Budd”
10-04-1900 – Robert Shayne – Yonkers, NY – d. 11-29-1992
actor: Walter Manning “Portia Faces Life”
10-04-1903 – Marcus Duffield – d. 1-11-1973
columnist: “Information Please”
10-04-1905 – Ruth Lyons – Cincinnati, OH – d. 11-7-1988
talk show host: “50-50 Club”
10-04-1908 – Patricia Calvert – London, England
actor: “Just Plain Bill”; “Our Gal Sunday”
10-04-1909 – James Webb – Denver, CA – d. 9-27-1974
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-04-1910 – James Doyle – St. Paul, MN – d. 7-1-1980
announcer: “The Great Gildersleeve”; “Rogue’s Gallery”
10-04-1910 – Stanley Farrar – d. 4-5-1974
actor: (Brother of Danny Thomas) Melvyn Foster “A Date with Judy”
10-04-1912 – Lynne “Angel” Harvey – St. Louis, MO – d. 5-3-2008
producer: (Wife of Paul Harvey) “The Rest of the Story”
10-04-1914 – John Larch – Salem, MA – d. 10-20-2005
actor: (Married to Vivi Janiss) Rocky Starr “Starr ofSpace”
10-04-1916 – George Sidney – Long Island City, NY – d. 5-5-2002
film musical director: “Shell Chateau”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-04-1916 – Jan Murray – The Bronx, NY – d. 7-2-2006
emcee: “Songs for Sale”; “Meet Your Match”
10-04-1916 – Lenore Kingston – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-5-1993
actor: Mercedes Colby “Don Winslow of the Navy”; Jane Daley “Affairs of Anthony”
10-04-1924 – Charlton Heston – Evanston, IL – d. 4-5-2008
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Kaleidoscope”
10-04-1925 – Francisco Aranzamendi – d. 10-xx-1983
disk jockey: WAPA San Juan, Puerto Rico
10-04-1929 – Scotty Beckett – Oakland, CA – d. 5-10-1968
actor: Chester A. Riley, Jr. “Life of Riley”
10-04-1932 – Edward Judd – Shanghai, China – d. 2-24-2009
actor: “Drop Me Here, Darling”; “Philadelphia Moonshine”
10-04-1932 – Felicia Farr – Westchester County, NY
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-04-1936 – Saburo Kitajima – Hiiriuchi-cho, Kamiiso-gu, Japan
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
10-05-1879 – John Erskine – NYC – d. 6-2-1951
writer: “Information Please”
10-05-1895 – Waldo Mayo – d. 7-8-1976 – d. Unknown
orchestra leader, violinist: “Major Bowes Capitol Family”
10-05-1896 – Walter Vaughn – Minnesota – d. 1-xx-1950
actor: (Father of Robert Vaughn) Wilson Reid “Against the Storm”
10-05-1902 – Robert Ballin – d. 3-21-1977
pianist: (Race and Ballin) WOR Newark, New Jersey
10-05-1903 – Jimmy Ritz – Newark, NJ – d. 11-17-1985
comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) “Hollywood Hotel”
10-05-1904 – John Hoyt – Bronxville, NY – d. 9-15-1991
actor: Robard “Shorty Bell”; “Escape”; “Suspense”
10-05-1905 – Harriet MacGibbon – Chicago, IL – d. 2-8-1987
actor: Lucy Kent “Home, Sweet Home”
10-05-1908 – Josh Logan – Texarkana, TX – d. 7-12-1988
film/stage director: “Biography In Sound”
10-05-1911 – Jonquil Anthony/Antony – London, England – d. 12-6-1980
scriptwriter: “Mrs. Dale’s Diary”
10-05-1912 – Tony Marvin – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-10-1998
announcer: “Arthur Godfrey Time”
10-05-1913 – Lois January – Fort Worth, TX – d. 8-7-2006
actor: “County Fair”
10-05-1914 – Kay St. Germaine – Portland, OR – d. 11-8-1994
actor: Voice of Elsie the Cow
10-05-1918 – Allen Ludden – Mineral Point, WI – d. 6-9-1981
host: “Mind Your Manners”; “College Bowl”
10-05-1919 – Donald Pleasance – Worksop, England – d. 2-2-1995
actor: “21st Century Blues”
10-05-1919 – Robin Bailey – Hucknall, Nottingham, England – d. 1-15-1999
actor: “Tales from a Long Room”
10-05-1924 – Barbara Kelly – Vancouver, Canada – d. 1-14-2007
actor: “Vanity Fair”; “Breakfast with Braden”
10-05-1924 – Matteo Manuguerra – Tunis – d. 7-23-1998
operatic baritone: “Metropolitan Opera”
10-05-1927 – Anne Haddy – Quorn, South Australia – d. 6-6-1999
actor: ABC Radio Adelaide
10-05-1930 – Skip Homeier – Chicago, IL
actor: “Let’s Pretend”; Dickie Blake “Portia Faces Life”; “Reg’lar Fellers”
10-05-1932 – Arthur Maimane – South Africa – d. 6-28-2005
author: “The Opportunity”; “Where the Sun Shines”
10-06-1866 – Dr. Reginald Fessenden – Milton, Canada – d. 6-22-1932
made world’s first radio voice broadcast (Decmeber 24, 1906)
10-06-1887 – Maria Jeritza – Brunn, Austria-Hungary – d. 7-10-1982
singer: “General Motors Concerts”
10-06-1893 – Milton Ager – Chicago, IL – d. 5-6-1979
composer of many songs broadcast on radio
10-06-1897 – Jerome Cowan – NYC – d. 1-24-1972
actor: “Best Plays”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”; “Suspense”
10-06-1898 – Cliff Burwell – New Haven, CT – d. 10-9-1976
pianist: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
10-06-1899 – Mitchell Leisen – Menominee, MI – d. 10-28-1972
director: Lux Radio Theatre
10-06-1901 – Leslie Arliss – London, England – d. 12-30-1987
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-06-1905 – Clinton C. Balmer – d. 2-8-1988
news commentator: WLVA Lynchberg, Virginia
10-06-1905 – Helen Wills Moody – Centerville, CA – d. 1-1-1998
tennis playeer: “Information Please”
10-06-1906 – Janet Gaynor – Philadelphia, PA, - d. 9-14-1984
hostess, actor: “Hollywood Showcase: Stars Over Hollywood”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-06-1907 – Owen Davis, Jr. – NYC – d. 5-21-1949
actor: Allen McCrea “Those We Love”
10-06-1908 – Carole Lombard – Fort Wayne, IN – d. 1-16-1942
actor: “The Circle”; “Hollywood Hotel”
10-06-1910 – Lawrence Langner – Swansea, South Wales – d. 4-2-2002
theatre guild supervisor: “Theatre Guild on the Air”
10-06-1912 – Mel Dinelli – d. 11-28-1991
writer: “Advs. of Philip Marlowe”
10-06-1914 – Randolph Carter – Lexington, NE – d. 10-12-1998
writer: “Florence Nightingale”
10-06-1914 – Thor Heyerdahl – Larvik, Norway – d. 4-18-2002
archaeologist: “London Column”
10-06-1917 – Rosella Qualey – Donnelly, MN – d. 2-18-2007
home economist: KWLM-FM Willmar, Minnesota
10-06-1921 – Cliff White – d. 4-2-1998
guitarist: (Mills Brothers) “Jubilee”; “Radio Hall of Fame”, “Mail Call”
10-06-1925 – Shana Alexander – NYC – d. 6-23-2005
writer and commentary
10-06-1926 – Alan Copeland – Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The Modernaires) “Jan Garber and His Orchestra”; “Monitor”
10-06-1937 – Dawn Bender
actor: Margaret Herbert Murray “One Man’s Family”; Suzie Sample “Cousin Willie”
10-06-1941 – Tom Carroll – NYC – d. 3-18-2001
narrator: “Monitor”
10-07-1853 – James Whitcomb Riley – Greenfield, IN – d. 7-22-1916
writer: “Way Down Home” a musical tribute drama based on Riley’s life
10-07-1870 – “Uncle Dave” Macon – Smart Station, TN – d. 3-22-1952
banjo player: “Grand Ole Opry”
10-07-1888 – Henry Wallace – Adair County, IA – d. 11-18-1965
vice president: “Free World Theatre”
10-07-1889 – Clarence Muse – Baltimore , MD – d. 10-13-1979
singer: “Paducah Plantation”
10-07-1890 – Marion Bernstein Bearman – d. 4-xx-1985
singer: WLAG Minneapolis, Minnesota
10-07-1896 – Phil Ohman – New Britain, CT – d. 8-8-1954
pianist: “Names of Tomorrow Finding Stardom Today in Hollywood”
10-07-1898 – Alfred Wallenstein – Chicago, IL – d. 2-8-1983
conductor: “Virtuosos”; “Voice of Firestone”
10-07-1900 – Heinrich Himmler – Munich, Germany – d. 5-23-1945
nazi leader: “This is a Chapter of Glory”
10-07-1905 – Andy Devine – Flagstaff, Arizona Territory – d. 2-20-1977
actor: Jingles P. Jones “Wild Bill Hickok”; Mose Muich “Lum and Abner”; “Jack Benny Program”
10-07-1905 – Jean Ellyn – NYC – d. 11-23-1989
actor: Margie ‘Cookie’ Cook “Valiant Lady”; Dr. Watson “Strange Dr. Karnac”
10-07-1908 – Richard Caldicot – London, England – d. 10-16-1995
actor: “The Navy Lark”
10-07-1910 – Wayne Ackley – d. 10-3-1988
newscaster: Des Moines, Iowa
10-07-1911 – Vaughn Monroe – Akron, OH – d. 5-21-1973
singer, bandleader: “Penthouse Party”; “Vaughn Monroe Show”
10-07-1912 – Sally Vass – Greenville, SC
singer: (The Vass Family) “The Lady Next Door”; “Kraft Phoenix Program”
10-07-1913 – Elizabeth Janeway – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-15-2005
writer: “Information Please”
10-07-1914 – Alfred Drake – The Bronx, NY – d. 7-25-1992
singer: “Best Plays”; Broadway Matinee”; “Ford Festival of American Music”
10-07-1914 – Sarah Churchill – London, England – d. 9-24-1982
actor: (Daughter of Winston Churchill) “Romance”
10-07-1915 – Francis Hunt – Buffalo, NY – d. 2-6-1993
vocalist: (Lou Bring Orchestra) “Kraft Music Hall”
10-07-1916 – Palmer Williams – Tenafly, NJ – d. 1-1-1996
producer: “Hear It Now”
10-07-1917 – Helmut Dantine – Vienna, Austria – d. 5-2-1982
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”; “Silver Theatre”; “Theatre of Romance”; “Suspense”
10-07-1917 – June Allyson – The Bronx, NY – d. 7-8-2006
actor: “Hallmark Playhouse”; “NBC Star Playhouse”; “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”
10-07-1922 – Martha Stewart – Bardwell, KY
vocalist: “Your All-Time Hit Parade”
10-07-1925 – Fred Collins – Fort Wayne, IN – d. 8-5-2006
announcer: “Dimension X”; “X-Minus One”; “The Chase”
10-07-1926 – Diana Lynn – Los Angeles, CA – d. 12-18-1971
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
10-07-1927 – Al Martino – Philadelphia, PA – d. 10-14-2009
singer: “The Steve Lawrence Show”; “Here’s to Veterans”
10-07-1927 – Don Rickles – Portland, OR – d. 2-19-1985
announcer: “Nightbeat”; The Whisperer”; “The Whistler”
10-07-1931 – Gordon Terry – Decatur, AL – d. 4-9-2006
fiddler: “Country Music Time”; “Country Style U.S.A.”
10-08-1871 – Albert Edward Wiggam – Austin, IN – d. 4-26-1957
biologist: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
10-08-1881 – Oscar O’Shea – Peterboro, Canada – d. 4-6-1960
actor: John Marshall “Those We Love”
10-08-1890 – Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker – Columbus, OH – d. 7-23-1973
host, narrator: “The World’s Most Honored Flights”
10-08-1891 – Florence Malone – d. 3-4-1956
actor: Christy Allen “Against the Storm”; Mrs. Diamond “Advs. of Captain Diamond”
10-08-1897 – Rouben Mamoulian – Tiflis, Georgia, Russia – d. 12-4-1987
film director: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
10-08-1902 – Gladys Bagwil – d. 12-14-1969
blues singer: Hot Springs, Arkansas
10-08-1904 – Wally Brown – Malden, MA – d. 11-13-1961
actor: “The Jack Kirkwood Show”; “Joan Davis Time”
10-08-1906 – William N. Robson – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 4-10-1995
producer, director: “Beyond Tomorrow”; “CBS Radio Workshop”; “Escape”
10-08-1908 – Albert Maltz – NYC – d. 4-26-1985
screen writer: (One of Hollywood Ten) “Words at War”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-08-1910 – Roswell B. Rogers – d. 8-6-1998
writer: “Texaco Star Theatre”; “Old Gold Show”; “Lum and Abner”
10-08-1913 – Walter Schumann – NYC – d. 8-21-1958
composer: “Dragnet”; “Junior Miss”; “Modern Advs. of Casanova”
10-08-1914 – Mario “Mike” Dinapoli – Roxbury, MA
pianist, arranger: “Frank Petty Trio”
10-08-1917 – Billy Conn – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 5-28-1993
prize fighter: “Kraft Music Hall”; “The Pepsodent Show”; “The Eddie Cantor Show”
10-08-1918 – Ron Randell – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – d. 6-11-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-08-1919 – Gabriel Dell – Barbados, British West Indies – d. 7-3-1988
actor: (The Dead End Kids) “Texaco Star Playhouse”
10-08-1943 – Chevy Chase – Woodstock, NY
comedian: “The National Lampoon Radio Hour”
10-08-1951 – Jenny Boult – Warwickshire, England – d. 11-1-2005
writer: “Can’t Help Dreaming”
10-09-1888 – Irving Cummings – NYC – d. 4-18-1959
host: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-09-1897 – Robert Armbruster – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-20-1994
conductor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Cousin Willie”
10-09-1899 – Goebel (Leon) Reeves – Sherman, TX – d. 1-26-1959
singer, yodeler: “Rudy Vallee Show”
10-09-1905 – Norman Gottschalk – Chicago, IL – d. 9-8-1979
actor: Joe Palooka “Joe Palooka”: “Captain Midnight”
10-09-1907 – Henry Hunter – Rahway, NJ – d. 5-25-1985
actor: Anthony J. Marleybone “Affairs of Anthony”; Terry Regan “Attorney at Law”
10-09-1909 – Robert Beatty – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – d. 3-3-1992
announcer: BBC Radio Newsreel”; “London Column”
10-09-1910 – Phil Hanna – River Forest, IL – d. 7-20-1957
actor: Three Cheers “Al Pearce Show”
10-09-1911 – Leo Boulette – d. 10-9-1990
scriptwriter: “The Lone Ranger”
10-09-1911 – Michael Allman – Cincinnati, OH – d. 2-13-1989
arranger for such bands as Mitchell Ayres, Freddy Martin and Harry James
10-09-1912 – John L. Barrett – d. 5-1-1984
actor: “Covered Wagon Days”; “Lone Ranger”
10-09-1912 – John Tackaberry – Adelaide, Australia – d. 6-24-1969
writer: “Jack Benny Program”
10-09-1912 – Walter Compton – Charleston, SC – d. 12-9-1959
quizmaster: “Double or Nothing”
10-09-1913 – John Guedel – Portland, IN – d. 12-15-2001
producer: “You Bet Your Life”; “People Are Funny”; “Pillsbury House Party”
10-09-1914 – M. Thomas Cousins – Wilson, NC – d. 10-22-1972
trumpeter, arranger: “National Symphony”
10-09-1915 – Edward Andrews – Griffin, GA – d. 3-9-1985
actor: Nat “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
10-09-1915 – Lee Wiley – Fort Gibson, OK – d. 12-11-1975
singer: “Lee Wiley”; “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”; “It’s Florida’s Treat”
10-09-1916 – Jack Boyle – Illinois – d. 10-15-1965
actor: Andy Gump “The Gumps”
10-09-1918 – Skip Farrell – Illinois – d. 5-8-1962
actor, singer: “National Barn Dance”
10-09-1922 – Phil Sterling – NYC – d. 11-30-1998
actor: “Radio City Playhouse”; “Hilltop House”
10-09-1929 – Harry Harvey – Florida – d. 12-8-1978
actor: Oogie Pringle “A Date with Judy”
10-09-1931 – Joan Flanagan – Waverly, Australia
writer: “Frances, Where Are You?”
10-09-1940 – John Lennon – Liverpool, England – d. 12-8-1980
singer: (The Beatles) “Here We Go Again”
10-09-1945 – Kiyoko Suizenji – Kumamoto, Japan
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
10-09 1933 – Judy Tyler – Milwaukee, WI – d. 7-4-1957
actor: Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring “Howdy Doody”
10-10-1870 – J. V. Barborka – Bohemia, Austria – d. 9-8-1936
harpist: KMA Shenandoah, Iowa
10-10-1889 – Harold Vermilyea – NYC – d. 1-8-1958
actor: Cornlius Potter “Big Sister”; Mr. Bruce “Stella Dallas”
10-10-1899 – Emily Kimbrough – Muncie, IN – d. 2-11-1998
writer: “Information Please”
10-10-1900 – Carlotta Stewart Watson – d. 6-14-2007
Aunt Carrie on WDIA Memphis, Tennessee
10-10-1900 – Helen Hayes – Washington, D.C. – d. 3-17-1993
actor: “New Penny”; “Electric Theatre”; “O’Neill Cycle”
10-10-1903 – Ronald Dawson – Johannesburg, South Africa – d. 1-24-1984
actor, writer: “Martin Kane, Private Eye”; “The Clock”
10-10-1903 – Vernon Duke – Pskov, Russia – d. 1-16-1969
broadway composer: “Mildred Baily Show”; “Good News of 1940”; “March of Time”
10-10-1906 – Paul Creston – NYC – d. 8-24-1985
composer: “Radio Hall of Fame”; “Creeps By Night”
10-10-1908 – Johnny Green – NYC – d. 5-15-1989
conductor: “In the Modern Manner”; “Jack Benny Program”; “Man Called X”
10-10-1908 – Margaret Baker – Baltimore, MD – d. 4-3-1992
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-10-1909 – Florida Friebus – Auburndale, MA – d. 5-27-1988
actor: “Great Plays”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
10-10-1909 – Kathleen Niday – Boise, ID
actor: “Death Valley Days”; “Mr. District Attorney”
10-10-1910 – Don Hancock – Anderson, IN – d. 5-6-1980
announcer: “The Goldbergs”; “Ellery Queen”; “Vox Pop”
10-10-1911 – George Mathews – NYC – d. 11-7-1984
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-10-1911 – Marion Shockley – Kansas City, MO – d. 12-14-1981
actor: Rosemary Levy “Abie’s Irish Rose”; Nikki Porter “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
10-10-1911 – Zeke Manners – San Francisco, CA – d. 10-14-2000
singer, disc jockey: “Zeke Manners and His Gang”; “Zeke Manners”
10-10-1913 – Janis Carter – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-30-1994
scriptwriter: “Gangbusters”
10-10-1913 – Johnny Downs – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-13-1994
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-10-1915 – Bill Chadwick – NYC – d. 10-24-2009
new york rangers color analyst
10-10-1915 – Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison – Columbus, OH – d. 7-27-1999
jazz trumpeter: “Jubilee”; “One Night Stand”
10-10-1918 – Bobby Byrne – Columbus, OH
trombonist, bandleader: big band remote from Glen Island
10-10-1918 – Paul Dubov – Illinois – d. 9-20-1979
actor: Frank Race “Advs. of Frank Race”
10-10-1920 – Bernard Grant – The Bronx – d. 6-30-2004
actor: “Rober Kilgore”; “Big Story”
10-10-1920 – William David Adams – Chicago, IL – d. 1-18-1989
writer/producer: “Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt”
10-10-1926 – Oscar Brown, Jr. – Chicago, IL – d. 5-29-2005
singer: “Destination Freedom”
10-10-1926 – Richard Jaeckel – Long Beach, NY – d. 6-14-1997
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-10-1930 – Harold Pinter – Hackney, England – d. 12-24-2008
writer, actor: “Focus on Football Pools”; “A Slight Ache”
10-10-1946 – Ben Vereen – Miami, FL
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
10-10-1946 – Chris Tarrant – Reading, England
writer, presenter: “Tiswas”; “OTT”
10-11-1883 – Fritz Stiedry – d. 8-8-1968
conductor: “New Friends of Music”
10-11-1884 – Albert Stoessel – St. Louis, MO – d. 5-12-1943
conductor: Oratorio Society of New York, Chautauqua Symphony
10-11-1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt – NYC – d. 11-7-1962
commentator: “Eleanor Roosevelt Chats/It’s a Woman’s World/Talks by Eleanor Roosevelt”
10-11-1887 – Oscar Shaw – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-6-1967
singer: “Broadway Varieties”
10-11-1897 – Jane Ace – Kansas City, MO – d. 11-11-1974
comedian: “Easy Aces”; “Jane Ace, Disc Jockey”
10-11-1897 – Leo Reisman – Boston, MA – d. 12-18-1961
conductor: “Sheaffer Revue”; “Johnny Presents”; “Your Hit Parade”
10-11-1900 – Edith Beutel – d. 6-27-1969
contralto: Cleveland Opera Company
10-11-1902 – Leon Belasco – Odessa, Ukraine, Russia – d. 6-1-1988
actor: Pagan Zeldschmidt “A Man Called X)
10-11-1906 – Geoffrey Bryant – Houston, TX – d. 3-xx-1982
announcer, actor: “Death Valley Days”; “Mr. District Attorney”
10-11-1913 – Sherman H. Dryer – d. 12-22-1989
producer, director: “Two Thousand Plus”; “Heritage”; “Exploring the Unknown”
10-11-1913 – Sunny Skylar – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-2-2008
singer/songwriter: “Sunny Skylar Serenade”; “Mary Small Revue”
10-11-1914 – Buddy Twiss – St. Paul, MN – d. 11-7-1952
producer: “I Love A Mystery”; “One Man’s Family”
10-11-1918 – Linda Hayes – Sac City, IA – d. 12-19-1995
actor: “Special Assignment”; “G.I. Jive”
10-11-1918 – Olive Deering – NYC – d. 3-22-1986
actor: Nita Bennett “Lone Journey”
10-11-1919 – Art Blakey – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 10-16-1990
jazz drummer: “Music for Moderns”
10-11-1919 – George Rock – Farmer City, FL – d. 4-12-1988
260 poind trumpet player: “The Spike Jones Shw”
10-11-1919 – Jean Vander Pyl – d. 4-10-1999
actor: Margaret Anderson “Father Knows Best”; “The Halls of Ivy”
10-11-1920 – Ralph Paul – Denver, CO – d. 11-28-1987
announcer: “Aldrich Family”; “True Detective Mysteries”; “Might Casey”
10-11-1924 – Richard Alan Simmons – Toronto, Canada – d. 11-13-2004
writer: “Screen Director’s Playhouse”; “NBC University Theatre”
10-11-1925 – Nancy Guild – Los Angeles, CA – d. 8-16-1999
actor: “Proudly We Hail”
10-11-1926 – Earle Hyman – Rocky Mount, NC
actor: “Story of Ruby Valentine”
10-11-1932 – Dottie West – McMinnville, TN – d. 9-4-1991
country singer: “Country Music Time”
10-11-1936 – Billy Higgins – Los Angeles, CA – d. 5-3-2001
jazz drummer: “Jazz Alive”
10-11-1944 – Gun Gencer – Antioch, Turkey
writer: “Yenilenir Hep”; “Kazma”
10-12-1885 – Vladimir Bakaleinikoff – Moscow, Russia – d. 11-5-1953
conductor: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
10-12-1891 – Perle Mesta – Sturgis, MI – d. 3-16-1975
renowned party giver: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
10-12-1899 – Phil Kramer – d. 3-31-1972
actor: grouch “The Grouch Club”
10-12-1900 – Ted Collins – NYC – d. 5-27-1964
announcer, host: (longtime manager of Kate Smith) “Kate Smith Speaks”
10-12-1903 – Josephine Hutchinson – Seattle, WA – d. 6-4-1998
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
10-12-1905- Gilbert Martyn – Colorado – d. 1-24-1959
newscaster: “Kellogg’s Home Edition”
10-12-1906 – Daniel Saidenberg – d. 5-18-1997
conductor: “Alec Templeton Time”
10-12-1907 – Bob Ancell – d. 12-5-1988
disk jockey: WTVN Columbus, Ohio
10-12-1909 – Jack Orrison – Colorado – d. 6-3-1986
actor: “X Minus One”; “Gangbusters”
10-12-1912 – Robert Mitchell – Los Angeles, CA – d. 7-4-2009
organist: “Jump-Jump of Holiday House”; “Midnight Matinee”
10-12-1915 – Mike Moser – Spokane, WA – d. 4-23-1953
producer, director: “Space Patrol”
10-12-1917 – G. William Marshall – Chicago, IL – d. 8-8-1994
singer: “Fred Waring Orchestra”
10-12-1924 – Randy Stuart – Iola, KS – d. 7-20-1996
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-12-1927 – Peggy Taylor – Inglewood, CA – d. 2-9-2002
singer: “The Breakfast Club”; “The Stan Freeberg Show”
10-12-1929 – Cathy Cowan – Kansas City, MO
composer/singer: San Francisco, California
10-12-1930 – Cyril Tawney – d. 4-21-2005
folk singer: “Folkspin”; “Alan Lomax Show”
10-12-1931 – Sam Buffington – Massachusetts – d. 5-15-1960
actor: Luke Slaughter “Luke Slaughter of Tombstone”
10-12-1935 – Luciano Pavarotti – Modena, Italy – d. 9-6-2007
tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”
10-12-1936 – Ron Sayles – Waukesha, WI
actor, sound effects: “Billie the Brownie”
10-12-1936 – Tony Kubek – Milwaukee, WI
baseball announcer for the New York Yankees
10-12-1949 – Jennifer Compton – Wellington, New Zealand
writer: “A Lovely Afternoon for a Drive”
10-13-1884 – Jack McLaren – Fitzroy, Australia – d. 6-16-1954
writer: “The Ghost of the Cabaret”
10-13-1885 – Harry Hershfield – Cedar Rapids, IA – d. 12-15-1974
comedian: “Stop Me If You Heard This One”; “Can You Top This?”
10-13-1889 – Douglass Dumbrille – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – d. 4-2-1974
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-13-1891 – Irene Rich – Buffalo, NY – d. 4-22-1988
actor: Faith Chandler “Dear John”; Irene Davis “Lady Counsellor”; Judith Bradley “Glorious One”
10-13-1892 – Albert Sonn – d. 5-22-1968
pioneer radio personality “Man On the Moon”
10-13-1896 – Jack Shilkret – NYC – d. 6-16-1964
orchestra leader: “Bond Bread Show”; “Let’s Be Charming”; “Tea Time Tunes”
10-13-1900 – Georgia Backus – Columbus, OH – d. 9-7-1983
actor: Peg Riley “Life of Riley”; Portia Brent “Brenthouse”; Doris Foster “A Date with Judy”
10-13-1900 – Gerald Marks – Saginaw, MI – d. 1-27-1997
tin pan alley composer: “Great Days We Honor”
10-13-1901 – Frank Remley – d. 1-28-1967
left handed guitarist: The Phil Harris Orchestra
10-13-1903 – Patsy Moran – Pennsylvania – d. 12-10-1968
actor: Martha Hoople “Major Hoople”; Hilda “Junior Miss”
10-13-1904 – Wilfred Pickles – Halifax, England – d. 3-26-1978
announcer, newsreader: “Have A Go”; “Children’s Hour”; “Where Are You Now?”
10-13-1907 – Tamara Drasin – Sorochintzy, Ukraine – d. 2-22-1943
actor,singer: “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”; “Atlantic Family”
10-13-1909 – Art Tatum – Toledo, OH – d. 11-5-1956
pianist: David Rose Orchestra
10-13-1909 – Johnny Messner – NYC – d. 1-xx-1986
bandleader: “Spotlight Bands”; “Fitch Bandwagon”
10-13-1910 – Tex McCrary – Calvert, TX – d. 7-29-2003
interviewer: “Hi Jinx”; “Tex & Jinx”
10-13-1912 – Hugh Weisgall – Eibenschutz, Moravia – d. 3-11-1997
composer: “CBS Radio Workshop”
10-13-1913 – Ethel Everett – NYC – d. 4-2-1973
actor: Elsie Anderson “David Harum”; Mayme Gordon “O’Neills”
10-13-1915 – Hugh James – The Bronx, NY – d. 6-17-2001
announcer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Three Star Final”; “Big Town”
10-13-1917 – Burr Tillstrom – Chicago, IL – d. 12-6-1985
actor, puppeteer: “The Northerners”; “Kukla, Fran and Ollie”
10-13-1917 – Lou Cook – d. 2-12-1993
host: “Religion on the Line”
10-13-1918 – Cornel Wilde – NYC – d. 10-15-1989
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-13-1918 – Jack MacGowran – Dublin, Ireland – d. 1-30-1973
actor: “All That Fall”; “Embers”; “Juno and the Paycock”
10-13-1918 – Robert Walker – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 8-28-1951
actor: Davy Dillon “Maudie’s Diary”
10-13-1919 – Marion Hargrove – Mount Olive, NC – d. 8-23-2003
author: “MGM Theatre of the Air”; “Information, Please”; ”March of Time”
10-13-1920 – Laraine Day – Roosevelt, UT – d. 11-10-2007
host,actor: “Double Play with Durocher and Day”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
10-13-1920 – Philip (Donald) McCutchan – Cambridge, England – d. 7-xx-1996
author: “O’Flynn of the UB.1”
10-13-1921 – Yves Montand – Monsummano Alto, Tuscany, Italy – d. 11-9-1991
singer, actor: “Rendezvouz In Paris”
10-13-1924 – Marilyn Hare – Flushing, NY – d. 10-9-1981
singer: (Daughter of Ernie Hare) “The Happiness Boys”
10-13-1925 – Lenny Bruce – Mineola, NY – d. 8-3-1966
comedian: “Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts”; “Why Did Lenny Bruce Die?”
10-13-1926 – Ray Brown – d. 7-2-2002
jazz bassist: “Bands for Bonds”; “Here’s to Veterans”; “White House Jazz Festival”
10-13-1927 – Lee Konitz – Chicago, IL
alto saxophonist: “Artistry in Rhythm”
10-13-1929 – Bernie Baum – NYC – d. 8-28-1993
composer: Composed the theme for “Monitor”
10-13-1931 – Eddie Mathews – Texarkana, TX – d. 2-18-2001
baseball player: “Baseball: An Action History”
10-13-1945 – Keith Gallasch – Adelaide, South Australia
writer: “Reading Tarter City Woman”
10-13-1954 – Stephen Gallagher – Salford, Lancashire, England
writer: “Last Rose of Summer”; “Hunter’s Moon”
10-13-1959 – Doug McLeod – Geensborough, Australia
writer: “Whipperginnie”
10-13-1963 – Michael Symmons Roberts – Lancashire, England
writer: “Raising Sparks: For Mezzo Soprano and Ensemble”
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”
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, D.C. – 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 – d. 8-20-1998
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
10-16-1854 – Oscar Wilde – Dublin, Ireland – d. 11-30-1900
writer: Some of his writing 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 – d. 1-31-1991
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”
10-17-1893 – Spring Byington – Colorado Springs, CO – d. 9-7-1971
actor: Lily Ruskin “December Bride”
10-17-1903 – Irene Noblette Ryan – El Paso, TX – d. 4-26-1973
actor: “Tim & Irene Sky Road Show”; “Royal Crown Revue”
10-17-1905 – Claude Binyon, Sr. – Chicago, IL – d. 2-14-1978
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-17-1905 – Jean Arthur – NYC – d. 6-19-1991
actor: “Ford Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-17-1907 – Helen Choate – Boston, MA – d. 1-28-2010
actor: Patsy Bowen “Nick Carter, Master Detective”
10-17-1909 – Minnabelle Abbott – Covington, KY – d. 10-9-1981
actor: Mary Sothern “The Life of Mary Sothern”
10-17-1910 – Florence Williams – St. Louis, MO – d. 3-30-1995
actor: Anne Cameron “Barry Cameron”; Sally Farrell “Front Page Farrell”
10-17-1910 – George W. Briggs, Jr. – Taunton, MA – d. 12-7-1994
staff pianist and arranger for WBZ radio
10-17-1912 – Jack Owens – Tulsa, OK – d. 1-26-1982
vocalist: Cruising Crooner “The Breakfast Club”; “Tin Pan Alley”
10-17-1914 – Jerry Siegel – Cleveland , OH – d. 1-21-1996
co-creator (with Joe Shuster): “Advs. of Superman”
10-17-1915 – Arthur Miller – NYC – d. 2-10-2005
writer: “Cavalcade of America”; “The Doctor Fights”
10-17-1917 – Marsha Hunt – Chicago, IL
actor: Blanche Bickerson “Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Document A/777”
10-17-1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott – Sydney, Australia – d. 6-23-1991
writer: “Jezebel’s Daughter”
10-17-1918 – Rita Hayworth – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-14-1987
actor: “Orson Welles Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Bob Elson on Board the Century”
10-17-1920 – Elie Abel – Montreal, Canada – d. 7-22-2004
journalist: “Meet the Press”; “When Conventions were Coventions”
10-17-1920 – Montgomery Clift – Omaha, NE – d. 7-23-1966
actor: “Arthur Hopkins Presents”; “Ford Theatre”
10-17-1921 – Tom Poston – Columbus, OH – d. 4-29-2007
comedian: “Arthur Godfrey Show”
10-17-1922 – Luiz Bonfa – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – d. 1-12-2001
guitarist: “The Quitandinha Serenaders”
10-17-1922 – Luiz Bonfa – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – d. 1-12-2001
guitarist: “The Quitandinha Serenaders”
10-17-1923 – Barney Kessel – Muskogee, OK – d. 5-6-2004
jazz guitarist: “Jubilee”; “One Night Stand”; “Just Jazz”
10-17-1925 – Robert Pauley – New Canaan, CT – d. 5-2-2009
president of abc radio: “Then, Now and Later”
10-17-1925 – Ted Jarrett – Nashville, TN – d. 3-21-2009
songwriter, disk jockey: WSOK Nashville, Tennessee
10-17-1926 – Beverly Garland – Santa Cruz, CA – d. 12-5-2008
actor: Worked in radio early in her career
10-17-1926 – Julie Adams – Waterloo, IA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-17-1941 – Nicholas Hasluck – Canberra, Australia
writer: “The Blue Guitar”
10-18-1892 – Leo G. Carroll – Weedon Northants, England – d. 10-16-1972
actor: Lux Radio Theatre
10-18-1901 – Annette Hanshaw – NYC – d. 3-13-1985
singer: “Show Boat”; “Camel Caravan”
10-18-1902 – Barbara Brown – d. 7-7-1975
actor: “Land of the Free”
10-18-1902 – Miriam Hopkins – Bainbridge, GA – d. 10-9-1972
actor: “Exploring the Unknown”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “Lux Radio Theatre”; “These Are Our Men”
10-18-1903 – Webb Allen – d. 4-xx-1987
sportscaster: WELO Mississippi
10-18-1906 – Adele Ronson – NYC – d. 10-31-2000
actor: Wilma Deering “Buck Rogers”; Sally Gibson “Gibson Family”
10-18-1908 – Rene Garriguenc – d. 6-22-1998
composer: “Rogers of the Gazette”; “Advs. of Sam Spade, Detective”
10-18-1910 – Addy Richton – d. 3-31-1995
writer: “Valiant Lady”; “Hilltop House”; “This Life is Mine”
10-18-1911 – Helen Claire – Union Springs, AL – d. 1-12-1974
actor: Virginia Lansing “Backstage Wife”; Joyce Jordan “Joyce Jordan,M.D.”
10-18-1911 – Helen Claire – Union Springs, AL – d. 1-12-1974
actor: Virginia Lansing “Backstage Wife”; Joyce Jordan “Joyce Jordan,M.D.”
10-18-1912 – Gerta Rozan – Vienna, Austria-Hungary
actor: Eleta “Terry and the Pirates”
10-18-1913 – Evelyn Venable – Cincinnati, OH – d. 11-15-1993
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Stars of Tomorrow 1934”
10-18-1913 – Martin Blaine – Illinois – d. 1-19-1989
actor: Adam Sheppard “FBI in Peace and War”; Scott ‘Tubby’ Truman “Valiant Lady”
10-18-1914 – David W. Dole – Minneapolis, MN
sound effects, animal imitator: “Bob Becker’s Chats About Dogs”
10-18-1914 – Louise Fitch – Iowa – d. 9-11-1996
actor: Dale Locke “Manhattan Mother”; Carol Evans Martin Brent “Road of Life”
10-18-1914 – Louise Lewis – Iowa – d. 9-11-1996
actor: “Broadway Is My Beat”
10-18-1915 – Reuben Ship – Montreal, CA – d. 8-23-1975
writer: “Life of Riley”; “The Man Who Liked Christmas”
10-18-1918 – Bobby Troup – Harrisburg, PA – d. 2-7-1999
singer, actor: “Navy Swings”; “Bobby Troup Program”; “Bobby Troup Trio”
10-18-1919 – Anita O’Day – Kansas City, MO – d. 11-23-2006
jazz singer: “One Night Stand”; “Command Performance”
10-18-1920 – Willis Conover – Buffalo, NY – d. 5-17-1996
jazz producer: “Voice of America Music USA”
10-18-1924 – Anne Manahan – County Waterford, Ireland – d. 3-8-2009
actor: “All That Fall”
10-19-1885 – R. R. Brown – Dagus Mines, PA – d. 2-20-1964
minister: “Radio Chapel Service”
10-19-1889 – Fannie Hurst – Hamilton, OH – d. 2-23-1968
writer: “United China Relief”; “Fanny Hurst Reviews”; “Big Joe”; “United Nations Today”
10-19-1897 – Atilio Baggiore – d. 1-xx-1963
tenor, conductor: “Chase and Sanborn Hour”; “Pageant of Melody”
10-19-1903 – Robert Hardy Andrews – Effingham, KS – d. 11-11-1976
writer: “Skippy”; “Jack Armstrong”; “Just Plain Bill”
10-19-1907 – Roger Wolfe Kahn – Morristown, NJ – d. 7-12-1962
bandleader: “Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra”
10-19-1910 – Howard Smith – Ardmore, OK
pianist/orchestra leader: “A Bouquet for You”; “Robert Q. Lewis Show”
10-19-1910 – John C. Mills – Picqua, OH – d. 1-24-1936
singer: (The Mills Brothers) “Mills Brothers Quartette”; “Bing Crosby Show”
10-19-1911 – George Cates – NYC – d. 5-12-2002
orchestra leader: “Full Speed Ahead”; “Guest Star”; “Stand By for Music”
10-19-1916 – David Lewis – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 12-11-2000
actor: “Wake Up America”
10-19-1917 – Evelyn Kaye Klein – NYC
violinist: (Evelyn and Her Magic Violin) “Hour of Charm”
10-19-1918 – Bob Sweeney – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-7-1992
actor: “Sweeney and March”; “Sara’s Private Caper”
10-19-1920 – Harry Alan Towers – London, England – 7-31-2009
producer: “The Black Museum”; “Horatio Hornblower”; “The Scarlet Pimpernel”
10-19-1921 – Bern Bennett – Rochester, NY
announcer: “Rock and Roll Dance Party”; “Winner Take All”
10-19-1921 – George Nader – Pasadena, CA – d. 2-4-2002
actor: “Family Theatre”
10-19-1925 – Eddie Layton – d. 12-16-2004
organist: New York Yankees and many radio programs
10-19-1927 – Buff Cobb – Florence, Italy – d. 7-12-2010
actor: (Wife of Mike Wallace) “Proudly We Hail”; “Curtain Time”
10-19-1930 – Wally Flaherty – The Bronx, NY – d. 9-23-1998
host: “Open Line”
10-19-1932 – Robert Reed – Highland Park, IL – d. 5-12-1992
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
10-19-1945 – John Lithgow – Rochester, NY
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-19-1957 – Charles Ross – NYC
host: “Your Personal Finance”
10-19-1961 – Michael Gurr – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “A Pair of Claws”; “Worlds Apart”
10-20-1872 – Lisa Bickman – d. 2-22-1968
soprano: WHN New York, New York
10-20-1882 – Bela Lugosi – Lugos, Hungary – d. 8-16-1956
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
10-20-1882 – Margaret Dumont – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-6-1965
actor: “Paramount Movie Parade”
10-20-1884 – Billy Baskette – Henderson, KY – d. 11-8-1949
entertained in early radio
10-20-1884 – Thomas Chalmers – NYC – d. 6-12-1966
actor: Sam Young “Pepper Young’s Family”
10-20-1887 – Charles Warburton – Huddersfield, England – d. 7-19-1952
actor: “Radio Guild”; “Great Plays”; “Front Page Drama”
10-20-1889 – Robert Fiske – Griggsville, MO – d. 9-12-1944
actor: Speed Robertson “Air Advs. of Jimmie Allen”
10-20-1895 – Rex Ingram – Cairo, IL – d. 9-19-1965
actor: “Free World Theatre”
10-20-1897 – Adolph Deutsch – London, England – d. 1-2-1980
arranger, conductor, composer: “Kraft Program”; “This Is Hollywood”
10-20-1897 – William A. Bacher – d. 4-20-1965
producer, director: “Al Jolson Show”; “Hollywood Hotel”; “Treasury Star Parade”
10-20-1900 – Wayne Morse – Dane County, WI – d. 7-22-1974
u.s. senator: “Rebuttal”
10-20-1901 – Frank Churchill – Rumford, ME – d. 5-14-1942
pianist: “Greek War Relief Fund”
10-20-1904 – Anna Neagle – Forest Gate, Essex, England – d. 6-3-1986
actor: “Keep ‘Em Rolling”; “Kate Smith Hour”; “Radio Tribute to the Kind and Queen”
10-20-1905 – Frederic Dannay – NYC – d. 9-3-1982
writer: “Adventures of Ellery Queen”; “The Shadow”; “Ford Theatre”
10-20-1907 – Arlene Francis – Boston, MA – d. 5-31-2001
panelist, actor: “What’s My Line”; Ann Scotland,”The Affairs of Ann Scotland”
10-20-1911 – Bobby Christian – Chicago, IL – d. 12-31-1991
percussionist: “Destination Freedom”; “Roy Shield and Company”
10-20-1911 – Will Rogers, Jr. – NYC – d. 7-9-1993
actor: Will Rogers “Rogers of the Gazette”
10-20-1913 – Barney Phillips – St. Louis, MO – d. 8-17-1982
actor: Ed Jacobs “Dragnet”; Somber Jones “Hawk Larabee”; “Gunsmoke”
10-20-1913 – “Grandpa” Jones – Niagra, KY – d. 2-19-1998
country singer, banjoist: “Grand Ole Opry”
10-20-1914 – Fayard Nicholas – Mobile, AL – d. 1-24-2006
dancer: (The Nicholas Brothers) “Big Broadcast of 1936”; “Ben Bernie Show”
10-20-1920 – Dulcie Gray – Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
author: Several of her novels were adapted for the BBC
10-20-1922 – John Anderson – Clayton, IL – d. 8-7-1992
actor: William Clark “Horizons West”
10-20-1924 – Pat Chamburs – Clearwater, FL – d. 4-12-2009
disk jockey: “Jazz, Jive and Swing”
10-20-1925 – Art Buchwald – Mount Vernon, NY – d. 1-17-2007
humorist: “Monitor”
10-20-1925 – Carolina Cotton – Cash, AR – d. 6-10-1997
singer, actress: “Hollywood Barn Dance”
10-20-1927 – Priscilla Lyon – Washington County, NC – d. 3-7-1980
actor: Corliss Archer “Meet Corliss Archer”; Amy Foster “Those We Love”
10-20-1931 – Mickey Mantle – Spavinaw, OK – d. 8-13-1995
baseball great: “Hear It Now”; “Feature Project”
10-20-1934 – Eddie Harris – Chicago, IL – d. 11-5-1996
jazz saxophonist: “Voices of Vista”
10-20-1935 – Jerry Orbach – NYC – d. 12-28-2004
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-21-1877 – Floyd Buckley – Chatham, NY – d. 11-14-1956
actor: Popeye: “Popeye the Sailor”
10-21-1892 – Gummo Marx – NYC - d. 4-21-1977
comedian: (Marx Brothers) “American Review”
10-21-1905 – Carleton Young – NYC – d. 11-7-1994
actor: Dick Grosvenor “Stella Dallas”; Ellery Queen “Advs of Ellery Queen”
10-21-1907 – Jack Holden – Alba, MI – d. 6-24-1971
announcer: “National Barn Dance”; “Uncle Ezra”
10-21-1908 – Tommy Riggs – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 5-21-1967
comedian: “Fleischmann Hour”; “Quaker Party with Tommy Riggs”; “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
10-21-1912 – George Solti – Budapest, Hungary – d. 9-5-1997
musical director, conductor: “Chicago Symphony Orchestra”
10-21-1913 – Jack McElroy – Kansas – d. 3-2-1959
announcer, host: “Bride and Groom”; “Breakfast at Sardi”s”
10-21-1915 – Frances Mercer – New Rochelle, NY – d. 11-4-2000
actor: “Nothing Serious”
10-21-1915 – Owen Bradley – Westmoreland, TN – d. 1-7-1998
music director fort WSM Nashville, Tennessee
10-21-1917 – Dizzy Gillespie – Cherow, SC – d. 1-6-1993
musician: “This Is Jazz”
10-21-1920 – Hy Averback – Minneapolis, MN – d. 10-14-1997
announcer, actor: “Sealtest Village Store”; “Bob Hope Show”; “Take It or Leave It”
10-21-1923 – Jean Gillespie – Boston, MA
actor: Martha Piper “Tales of Willie Piper”; Inza Burrage “Advs. of Frank Merriwell”
10-21-1924 – Julie Wilson – Omaha, NE
vocalist: “Hollywood Showcase”
10-21-1927 – Ray Brenner – California – d. 6-5-1995
writer: “The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”
10-22-1876 – Cecilia Loftus – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 7-12-1943
actor: Sarah Wright “Roses and Drums”
10-22-1880 – Vida R. Sutton – Oakland, CA – d. 7-27-1956
speech consultant: “The Magic of Speech”
10-22-1884 – George Washington Hill – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-13-1946
President of American Tobacco Company, sponsor of many radio programs
10-22-1885 – Giovanni Martinelli – Montagnana, Italy – d. 2-2-1969
operatic tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”; “Magic Key”; “Shell Show”
10-22-1888 – Marie Birkhahn – d. 1-xx-1984
pianist: WJZ Boston-Springfield, Massachusetts
10-22-1891 – Parker Fennelly – Northeast Harbor, ME – d. 1-22-1988
actor: Titus Moody, “Fred Allen Show”; Dan Tucker, “Lawyer Dan Tucker”
10-22-1893 – Clarence Menser – d. 10-21-1975
director: “Tom Mix”; “Vic and Sade”
10-22-1893 – Will Collins – NYC – d. 5-14-1968
singer: “Whispering Will Collins”
10-22-1895 – Clair Loring Farrand – d. 1-7-1981
inventor of the cone radio loudspeaker
10-22-1905 – Constance Bennett – NYC – d. 7-24-1965
interviewer, panelist: “Constance Bennett Calls on You”; “Leave It to the Girls”
10-22-1905 – Edward Byron – Newport, KY – d. 11-21-1964
writer, producer: “Moon River”; “Mr. District Attorney”
10-22-1906 – Sidney Kingsley – NYC – d. 3-20-1995
writer: “Pulitzer Prize Plays”
10-22-1907 – Roger DeKoven – Chicago, IL – d. 1-28-1988
actor: Professor Allen, “Against the Storm”
10-22-1908 – Charles A. Nobles – Holyoke, MA – d. 6-xx-1977
announcer: “Wake Up America”
10-22-1908 – Frances Drake – NYC – d. 1-17-2000
actor: “Stars of Tomorrow”
10-22-1913 – Jay Owen – d. 6-27-2005
worked in radio in Washington D.C. and New York City
10-22-1914 – Harry Hickox – Big Spring, TX – d. 6-3-1994
actor: “Jump-Jump and the Ice Queen”
10-22-1915 – Frank Danzig – d. 7-6-1997
producer: “The Mel Torme Show”; “Lone Wolf”
10-22-1915 – Laurette Fillbrandt – Zanesville, OH – d. 9-27-2000
actor: “Girl Alone”; “Affairs of Anthone”; “One Man’s Family”
10-22-1915 – Mona Brand – Sydney, Australia – d. 8-1-2007
writer: “Who Am I?”; “And a Happy New Year”
10-22-1916 – Sidney Miller – Shenandoah, PA – d. 1-10-2004
actor-director-songwriter: “Eddie Cantor Show”; “Jeff Regan, Private Investigator”
10-22-1917 – Harold Goodwin – Wombwell, England – d. 6-3-2004
actor: “The Cruel Sea”
10-22-1917 – Joan Fontaine – Tokyo, Japan
actor: “Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players”
10-22-1919 – Norman Glisch – West Allis, WI – d. 11-2-2007
banjo player: Appeared on international radio with Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore
10-22-1920 – Mitzi Green – The Bronx, NY – d. 5-24-1969
actor: Girl “Passport to Romance”
10-22-1924 – Ty Dobb – Salina, KS
writer: “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”
10-22-1938 – Harrison Ridley, Jr. – West Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-19-2009
long time jazz disk jockey for WRTI Philadelphia
10-22-1938 – Sir Derek Jacoby – Leytonstone, London, England
actor: Renaissance Theatre Company in association with BBC Radio Drama
10-22-1939 – Jim Cox – Pineville, KY
author: “Radio Crime Fighters”; “Great Radio Soap Operas”
10-22-1939 – Tony Roberts – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-23-1871 – Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-12-1964
clergyman: 15-Minute NEWS commentary program for NBC
10-23-1884 – César Saerchinger – Aix-la-Chapelle, France – d. 10-10-1971
news correspondent: “Story Behind the Headlines”; “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”
10-23-1887 – Oliver M. Saylor – Huntington, IN – d. 10-19-1958
reviewer: WGBS New York City
10-23-1896 – Nathan Abas – d. 6-1-1980
orchestra director, violinist: “Northern California Symphony Orchestra”
10-23-1901 – Arthur Jacobson – NYC – d. 10-6-1993
actor: Kirk Harding “Woman in White”; Anthony J. Marleybone “Affairs of Anthony”
10-23-1904 – Ford Bond – Louisville, KY – d. 8-15-1962
announcer: “Cities Service Concert”; “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”; Highways in Melody”
10-23-1904 – Margaret Speaks – Columbus, OH – d. 7-16-1977
singer: “Voice of Firestone”
10-23-1904 – Oliver Barbour – d. 4-11-1968
producer, director: “Life Can Be Beautiful”; “Parker Family”; “When a Girl Marries”
10-23-1906 – Lucy Monroe – NYC – d. 10-13-1987
singer: (The Star-Spangled Soprano) “Hammerstein’s Music Hall”; “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
10-23-1911 – Martha Rountree – Gainesville, FL – d. 8-23-1999
co-founder, moderator: “Meet the Press”
10-23-1912 – Floyd Mack – Ava, OH – d. 1-3-1983
commentator: “Floyd Mack and the News”; “Bell Telephone Hour”
10-23-1916 – Red Quinlan – Maquoketa, IA – d. 3-11-2007
founding board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications
10-23-1918 – Augusta Dabney – Berkeley, CA – d. 2-4-2008
actor: “Theatre Five”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
10-23-1918 – James Daly – Wisconsin Rapids, WI – d. 7-3-1978
actor: “Monitor”
10-23-1921 – James Blackwood – Ackereman, MS – d. 2-3-2002
singer: (Blackwood Brothers Quartet) “Songs of the Gospel”
10-23-1922 – Coleen Gray – Staplehurst, NE
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-23-1922 – Ewell Blackwell – Fresno, CA – d. 10-29-1996
baseball pitcher: “Babe Didrickson Zaharius Sports Show”
10-23-1923 – Frank Sutton – Clarksville, TN – d. 6-28-1974
actor: “Couple Next Door”
10-23-1925 – Johnny Carson – Corning, IA – d. 1-23-2005
announcer, disc jockey: “Johnny Carson Show”
10-23-1931 – Diana Dors – Swindon, Wiltshire, England – d. 5-4-1984
actor: “Earplay”
10-23-1940 – Tom McGrath – Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
writer: “The Silver Darlings”
10-23-1943 – Roger Scott – London, England – d. 10-31-1989
disc jockey: “Three O’Clock Thrill”; “Hitline”
10-24-1879 – Benjamin Albert “B.A.” Rolfe – Brasher Falls, NY – d. 4-23-1956
conductor: “Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra”; “Believe It or Not”
10-24-1888 – William Podmore – England – d. 9-xx-1963
actor: Barnabas Thackery “Shafter Parker and His Circus”
10-24-1891 – Nila Mack – Arkansas City, KS – d. 1-20-1953
director: “Helen and Mary”; “Let’s Pretend”
10-24-1894 – Ted “Kid” Lewis – London, England – d. 8-25-1971
bandleader: “Live Band Remotes”
10-24-1901 – Gilda Gray – Cracow, Poland – d. 12-22-1959
ziegfeld follies singer/dancer: WOO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10-24-1901 – Harry Breuer – Brooklyn, NY – D. 6-2-1989
percussionist: “A&P Gypsies”; “Bert Hirsch’s Novelty Dance Orchestra”
10-24-1903 – Melvin Purvis – Timmonsville, SC – d. 2-29-1960
fbi agent, narrator: “Top Secrets of the FBI”
10-24-1904 – Moss Hart – The Bronx, NY – d. 12-20-1961
panelist: “Who Said That?”
10-24-1904 – Radie Harris – NYC – d. 2-22-2001
gossip columnist: CBS Radio Network
10-24-1911 – Sonny Terry – Greensboro, NC – d. 3-11-1986
blues singer, harmonica player: “Hootenanny”; “Roomful of Music”
10-24-1916 – Ray Singer – NYC – d. 11-16-1992
writer: “Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”; “Rudy Vallee Show”; “Charlotte Greenwood Show”
10-24-1924 – Mary Lee – Centralia, IL – d. 6-6-1996
singer: “Ted Weems and His Orchestra”; “Spotlight Bands”
10-24-1925 – Teri Keane – NYC
actor: Hope Evans “Big Sister”; Terry Burton “Second Mrs. Burton”
10-24-1930 – J. P. “Big Bopper” Richardson – Sabine Pass, TX – d. 2-3-1959
Early Rock and Roll disc jockey
10-24-1936 – David Nelson – NYC
actor: “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”
10-25-1825 – Johann Strauss, Jr. – Vienna, Austria – d. 7-21-1899
composer: Many of his works used as themes
10-25-1875 – Harry Overstreet – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-17-1970
author and lecturer: “Information Please”
10-25-1882 – Richard Gordon – Bridgeport, CT – d. 12-xx-1967
actor: Sherlock Holmes, “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”; Jim Barrett, “Valiant Lady”
10-25-1884 – Florence Easton – Middlesborough, England – d. 8-13-1955
soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
10-25-1888 – Richard E. Byrd – Winchester, VA – d. 3-11-1957
explorer: “Admiral Byrd Broadcasts”
10-25-1891 – Father Charles Coughlin – Hamilton, Canada – d. 10-27-1979
commentator, preacher: (The Radio Priest)
10-25-1897 – Marek Weber – Vienna, Austria – d. 2-8-1964
conductor/violinist: “Carnation Contented Hour”
10-25-1901 – Daniel Landt – Scranton, PA – d. 2-24-1961
singer: Landt Trio, “Doc Pearson’s Drug Store”; “Bob Hawk Show”
10-25-1902 – Eddie Lang – Philadelphia, PA – d. 3-26-1933
jazz guitarest: “Music That Satisfies”
10-25-1908 – Polly Ann Young – Denver, CO – d. 1-21-1997
actor: (Sister of Loretta) “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-25-1909 – True Boardman – Seattle, WA – d. 8-4-2003
writer, narrator: “Silver Theatre”; “Favorite Story”
10-25-1912 – Constance Cox – Sutton, England – d. 7-8-1998
playwright: “Northanger Abbey”
10-25-1912 – Minnie Pearl – Centerville, TN – d. 3-4-1996
comedian: (Queen of Country Comedy) “Grand Ole Opry”
10-25-1912 – Sherman Marks – d. 4-4-1975
actor, director: Ichabod ‘Ichy’ Mudd “Captain Midnight”; “Cloak and Dagger”
10-25-1914 – John Reed King – Wilmington, DE – d. 7-8-1979
announcer, actor:“Columbia Workshop”; Schuyler ‘Sky’ King “ “Sky King”
10-25-1918 – Chubby Jackson – NYC – d. 10-1-2003
bassist: (Woody Herman Band) “The Woody Herman Show”
10-25-1924 – Billy Barty – Millsboro, PA – d. 12-23-2000
comedian: “Spike Jones Band”, “James Melton Show”
10-25-1926 – William E. Greene – Iron City, GA – d. 3-12-1970
actor: Dr. Fred Thompson “One Man’s Family”
10-25-1927 – Barbara Cook – Atlanta, GA
actor: Julie Boyd “Great Merlini”
10-25-1928 – Marion Ross – Albert Lea, MN
actor: Lux Radio Theatre
10-25-1933 – Peter Dennis – Dorking, England – d. 4-18-2009
actor: “Winnie-the-Pooh”
10-26-1876 – H.B. Warner – London, England – d. 12-21-1958
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-26-1877 – Dr. Max Mason – Madison, WI – d. 3-22-1961
president university of chicago: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
10-26-1888 – Pat Barnes – Sharon, PA – d. 6-9-1969
emcee: “The Pat Barnes and Barbara Show”
10-26-1897 – Louis Castellucci – Italy – d. 4-21-1988
trombonist, composer: “Dragnet”
10-26-1899 – Rudolph Wickel – d. 3-14-1971
contestant: “Truth or Consequences”
10-26-1904 – Igor Gorin – Ukraine, Russia – d. 3-24-1982
singer: “The Voice of Firestone”
10-26-1907 – Tony Pastor – Middletown, CT – d. 10-31-1969
bandleader: “Tony Pastor and His Orchestra”
10-26-1910 – Clarence Hartzell – Huntington, WV – d. 3-5-1988
actor: Uncle Fletcher “Vic and Sade”; Pappy Yokum “Li’l AAbner”; “Ben Withers “Lum and Abner”
10-26-1911 – Mahalia Jackson – New Orleans, LA – d. 1-27-1972
gospel singer: (The Angel of Peace) “Mahalia Jackson Show”
10-26-1912 – Donald Siegel – Chicago, IL – d. 4-20-1991
film director: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
10-26-1912 – Ed Reimers – Moline, IL – d. 8-16-2009
announcer/actor: “Dr. I.Q.”; “This Changing World”
10-26-1913 – Charlie Barnet – NYC – d. 9-4-1991
bandleader: “Fitch Bandwagon”; “Saturday Night Swing Session”
10-26-1914 – Jackie Coogan – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-1-1984
actor: Ernest Botch “Forever Ernest”
10-26-1917 – Buddy Christian – Nyack, NY – d. 4-5-2009
drummer” “Dizzy Gillespie Band”
10-26-1918 – Ivor Francis – Toronto, Canada – d. 10-22-1986
actor: “Secret Missions”; “The Chase”
10-26-1920 – Eleanor Rella – d. 6-19-2003
actor: Billie Devere “Myrt and Marge”
10-26-1929 – Neal Matthews – Nashville, TN – d. 4-21-2000
singer: (Jordonaires) “Grand Ole Opry”; “Jim Reeves Show”
10-26-1930 – John Arden – Bransley, Yorkshire, England
writer: “The Life of Man”
10-27-1890 – Bob Becker – Terryville, SD – d. 8-10-1962
commentator: “Fireside Chats About Dogs/Pet Parade”
10-27-1896 – Eric Dressler – NYC – d. 8-12-1978
actor: “Scattergood Baines”; “Young Widdr Brown”
10-27-1898 – Kathryn Cravens – Burkett, TX – d. 8-29-1991
newscaster: “News Through a Woman’s Eye”
10-27-1898 – Richard Carroll – Cambridge, MA – d. 3-11-1959
writer: “Shorty Bell”
10-27-1901 – David Stone – Savannah, GA – d. 8-31-1995
announcer: “Grand Ole Opry”
10-27-1907 – Mignon Schreiber – Chicago, IL – d. 4-18-1965
actor: Jennie Fox “Foxes of Flatbush”, Mrs. Kransky “Guiding Light”
10-27-1908 – DeWitt “Snuffy” Jenkins – Harris, NC – d. 4-30-1990
strings: (Jenkins String Band) “Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance”
10-27-1908 – Josephine Antoine – Boulder, CO – d. 10-30-1971
singer: “Contented Hour”
10-27-1910 – Jack Carson – Carmen, Canada – d. 1-2-1963
comedian: “Jack Carson Show”; “New Sealtest Village Store”
10-27-1911 – Charles R. Callender – Phrae, Thailand – d. 7-26-1987
sang and played piano on radio
10-27-1911 – Leif Erickson – Alameda, CA – d. 1-29-1986
actor: Richard Rhinelander III “My Friend Irma”
10-27-1914 – Dylan Thomas – Uplands, Swansea, Wales – d. 11-9-1953
writer: “Life of the Modern Poet”; “Modern Muse”
10-27-1915 – Albert Albinger – d. 11-29-1982
newscaster: WKWK Wheeling, West Virginia
10-27-1918 – Bill Ballance – Peoria, IL – d. 9-23-2004
talk show host: “Feminine Forum”; “Bill Ballance Show”
10-27-1918 – Teresa Wright – NYC – d. 3-6-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-27-1920 – Nanette Fabray – San Diego, CA
singer, actor: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
10-27-1923 – Peter Bryant – London, England – d. 5-19-2006
announcer, script editor for BBC Radio
10-27-1924 – Ruby Dee – Cleveland, OH
actor: “Story of Ruby Valentine”; “Story Hour”
10-27-1927 – Charles Mullen – d. 4-14-2002
actor: “The Blue Playhouse”; “Advs. of Archie Andrews”
10-27-1933 – Floyd Cramer – Campti, LA – d. 12-31-1997
country pianist: “Country Music Time”; “Country Style U.S.A.”
10-27-1939 – John Cleese – Weston-Super-Mare, England
comedian: Basil Fawlty “Fawlty Towers”
10-28-1886 – Ruth Gates – Denton, TX – d. 5-23-1966
actor: Mrs Lenord “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
10-28-1895 – Herb Butterfield – Rhode Island – d. 5-2-1957
actor: Clarence Wellman “Halls of Ivy”; Hunter Glenn “One Man’s Family”
10-28-1895 – John Boles – Greenville, TX – d. 2-27-1969
actor, singer: “Texaco Star Theatre”
10-28-1896 – Howard Hanson – Wahoo, NE – d. 2-26-1981
conductor, composer: “New York Philharmonic”; “ASCAP World’s Fair Concert”
10-28-1897 – Edith Head – San Bernardino, CA – d. 10-24-1981
costume designer: Intermission Guest “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-28-1902 – Catherine Shepherd – Zimbabwe – d. 2-18-1976
writer: “The Golden Cockerel”
10-28-1902 – Elsa Lanchester – Lewisham, England – d. 12-26-1986
actor: “Arch Oboler’s Plays”; “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Everyman’s Theatre”
10-28-1906 – Lou Bring – d. 7-15-1951
orchestra leader: “The Al Jolson Show”; “The Gracie Fields Show”
10-28-1908 – David LeWinter – NYC – d. 1-22-1976
orchestra leader: Late night dance band remotes
10-28-1910 – Arthur Altman – Brooklyn, NY – d. 1-18-1994
CBS staff violinist and librarian
10-28-1912 – Madaline Lee – Dallas, TX – d. 1-10-1974
actor: Genevive Blue “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; Wendy Burton “Second Mrs. Burton”
10-28-1913 – Ruth Peterson – Wauwatosa, WI – d. 2-2-1985
actor: Linda Carroll “Hawthorne House”
10-28-1915 – Alwyn Kurts – Perth, Western Australia – d. 5-4-2000
performer: “Raising a Husband”
10-28-1915 – Dody Goodman – Columbus, OH – d. 6-22-2008
actor: “Hopalong Cassidy”; “Arthur Godfrey Show”
10-28-1917 – Ron Rawson – Iowa – d. 7-18-1994
announcer: “Right to Happiness”; “Advs. of Topper”; “Advs. of the Thin Man”
10-28-1934 – Cecil Blackwood – Ackereman, MS – d. 11-13-2000
singer: (Blackwood Brothers Quartet) “Songs of the Gospel”
10-28-1934 – Johnny Western – Two Harbors, MN
singer, actor, songwriter: (Ballad of Paladin) Daily show on KFDI Wichita, KS
10-29-1873 – Walter C. Kelly – Mineville, NY – d. 1-6-1939
actor: (The Virginia Judge) “The Eveready Hour”
10-29-1880 – Gleason L. Archer – Great Pond, ME – d. 6-28-1966
lecturer: “Laws That Safeguard Society”
10-29-1883 – William K. Wells – NYC – d. 4-17-1956
writer: “Under Arrest”
10-29-1889 – Anna Case – Clinton, NJ – d. 1-7-1984
singer/actor: WJZ New York City
10-29-1891 – Fanny Brice – NYC – d. 5-29-1951
comedian: Baby Snooks Higgins, “Baby Snooks”
10-29-1894 – Jack Pearl – NYC – d. 12-25-1982
comedian: Baron Munchausen “Baron and the Bee, Jack and Cliff, Jack Pearl Show”
10-29-1897 – Hope Emerson – Hawarden, IA – d. 4-24-1960
actor: Henrietta Topper “Advs. of Topper”; Elsie the Cow “Happy Island”
10-29-1901 – Akim Tamiroff – Baku, Russia – d. 9-17-1972
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-29-1902 – Lillian Lee – d. 5-18-1987
actor: (Wife of Jack Kirkwood) “Jack Kirkwood Show”; “Fibber McGee and Molly”
10-29-1903 – Olive Pell – Kalgoorlie, Australia – d. 1-xx-2002
writer: “Then Came the Day They Came”
10-29-1905 – Herbert Lateau – d. 3-xx-1984
producer: “The National Farm and Home Hour”
10-29-1908 – Robert K. Adams – d. 2-13-1981
actor: “Dr. Susan”; Hilltop House”; Your Family and Mine”
10-29-1908 – Ruth Russell – Peoria, IL
actor: Nancy Donovan “Just Plain Bill”; Kathy “Our Gal Sunday”
10-29-1909 – Virginia Clark – Peoria, IL
actor: Helen Trent “Romance of Helen Trent”
10-29-1910 – Lew Parker – Brooklyn, NY – d. 10-27-1972
actor: John Bickerson “The Bickersons” “Mennen Shave Time with Lew Parker”
10-29-1916 – Hadda Brooks – Los Angeles, CA – d. 11-21-2002
pianist: “Jubilee”
10-29-1921 – Bill Mauldin – Mountain Park, NM – d. 1-22-2003
cartoonist: “Command Performance”; “Armed Forces V-J Program”
10-29-1921 – Ed Kemmer – Reading, PA – d. 11-9-2004
actor: Buzz Corey “Space Patrol”
10-29-1922 – Neal Hefti – Hastings, NE – d. 10-11-2008
composer, et al: “Woody Herman Show”; “Manhattan Melodies”
10-29-1925 – Geraldine Brooks – NYC – d. 6-19-1977
actor: “Hollywood Fights Back”; “Voice of the Army”
10-29-1925 – Paul Daneman – London, England – d. 4-28-2001
actor: “The Hobbit”
10-29-1925 – Robert Hardy – Cheltenham, England
actor, writer: “The Leopard and the Lillies”
10-29-1933 – Douglas Cameron – Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
presenter: “Today”; “double act”
10-30-1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan – Dublin, Ireland – d. 7-7-1816
writer: (Inventor of the Malaprop) Some of his works adapted for radio
10-30-1879 – Eily Malyon – London, England – d. 9-26-1961
actor: Lady Greystroke “Tarzan”
10-30-1885 – Ezra Pound – Hailey, ID – d. 11-1-1972
poet and traitor: “Italian Propaganda Broadcast”
10-30-1891 – Bill Brandt – d. 11-18-1963
sports commentator: “Inside of Sports”
10-30-1896 – Bill Terry – Atlanta, GA – d. 1-9-1989
sportscaster: WAGA Atlanta
10-30-1896 – Ruth Gordon – Wollaston, MA – d. 8-28-1985
actor: “Lincoln Highway”; “Meet Mr. Weeks”; “Orson Welles Theatre”
10-30-1898 – Arthur Kohl – Chicago, IL – d. 8-29-1983
actor: Fred Andrews “Archie Andrews”; Bob Graham “Bachelor’s Children”
10-30-1901 – Chester Bagg – d. 10-13-1988
baritone: WCBC Zion, Illinois
10-30-1906 – Paul J. Smith – Calumet, MI – d. 1-25-1985
music: “The Eddie Bracken Show”
10-30-1907 – Renzo Cesana – Rome, Italy – d. 11-8-1970
creater: “The Steve Allen Show”
10-30-1908 – Patsy Montana – Hot Springs, AK – d. 5-3-1996
yodeling country singer: (Prairie Ramblers) “Nationial Barn Dance”
10-30-1910 – Francia White – Greenville, TX – d. 10-22-1984
singer: “Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”; “Fred Astaire Show”; “Telephone Hour”
10-30-1911 – Milton Lieberthal – d. 6-5-1989
writer: “The Sheriff”
10-30-1911 – Ruth Hussey – Providence, RI – d. 4-19-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-30-1912 – Preston Lockwood – Leyton, England – d. 4-24-1996
actor: “Sherlock Holmes”
10-30-1915 – Fred Friendly – NYC – d. 3-3-1998
writer, director: “Hear It Now”; “Who Said That?”; “Quick and the Dead”
10-30-1918 – Harvey Lowe – Victoria, Canada – d. 3-11-2009
host: “Call of China”
10-30-1918 – Jerry Adler – d. 3-13-2010
harmonica” Paul Whiteman Orchestra
10-30-1918 – Joan Banks – NYC – d. 1-18-1998
actor: Arline Harrison Manning, “Portia Faces Life”; Carlotta Lagorro Armour, “Today’s Children”
10-30-1918 – William N. Burch – d. 10-1-2005
producer: “Truth or Consequences”; “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”
10-30-1923 – Hershel Bernardi – NYC – d. 5-9-1986
actor: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
10-30-1924 – Norman Bird – Coalville, England – d. 4-22-2005
actor: Major Burnaby “The Sittaford Mystery”
10-30-1926 – Charles Woolf – California – d. 6-18-1994
actor: “Life of Riley”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
10-30-1927 – Joe Adcock – Coushatta, LA – d. 5-3-1999
baseball player: “Baseball: An Action History”
10-30-1939 – Sammy Ogg – Lexington, VA
actor: Little Beaver “Red Ryder”; Donnie Henderson “Beulah”
10-30-1951 – Harry Hamlin – Pasadena, CA
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
10-31-1886 – Courtney Ryley Cooper – Kansas City, MO – d. 9-29-1940
writer: “The Gibson Family”
10-31-1887 – Chiang Kai-Shek – Hsikow, Chekiang, China – d. 4-5-1975
world leader: “Free World Theatre”
10-31-1896 – Ethel Waters – Chester, PA – d. 9-1-1977
blues singer: “American Revue”; “Command Performance”; “Jubilee”
10-31-1900 – Neal Bliss Enslen – Delphos, OH – d. 5-23-1938
opera singer, announcer: “The Baldwin Concert”; “The Slumber Hour”
10-31-1901 – Eric Hatch – d. 7-4-1973
commentator: “Cresta Blanca Carnival of Music”
10-31-1905 – Dewey Cole – d. 3-23-1991
sound effects: “The Lone Ranger”; “Challenge of the Yukon”
10-31-1909 – Thelma Boardman – Panama Canal Zone – d. 4-21-1978
actor: Minnie Mouse “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air”
10-31-1910 – Donovan Joyce – Melbourne, Australia – d. 10-16-1980
writer, producer, director: “T-Men”
10-31-1912 – Dale Evans – Uvalde, TX – d. 2-7-2001
actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) “Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Roy Rogers Show”
10-31-1915 – Chris Griffin – d. 6-18-2005
trumpet: (Benny Goodman’s Orchestra) “Camel Caravan”
10-31-1915 – Jane Jarvis – Vincennes, IN – d. 1-25-2010
organist: Staff organist for WTMJ Milwaukee; Organist for Milwaukee Braves
10-31-1916 – James Broom-Lynne – London, England – d. 12-1-1995
writer: “Charlie and Duke”; “Return Visit”
10-31-1917 – Don Hughes – d. 5-2-1990
juvenile actor: Rollo “Daddy and Rollo”; “Helen and Mary”
10-31-1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes – NYC – d. 8-8-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Ford Theatre”; “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Cavalcade of America”
10-31-1922 – Illinois Jacquet – Broussard, LA – d. 7-23-2004
jazz saxophonist: “One Night Stand”; “Command Performance”; “Jubilee”
10-31-1926 – Shirley Dinsdale – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-9-1999
ventriloquist: Judy Splinters “Judy in Wonderland, The Eddie Cantor Show”
10-31-1928 – Cleo Moore – Baton Rouge, LA – d. 10-25-1973
actor: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
10-31-1931 – Dan Rather – Wharton, TX
newscaster: Houston Radio
10-31-1942 – David Ogden Stiers – Peoria, IL
actor: “Empire of the Air”
11-01-1871 – Stephen Crane – Newark, NJ – d. 6-5-1900
author: Many of his works were adapted for radio
11-01-1879 – Merle Thorpe – Brimfield, IL – d. 10-31-1955
businessman: “How’s Business”; “The New Business World”
11-01-1880 – Grantland Rice – Murfreesboro, TN - d. 7-13-1954
sportscaster: “Sports Stories”
11-01-1904 – Ray Sinatra – Gergenti, Sicily – d. 11-1-1980
musical director: “The Bob Burns Show”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Mario Lanza Show”
11-01-1908 – Felix Knight – Macon, GA – d. 6-18-1998
singer: “Schaefer Revue”; “American Album of Familiar Music”
11-01-1908 – Harry Ellis Dickson – Cambridge, MA – d. 3-29-2003
first violinist: “Boston Symphony Orchestra”; “Boston Symphony Rehearsal”
11-01-1914 – Barry McKinley – Ft. Wayne, IN – 5-2-1990
baritone: “Dreams Come True”; “Radiotron Party”
11-01-1914 – Charles Lee – London, England – d. 10-18-1992
writer: “Bob Hope Show”
11-01-1915 – Bob Garred – Walla Walla, WA – d. 12-10-1956
announcer: “The Stanford Hour”; “I Want a Divorce”
11-01-1915 – Michael Denison – Doncaster, England – d. 7-22-1998
actor: “The Robinsons”
11-01-1919 – John Secondari – Rome, Italy – d. 2-8-1975
novelist: “As Europe Sees the Marshall Plan”; “Prologue”
11-01-1921 – Harp McGuire – Tennessee – d. 10-21-1966
announcer: “T-Men”
11-01-1922 – George S. Irving – Springfield, MA
actor, singer: “Screen Guild Theatre”
11-01-1923 – Anne DeMarco – d. 7-27-2004
singer: (The DeMarco Sisters) “The Fred Allen Show”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
11-01-1923 – Charles Dugdale – Lincoln, NE – d. 5-18-1985
actor: “Heartbeat Theatre”
11-01-1923 – Gordon R. Dickson – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – d. 1-31-2001
science fiction writer: “X-Minus One”; “Exploring Tomorrow”
11-01-1923 – Victoria de los Angeles – Barcelona, Spain – d. 1-15-2005
operatic soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
11-01-1926 – Betsy Palmer – East Chicago, IL
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-01-1933 – Art Stamper – nr. Hindman, Knott County, KY – d. 1-23-2005
bluegrass fiddler: Performed with Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys
11-01-1933 – Russ Butler – Boston, MA
host: VPR “Ella, Frank and Friends”; Vermont ETV; Songbook America”
11-01-1942 – Michael Zaslow – Inglewood, CA – d. 12-6-1998
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-02-1886 – Philip Merivale – Rehuta, Manickpur, India – d. 3-12-1946
actor: Reverend Spence “One Foot in Heaven”
11-02-1892 – Alice Brady – NYC – d. 10-28-1939
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
11-02-1896 – Walter Woolf King – San Francisco, CA – d. 10-24-1984
emcee, host, actor: :Beatrice Lillie Show”; “Flying Red Horse Tavern”
11-02-1897 – Dennis King – Coventry, England – d. 5-21-1971
announcer: “When a Girl Marries”
11-02-1899 – Evelyn MacGregor – Pittsfield, MA – d. 7-3-1967
singer: “ American Melody Hour”; “American Album of Familiar Music”
11-02-1899 – Glenn Rowell – Pontiac, MI – d. 10-9-1965
singer, comedian: “Quaker Early Birds”; “Gene and Glenn”
11-02-1901 – James Dunn – NYC – d. 9-1-1967
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-02-1901 – Paul Ford – Baltimore, MD – d. 4-12-1976
actor: “Suspense”; “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet”
11-02-1906 – Joseph Ruscoll – d. 11-19-1956
writer: “The Molle Mystery Theatre”; “Murder at Midnight”
11-02-1906 – Peggy Conklin – Dobbs Ferry, NY – d. 3-18-2003
actor: Kitty Archer “McGarry and His Mouse”; Barbara ‘Babs’ Riley “Life of Riley”
11-02-1908 – Bunny Berrigan – Hilbert, WI – d. 6-2-1942
bandleader: “Saturday Night Swing Club”; “Tim and Irene”
11-02-1909 – Fred Lowery – Palestine, TX – d. 12-11-1984
whistler: (The Blind Whistler) “New Fred Lowrey Show”; “Horace Heidt Show”
11-02-1911 – Johnny Richards – Schenectady, NY – d. 10-7-1968
orchestra leader: “The Jack Carson Show”
11-02-1913 – Burt Lancaster – NYC – d. 10-20-1994
actor: “Ford Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-02-1917 – Janette Davis – Memphis, TN – d. 4-25-2005
singer: “Arthur Godfrey Time”; “Avalon Time”; “Red Skelton Show”
11-02-1919 – Warren Stevens – Clark’s Summit, PA
actor: “Quiet Please”
11-02-1920 – Ann Rutherford – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
actor: Blondie Bumstead “Blondie”; Connie Menihan “Eddie Bracken Show”
11-02-1920 – Kay Armen – Chicago, IL
singer: “Stop the Music!”; “Pet Milk Show”; “Bob Crosby Show”
11-02-1921 – Shep Menken – NYC – d. 1-2-1999
actor: “Six Shooter”; “NBC Presents: Short Story”; “Four-Star Playhouse”
11-02-1925 – Jack Burger – NYC
composer, author: “Gene Autry Show”
11-02-1929 – Judith Ames – Portland, OR
actor: “George Fisher Interviews the Stars”
11-03-1880 – Pearl King Tanner – Eureka, CA – d. 7-16-1980
actor: Mothere Sherwood “Hawthorne House”; “Eno Crime Clues”
11-03-1889 – Gustave Haenschen – St. Louis, MO – d. 3-27-1980
conductor: “Palmolive Hour”; “Show Boat”; “Saturday Night Serenade”
11-03-1902 – Milt Herth – Kenosha, WI – d. 6-18-1969
organist: (Milt Herth Trio) “Hollywood News”; “Al Pearce”
11-03-1902 – Ted Pearson – Arlington, NE – d. 10-5-1961
announcer: “Advs. of the Thin Man”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Good News of 1938”
11-03-1903 – John Sylvester – Mississippi – d. 3-1-1995
actor, host: “Now Hear This”; “One Thousand Dollars Reward”
11-03-1909 – Bennie Anthony Azzara – Newark, NJ – d. 11-23-2001
pianist: played for Jackie Gleason
11-03-1909 – George Wells – NYC – d. 11-29-2000
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-03-1909 – James Reston – Clyde Bank, Scotland – d. 12-6-1995
new york times columnist: “University of Chicago Round Table”; “Meet the Press”
11-03-1910 – Richard Hurndall – Darlington, Durham, England – d. 4-13-1984
actor: Sherlock Holmes “BBC Light Programme”
11-03-1912 – Gilbert Mack – NYC – d. 12-5-2005
actor: Impy the Midget “Cloak and Daggeer”; “This is My Story”
11-03-1913 – Harry Babbitt – St. Louis, MO – d. 4-9-2004
singer: “Kay Kyser’s Surprise Party”; “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
11-03-1915 – Cal Maddox – Boaz, AL – d. xx-xx-1968
guitar, harmonica: “The Maddox Brothers and Rose”
11-03-1918 – Bob Feller – Van Meter, IA
baseball great: “The Jack Benny Program”
11-03-1919 – Ludovic Kennedy – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 10-18-2009
author/broadcaster: “First Reading”
11-03-1925 – Robert Quarry – Santa Rosa, CA – d. 2-21-2008
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-03-1928 – Dick Bennick – North Carolina – d. 2-18-1995
worked as an advertising director for a Florida radio station
11-03-1928 – Wanda Hendrix – Jacksonville, FL – d. 2-1-1981
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Stars Over Hollywood”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-03-1930 – Lois Smith – Topeka, KS
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-03-1933 – Jeremy Brett – Berkswell Grange, England – d. 9-12-1995
actor: “Barretts of Wimpole Street”; “Mendelssohn and Elyjan”
11-03-1933 – Ken Berry – Moline, IL
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”
11-04-1879 – Will Rogers, Sr. – Oolagah, Oklahoma Territory – d. 8-15-1935
humorist: (America’s Greatest Humorist) “Gulf Headliners”
11-04-1892 – Philip Featherstone – Illinois – d. 3-19-1969
mandolin: “Golden Melody Boys”
11-04-1893 – Howard Hoffman – Ohio – d. 6-27-1969
actor: Chandu “Chandu the Magician”
11-04-1896 – Harry Woods – North Chelmsford, MA – d. 1-13-1970
compser: “Great Moments to Music”
11-04-1896 – Ian Wolfe – Canton, IL – d. 1-23-1992
actor: “Suspense”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Escape”
11-04-1900 – Arthur Schwartz – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-3-1984
composer: “The Gibson Family”
11-04-1901 – Helene Dumas – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-23-1986
actor: “Jane Arden”; “Eno Crime Club”; “Short Short Story”
11-04-1902 – Frank Jenks – Des Moines, IA – d. 5-13-1962
actor: “The Navy Comes Through”
11-04-1904 – Sam Hayes – Cooksville, IL – d. 7-28-1958
news commentator: “Newstime with Sam Hayes”; “Sperry Breakfast News”
11-04-1906 – Bob Considine – Washington D. C. – d. 9-25-1975
announcer: “Fred Waring Show”; “Sports Broadcasts”
11-04-1906 – Sterling North – Edgerton, WI – d. 12-21-1974
writer, host, critic: “Of Men and Books”
11-04-1908 – Colin Simpson – Petersham, Australia – d. xx-xx-1983
writer: “Six from Borneo”
11-04-1910 – Abby Lewis – Mesilla Park, NM – d. 11-27-1997
actor: Telephone Operator “House in the Country”
11-04-1911 – Dixie Lee Crosby – Harriman, TN – d. 11-1-1952
actor: (Wife of Bing) “Shell Chateau”; “Bing Crosby Show”
11-04-1911 – Jack Rose – Warsaw, Russian Empire – d. 10-21-1995
writer: “The Bob Hope Show”
11-04-1911 – Josephine Huston – d. 10-19-1967
vocalist: “Take a Note”
11-04-1912 – Humphrey Davis – Meriden, CT – d. 5-23-1987
actor: Al Douglas “Life Can Be Beautiful”; Sheriff Jackson “Tennessee Jed”
11-04-1914 – Court Benson – Vancouver, Canada – d. 2-5-1995
announcer, narrator: “Tennessee Jed”; “Backstage Wife”
11-04-1916 – Walter Cronkite – St. Joseph, MO – d. 7-17-2009
newscaster: “Soldiers of the Press”; “A Tribute to…”
11-04-1917 – Jean King – Dallas, TX – d. 8-19-1993
disk jockey: Lonesome Gal “Lonesome Gal”
11-04-1918 – Art Carney – Mount Vernon, NY – d. 11-9-2003
actor: Billy Oldham “Joe and Ethel Turp”; General Dwight D. Eisenhower “Living 1948”
11-04-1918 – Cameron Mitchell – Dallastown, PA – d. 7-6-1994
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-04-1918 – Jay Jackson – Stockdale, OH – d. 8-16-2005
host, announcer: “Broadway Talks Back”; “Radio Reader”s Digest”
11-04-1919 – Martin Balsam – NYC – d. 2-13-1996
actor: “Cloak and Dagger”
11-04-1919 – Shirley Mitchell – Toledo, OH
actor: Alice Darling “Fibber McGee and Molly”; Leila Ransom “Great Gildersleeve”
11-04-1927 – Bobby Breen – Toronto, Canada
singer, actor: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
11-04-1930 – Kate Reid – London, England – d. 3-27-1993
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-04-1931 – Clinton Ford – Salford, Lancashire, England – d. 10-21-2009
singer: “Saturday Club”
11-05-1877 – Henry M. Neely – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-1-1963
actor, writer, director, producer: “Fitch Bandwagon”
11-05-1879 – Will Hays – Sullivan, IN – d. 3-7-1954
puritanical censor: “Republican National Convention 1948”; ”A Tribute to FDR”
11-05-1885 – Will Durant – North Adams, MA – d. 11-7-1981
historian: “America’s Town Meeting of the Air”
11-05-1887 – Ralph Moody – St. Louis, MO – d. 9-16-1971
actor: “Gunsmoke”; “Roy Rogers Show”; “Wild Bill Hickok”
11-05-1891 – Vinton Freedley – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-5-1969
host: “Theatre USA”
11-05-1893 – Jean Sothern – d. 4-14-1964
actor: Edie Gray “Pepper Young’s Family”; Connie Rickard “Red Davis”
11-05-1893 – Theodore von Eltz – New Haven, CT – d. 10-6-1964
actor: Inspector Fernak “The Saint”
11-05-1895 – Charles MacArthur – Scranton, PA – d. 4-21-1956
playwright: “Jumbo Fire Chief Program”; “Chase and Sanborn Hour”
11-05-1897 – Jan Garber – Norristown, PA – d. 10-5-1977
bandleader: “Jan Garber Supper Club”
11-05-1901 – Etta Moten – Weimer, TX – d. 1-2-2004
singer, actress: “The Laff Parade”; Hollywood Spotlight”
11-05-1902 – Borrah Minevitch – Kiev, Russia – d. 6-26-1955
harmonica player: (King of the Harmonica) Had own show on NBC Blue
11-05-1905 – Annunzio Paolo Mantovani – Venice, Italy – d. 3-29-1980
orchestra leader: “Music In the Air”; ”Of These We Sing”
11-05-1905 – Joel McCrea – South Pasadena, CA – d. 10-20-1990
actor: Jace Pearson “Tales of the Texas Rangers”
11-05-1905 – John Whedon – d. 11-21-1991
writer: “The Great Gildersleeve”
11-05-1905 – Thomas Freebairn-Smith – Walton-on-Thames, England – d. 12-31-1985
writer, producer: “Jonathan Trimble, Esq.”; “Al Pearce and His Gang”
11-05-1911 – Roy Rogers – Cincinnati, OH – d. 7-6-1998
singer, actor: (King of the Cowboys) “Roy Rogers Show”; “Saturday Nite Round-Up”
11-05-1913 – Vivien Leigh – Darjeeling, India – d. 7-7-1967
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-05-1914 – Jack McVea – Los Angeles, CA – d. 12-27-2000
saxophonist: “One Night Stand”; “Jubilee”
11-05-1917 – Claus Adam – Sumatra, Indonesia – d. 7-4-1983
first cellist: WOR New York
11-05-1919 – Earl Bennett – Kansas City, KS – d. 10-4-2007
musician, comedian: Sir Fredrick Gas “Spike Jones and His City Slickers”
11-05-1919 – Myron Floren – Webster, SD – d. 7-23-2005
accordianist: “Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music”
11-05-1922 – Roger Albright – Evanston, IL – d. 11-13-1987
writer, producer: “A Home of Your Own”
11-05-1927 – Robert Abernathy – Geneva, Switzerland
newscaster: “News on the Hour”
11-05-1931 – Ike Turner – Clarksdale MS – d. 12-12-2007
singer: (Ike and Tina) “Lost and Found Sound”
11-05-1933 – Donald Madden – NYC – d. 1-22-1983
actor: “Let’s Pretend”
11-05-1935 – Nicholas Maw – Grantham, England – d. 5-19-2009
composer: “Odyssey”
11-05-1937 – Harris Yulin – Los Angles, CA
actor: “Empire of the Air”
11-05-1948 – Ruth Welting – Memphis, TN – d. 12-16-1999
coloratura soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
11-05-1956 – Jacksondouglas (Douglas Hanford) – Williamsburg, VA
announcer, producer: “Original Oldies Show”
11-06-1854 – John Philps Sousa – Washington, D.C. – d. 3-6-1932
composer of marches: “John Philip Sousa Speaks”
11-06-1886 – Gus Kahn – Koblenz, Germany – d. 10-8-1941
lyricist: “Good News of 1938”
11-06-1887 – Walter Johnson – Humboldt, KS – d. 12-10-1946
baseball great: Play-by-Play Washington Senators
11-06-1892 – Ole Olsen – Wabash, IN – d. 1-26-1963
comedian: (Olsen and Johnson); “Rudy Vallee Show”; “Breakfast Club”
11-06-1896 – Frank Readick – Seattle, WA – d. xx-xx-1965
actor: (Father of Bob) Knobby Walsh “Joe Palooka”; Shadow “The Shadow”
11-06-1899 – Francis Lederer – Prague, Czechoslovakia – d. 5-25-2000
actor: Guest Armchair detective: Ellery Queen
11-06-1901 – Juanita Hall – d. 2-28-1968
actor: “Story of Ruby Valentine”
11-06-1904 – Selena Royle – NYC – d. 4-23-1983
actor: Hilda Hope “Hilda Hope, M.D.”; Kathy Marsh “Portia Faces Life”
11-06-1905 – Isabel Carothers – Mt. Pleasant, IA – d. 1-8-1937
actor: Lu “Clara, Lu and Em”
11-06-1910 – Donald Dickson – Clairton, PA – d. 9-21-1972
singer: “Sealtest Party”; “Chase & Sanborn Hour”; “Blue Ribbon Town”
11-06-1916 – Ray Conniff – Attleboro, MA – d. 10-12-2002
arranger: Armed Forces Radio during World War II
11-06-1931 – Mike Nichols – Berlin, Germany
comedian: “Mike Nicholes and Elaine May”; “Monitor”
11-06-1935 – Judy Lewis – Venice, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-06-1943 – Berlie Doherty – Liverpool, England
writer: “The Drowned Village”
11-06-1951 – Paul (Hugh) Carter – The Hague, Netherlands
writer: “Memory As Desire”
11-07-1868 – Royal Copeland – Dexter, MI – d. 6-17-1938
commentator: “Health Talk”; “Fleischmann Hour”
11-07-1883 – Solomon Lightfoot Michaux – Newport News, VA – d. 10-20-1968
preacher: “Elder Michaux’s Happiness Church Service”
11-07-1890 – Phil Spitalny – Odessa, Russia – d. 10-11-1970
conductor: “Nestles Chocolateers”; “Blue Coal Revue”; “Hour of Charm”
11-07-1893 – Margaret Leech – Newburgh, NY – d. 2-24-1974
author: “Information Please”
11-07-1895 – Jerry Belcher – Austin, TX – d. 6-3-1962
interviewer: “Vox Pop”; “Our Neighbors”
11-07-1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz – NYC – d. 3-5-1953
screenwriter, producer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-07-1902 – Ed Dodd – Lafayette, GA – d. 5-27-1991
comic creator: “Mark Trail”
11-07-1903 – Dean Jagger – Lima, OH – d. 2-5-1991
actor: “Crisis in War Town”; “Columbia Workshop”; “Cavalcade of America”
11-07-1906 – Red Ingle – Toledo, OH – d. 9-7-1965
vocalist: (Spike Jones and his City Slickers) “The Spike Jones Show”
11-07-1907 – Tom Hanlon – Kansas – d. 9-29-1970
announcer: “Jane Endicott, Reporter”; “That’s My Pop”; “Beulah Show”
11-07-1910 – Charles Carroll – Jackson, MI – d. 6-5-1978
actor: “Margo of Castlewood”; “Valiant Lady”
11-07-1911 – Dick Stark – Grand Rapids, MI – d. 12-12-1986
announcer: “It Pays to be Ignorant”; “Perry Mason”; “Walter Winchell’s Jergens Journal”
11-07-1913 – Margorie Anderson – London, England – d. 12-14-1999
disc jockey: “Forces Favourites”; “Woman’s Hour”; “Home for the Day”
11-07-1916 – Joe Bushkin – NYC – d. 11-3-2004
jazz pianist: “Saturday Night Swing Club”; “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”
11-07-1917 – Johnnie Stewart – Tonbridge, England – d. 4-29-2005
sound effects for BBC radio in 1930s, then became a producer
11-07-1918 – Billy Graham – Charlotte, NC
preacher: “Hour of Decision”
11-07-1918 – Fred Cusick – Boston, MA – d. 9-15-2009
sportscaster “Irish Hour”
11-07-1921 – Virginia Kaye – d. 3-18-2005
actor: Rosemary Dawson “Rosemary”
11-07-1922 – Al Hirt – New Orleans, LA – d. 4-27-1999
dixieland trumpeter: “Voices of Vista”; “The Navy Swings”; “Here’s to Veterans”
11-07-1926 – Joan Sutherland – Sydney, Australia
soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
11-07-1945 – Ruthe Stein – Chicago, IL
journalist: “Sonya Live”; “All Things Considered”
11-07-1949 – Gary Marcuse – Ithaca, NY
host: “Songs and Stories of Canada”
11-08-1847 – Bram Stoker – Dublin, Ireland – d. 4-20-1912
author: “Many of his works adapted for radio
11-08-1865 – Tim Frawley – Washington, D.C. – d. 4-26-1936
actor: Old Ranger “Death Valley Days”
11-08-1891 – Clarence J. Ingram – Jersey City, NJ – d. 12-31-1955
interviewer: “Stardust”
11-08-1899 – Edmund “Tiny” Ruffner – Crawfordsville, IN – d. 2-23-1983
announcer: “Show Boat”; “Captain Diamond’s Adventure”; “Better Half”
11-08-1900 – Franklin Parker – Filmore, MO – d. 6-12-1962
actor: “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch”; “Big Town”
11-08-1900 – Margaret Mitchell – Atlanta, GA – d. 8-16-1949
author: “Gone with the Wind Premier”; “Gone with the Wind”
11-08-1909 – Sam Balter – Detroit, MI – d. 8-8-1998
sports, news commentator: “Inside of Sports”; “Sizing Up the News”
11-08-1909 – Scotty Wiseman – Ingalls, NC – d. 1-31-1981
singer: (Lulu Belle and Scotty) “National Barn Dance”; “Boone County Jamboree”
11-08-1913 – June Havoc – Vancouver, Canada – d. 3-28-2010
actor: “Advs. of Sam Spade”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
11-08-1913 – Robert Strauss – NYC – d. 2-20-1975
actor: Doc Prouty “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; Pa Wiggs “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”
11-08-1914 – Norman Lloyd – Jersey City, NJ
actor: “Columbia Presents Corwin”; “Words at War”
11-08-1916 – Norman Macdonnell – Pasadena, CA – d. 11-28-1979
producer, director: “Gunsmoke”
11-08-1918 – Bob Schiller – San Francisco, CA
writer: “Duffy’s Tavern”
11-08-1918 – Paul Barnes – Chicago, IL – d. 5-16-1983
actor: Red Albright/Captain Midnight “Captain Midnight”
11-08-1921 – Jerome Hines – Hollywood, CA – d. 2-4-2003
singer: “Standard Hour”; “Voice of Firestone”
11-08-1927 – Chris Connor – Kansas City, MO – d. 8-29-2009
jazz singer: Claude Thorhill’s Orchestra
11-08-1927 – Patti Page – Claremore, OK
singer: “One Night Stand”; “Bing Crosby Show”; “Your Rhythm Revue”
11-08-1931 – Darla Hood – Leedey, OK – d. 6-13-1979
actor: “Jack Benny Program”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
11-08-1932 – Bernard Treister – Berlin, Germany
writer: “Adventures in Judaism”
11-09-1883 – Edna Mae Oliver – Malden, MA – d. 11-9-1942
actor: Miss Tuttle “Remarkable Miss Tuttle”
11-09-1886 – Ed Wynn – Philadelphia, PA, - d. 6-19-1966
comedian: (The Perfect Fool) Fire Chief “Ed Wynn Show”; King Bubbles “Happy Island”
11-09-1891 – Dempsy Jones – Fountain Run, KY – d. 4-xx-1963
tiple player: “Golden Melody Boys”
11-09-1893 – John P. Medbury – New York – d. 6-29-1947
writer: “Burns and Allen”; “Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt”
11-09-1895 – George D. Hay – Attica, IN – d. 5-9-1968
host: (The Solemn Old Judge) “Barn Dance”; “Grand Ole Opry”
11-09-1895 – Lou Lubin – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 1-30-1973
actor: Shorty “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
11-09-1899 – Mezz Mezzrow – Chicago, IL – d. 8-5-1972
jazz clarinetist: “BBC Jazz Session”; “For Your Approval”; “Americana”
11-09-1906 – Muggsy Spanier – Chicago, IL – d. 2-12-1967
cornet: “This Is Jazz”; “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
11-09-1909 – Kay Thompson – St. Louis, MO – d. 7-2-1998
singer: “Fred Waring Show”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Tune-Up Time”
11-09-1909 – Robert Douglas – Fletchley, England – d. 1-11-1999
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-09-1911 – Dick Janaver – NYC – d. 2-8-1999
actor: Lee Kirby “Myrt and Marge”; “Our Gal Sunday”; “Just Plain Bill”
11-09-1913 – Hedy Lamarr – Vienna, Austria – d. 1-19-2000
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-09-1914 – Alan Caillou – d. 10-1-2006
writer: “Sears Radio Theatre”
11-09-1916 – Norwood Anderson – d. 5-6-2005
disk jockey: “Town and Party Line” WFTC Kingston, North Carolina
11-09-1922 – Dorothy Dandridge – Cleveland, OH – d. 9-8-1965
actor, writer: “Beulah Show”
11-09-1934 – Carl Sagan – NYC – d. 12-20-1996
scientist: “Space Story”; “Is Anybody There?”
11-09-1936 – Mary Travers – Louisville, KY – d. 9-16-2009
singer: (Peter, Paul and Mary) “Voices of Vista”, “Guard Session”
11-09-1961 – Jill Dando – Somerset, England – d. 4-26-1999
BBC radio newscaster, victim of a murder
11-10-1889 – Claude Rains – London, England – d. 5-30-1967
actor: “Shakesperian Circle”; “This Is War!”; “Presenting Claude Rains”
11-10-1891 – Gary Breckner – Illinois – d. 6-25-1945
announcer: “Al Pearce and His Gang”; “Gateway to Hollywood”
11-10-1893 – John P. Marquand – Wilmington, DE – d. 7-16-1963
writer: “Information Please”
11-10-1899 – George Storer – Champaign, IL – d. 11-4-1975
Broadcast Executive
11-10-1907 – Jane Froman – University City, MO – d. 4-22-1980
singer: “Florsheim Frolic”; “Bromo Seltzer Hour”; “Gulf Musical Playhouse”
11-10-1909 – Johnny Marks – Mount Vernon, NY – d. 9-3-1985
songwriter, lyricist: “Great Moments in Music”
11-10-1909 – Robert Arthur, Jr. – Corregidor, Philipines – d. 5-2-1969
writer: “The Mysterious Traveler”
11-10-1912 – John L. Greene – Buffalo, NY – d. 10-4-1995
writer: “Texaco Star Theatre”
11-10-1914 – Cyril Enfield – Scranton, PA – d. 4-16-1995
writer: “Supsense”
11-10-1915 – Bob Shepard – NYC – d. 12-19-1993
announcer: “Pot O’ Gold”; “Counterspy”; “Break the Bank”; “You Can”t Take it with You”
11-10-1916 – Billy May – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 1-22-2004
orchestra leader: “Music Depreciation”; “Stan Freberg Show”
11-10-1918 – Jack McCoy – Akron, OH – d. 3-18-1991
announcer: “Steve Allen Show”; “Dinah Shore Show”
11-10-1919 – George Fenneman – Peking, China – d. 5-29-1997
announcer, actor: “You Bet Your Life”; “Dragnet”; Buzz “I Fly Anything”
11-10-1920 – Jennifer Holt – Dorset, England – d. 9-21-1997
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Curtain Time”; “All-Star Western Theatre”
11-10-1923 – Anne Shelton – Dulwich, London, England – d. 7-31-1994
vocalist: “American Band of the Supreme Allied Command”; “Variety Bandbox”
11-10-1924 – Bobby Limb – Australia – d. 9-14-1999
actor: “The Idiot Weekly”
11-10-1925 – Richard Burton – Pontrhydfen, South Wales – d. 8-5-1984
actor: Readings of poetry, plays and school programmes for the BBC
11-10-1929 – Stanley Morgan – Liverpool, England
novelist and sometime radio actor
11-10-1931 – Don Henderson – Leytonstone, East London, England – d. 6-22-1997
actor: “The Wolf and the Woodcutter”
11-11-1872 – Maude Adams – Salt Lake City, Utah – d. 7-17-1953
actor: “Maude Adams”
11-11-1883 – Wilbur C. Tuttle – Missouri – d. 6-6-1969
writer: “Hashkdnife Hartley”
11-11-1885 – George S. Patton – San Gabriel, CA – d. 11-21-1945
maverick general: “These Are Our Men”
11-11-1887 – Roland Young – London, England – d. 6-5-1953
actor: Cosmo Topper “Advs of Topper”; William “Johnny Presents”
11-11-1891 – Rev. Dr. Walter Van Kirk – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-6-1956
minister: “Religion in the News”
11-11-1892 – Al Schacht – NYC – d. 7-14-1984
sportscaster: ( The Clown Prince of Baseball) “Al Schacht’s Sports Show”
11-11-1897 – James Goss – Chicago, IL – d. 8-20-1976
actor: Uncle Jim Fairfield “Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy”
11-11-1898 – René Clair – Paris, France – d. 3-15-1981
film director: “This Week Around Paris”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-11-1899 – Harold J. “Pie” Traynor – Framingham, MA – d. 3-16-1972
sportscaster: KQV Pittsburgh
11-11-1899 – Pat O’Brien – Milwaukee, WI – d. 10-15-1983
actor: Dan Carson “Dan Carson”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Family Theatre”
11-11-1900 – Lorayn Brox – Memphis, TN – d. 6-14-1993
singer: (Brox Sisters) “A Tribute to Irving Berlin”
11-11-1901 – F. Van Wyck Mason – Boston, MA – d. 8-28-1978
writer: “The Man from G-2”
11-11-1902 – Webley Edwards – Corvallis, OR – d. 10-5-1977
announcer, host: “Hawaii Calls”
11-11-1904 – Joe Penner – Magybecskereck, Hungary – d. 1-10-1941
comedian: “Joe Penner Program”; “Penners of Park Avenue”
11-11-1906 – Harry Holcomb – Malta, OH – d. 9-15-1987
director, narrator: “Curtain Time; “Dr. I.Q., The Mental Banker”; “Moon River”
11-11-1906 – Victor Bell – d. 11-30-1976
newscaster: KUTA Salt Lake City, Utah
11-11-1908 – Jerry Devine – Boston, MA – d. 5-20-1994
producer, director, writer: “Mr. District Attorney”; “This Is Your FBI”
11-11-1909 – Bill Demling – Chicago, IL – d. 8-30-1974
writer: “Mickey Mouse’s Theatre of the Air”
11-11-1909 – Rad Robinson – Bountiful, UT – d. 9-20-1988
singer: (Member of the King’s Men) “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “King’s Men”
11-11-1909 – Robert Ryan – Chicago, IL – d. 7-11-1973
actor: “Document A/777”; “Hollywood Star Playhouse”; “Suspense”
11-11-1911 – Patric Knowles – Horsforth, Yorkshire, England – d. 12-23-1995
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-11-1913 – Jess Oppenheimer – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-27-1988
writer: “The Jack Benny Program”; The Baby Snooks Show”; My Favorite Husband”
11-11-1914 – Howard Fast – NYC – d. 3-12-2003
writer: “New World A’ Coming”; “Cavalcade of America”
11-11-1915 – William Proxmire – Lake Forest, IL – d. 12-15-2005
u.s. senator: “Meet the Press”
11-11-1917 – Paul Masterson – Montana – d. 5-10-1996
announcer: “Advs. of Ellery Queen”; “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou”
11-11-1917 – Robert J. Shaw – Pewaukee, WI – d. 3-30-1996
writer: “Mr. District Attorney”; “Advs. of Christopher Wells”
11-11-1918 – Elma I. Ellis – Birmingham, AL
writer, producer: “We the People”; “Great Jury Trials”
11-11-1918 – Stubby Kaye – NYC – d. 12-14-1997
comic, singer, actor: “The Heartbeat of Broadway”
11-11-1920 – Ruth Brooks – Omaha, NE
writer: “The Billie Burke Show”
11-11-1922 – Kurt Vonnegut – Indianapolis, IN – d. 4-12-2007
writer: “Dimension X”
11-11-1923 – Willie Cook – Tangipahoa, LA – d. 9-22-2000
jazz trumpeter: “Voice of America”
11-11-1925 – Jonathan Winters – Dayton, OH
comedian: “Monitor”
11-11-1929 – La Vern Baker – Chicago, IL – d. 3-10-1997
singer: “Camel Rock and Roll Dance Party”
11-11-1930 – Hank Garland – Cowpens, SC – d. 12-27-2004
guitarist: “Jim Reeves Show”; “Country Music Time”; “Country Style U.S.A.”
11-11-1939 – Denise Alexander – NYC
actor: Francie Nolan “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”; Debbie Sharp “Big Guy”
11-11-1941 – Russell Horton – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Americans All”
11-12-1884 – Griff Barnett – Blue Ridge, TX – d. 1-12-1958
actor: Rexall Family Druggist “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”
11-12-1884 – Griff Barnett – Blue Ridge, TX – d. 1-12-1958
actor: Rexall Family Druggist “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”
11-12-1903 – Jack Oakie – Sedalia, MO – d. 1-23-1978
comedian: “Jack Oakie’s College”
11-12-1910 – Madelyn Palmer – Adelaide, South Australia – d. 8-xx-1997
author of numerous radio plays.
11-12-1911 – Buck Clayton – Parsons, KS – d. 12-8-1991
trumpet: “Count Basie and His Orchestra”; “Doctor Jazz”
11-12-1911 – Claudia Morgan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-17-1974
actor: Carolyn Allen Walker Kramer Nelson MacDonald; “Right to Happiness”
11-12-1911 – Clay Bryant – Madison Heights, VA – d. 4-9-1999
baseball analyst: “Baseball with Clay Bryant”
11-12-1914 – Charles Marion – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-29-1980
writer: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
11-12-1915 – Richard Ney – NYC – d. 7-18-2004
actor: “Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre”; “Suspense”
11-12-1917 – Henry Jerome – NYC
bandleader: “Dinner at the Green Room”
11-12-1917 – Jo Stafford – Coalinga, CA – d. 7-16-2008
singer: “Tommy Dorsey Show”; “Ford Show”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
11-12-1919 – Jackie Washington – Hamilton, Canada – d. 6-27-2009
Canada’s first black disk jockey
11-12-1920 – Richard Quine – Detroit, MI – d. 6-10-1989
actor: “Doctor Christian”; “Mayor of the Town”; “Family Theatre”
11-12-1922 – Kim Hunter – Detroit, MI – d. 9-11-2002
actor: “Medicine USA”; “Philco Radio Playhouse”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-12-1929 – Grace Kelly – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-14-1982
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Bob Hope Show”
11-12-1929 – Jim Backlin – d. 3-5-1981
disk jockey: KCJB Minot, North Dakota; KFYR Bismarck, North Dakota
11-12-1933 – Bert Andersen – d. 6-14-1974
disk jockey: KTAC Tacoma, Washington
11-12-1940 – Robert Francis Boulanger – Lewiston, ME – d. 12-6-2005
sang on the radio at the age of 7
11-13-1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson – Edinburgh, Scotland – d. 12-3-1894
author: Several of his works adapted for radio
11-13-1886 – Frederick B. Bate – Chicago, IL – d. 12-25-1970
newscaster: “NBC News”
11-13-1903 – Conrad Thibault – Northbridge, MA – d. 8-10-1983
singer: “Show Boat”; “Packard Hour”; “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
11-13-1913 – Alexander Scourby – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-23-1985
actor: Herbert Temple “Young Widder Brown”; Philip Cameron “Against the Storm”
11-13-1913 – Blue Lu Barker – New Orleans, LA – d. 5-7-1998
singer: “This Is Jazz”
11-13-1913 – Helen Mack – Rock Island, IL – d. 8-13-1986
producer, director: “Beulah Show”; “Affairs of Ann Scotland”
11-13-1917 – Robert Sterling – Newcastle, PA – d. 5-30-2006
actor: Michael Shayne “Michael Shayne”
11-13-1919 – Edvige Cere – Turin, Italy – d. 11-13-2005
composer, accordionist
11-13-1922 – Jack Narz – Louisville, KY – d. 10-15-2008
announcer: “Meet Corliss Archer”; “Tenneessee Ernie Ford Show”
11-13-1925 – Ed Backey – Havre de Grace, MD – d. 5-4-1988
disk jockey: WTOW Towson, Maryland
11-13-1929 – Virg Bisset – Blue Hill, ME – d. 2-22-2009
call in show host: “Maine Concerns”
11-13-1932 – Buddy Killen – Florence, AL – d. 11-1-2006
bass player: “Grand Ole Opry”; “March of Dimes”
11-13-1932 – Richard Mulligan – NYC – d. 9-26-2000
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-13-1936 – Ingrid Hafner – London, England – d. 5-20-1994
actor: “The Butcher, the Baker”
11-13-1938 – Jo Ann Callison – Burnwell, WV
singer on radio
11-13-1948 – Saori Yuki – Gunma, Japan
singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
11-14-1881 – Clayton Hamilton – NYC – d. 9-17-1946
writer: “Radio Guild”; “Great Plays”; “Brownstone Theatre”
11-14-1894 – James Van Dyk – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-17-1951
actor: Clyde Houston “Lora Lawton”; Dick Phillips “Rosemary”
11-14-1900 – Aaron Copland – NYC – d. 12-2-1990
composer: “Document A/777”
11-14-1901 – Morton Downey – Wallingford, CT - d. 10-25-1985
singer: (The Irish Thrush), “Morton Downey Show”; “Songs by Morton Downey”
11-14-1904 – Art Hodes – Nikoliev, Russia – d. 3-4-1993
jazz pianist: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”; “This Is Jazz”; “WNYC Jazz Festival”
11-14-1904 – Dick Powell – Mountain. View, AR – d. 1-2-1963
actor: Richard Diamond “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”; Richard Rogue “Rogue’s Gallery”
11-14-1905 – Wilbur “Budd” Hulick – Asbury Park, NJ – d. 3-22-1961
comedian: “Stoopnagle and Budd”; Mortimer Meek “Meet Mr. Meek”
11-14-1906 – Mercer McCloud – d. 1-20-1993
actor: Fran Cummings “Second Husband”
11-14-1908 – Joseph McCarthy – Appleton, WI – d. 5-2-1957
despotic senator: “Meet the Press”
11-14-1910 – Rosemary De Camp – Prescott, Arizona Territory – d. 2-20-2001
actor: Nurse Judy Price “Dr. Christian”
11-14-1913 – George Smathers – Atlantic City, NJ – d. 1-20-2007
u.s. senator from florida: “Meet the Press”
11-14-1913 – Haila Stoddard – Great Falls, MT
actor: Sue Evans Miller “Big Sister”
11-14-1914 – Ken Carson – Colgate, OK – d. 4-7-1994
singer: (Lustre Cream Shampoo commercial) “Day in the Life of Dennis Day”
11-14-1915 – Billy Bauer – The Bronx, NY – d. 6-17-2005
jazz guitarist: “Band for Bonds”
11-14-1915 – Martha Tilton – Corpus Christi, TX – d. 12-8-2006
singer: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Curt Massey-Martha Tilton Program”
11-14-1916 – Don Ewell – Baltimore, MD – d. 8-9-1983
pianist: “Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra”
11-14-1916 – Hubert Batey – d. 2-8-1980
sportscaster: WGPC Albany, Georgia
11-14-1916 – Sherwood Schwartz – Passaic, NJ
writer: “The Bob Hope Show”; “The Great Gildersleeve”
11-14-1919 – DeWitt Samuel Copp – Connecticut – d. 11-29-1999
writer: “Hallmark Hall of Fame”; “Bell Telephone Hour”
11-14-1919 – Veronica Lake – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-7-1973
actor: “Exploring the Unknown”; “Request Performance”
11-14-1920 – Irving Ravetch – Newark, NJ
writer, adapter: “Escape”
11-14-1920 – Johnny Desmond – Detroit, MI – d. 9-6-1985
singer: “I Sustain the Wings”; “Philip Morris Frolics”; “Songs for Sale”
11-14-1923 – Margaret Courtenay – Cardiff, Wales – d. 2-15-1996
actor: “The Price of Fear”
11-14-1924 – Phyllis Avery – NYC
actor: Peggy McNutley “Meet Mr. McNutley”
11-14-1926 – Leonie Rysanek – Vienna, Austria – d. 3-7-1998
soprano: “Metropolitan Opera”
11-14-1928 – Kathleen Hughes – Hollywood, CA
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-14-1951 – Sandahl Bergman – Kansas City, MO
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-15-1879 – Lewis Stone – Worcester, MA – d. 9-12-1953
actor: Judge James Hardy “Hardy Family”
11-15-1881 – Franklin Pierce Adams – Chicago, IL – d. 3-24-1960
panelist: “Information, Please”
11-15-1885 – Herbert Rawlinson – Brighton, England – d. 7-12-1953
actor: Edgar, the courthouse guard “The Amazing Mr. Tutt”; “Escape”; “Twelve Players’
11-15-1890 – Samuel Ornitz – NYC – d. 3-11-1957
hollywood ten screen writer: “House Unamerican Activities Committee”
11-15-1891 – Averell Harriman – NYC – d. 7-26-1986
u.s. ambassador to the soviet union: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
11-15-1893 – Grover Jones – Rosedale, IN – d. 9-24-1940
writer: “Silver Theatre”
11-15-1902 – Clyde Kittell – Sayre, PA – d. 4-25-1962
announcer: “Hello Peggy”; “Name Three”
11-15-1907 – Bill Anson – Chicago, IL – d. 6-18-1983
quizmaster: “The Hirsch Telephone Quiz”
11-15-1909 – Sydney Smith – d. 3-4-1978
actor: Abie Levy “Abie’s Irish Rose”; Ellery Queen “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
11-15-1910 – Willard Belote – d. 5-xx-1985
newscaster, sportscaster: WGAF Faldosta, Georgia
11-15-1919 – Carol Bruce – Great Neck, NY – d. 10-9-2007
singer: “Ben Bernie Orchestra”; “Carton of Cheer”
11-15-1920 – Earl Becktel – d. 8-xx-1983
disk jockey: WSNJ Bridgeton, New Jersey
11-15-1923 – Robert Barron – NYC – d. 5-28-2002
actor: Flint Blackbeard “Jack Armstrong”
11-15-1924 – Mike Raven – London, England – d. 4-24-1997
actor: “Raven Around Show”
11-15-1925 – Gordon Hinkley – Port Edwards, WI
announcer, host: “Ask Your Neighbor”; “Invitation to Beauty”; “HotShots”
11-15-1929 – Ed Asner – Kansas City, MO
actor: “Odyssey of Homer”; “We Hold These Truths”
11-15-1930 – J.G. Ballard – Shanghai, China – d. 4-19-2009
science fiction writer: “Venus Smiles”
11-15-1932 – Petula Clark – Ewell, Surrey, England
singer: “Vanity Bandbox”; “Guard Session”; “It’s All Yours”
11-15-1946 – Janet Lennon – Culver City, CA
singer: (The Lennon Sisters) “Music on Deck”; “Voices of Vista”; “Guest Star”
11-15-1947 – Mark Eugene Blumberg – Detroit, MI
writer of numerous radio commercials
11-16-1873 – W. C. Handy – Florence, AL – d. 3-28-1958
jazz trumpeter, composer: “Cavalcade of Music”;”Freedom’s People”
11-16-1887 – Arthur Krock – Glasgow, KY – d. 4-12-1974
journalist: “Information Please”
11-16-1889 – George S. Kaufman – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 6-2-1961
panelist: “Information, Please”; “This Is Broadway”; “Who Said That?”
11-16-1890 – George Seldes – Alliance, NJ – d. 7-2-1995
journalist: His book “A Disease Called Fascism” adapted for “Words at War”
11-16-1894 – Ruth Cornell Woodman – d. 4-22-1970
creator, writer: “Death Valley Days”; “Cavalcade of America”
11-16-1895 – Michael Arlen – Rustchuk, Bulgaria – d. 6-23-1956
creator: “The Falcon”
11-16-1896 – Jim Jordan – Peoria, IL – d. 4-1-1988
comedian: Mickey Donavan, “Kaltenmeyer’s Kindergarten”; “Fibber McGee “Fibber McGee and Molly”
11-16-1896 – Lawrence Tibbett – Bakersfield, CA – d. 7-15-1960
singer: “Voice of Firestone”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Golden Voices”
11-16-1899 – Mary Margaret McBride – Paris, MO – d. 4-7-1976
commentator: “Mary Margaret McBride”; “Martha Deane”
11-16-1905 – Eddie Condon – Goodland, IN – d. 8-4-1973
guitarist, host: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
11-16-1907 – Burgess Meredith – Cleveland, OH – d. 9-9-1997
actor: “Red Adams/Red Davis “Red Adams/Red Davis” (the precursor to “Pepper Young’s Family”)
11-16-1911 – Sonny Dunham – Brockton, MA – d. 7-9-1990
trumpeter, bandleader: “One Night Stand”; “Spotlight Bands”
11-16-1912 – George O. Petrie – New Haven, CT – d. 11-16-1997
actor: Michael Waring “The Falcon”; John J. Malone “Amazing Mr. Malone”
11-16-1912 – Paul Dudley – Massachusetts – d. 5-18-1959
writer: “Pot o’ Gold”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
11-16-1913 – Jack “Smilin’ Jack” Smith – Bainbridge Island, WA – d. 7-3-2006
singer: “Breezing Along”; “Prudential Family Hour”; “Jack Smith Show”
11-16-1916 – Daws Butler – Toledo, OH – d. 5-19-1988
actor: “Sears Radio Theatre”; “Stan Freberg Show”; “That’s Rich”
11-16-1919 – Marion Bell – St. Louis, MO – d. 12-14-1997
actor, singer: “The Railroad Hour”
11-16-1919 – Ronald (Harold) Hardy – d. 10-xx-1991
wrote plays for radio and television
11-16-1920 – Colin Thiele – Eudunda, Australia – d. 9-4-2006
writer: “Burke and Wills”
11-16-1921 – Evelyn Goodkin – d. 9-5-2005
actor: Marge Minter “Myrt and Marge”; Penny Latham “Dan Harding’s Wife”
11-16-1927 – Barbara Payton – Cloquet, MN – d. 5-8-1967
actor: “Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope”
11-16-1938 – Walter J. Learning – Quidi Vidim, New Foundland, Canada
wrote scripts for the CBC
11-17-1878 – Grace Abbott – d. 7-19-1939
talks for mothers: “Your Child”
11-17-1897 – Frank Fay – San Francisco, CA – d. 9-25-1961
actor: “Jack Oakie’s College”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
11-17-1898 – “Quin” Ryan – d. 10-7-1978
announcer, actor: “Quin Ryan Reports”; “Uncle Quin”; “Uncle Quin’s Scalawags”
11-17-1899 – Toscha Seidel – Odessa, Ukraine – d. 11-15-1962
violin virtuoso: Staff musician for CBS
11-17-1902 – Ricky Craig, Jr. – NYC – d. 11-28-1933
monologist: “Blue Ribbon Malt Jester”
11-17-1905 – Josef Marais – Sir Lowey’s Pass, South Africa – d. 4-26-1978
singer: “African Trek/Sundown on the Veld”; “Meredith Willson Show”
11-17-1905 – Mischa Auer – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 3-5-1967
actor: “Mischa the Magnificent”
11-17-1907 – L. Sprague de Camp – NYC – d. 11-6-2000
science fiction writer: “X-Minus One”; “Future Tense”
11-17-1911 – Jack Lescoulie – Sacramento, CA – d. 7-22-1987
announcer, emcee: “Grouch Club”; “Meet the Champions”
11-17-1916 – Bill Rogers – Thompsonville, MI – 5-28-1993
commentator, announcer: “Bill Rogers and the News”; “Hoot’nanny”
11-17-1916 – Frank Maxwell – The Bronx, NY – d. 8-5-2004
actor: Uthas P. Garvey “Colonel Humphrey Slack”
11-17-1917 – Byron Keith – Illinois – d. 1-19-1996
Started his career in radio in Boise, Idaho in the 1930s
11-17-1917 – Harry Worth – Tankersley, Yorkshire, England – d. 7-20-1989
actor: “New to You”
11-17-1918 – Paul Crabtree – Pulaski, VA – d. 3-9-1979
actor: David Naughton “Claudia and David”
11-17-1922 – Jack Farren – NYC – d. 6-25-1997
announcer: “Under Arrest”
11-17-1925 – Rock Hudson – Winnetka, IL – d. 10-2-1985
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-17-1931 – Wayne J. Andre – d. 8-26-2003
trombonist: Benny Goodman Orchestra; Woody Herman Orchestra
11-17-1935 – Audrey (Grace) Thomas – Binghamton, NY
writer: “Once Your Submarine Cable is Gone”
11-17-1936 – John Wells – Ashford, Kent, England – d. 1-11-1998
actor, writer: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
11-17-1937 – Peter Cook – Devonshire, England – d. 1-9-1995
satirist, writer, comedian: “Why Bother”
11-18-1836 – William S. Gilbert – London, England – d. 5-29-1911
composer: (Gilbert and Sullivan) “Several works adapted for radio”
11-18-1860 – Jan Ignace Paderewski – Kurilovka. Poland – d. 6-21-1941
concert pianist, statesman: “Paderewski’s Eightieth Birthday Tribute”
11-18-1885 – James Brennan – Boston, MA – d. 8-24-1956
composer, pianist: “The Sachs Program”
11-18-1888 – Frances Marion – San Francisco, CA – d. 5-12-1973
screen writer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-18-1891 – Sigmund Anker – Bern, Switzerland – d. 4-23-1958
violinist: KFRC San Francisco, California
11-18-1899 – Eugene Ormandy – Budapest, Hungary – d. 3-12-1985
conductor: “Roxy’s Gang”; “Phildelphia Orchestra”
11-18-1900 – Don Quinn – Grand Rapids, MI – d. 12-30-1967
writer: “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Halls of Ivy”
11-18-1901 – Dr. George Gallup – Jefferson, IA – d. 7-26-1984
statistician: “Living 1948”
11-18-1907 – Gwen Meredith – Orange, Australia – d. 10-3-2006
writer: “Blue Hills”; “The Lawsons”
11-18-1908 – Imogene Coca – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-2-2001
comedian: “Big Show”
11-18-1909 – Johnny Mercer – Savannah, GA – d. 6-25-1976
singer: “Camel Caravan”; “Johnny Mercer’s Music Shop”; “Dinah Shore Show”
11-18-1912 – Arthur Peterson – Mandan, ND – d. 10-31-1996
actor: Reverend John Rutledge “The Guiding Light”; “World’s Great Novels”
11-18-1919 – Georgia Carroll – Bloomington Grove, TX
singer: (Wife of Kay Kyser) “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
11-18-1923 – Alan Shepard – Derry, NH – d. 7-21-1998
astronaut: “NASA Audio News”; “Space Story”
11-18-1924 – Les Lye – Toronto, Canada – d. 7-21-2009
emcee: CFRA Ottawa; CKEY Toronto
11-18-1926 – Dorothy Collins – Windsor, Ontario, Canada – d. 7-21-1994
singer: “Your Hit Parade”
11-18-1928 – Mickey Mouse – Hollywood, CA
cartoon character: “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air”
11-18-1936 – Don Cherry – Oklahoma City, OK – d. 10-19-1995
jazz trumpeter: “Manhattan Melodies”
11-18-1939 – Brenda Vaccaro – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
11-18-1945 – Glenn Walken – Queens, NY
actor: (Brother of Christopher) Michael Bauer “The Guiding Light”
11-19-1863 – Billy Sunday – Ames, IA – d. 11-6-1935
preacher: “Back Home Hour”
11-19-1864 – Geroge Barbier – Philadelphia, PA – d. 7-19-1945
actor: “Song of the Islands”
11-19-1883 – Ned Sparks – Guelph, Canada – d. 4-3-1957
actor: “The Grouch Club”; “The Texaco Star Theatre”
11-19-1885 – Erskine Sanford – Trinidad, CO – d. 7-7-1969
actor: “The Free Company”; “Mercury Theatre on the Air”; “Orson Welles Theatre”
11-19-1889 – Clifton Webb – Indianapolis, IN – d. 10-13-1966
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-19-1890 – Charme Allen – Dayton, OH – d. 10-4-1980
actor: Aunt Polly “David Harum”; Ma Owen “Into the Light”
11-19-1897 – Bud Green – Austria – d. 1-2-1981
lyricist: “Great Moments to Music”
11-19-1900 – Algernon Black – d. 5-9-1993
newscaster: WQXR New York, New York
11-19-1901 – Charles Webster – England – d. 2-xx-1965
actor: Dr. Kimball “Life Can Be Beautiful”; Tom Bryson “Backstage Wife”
11-19-1905 – Eleanor Audley – NYC – d. 11-25-1991
actor: Elizabeth Smith “Father Knows Best”
11-19-1905 – Tommy Dorsey – Shenandoah, PA – d. 11-26-1956
bandleader: “Jack Pearl Program”; “Fame and Fortune”; “Tommy Dorsey Show”
11-19-1913 – Blue Barron – Cleveland, OH – d. 7-16-2005
bandleader: “Blue Barron and His Orchestra”; “One Night Stand”
11-19-1918 – Spiro Agnew – Towson, MD – d. 9-17-1996
u.s vice president: “Meet the Press”
11-19-1919 – Alan Young – North Shields, England
comedian: “Alan Young Show”; “Tony Martin Show”; “Jimmy Durante Show”
11-19-1921 – Roy Campenella – Philadelphia, PA – d. 6-26-1993
sports news: “Campy’s Corner”
11-19-1922 – Dick Wesson – Maine – d. 4-25-1996
announcer: “Space Patrol”; “Hollywood Open House”
11-19-1923 – Eugenie Baird – d. 6-12-1988
vocalist: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Forever Top”; “Sing It Again”
11-19-1923 – Frank Reynolds – East Chicago, IN – d. 7-20-1983
newscaster: Chicago radio
11-19-1924 – J. D. Sumner – Lakeland, FL – d. 11-15-1998
singer: (Blackwood Brothers Quartet) “Songs of the Gospel”
11-19-1933 – Larry King – Brooklyn, NY
talk show host: “WOR Diamond Julilee”; “Rambling with Gambling”
11-19-1936 – Dick Cavett – Gibbon, NE
talk show host: “Jean Shepherd Show”
11-19-1939 – Garrick Utley – Chicago, IL
news correspondent: “Second Sunday”
11-19-1940 – Roger Hume – London, England – d. 8-24-1996
actor: Bert Fry “The Archers”
11-19-1941 – Tommy Thompson – Elroy, WI
wisconsin governor: Response to Bill Clinton
11-19-1954 – Kathleen Quinlan – Pasadena, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-19-1956 – Glynnis O’Connor – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-20-1883 – Edwin August – d. 3-4-1964
drama critic on KFI Los Angeles, California
11-20-1887 – Eck Robinson – Delaney, AR – d. 2-17-1975
fiddler: “Three Fidders”
11-20-1890 – Otto Tolischus – d. 2-25-1967
correspondent: “Information Please”
11-20-1890 – Robert Armstrong – Saginaw, MI – d. 4-20-1973
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-20-1891 – Reginald Denny – Richmond, Surrey, England – d. 6-16-1967
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Texaco Star Theatre”
11-20-1900 – Chester Gould – Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory – d. 5-11-1985
comic strip artist: “Dick Tracy”
11-20-1907 – Fran Allison – La Porte City, IA – d. 6-13-1989
actor, singer: Aunt Fanny, “Breakfast Club”; “National Barn Dance”; “Uncle Ezra”
11-20-1908 – Alistair Cooke – Manchester, England – d. 3-30-2004
host: “Transatlantic Quiz”; “Letter to America”; “Stage and Screen”
11-20-1910 – Frank Goss – Washington, D.C. – d. 5-7-1962
announcer: “Hallmark Playhouse”; “Escape”; “Stars Over Hollywood”
11-20-1910 – Ralph Muzzillo – d. 12-16-1985
trombone: (Benny Goodman’s Orchestra) “Let’s Dance”
11-20-1912 – Harold Ensley – Arkansas – d. 8-24-2005
produced over 5,000 radio shows
11-20-1916 – Judy Canova – Stark, FL – d. 8-5-1983
comedian: “Paul Whiteman’s Musical; Varieties”; “Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Judy Canova Show”
11-20-1916 – Margaret Draper – Spanish Fork, UT
actor: “Under Arrest”; Cavalcade of America”; “Suspense”
11-20-1916 – Virginia Verrill – Santa Monica, CA – d. 1-18-1999
blues singer: “The Jack Haley Show”; “Show Boat”; “Uncle Walter’s Doghouse”
11-20-1917 – Jim Hawthorne – Victor, CO – d. 11-6-2007
disk jockey: “The Hawthorne Thing”; “Hawthorne’s Adventures”
11-20-1918 – Kathie Kay – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 3-8-2005
singer: “Billy Cotton Band Show”
11-20-1919 – Evelyn Keyes – Port Arthur, TX – d. 7-4-2008
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-20-1920 – Gene Tierney – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-6-1991
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Great Scenes from Great Plays”; “U.S. Steel Hour”
11-20-1921 – Phyllis Thaxter – Portland, ME
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-20-1925 – Bobby Kennedy – Brookline, MA – d. 6-6-1968
u.s. senator: “Meet the Press”
11-20-1926 – Kay Ballard – Cleveland, OH
actor: “Stagestruck”; “Stars for Defense”; “Bud’s Bandwagon”
11-20-1929 – Kenneth Schermerhorn – Schenactady, NY – d. 4-18-2005
conductor: “Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra”
11-20-1937 – Jack Linkletter – San Francisco, CA – d. 12-18-2007
commercial spokesman: ABC News
11-20-1945 – Michale Hyde – Cessnock, Australia
writer: “Nobody’s Ever Complained Before”
11-20-1947 – Richard Shulberg – The Bronx, NY – d. 3-14-2009
presenter, musician: (Citizen Kafka) “The Secret Museum of the Air”
11-20-1948 – Richard Masur – New York, NY
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
11-21-1882 – Alfred White – d. 8-22-1972
actor: Soloman Levy “Abie’s Irish Rose”
11-21-1891 – Edward Ellsberg – New Haven, CT – d. 1-24-1983
writer: “The Mercury Theatre on the Air”
11-21-1894 – Max Miller – Brighton, England – d. 5-7-1963
stand-up comic: “Cheeky Chappie” Spotty BBC career due to blue material
11-21-1895 – Ernest Charles – Minneapolis, MN – 4-16-1984
producer: “Great Moments of Music”
11-21-1895 – Seth T. Bailey – d. 7-7-1966
announcer: KLX Oakland, California
11-21-1902 – Arthur Schutt – Reading, CA – d. 1-18-1965
pianist: “The Ipana Troubadors”
11-21-1902 – Frank Hursley – d. 2-3-1989
writer: “American Women”; “Cousin Willie”; “Those Websters”; “The Truitts”
11-21-1904 – Coleman Hawkins – St. Josephs, MO – d. 5-19-1969
tenor sax: (Father of the tenor sax) “Saturday Night Swing Club”
11-21-1905 – Ted Ray – Wigan, Lanchashire, England – d. 11-8-1977
comedian: “Ray’s a Laugh”
11-21-1907 – Charles Korvin – Postyen, Hungary – d. 6-18-1998
actor: “Voice of the Army”
11-21-1908 – Marian Young Taylor – Star Lake, NY – d. 12-9-1973
commentator: “Martha Deane Show”;
11-21-1912 – Eleanor Powell – Springfield, MA – d. 2-11-1982
singing tap dancer: “Flying Red Horse Tavern”
11-21-1912 – Ralph Butler – d. 4-6-1987
director: “Bright Horizon”; “Perry Mason”; “Rosemary”
11-21-1913 – Ted Straeter – St. Louis, MO – d. 4-2-1963
orchestra leader: “Jerry Wayne’s Regent Show”; “Kate Smith Show”
11-21-1919 – Steve Brodie – El Dorado, KS – d. 1-9-1992
actor: Mike Mallory “Mike Mallory”
11-21-1920 – Ralph Meeker – Minneapolis, MN – d. 8-5-1988
actor: “Crime Does Not Pay”
11-21-1920 – Stan Musial – Donora, PA
baseball great: “Image Minorities”; “Feature Project: The Game of Baseball”
11-21-1921 – Vivian Blaine – Newark, NJ – d. 12-9-1995
actor, singer: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-21-1933 – Joseph Campanella – NYC
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”; “The Zero Hour”
11-21-1934 – Laurence Lukinbill – Fort Smith, AR
actor: (Son-in-law of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) “Earplay”
11-22-1875 – Elizabeth Patterson – Savannah, TN – d. 1-31-1966
actor: Maid “Halls of Ivy”
11-22-1882 – Clarence K. Bawden – d. 10-xx-1972
organist: WOO Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11-22-1887 – Charles E. Mack – White Cloud, KS – d. 1-11-1934
comedian, actor: (Two Black Crows) “The Eveready Hour”
11-22-1895 – Alexander Laszlo – Budapest, Hungary – d. 11-17-1970
orchestra leader: “This Is Your Life”
11-22-1897 – Madge Tucker – d- 3-5-1996
actor: Lady Next Door “Coast to Coast on a Bus”
11-22-1899 – Hoagy Carmichael – Bloomington, IN – d. 12-27-1981
singer, composer: “Hoagy Carmichael Show”; “King’s Men”
11-22-1900 – Alan Cameron – Anderson, IN – d. 3-28-1972
writer: “Suspense”
11-22-1904 – Roland Winters – Boston, MA – d. 10-22-1989
actor: Russell Bartlett “My Best Girls”; “Milton Berle Show”; “Highways in Melody”
11-22-1906 – Howard Petrie – Beverly, MA – d. 3-24-1968
announcer: “Jimmy Durante Show”; “Judy Canova Show”
11-22-1906 – Trezzvant W. Anderson – Charlotte, NC – d. 3-25-1963
newscaster: “Pittsburgh Courier News”
11-22-1906 – Wallace Beavers – d. 8-xx-1985
newscaster: WCOL Columbus, Ohio
11-22-1910 – Ethel Smith – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 5-10-1996
organist: “Your Hit Parade”
11-22-1910 – John Carter – Brooklyn, NY – d. 7-22-1988
singer: “Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Voice of Firestone”
11-22-1911 – Ernie Caceres – Rockport, TX – d. 1-10-1971
clarinet, saxophone: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
11-22-1911 – Frank Graham – Detroit MI – d. 9-2-1950
actor: Diogenes Smith “Lum and Abner”; Jeff Regan “The Lion’s Eye”
11-22-1913 – Alfred J. Colaiaco – Rome, Italy – d. 7-20-2006
staff arranger WOR: “Mutual Melody Hour”
11-22-1913 – Benjamin Britten – Lowestoft, Suffolk, England – d. 12-4-1976
composer: “Columbia Workshop”; “An American in England”
11-22-1919 – H. Leslie Atlass, Jr. – d. 7-10-2003
involved in Chicago radio
11-22-1919 – Steve Alex – d. 10-22-1998
newscaster: KSIL Silver City, New Mexico
11-22-1921 – Rodney Dangerfield – Babylon, Long Island, NY – d. 10-5-2004
comedian: “Voices of Vista”
11-22-1922 – Lynn(e) Roberts – El Paso, TX – d. 4-1-1978
vocalist: “Dorsey Brothers Orchestra”; “Benny Goodman Orchestra”
11-22-1923 – Guy Doleman – Hamilton, New Zealand – d. 1-30-1996
charactor actor, announcer: New Zealand radio
11-22-1924 – Geraldine Page – Kirksville, MO – d. 6-13-1987
actor: “Arch Oboler’s Plays”
11-22-1932 – Robert Vaughn – NYC
actor: (Son of Walter Vaughn) “Monitor”
11-22-1935 – Hugh C. Rae – Glasgow, Scotland
writer: “The Freezer”
11-22-1939 – Terrence Edmond – Bristol, England – d. 3-16-2009
actor: “His Natural Life”
11-22-1944 – Tony Nicholls – Chigwell, England
writer: “They Came to Join Us”
11-22-1946 – Roger Baron – Chicago, IL
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-23-1887 – Boris Karloff – London, England – d. 2-2-1969
actor, host: “Starring Boris Karloff”; “Creeps by Night”
11-23-1888 – Al Bernard – New Orleans, LA – d. 3-6-1949
singer: “Dutch Masters Minstrels”; “Molle Merry Minstrels”
11-23-1888 – Harpo Marx – NYC – d. 9-28-1964
comedian: (First Marx Brother to speak on radio) Occasional guest spots
11-23-1888 – Nana Bryant – Cincinnati, OH – d. 12-24-1955
actor: Miss Tilsey “Fabulous Dr. Tweedy”
11-23-1894 – Andrew Schoeppel – Chaflin, KS – d. 1-21-1962
governor kansas: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
11-23-1894 – Ken Christy – Pennsylvania – d. 7-23-1962
actor: Police Chief Gates “Great Gildersleeve”
11-23-1894 – Rosetta Duncan – Los Angeles, CA – d. 12-4-1959
singer: (Topsy and Eva) “Wireless Vaudeville”
11-23-1896 – Ruth Etting – David City, NE – d. 9-24-1978
singer: “Music That Satisfies”; “Oldsmobile Show”; “Kellogg College Prom”
11-23-1900 – Julian Atkins – Oklahoma – d. 7-30-1984
guitar: “The Radio Cowboys”
11-23-1903 – Victor Jory – Dawson City, AK – d. 2-11-1982
actor: “Matinee Theatre”; “Crisis in War Town”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
11-23-1908 – Nelson Bond – Scranton, PA – d. 11-4-2006
writer: “Hot Copy”; “Suspense”; “Dr. Christian”
11-23-1911 – Edward Breuder – Hoboken, NJ – d. 10-15-1989
director of CBS radio network music division
11-23-1912 – George O’Hanlon – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-11-1989
actor: Husband “George O’Hanlon Show; Me and Janie”
11-23-1912 – Tyree Glenn – Corsicana, TX – d. 5-18-1974
trombonist, vibraphonist: “Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert”
11-23-1913 – Maurice Zolotow – NYC – d. 3-14-1991
writer: “Information Please”
11-23-1915 – Ellen Drew – Kansas City, MO – d. 12-6-2003
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Suspense”
11-23-1915 – John Dehner – Staten Island, NY – d. 2-4-1992
actor: Paladin “Have Gun, Will Travel”; J.B. Kendall “Frontier Gentleman”; “Gunsmoke”
11-23-1915 – Natalie Park Masters – San Francisco, CA – d. 2-9-1986
actor: Candy Matson “Candy Matson
11-23-1916 – Julie Stevens – St. Louis, MO – d. 8-26-1984
actor: Helen Trent “Romance of Helen Trent”; Kitty Foyle “Kitty Foyle”
11-23-1917 – John Newland – Cincinnati, OH – d. 1-10-2000
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “NBC University Theatre of the Air”
11-23-1919 – Andrew Ackers – d. 10-20-1978
orchestra leader: “The National Guard Show”
11-23-1922 – Maze Jackson – North Carolina – d. 5-16-1996
evangelist: “The Truck Drivers Special”
11-23-1923 – Malcolm “Mel” Arter – d. 10-16-1998
disk jockey: WKOK Sunbury, Pennsylvania
11-23-1929 – Sybil Jason – Capetown, South Africa
actor: “Hollywood Hotel”
11-23-1930 – Bob Easton – Milwaukee, WI
actor: “Family Theatre”
11-23-1949 – Tom Joyner – Tuskegee, Alabama
host: “The Tom Joyner Morning Show”
11-23-1962 – Andrew Bovell – Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
writer: “After Dinner”
11-24-1877 – Alben Barkley – Lowes, KY – d. 4-30-1956
u.s. vice president: “Information Please”
11-24-1884 – Jack Jones – Merthyr Tydfil, Wales – d. 5-7-1970
author of radio scripts
11-24-1886 – Alice Remsen – London, England – d. 9-xx-1974
actor/singer: “The Musical Story Lady”; “The Palmolive Hour”
11-24-1888 – Cathleen Nesbitt – Belfast, Northern Ireland – d. 8-2-1982
actor: “Philco Radio Playhouse”
11-24-1888 – Dale Carnegie – Maryville, MO – d. 11-1-1955
author, lecturer: “How to Win Friends and Influence People”
11-24-1891 – Ben Gross – Birmingham, AL – d. 8-13-1979
wrote newspaper column critiquing radio
11-24-1900 – Ireene Wicker – Quincy, IL – d. 11-17-1987
actor: (The Singing Lady) Sylvia Bertram “Road of Life”; Eileen Moran “Today’s Children”
11-24-1903 – Bernard Lenrow – Binghamton, NY – d. 10-9-1963
actor: Geoffrey Barnes “Molle Mystery Theatre”
11-24-1904 – Pegeen Fitzgerald – Norcatur, KS – d. 1-30-1989
host: “The Fitzgeralds”
11-24-1905 – Harry Barris – NYC – d. 12-13-1962
singer (member of The Rhythm Boys) “Paul Whiteman Presents”
11-24-1905 – Vee Lawnhurst – NYC – d. 5-16-1992
pianist, singer: “The Van Huesen Program”
11-24-1906 – Don McLaughlin – Webster, IA – d. 5-28-1986
actor: David Harding “Counterspy”; “Jim Brent “Road of Life”; Chaplain Jim “Chaplain Jim”
11-24-1906 – Willard P. Farnum – Mankato, MN – d. 3-29-1994
actor: Harold Teen “Harold Teen”; John Adams “Woman in White”
11-24-1908 – Worth Kramer – d. 7-19-1998
director: “Wings Over Jordan”
11-24-1911 – Kirby Grant – Butte, MO – d. 10-30-1985
singer, actor: “Gatewood to Hollywood”; “Hollywood Barn Dance”
11-24-1912 – Garson Kanin – Rochester, NY – d. 3-13-1999
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-24-1912 – Teddy Wilson – Austin, TX – d. 7-31-1986
jazz pianist: “Benny Goodman and His Orchestra”; “Saturday Night Swing Club”
11-24-1913 – Geraldine Fitzgerald – Dublin, Ireland – d. 7-17-2005
actor: “Arthur Hopkins Presents”; “Ford Theatre”; “Cavalcade of America”
11-24-1917 – John Justin – London, England – d. 11-29-2002
actor: “The Hobbit”
11-24-1918 – Lee Bonnell (Terry Belmont) – Royal Center, IN – d. 5-12-1986
actor: (Husband of Gale Storm) “Gateway to Hollywood”
11-24-1918 – Tom Fouts (Captain Stubby) – d. 5-24-2004
humorist: “National Barn Dance”; “Is Anybody Home?”
11-24-1921 – John V. Lindsay – NYC – d. 12-19-2000
mayor of new york city: “Meet the Press”; “Apollo 11”
11-24-1922 – Joan Turner – Befast, Ireland – d. 3-1-2009
singer, actor: “Just a Minute”; “Quote…Unquote”
11-24-1925 – Al Cohn – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-15-1988
saxophonist: “Your Hit Parade”
11-24-1925 – Alum Owen – Menai Bridge, North Wales – d. 12-6-1994
writer: “Two Sons”; “It Looks Like Rain”
11-24-1925 – William F. Buckley – NYC – d. 2-27-2008
conversative political commentator: “Larry King Live”
11-24-1927 – Eileen Barton – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-27-2006
singer: “Frank Sinatra Show”; “Eileen Barton Show”; “MGM Musical Comedy Theatre”
11-24-1941 – John Harrington – Sydney, Australia
writer: “The Electric Cat”
11-25-1871 – Kate McComb – Sacramento, CA – d. 4-15-1959
actor: Mrs. Kerrigan “The Goldbergs”; Nannie “Lora Lawton”
11-25-1886 – Rex Maupin – St. Joseph, MO – d. 7-28-1966
orchestra leader: “Breakfast Club”; “National Farm and Home Hour”
11-25-1887 – William Steinke – Slatinton, PA – d. 1-29-1958
host: “Jolly Bill and Jane”; “No School Today”
11-25-1893 – Jack Frost – Boston, MA – d. 10-21-1959
producer: “The National Barn Dance”
11-25-1894 – Laurence Stallings – Macon, GA – d. 2-28-1968
writer: “Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt” based on his play “What Price Glory?”
11-25-1896 – Virgil Thomson – Kansas City, MO – d. 9-30-1989
composer: “Columbia Workshop”
11-25-1897 – Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith – Goshen, NY – d. 4-18-1973
jazz pianist: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concerts”
11-25-1899 – Kay Strozzi – Swan’s Point Plantation, VA – d. 1-18-1996
actor: Shelia Blade “I Love Linda Dale”; Victoria Lorring “Young Widder Brown”
11-25-1899 – Pierre Andre – d. 7-21-1962
announcer: “Little Orphan Annie”; “Captain Midnight”
11-25-1900 – Helen Gahagan Douglas – Boonton, NJ – d. 6-28-1980
actor: (Wife of Melvin Douglas) “Hollywood Fights Back”; “A Report to the Nation”
11-25-1904 – Jessie Royce Landis – Chicago, IL – d. 2-2-1972
actor: “We Are Always Young”
11-25-1905 – Will Osborne – Toronto, Canada – d. 10-22-1981
bandleader, singer: “Abbott and Costello”
11-25-1908 – Ray Carter – Chicago, IL – d. 9-xx-1982
composer, conductor: “The Goal Beyond”
11-25-1909 – Verne Smith – NYC – d. 3-4-1978
announcer: “Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”
11-25-1912 – Francis Durbridge – Hull, Yorkshire, England – d. 4-11-1998
writer: Creator of Paul Temple
11-25-1912 – Henry Denker – NYC
writer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Greatest Story Ever Told”
11-25-1914 – Joe DiMaggio – Martinez, CA – d. 3-8-1999
baseball superstar: “Joe DiMaggio Show”
11-25-1919 – Norman Tokar – Newark, NJ – d. 4-6-1979
actor: Henry Aldrich “The Aldrich Family”
11-25-1920 – Ricardo Montalban – Mexico City, Mexico – d. 1-14-2009
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “As Easy as A.B.C.”
11-25-1922 – Patricia Foy – London, England – d. 7-26-2006
vocalist: “Shep Fields Orchestra”
11-25-1925 – Jeffrey Hunter – New Orleans. LA – d. 5-27-1969
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-25-1926 – Poul Anderson – Bristol, PA – d. 4-1-2001
scifi author: Works adapted for “X Minus One” “Exploring Tomorrow”
11-26-1889 – H. I. Phillips – Connecticut – d. 3-15-1965
writer, composer: “Information Please”
11-26-1891 – Anne Nichols – Dales Mill, GA – d. 9-15-1966
writer: “Abie’s Irish Rose”
11-26-1905 – Emlyn Williams – Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales – d. 9-25-1987
actor: “Columbia Presents Corwin”
11-26-1907 – Frances Dee – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-6-2004
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-26-1907 – Henry “Hot Lips” Levine – London, England – d. 5-6-1989
trumpeter, conducter: “Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street”; “Strictly from Dixie”
11-26-1908 – Lefty Gomez – Rodeo, CA – d. 2-17-1989
baseball pitcher: “Information Please”
11-26-1910 – Cyril Cusack – Durban, South Africa – d. 10-7-1993
actor: “Great Expectations”
11-26-1911 – Robert Donley – Carmichaels, PA – d. 1-20-2004
actor: “Lieutenant Carpenter “Front Page Farrell”
11-26-1912 – Eric Sevareid – Velva, ND – d. 7-9-1992
correspondent: “Eric Sevaried and the News”; “CBS Radio Workshop”
11-26-1913 – Bill Baldwin – Pueblo, CO – d. 11-17-1982
announcer: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”; “Mario Lanza Show”
11-26-1915 – Earl Wild – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 1-23-2010
pianist: KDKA Pittsburgh; “NBC Symphony Orchestra”
11-26-1917 – Adele Jergens – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-22-2002
actor: Carol Curtis “Stand By For Crime”
11-26-1919 – Frederick Pohl – NYC
writer: “X-Minus One”
11-26-1922 – Terry Ryan – Cleveland, OH – d. 5-5-2001
comedy writer: “Fred Allen Show”
11-26-1933 – Louis Turenne – Montreal, Canada
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
11-26-1933 – Robert Goulet – Lawrence, MA – d. 10-30-2007
singer-actor: “Guard Session”; “Voices of Vista”
11-27-1881 – C. Mildred Thompson – Atlanta, GA – d. 2-17-1975
historian, educator, feminist: “Information Please”
11-27-1882 – Norman Baker – Muscatine, IL – d. 9-8-1958
vaudevillian: “Mr. Baker Himself”
11-27-1890 – Gladys Rice – Philadelphia, PA – d. 9-7-1983
singer: “Roxy’s Gang”; “Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra”; “Voice of Firestone”
11-27-1893 – Harry Foster Welch – Annapolis, MD – d. 8-16-1973
actor: “Shell Show”
11-27-1897 – Vera Allen – NYC – d. 8-10-1987
actor: Grace Doblen “Hilltop House”; Mother Malone “Young Dr. Malone”
11-27-1898 – Eddie Kay – NYC – d. 12-22-1973
composer, conductor: “Those We Love”
11-27-1899 – Silvio Coscia – Milan, Italy – d. 9-15-1977
co-principal horn: “Metropolitan Opera Orchestra”
11-27-1901 – Ted Husing – The Bronx, NY – d. 8-10-1962
announcer, sportscaster: “Sportslants”; “March of Time”; “Radio Reader’s Digest”
11-27-1902 – J. Scott Smart – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-15-1960
actor: Senator Bloat “Fred Allen Show”; Brad Runyon “Fat Man”
11-27-1904 – Florence Lake – Charleston, SC – d. 4-11-1980
actor: (Sister of Arthur Lake) Tess Terwilliger “David Harum”
11-27-1907 – Betty Hopkins – d. 3-22-1996
writer: “This Is My Best”; “Trouble Is My Business”
11-27-1907 – Joe Bishop – Monticello, AR – d. 5-12-1976
composer, arranger, tuba and flugehorn: “Comedy Capers”
11-27-1909 – George Hogan – Kansas City, MO
announcer: “Luncheon at Sardi’s”; “Snow Village Sketches”
11-27-1910 – Ray Herbeck – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-17-1989
bandleader: “Ray Herbeck and His Orchestra”
11-27-1911 – Charles Wood – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 11-10-1997
announcer: “The Green Hornet”; “The Lone Ranger”
11-27-1912 – Maurice “Muzzy” Marcellino – California – d. 6-11-1997
singer: “Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra”; “Lady Esther Serenade”
11-27-1915 – Ralph Bell -NYC – d. 8-2-1998
actor: Travis Rogers “Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator”; Alfred Drake “This Is Nora Drake”
11-27-1916 – Chick Hearn – Buda, IL – d. 8-5-2002
sportscaster: “Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts”; “Los Angeles Lakers play-by play”
11-27-1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith – Buffalo, NY – d. 7-30-1998
actor: Howdy Doody “Howdy Doody”
11-27-1917 – Dick Hogan – d. 8-18-1995
actor, singer: “Cavalcade of America”; “Favorite Story”; Voice of the Army”
11-27-1925 – Ernie Wise – Leeds, England – d. 3-21-1999
comedian: “The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Radio Show”; “Bandwagon”
11-27-1925 – Marshall Thompson – Peoria, IL – d. 5-18-1992
actor: “Free World Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-27-1925 – Michael Tolan – Detroit, MI
actor: Kato “Green Hornet”
11-28-1891- Ethel Wilson – Baltimore, MD – d. 4-19-1980
actor: Aunt Harriett “The Aldrich Family”; May Case “Lora Lawton”
11-28-1894 – Frank Black – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-29-1968
conductor: “Jack Benny Program”; “NBC String Symphony”; “Cities Service Concert”
11-28-1895 – Jose Iturbi – Valencia, Spain – d. 6-28-1980
pianist, conductor: “Telephone hour”; “Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra”
11-28-1897 – John Kameaaloha Almeida – Pauao Valley, HA – d. 10-9-1985
writer: “Hawaii Calls”; “Island Serenade”
11-28-1901 – Bobbe Brox – Riverton, IA – d. 5-2-1999
singer: (Brox Sisters) “A Tribute to Irving Berlin”
11-28-1904 – Jane Ellen Ball – d. 8-1-1999
woman’s programming: WJAS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11-28-1906 – Helen Jepson – Titusville, PA – d. 9-16-1997
singer: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Show Boat”
11-28-1907 – Rose Bampton – Cleveland, OH – d. 8-21-2007
singer: “Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”
11-28-1910 – Russell Napier – Perth, Australia – d. 8-19-1974
actor: “Midweek Theatre”
11-28-1914 – Cecil Brower – Bowie, TX – d. 11-21-1965
fiddle: “The Musical Brownies”
11-28-1916 – Richard Tregaskis – Elizabeth, NJ – d. 8-15-1973
author, war correspondent: (Guadalcanal Diary) “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-28-1917 – Elliott Lewis – NYC – d. 5-20-1990
actor, director: Frankie Remley “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show”; “On Stage”; “Mr. Aladdin”
11-28-1925 – Gloria Grahame – Los Angeles, CA – d. 10-5-1981
actor: “Hollywood Star Playhouse”
11-28-1925 – Robert Readick – NYC – d. 5-27-1985
actor: (Son of Frank) Bill Roberts “Rosemary”; Don Cornwell “Second Mrs. Burton”
11-28-1925 – Virginia Hewitt – Shreveport, LA – d. 7-21-1986
actor: Coral Karlyle “Space Patrol”
11-28-1941 – Jennifer Rankin – d. 12-8-1979
writer: “Razorback Mountain Journey”
11-29-1876 – Joseph E. Davies – Watertown, WI – d. 5-9-1958
ambassador to the soviet union: “Information Please”
11-29-1894 – H. Leslie Atlass – d. 11-18-1960
Chicago radio pioneer, CBS executive
11-29-1895 – Busby Berkeley – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-14-1976
choreographer: “Gulf Screen Theatre”; “Whatever Became Of . . . ?”
11-29-1895 – Yakima Canutt – Colfax, WA – d. 5-24-1986
actor, stuntman: “Daredevils of Hollywood”; “Hollywood Rodea”
11-29-1898 – C.S. Lewis – Belfast, Northern Ireland – d. 11-22-1963
author, lecturer: “Right and Wrong”; “Christian Behavior”
11-29-1900 – Mildred “Axis Sally” Gillars – Portland, ME – d. 6-25-1988
propagandist: Midge “Home Sweet Home”; Radio Berlin “Vision of an Invasion”
11-29-1902 – Cecil (Charles) Madden – Mogador, Morocco – d. 5-27-1987
creator: “Variety Band Box”
11-29-1905 – Chester Erskine – Hudson, NY – d. 4-7-1986
film director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-29-1905 – Mario Braggiotti – Florence, Italy – d. 5-18-1996
pianist, composer: “Fray and Braggiotti”
11-29-1906 – Luis Van Rooten – Mexico City, Mexico – d. 6-17-1973
actor: George Priestly “County Seat”; John Perry “John’s Other Wife”; Nero Wolfe “Nero Wolfe”
11-29-1909 – Ann Corio – Hartford, CT – d. 3-1-1999
burlesque queen: “G. I. Jive”, “Advs. of Ellery Queen”
11-29-1909 – Frank Waldecker – d. 1-13-1995
announcer: “A Date with Judy”; “The Eddie Duchin Show”
11-29-1910 – Al Schwartz – Passaic, NJ – d. 3-25-1988
writer: “Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”; “Bob Hope Show”
11-29-1912 – Alan Courtney – NYC – d. 9-16-1978
host: “Calling All Girls”; “Korn Kobblers”
11-29-1913 – Harry Bartell – New Orleans, LA – d. 2-26-2004
actor: Archie Goodwin “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; “Adv of Sherlock Holmes”; “Gunsmoke”
11-29-1914 – Hal McIntyre – Cromwell, CT – d. 5-5-1959
bandleader: “Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra”
11-29-1915 – J. G. Weightman – Callerton, Englans – d. 8-14-2004
translator and announcer in French for the BBC
11-29-1917 – George Walsh – Cleveland, OH – d. 12-5-2005
announcer: “Gunsmoke”; “Music ‘Til Dawn”
11-29-1917 – Merle Travis – Muhlenberg County, KY – d. 10-20-1983
singer, guitarist: “Hollywood Barn Dance”
11-29-1918 – Michael O’Duffy – Derry, Ireland – d. 4-19-2003
lyric tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”
11-29-1921 – Virginia Egnor “Dagmar” – Huntington, WV – d. 10-9-2001
dumb blonde: “Stars On Parade”; “Says Who?”
11-29-1926 – Naomi Stevens – Trenton, NJ
actor: Irene Franklin “One Man’s Family”; Daphne Royce “Brenthouse”
11-29-1927 – Vin Scully – The Bronx, NY
sportscaster (Baseball’s Poet Laurate) Play-by Play announcer for the Dodgers
11-29-1932 – John Gary – Watertown, NY – d. 1-4-1998
singer: “Christmas Music – Spots for the National Guard”
11-30-1667 – Jonathan Swift – Dublin, Ireland – d. 10-19-1745
writer: “The Columbia Workshop”
11-30-1873 – Frederic William Wile – La Porte, IN – d. 4-7-1941
commentator: “Political Situation in Washington”
11-30-1874 – Winston Churchill – Oxfordshire, England – d. 1-24-1965
british prime minister: War time broadcasts
11-30-1884 – Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling – Portland, OR – d. 2-7-1968
clergyman: “The National Youth Conference”
11-30-1885 – Charles West – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 10-10-1943
actor: “Dramas of Youth”
11-30-1889 – Vito Pellettieri – d. 4-14-1977
stage manager: “Grand Ole Opry”
11-30-1890 – Ramsey Hill – Georgetown, Guyana – d. 2-3-1976
actor: “Escape”; “NBC University Theatre”
11-30-1894 – Donald Ogden Stewart – Columbus, OH – d. 8-2-1980
writer: “Information Please”
11-30-1900 – Geoffrey Household – Briston, England – d. 10-4-1988
writer: “NBC Presents: Short Story”
11-30-1903 – Frank Worth – Debrezin, Hungary – d. 5-3-1990
orchestra leader: “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”; Those Websters”
11-30-1904 – Fred “Papa” Calhoun – d. 7-4-1987
piano: “The Musical Brownies”
11-30-1906 – John Dickson Carr – Uniontown, PA – d. 2-27-1977
writer: “Suspense”; “Cabin B-13”; “Murder by Experts”
11-30-1907 – Happy Felton – Bellevue, PA – d. 10-21-1964
actor: “Pot ‘O Gold”; “Finders Keepers”; “Stop the Music”
11-30-1907 – Jack Brinkley – Oxford, NC – d. 8-8-1972
announcer, actor: “Aunt Jemima”; “Couple Next Door”
11-30-1913 – John K. M. McCaffrey – Moscow, ID – d. 10-3-1983
newscaster: “Author Meets the Critics”; “What Makes You Tick?”
11-30-1914 – Charles Hawtrey – Hounslow, Middlesex, England – d. 10-27-1988
actor, comedian: Hubert Lane “Just William”
11-30-1915 – Brownie McGhee – Knoxville, TN – d. 2-16-1996
blues guitarist, singer: “New World A’ Coming”; “This Is Jazz)
11-30-1917 – William Ash – Dallas, TX
Senior script editor for the BBC radio drama department
11-30-1918 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. – NYC
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-30-1919 – Joe Cabbibo – d. 10-xx-1973
sound effects: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Tennessee Jed”. “Counterspy”
11-30-1920 – Virginia Mayo – St. Louis, MO – d. 1-17-2005
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
11-30-1926 – Dick Crenna – Los Angeles, CA – d. 1-18-2003
actor: Oogie Pringle, “A Date with Judy”; “Walter Denton, “Our Miss Brooks”
11-30-1929 – Dick Clark – Mount Vernon, NY
host: “Dick Clark’s National Music Survey”; “Tribute to Murray the K”
11-30-1931 – Teddy Wilburn – Hardy, AR – d. 11-25-2003
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Style U.S.A.”
11-30-1947 – David Mamet – Chicago, IL
writer: “Earplay”
11-30-1952 – Mandy Patinkin – Chicago, IL
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-01-1880 – William Arndt – Mayville, WI – d. 2-25-1957
professor: conducted Bible classes on WFUO St. Louis
12-01-1885 – Frazier Hunt – Rock Island, IL – d. 12-24-1967
newscaster: Weekday morning newscast on Mutual
12-01-1886 – Rex Stout – Noblesville, IN – d. 10-27-1975
author: (Creator of Nero Wolfe) Debunker of Axis Propaganda “Our Secret Weapon”
12-01-1892 – Charlie Bachman – Chicago, IL – d. 12-14-1985
football coach: “Football Predictions”
12-01-1892 – Harry W. Conn – d. 6-8-1960
writer: “The Jack Benny Program”
12-01-1896 – Ethel Shutta – NYC – d. 2-5-1976
singer-comedian: “Jack Benny Program”
12-01-1896 – Ray Henderson – Buffalo, NY – d. 12-31-1970
composer: “Music for Millions”; “Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP”
12-01-1898 – Cyril Ritchard – Syndey, Australia – d. 12-18-1977
actor: “Best Plays”; “United States Steel Hour”; “NBC Star Playhouse”
12-01-1899 – Tom Shirley – Chicago, IL – d. 1-24-1962
actor, announcer: Sam Aldrich “Aldrich Family”; Advs. of the Thin Man”
12-01-1900 – Ted Hammerstein – d. 10-6-1973
emcee: “The Hammerstein Music Hall”
12-01-1904 – Jean Paul King – North Bend, NE – d. 8-21-1965
annoucer: “Clara, Lu, and Em”; “Music of the Haydns”
12-01-1904 – Jimmy Lytell – NYC – d. 11-26-1972
bandleader, clarinetist: “Cavalcade of America”; “Songs by Morton Downey”
12-01-1910 – Alicia Markova – London, England – d. 12-2-2004
ballerina: BBC Interview
12-01-1911 – Randy Merriman – Minneapolis, MN – d. 10-27-2005
actor: “Doctor I.Q.”
12-01-1911 – Walter Alston – Venice, OH – d. 10-1-1984
baseball manager: “Tops In Sports”
12-01-1913 – Mary Martin – Weatherford, TX – d. 11-3-1990
singer: “Lifebuoy Health Soap Program”; “Good News of 1940”; “Kraft Music Hall”
12-01-1915 – Johnny Johnston – St. Louis, MO – d. 1-6-1996
singer: “Rhapsody in Rhythm”; “Club Matinee”; “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Breakfast Club”
12-01-1917 – William Tracy – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 6-18-1967
actor: Roosty “Roosty of the AAF”
12-01-1918 – Thomas Hayward – Kansas City, MO – d. 2-1-1995
singer: “Serenade to America”; “Name Speaks”
12-01-1920 – Mary Wells – Omaha, NE – d. 8-14-2000
actor: “John Steele, Adventurer”
12-01-1921 – John Bunch – Tipton, IN – d. 3-30-2010
jazz pianist: “Eddie Condon”; “Maynard Ferguson”
12-01-1932 – Heather Begg – Nelson, New Zealand – d. 5-12-2009
opera singer: “Die Walkure”
12-01-1933 – Lou Rawls – Chicago, IL – d. 1-6-2006
singer: “Here’s to Veterans”
12-01-1939 – Dianne Lennon – Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The Lennon Sisters) “Music on Deck”; “Voices of Vista”; “Guest Star”
12-01-1939 – Noel Jones – Dublin, Ireland
authored radio plays
12-01-1941 – Ian (David) Slater – Queensland, Australia
writer: “”Black Lion”
12-02-1880 – Fred A. Sullivan – Zionsville, IN – d. 1-2-1951
actor: Kirby Willoughby “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”; Mitchell Frazier “Story of Mary Marlin”
12-02-1889 – Paul Althouse – d. 2-15-1954
tenor: WEAF New York, New York
12-02-1893 – William Gaxton – San Franciso, CA – d. 2-2-1963
actor, singer: “Broadway Showtime”
12-02-1895 – Jesse Crawford – Woodland, CA – d. 5-27-1962
organist: “Paramount Publix Hour”; “Counterspy”
12-02-1895 – Warren William – Aitkin, MN – d. 9-24-1948
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-02-1898 – Peter Goo Chong – Miu, China – d. 1-15-1985
actor: “Collier’s Hour”; “Eddie Cantor Show”; “This Day Is Ours”
12-02-1899 – John Barbirolli – London, England – d. 7-29-1970
conductor: “New York Philharmonic”
12-02-1900 – Joe Rosenfield – Tennessee – d. 11-22-1987
talkshow host: “Happiness Exchange”
12-02-1902 – Howard Koch – NYC – d. 8-17-1995
writer: “War of the Worlds”
12-02-1906 – Donald Woods – Brandon, Manitoba, Canada – d. 3-5-1998
actor: Leslie Foster “Those We Love”; “Woolworth Hour”
12-02-1908 – Hy Gardner – NYC – d. 6-17-1989
columnist, author, host: Celebrity Interviews
12-02-1910 – Robert Paige – Indianapolis, IN – d. 12-21-1987
actor: “Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-02-1910 – Sidney Marshall – d. 12-15-1977
writer: “Man Called X”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
12-02-1913 – Jerry Sohl – Los Angeles, CA – d. 11-4-2002
author: “X Minus One”
12-02-1913 – Morton Wishengrad – d. 2-12-1963
writer: “The Cavalcade of America”; “The Eternal Light”
12-02-1914 – Ray Walston – New Orleans, LA – d. 1-1-2001
actor: “The Woolworth Hour”
12-02-1914 – Tracy Roberts – Little Falls, NY – d. 2-8-2002
actor: “Suspense”; “Have Gun, Will Travel”
12-02-1915 – Adolph Green – NYC – d. 10-23-2002
songwriter: “Columbia Presents Corwin”
12-02-1915 – Paul Mann – Toronto, Canada – d. 9-24-1985
actor: George Kirby “Advs of Topper”; Perry “Quiz” Quisinberry “Passport for Adams”
12-02-1916 – Charlie Ventura – Philadelphia, PA – d. 1-17-1992
tenor sazophonist: “Spotlight Bands”; “Gene Krupa and His Orchestra”
12-02-1916 – John Bentley – Birmingham, England – d. 8-13-2009
singer, announcer: Radio Luxembourg
12-02-1917 – Sylvia Syms – NYC – d. 5-10-1992
actor: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”; “Broadway Is My Beat”; “Suspense”
12-02-1918 – Ezra Stone – New Bedford, MA – d. 3-3-1994
actor: Henry Aldrich “Aldrich Family”
12-02-1918 – Milton Delugg – Los Angeles, CA
orchestra leader: “Music Depreciation”
12-02-1921 – Rita Lynn – Louisiana – d. 1-21-1996
actor: “Dimension X”
12-02-1923 – Maria Callas – NYC – d. 9-16-1977
opera singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”
12-02-1924 – Margaret Fuller – Lisbon, Portugal – d. 11-28-2006
actor: “The Guiding Light”
12-02-1925 – Julie Harris – Grosse Pointe Park MI
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-03-1857 – Joseph Conrad – Kiev, Russian Empire – d. 8-3-1924
author: Some of his works were adapted for radio
12-03-1873 – Atwater Kent – Burlington, VT – d. 3-4-1949
inventer and radio manufacturer: Maker of Atwater Kent radios
12-03-1889 – Ferdinand Munier – San Diego, CA – d. 5-27-1945
actor: Rene Michon “Count of Monte Cristo”
12-03-1897 – George Riley – Rochester, NY – d. 5-30-1972
comedian: “Furlough Fun”
12-03-1897 – Reed Brown, Jr. – Texas – d. 7-26-1962
actor: Capt. Gordon Wright “Roses and Drums”
12-03-1900 – Lester Matthews – Nottingham, England – d. 6-6-1975
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-03-1902 – Bill Slater – Parkersburg, WV – d. 1-25-1965
emcee: “”Uncle Jim’s Question Bee”; “Twenty Questions”; “Dunninger Show”
12-03-1902 – Bob Beaupre – d. 12-xx-1985
newscaster: WJOY Burlington, Vermont
12-03-1904 – Roberto Marinho – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – d. 8-6-2003
Owner of Brazil’s Organizaces Globo radio
12-03-1907 – Connee Boswell – Kansas City, MO – d. 10-11-1976
singer: (The Boswell Sisters) “Kraft Music Hall”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
12-03-1908 – Anna Sten – Kiev, the Ukraine – d. 11-12-1993
actor: “March of Time”; “Stagedoor Canteen”
12-03-1909 – Dana Suesse – Kansas City, MO – d. 10-16-1987
composer: “Good News of 1938”
12-03-1913 – Bill Green – Massachusetts – d. 3-13-2005
pianist: “Matinee with Bob and Ray”; “Stumpus”
12-03-1915 – Robert H. Forward – San Diego, CA – d. 1-30-2001
director: “And Sudden Death”; “Special All-Star Revue”
12-03-1916 – Rabon Delmore – Elkmont, AL – d. 12-4-1952
guitar, singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
12-03-1916 – Whitfield Connor – Rathdowney, Ireland – d. 7-16-1988
actor: Harry Davis “When a Girl Marries”
12-03-1917 – Kermit Slobb – d. 2-21-2004
writer: “Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy”
12-03-1923 – Frank Guarrera – Philadelphia, PA – d. 11-23-2007
operatic baritone: “Metropolitan Opera Audition of the Air”
12-03-1923 – Moyra Fraser – Sydney, Australia – d. 12-13-2009
actor: “As Time Goes By”
12-03-1925 – Dick Noel – NYC – d. 10-xx-1991
announcer, “Lowell Thomas”
12-03-1927 – Isabelle Lucas – Toronto, Canada – d. 2-24-1997
guest panelist: “Quote-Unquote”
12-03-1927 – Lloyd Barry – NYC
actor: “Big Town”; “The Shadow”; “When A Girl Marries”
12-03-1943 – Jennifer Harmon – Pasadena, CA
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-03-1944 – Malcolm Brodrick – NYC
actor: Peter Marriott “The Marriage”
12-03 1927 – Andy Williams – Wall Lake, IA
singer: “Andy Williams Sings”; “Bing Crosby Show”
12-04-1887 – Louise Ballman – d. 2-25-1970
violinist on experimental station 5ACW Fort Smith, Arkansas
12-04-1889 – Buck Jones – Vincennes, IN – d. 11-30-1942
actor: “Hoofbeats”
12-04-1889 – Isabel Randolph – Chicago, IL – d. 1-11-1973
actor: Rhoda Harding “Dan Harding’s Wife”; Mrs. Abigail Uppington “Fibber McGee and Molly”
12-04-1897 – Doc Whipple – d. 2-28-1963
orchestra leader: “Ma Perkins”; “The Mysterious Traveler”
12-04-1903 – Cornell Woolrich – NYC – d. 9-25-1968
writer: “Radio City Playhouse”; “Starring Boris Karloff”
12-04-1910 – Mary Hunter – Bakersfield, CA – d. 11-16-2000
actor: Marge “Easy Aces”; “Against the Storm”
12-04-1915 – Allan Jackson – Hot Springs, AR – d. 4-26-1976
newscaster for the CBS network for 32 years
12-04-1921 – Deanna Durbin – Winnipeg, Canada
singer: “Eddie Cantor Show”
12-04-1930 – Harvey Kuenn – West Allis, WI – d. 2-28-1988
baseball great: “Tops in Sports”
12-04-1931 – Wally George – Oakland, CA – d. 10-5-2003
producer, host: “The Sam Yorty Show”; “The Wally George Show
12-05-1883 – May Davenport Seymour – Boston, MA – d. 10-5-1967
actor: Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Porter “Against the Storm”
12-05-1886 – Rose Wilder Lane – De Smet, SD – d. 10-30-1968
writer: (Daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) “Hallmark Hall of Fame”; “Helen Hayes Theatre”
12-05-1890 – Fritz Lang – Vienna, Austria – d. 8-2-1976
film director: “Bud’s Bandwagon”
12-05-1892 – Al Boasberg – Buffalo, NY – d. 6-18-1937
writer: “Jack Benny Program”
12-05-1901 – Grace Moore – Jellico, TN – d. 1-26-1947
opera singer: “General Motors Concerts”; “Speed Show”; “Vicks Open House”
12-05-1901 – Walt Disney – Chicago, IL – d. 12-15-1966
actor: Mickey Mouse “Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air”
12-05-1903 – Fred Van Deventer – Tipton, IN – d. 12-2-1971
newscaster, panelist: “Vandeventer and the News”; “Twenty Questions”
12-05-1904 – Harold Huber – NYC – d. 9-29-1959
actor: Hercule Poirot “Hercule Poirot”; Fu Manchu “Shadow of Fu Manchu”
12-05-1906 – Otto Preminger – Vienna, Austria – d. 4-23-1986
actor, film producer, director: “Fun In Print”; “Listen to the People”
12-05-1906 – William Spier – d. 5-30-1973
producer, director: “Advs. of Sam Spade”; “Suspense”
12-05-1907 – Reid Kilpatrick – Michigan – d. 8-11-1983
host: “Quiz of Two Cities”
12-05-1912 – Hans Wolf – Hamburg, Germany – d. 8-5-2005
conducted operas and symphonies for radio
12-05-1918 – Ralph Blizard – Kingsport, TN – d. 12-3-2004
fiddler: At age 12 formed “The Southern Ramblers”; Appeared on many Tri-cities radio stations
12-05-1919 – Hal Goldman – St. Paul, MN – d. 6-27-2001
writer: “The Jack Benny Program”
12-05-1922 – Alan Freed – Johnstown, PA – d. 1-20-1965
disc jockey: “Moondog Show”; “Alan Freed Show”; “Camel Rock and Roll Party”
12-05-1929 – Richard Beebe – Pasadena, CA – d. 8-29-1998
newsman: “The Credibility Gap”
12-05-1930 – Jeremy Sandford – Hertfordshire, England – d. 5-12-2003
writer: “Dreaming Badsmen”
12-06-1887 – Lynn Fontanne – Waterford, England – d. 7-30-1983
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”; “Biography In Sound”
12-06-1888 – Will Hay – Stockton-on-Tees, England – d. 4-18-1949
comedian: British Radio
12-06-1893 – Alma Platts – d. 7-13-1970
actor: “The World’s Great Novels”
12-06-1895 – Lou Little – Boston, MA – d. 5-28-1979
football coach: “Football Forecasts”; “Friday Night Quarterback”
12-06-1896 – Ira Gershwin – NYC – d. 8-17-1983
songwriter: “Lady in the Dark”; “Jolson Story”; “Barkleys of Broadway”
12-06-1898 – Eric Sagerquist – Karlstad, Sweden – d. 9-11-1944
orchestra leader/violinist: “First Nighter”; Romantic Melodies”
12-06-1898 – Gunnar Myrdal – Gustafs, Sweden – d. 5-17-1987
1974 nobel prize winner in economics: “United Nations Today”
12-06-1898 – Jack Beall – Waxahachie, TX – d. 1-1-1963
newscaster: “News of Tomorrow”; “American Legion Presents”
12-06-1900 – Agnes Moorehead – Clinton, MA – d. 4-30-1974
actor: Margo Lane “The Shadow”; Marilly “Mayor of the Town”
12-06-1900 – Robert Effros – London, England – d. 9-12-1983
trumpeter: “Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra”, “Your Hit Parade”
12-06-1903 – Hugh Farr – Llano, TX – d. 3-17-1980
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) “The Roy Rogers Show”
12-06-1904 – Elissa Landi – Venice, Italy – d. 10-21-1948
actor: “I’m An American”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-06-1904 – Eve Curie Lubouisse – Paris, France – d. 10-22-2007
writer: (Daughter of Marie Curie) “This I Believe”
12-06-1909 – Lyn Murray – London, England – d. 5-20-1989
conductor: “Chesterfield Presents”; “Your Hit Parade”; “Ford Theatre”
12-06-1913 – Karl Haas – Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany – d. 2-6-2005
musician, broadcaster: “Adventures in Good Music”
12-06-1913 – Oswald Hoffman – Nebraska – d. 9-8-2005
preacher: “The Lutheran Hour”
12-06-1916 – Elmore Balthis – d. 10-31-1989
newscaster: KCOK Tulare, California
12-06-1919 – Bob Blagg – d. 12-19-1998
disk jockey: WDNE Elkins, West Virginia
12-06-1920 – Dave Brubeck – Concord, CA
jazz musician: “Dave Brubeck Quartet”
12-06-1920 – Howard Atwell – d. 3-20-2002
disk jockey: WVPO Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
12-06-1924 – Eric Merriman – Golders Green, England – d. 6-2-2003
writer, creator: “Beyond Our Ken”
12-06-1924 – Susanna Foster – Chicago, IL – d. 1-17-2009
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Mail Call”
12-06-1924 – Wally Cox – Detroit, MI – d. 2-15-1973
comedian: “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Wally Cox Show”
12-06-1925 – Robert William Cooke – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 8-5-1993
saxophonist: “Stan Kenton and His Orchestra”
12-06-1926 – Carroll Abbott – d. 7-6-1984
sportscaster in Kerrville, Texas
12-06-1934 – Vivienne Garrett – Iowa
writer: “Breast Stroke”
12-07-1879 – Rudolf Friml – Prague, Bohemia – d. 11-12-1972
operetta composer: “Railroad Hour”; “Chicago Theatre of the Air”
12-07-1888 – Heywood Broun – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-18-1939
theatre critic: “Author, Author”; “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
12-07-1892 – Fay Bainter – Los Angeles, CA, - d. 4-16-1968
actor: “Nobody’s Children”; “Cavalcade of America”
12-07-1901 – Jack Taylor – Summershade, KY – d. 8-4-1962
singer: (Prairie Ramblers) “Smile-a-While”
12-07-1904 – Bob Brown – NYC – d. 2-14-1988
announcer: “Vic and Sade”; “Quicksilver”; “This Amazing America”
12-07-1905 – Charles Magnante – d. 12-30-1986
accordionist: “Major Bowes Capitol Family”; “Singin’ Sam”; “Tony and Gus”
12-07-1905 – Leonard Goldenson – Scottsdale, PA – d. 12-27-1999
owner of the ABC network
12-07-1906 – Fred Stewart – Atlanta, GA – d. 12-5-1970
actor: “The Columbia Workshop”
12-07-1908 – Beatrice Churchill – d. 12-13-2006
actor: Betty Drake “Betty and Bob”
12-07-1909 – Arch Oboler – Chicago, IL – d. 3-19-1987
writer: ‘Lights Out”; “Adam and Eve skit on Bergen/McCarthy”
12-07-1910 – Charles Baltin – d. 11-9-1992
newscaster: WHOM Jersey City, New Jersey
12-07-1910 – Rod Cameron – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – d. 12-21-1983
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
12-07-1912 – Louis Prima – New Orleans,LA – d. 8-24-1978
jazz trumpeter: “You Can’t Have Everything”; “Songs by Sinatra”; “The Navy Swings”
12-07-1915 – Eli Wallach – Brooklyn, NY
actor: “Eternal Light”
12-07-1916 – Dorothea Brooking – Buckinghamshire, England – d. 3-23-1999
announcer for the BBC
12-07-1918 – Hurd Hatfield – NYC – d. 12-25-1998
actor: “Best Plays”; “Crime Does Not Pay”
12-07-1918 – Randy Atcher – d. 10-9-2002
disk jockey: “Old Kentucky Barn Dance”
12-07-1920 – Frances Gifford – Long Beach, CA – d. 1-22-1994
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-07-1922 – Don Maddox – Boaz, AL
“The Maddox Brothers and Rose”
12-07-1939 – Nomi Mitty – NYC – d. 8-24-1994
actor: “The Goldbergs”
12-08-1888 – Raymond Lawrence – Bedford Square, England – d. 3-28-1976
actor: “Escape”; “The Halls of Ivy”; “Pursuit”
12-08-1891 – Percy Crosby – Brooklyn, NY – d. 12-8-1964
“Skippy” a juvenile serial was based on Crosby’s comic strip
12-08-1892 – Dr. Jacob Tarshish – d. 12-23-1960
rabbi: “The Lamplighter”
12-08-1894 – Elzie Segar – d. 10-13-1938
writer: “Popeye the Sailor” based on his comic strip
12-08-1894 – James Thurber – Columbus, OH – d. 11-2-1961
writer: “This Is My Best”
12-08-1895 – Harold Arlin – d. 3-14-1986
first full time radio announcer in the world, KDKA, Pittsburgh, 1921
12-08-1898 – Francis Scott Basch – d. 9-11-1997
news commentator: WAAT Jersey City, New Jersey
12-08-1904 – George Stevens – Oakland, CA – d. 3-8-1975
film director: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-08-1906 – Richard Llewellyn – St. David’s, Wales – d. 11-30-1983
author: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “NBC University Theatre”
12-08-1907 – Frank Faylen – St. Louis, MO – d. 8-2-1985
actor: “Screen Guild Theatre”
12-08-1909 – Elaine Melchior – NYC – d. 10-22-2002
actor: Ardala Valmer “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”
12-08-1910 – Ruth Matteson – San Jose, CA – d. 2-5-1975
actor: Nicole Scott “Against the Storm”
12-08-1911 – Lee J. Cobb – NYC – d. 2-11-1976
actor: the tailgunner “Roosty of the AAF”; “Citizen of the World”; “Hollywood Startime”
12-08-1913 – Sarajane Wells – Owensboro, KY – d. 1-11-1987
actor: Betty Fairchild “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy”
12-08-1914 – Floyd Tillman – Ryan, OK – d. 8-22-2003
country singer: “Grand Ole Opry”; “Country Music Time”
12-08-1914 – Mary Patton – Duluth, MN – d. 11-8-1982
actor: Marie Martel “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”; Lila North “Fat Man”
12-08-1915 – Ernest Lehman – NYC – d. 7-5-2005
writer: “Forecast”
12-08-1916 – Richard Fleischer – Brooklyn, NY – d. 3-25-2006
film director: “The TM Radio Program”
12-08-1922 – Elkan Allan – London, England – d. 6-25-2006
writer: “Quiz Time”, “Quiz Team”
12-08-1928 – Jay “Jaybird” Drennan – d. 12-9-2006
country music disk jockey (Akron, Ohio)
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
12-08-1933 – Flip Wilson – Jersey City, NJ – d. 11-25-1998
comedian: “Voices of Vista”
12-08-1937 – James MacArthur – Los Angeles, CA
actor: “Theatre Guild of the Air”
12-09-1897 – Herb Lytton – d. 6-26-1981
actor: Bill Johnson “Gallant Heart”
12-09-1897 – Hermione Gingold – London, England – d. 5-24-1987
actor: “Stagestruck”
12-09-1902 – Brace Beemer – Mount Carmel, IL – d. 3-1-1965
actor: Lone Ranger “Lone Ranger”
12-09-1902 – Joe Quillan – d. 12-30-1983
writer: “The Eddie Cantor Show”; “Our Miss Brooks”
12-09-1902 – Margaret Hamilton – Cleveland, OH – d. 5-16-1985
actor: Aunt Effie “Couple Next Door”; “The Free Company”
12-09-1903 – Matty Malneck – Newark, NJ – d. 2-25-1981
bandleader: “Campana Serenade”; “Duffy’s Tavern”
12-09-1904 – Jerry Lesser – Cleveland, OH – d. unknown
actor: Dr. Benson “Life of Mary Sothern”; Brocco “Fight Camp”
12-09-1905 – Dalton Trumbo – Montrose, CO – d. 9-10-1976
writer: (member of infamous Hollywood Ten); “Arch Oboler’s Plays”
12-09-1906 – Freddy Martin – Cleveland, OH – d. 9-30-1983
bandleader: “Penthouse Serenade”; “Fitch Bandwagon”; “Jack Carson Show”
12-09-1906 – Ken Niles – Livingston, MT – d. 10-31-1988
announcer: “Hollywood Hotel”; “Rudy Vallee Show”; “A Date with Judy”
12-09-1909 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – NYC – d. 5-7-2000
actor: “Silent Men”; “This Is War”; “We Care”
12-09-1911 – Broderick Crawford – Philadelphia, PA – d. 4-26-1986
actor: “Hedda Hopper Show”; “Hallmark Playhouse”; Cavalcade of America”
12-09-1912 – Bartlett Robinson – NYC – d. 3-26-1986
actor: Walter Manning “Portia Faces Life”; Perry Mason “Perry Mason”
12-09-1912 – Philip Guest Adams – d. 1-3-1998
actor: “The Green Hornet”; “Gangbusters”
12-09-1914 – Frances Reid – Wichita Falls, TX – d. 2-3-2010
actor: “Theatre Guild On the Air”
12-09-1915 – Bob Emerick – Tacoma, WA – d. 6-1-1973
announcer: “Two Thousand Plus”; “Mr. Feathers”; “Special Agent”
12-09-1915 – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Jarotschin, Posen, Germany – d. 8-3-2006
singer: Austrian Radio
12-09-1916 – Kirk Douglas – Amsterdam, NY
actor: “Doris Day Show”; “Hollywood Byline”; “Screen Director’s Playhouse”
12-09-1918 – George Heinemann – d. 8-21-1996
creator: “Faces in the Window”
12-09-1919 – Gil Rodin – Russia – d. 6-17-1974
saxophone: “The Bob Crosby Show”
12-09-1925 – Patricia Wheel – NYC – d. 6-3-1986
actor: “Stroke of Fate”; “Crime and Peter Chambers”
12-09-1927 – Benny Green – Leeds, England – d. 6-22-1998
musician, conversationalist, writer: “”Stop the Week”; “Kaleidoscope”
12-09-1928 – Dick Van Patten – Richmond Hill, Queens, NY
actor: Wilfred Finnegan “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Let’s Pretend”; Jimmy Dugan “Reg’lar Fellers”
12-09-1932 – Bill Hartack – Ebensburg, PA – d. 11-26-2007
jockey: “Tops in Sports”
12-09-1934 – Dame Judi Dench – York, England
actor: Renaissance Theatre Company in association with BBC Radio Drama
12-09-1934 – Junior Wells – Memphis, TN – d. 1-15-1998
harmonica player: Muddy Waters Band
12-09-1940 – Samar Attar – Damascus, Syria
writer: “Australia Day”
12-10-1889 – Arthur Vinton – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-26-1963
actor: Killer Kane “Buck Rogers”; Commissioner Weston “The Shadow”
12-10-1889 – Ray Collins – Sacramento, CA – d. 7-11-1965
actor: Doc Will Hackett, “County Seat”; member of The Mercury Theatre
12-10-1893 – Lew Brown – Odessa, Russia – d. 2-5-1958
producer: “Music for Millions”
12-10-1903 – Una Merkel – Covington, KY – d. 1-2-1986
actor: Adeline Fairchild “Great Gildersleeve”; “Johnny Presents”; “Texaxo Star Theatre”
12-10-1906 – Harold Adamson – Greenville, NJ – d. 8-17-1980
song writer: “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood”
12-10-1907 – Rumer Godden – Eastbourne, England – d. 11-8-1998
novelist: “Woman’s Hour”
12-10-1908 – Bill Spargrove – Belle Plaine, IA – d. 9-xx-1984
announcer: “Hollywood Byline”
12-10-1910 – Abraham Polonsky – NYC – d. 12-26-1999
writer: “Mecury Theatre on the Air”
12-10-1911 – Chet Huntley – Cardwell, MT – d. 3-20-1974
newscaster, producer: “Chet Huntley and the News”
12-10-1913 – Jean Dickenson – Montreal, Canada – d. 1-26-2007
singer: (Nightingale of the Airwaves) “American Album of Familiar Music”
12-10-1913 – Morton Gould – Richmond Hill, NY – d. 2-21-1996
conductor: “Music for Today”; “Original Amateur Hour”; “Cresta Blanca Carnival”
12-10-1914 – Dorothy Lamour – New Orleans, LA – d. 9-22-1996
singer, actor: “Dorothy Lamour Show”; “Sealtest Variety Show”
12-10-1919 – Alexander Courage – Philadelphia, PA – d. 5-15-2008
music: “Broadway Is My Beat”; “Hollywood Soundstage”; “Romance”
12-10-1923 – Michael Gill – Winchester, England – d. 10-20-2005
producer: Joined BBC in 1954
12-10-1925 – Amaryllis Flemming – Chelsea, England – d. 7-27-1999
cellist: (Half sister to Ian Fleming) “Children’s Hour”
12-10-1925 – Jean Byron – Paducah, KY – d. 2-3-2006
singer on radio in her native Kentucky
12-10-1941 – Kyu Sakamoto – Kawasaki, Japan – d. 8-12-1985
singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
12-10-1960 – Kenneth Branagh – Belfast, North Ireland
actor: Renaissance Theatre Company in association with BBC Radio Drama
12-11-1882 – Fiorello La Guardia – NYC – d. 9-20-1947
NYC mayor: “Douglas Corrigan Parade”; “This Is New York”; “Reads the Funnies”
12-11-1883 – Victor McLaglen – Tunbridge Wells, England – d. 11-7-1959
actor: Captain Flagg “Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt”; Mountie Eric Lewis “Red Trails”
12-11-1894 – Eddie Dowling – Woonsocket, RI – d. 2-18-1976
host: “We, the People”; “Ziegfeld Follies of the Air”
12-11-1898 – Shoji Taro – Akita, Japan – d. 10-4-1972
enka singer: “Kohaku Uta Gassen”
12-11-1905 – Pare Lorentz – Clarksburg, WV – d. 3-4-1992
writer: “Columbia Workshop”
12-11-1908 – Sally Eilers – NYC – d. 1-5-1978
actor: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
12-11-1910 – Samuel Kurtzman – d. 1-14-1998
writer: “The Bob Hope Show”
12-11-1911 – Beecher Pete Kirby – Sevierville, TN – d. 10-17-2002
dobro, guitar, banjo player: (Member Smokey Mountain Boys) “Grand Ole Opry”
12-11-1911 – Sam Levenson – NYC – d. 8-27-1980
humorist: “Arthur Godfrey Show”; “City Club Forum”
12-11-1914 – Marie Windsor – Marysville, UT – d. 12-10-2000
actor: “Escape”; “Suspense”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-11-1915 – Dolly Good – Mt. Carmel, IL – d. 11-12-1967
singer: (Girls of the Golden West) “National Barn Dance”
12-11-1920 – Eddie Firestone, Jr. – San Francisco, CA – d. 3-1-2007
actor: Joey Brewster “That Brewster Boy”; William Herbert Murray “One Man’s Family”
12-11-1922 – Robert Arden – London, England – d. 3-25-2004
actor: “America Looks Abroad”
12-11-1923 – Betsy Blair – Cliffside, NJ – d. 3-13-2009
actor: “Favorite Story”; “Meet Me in St. Louis”
12-11-1924 – Felix “Doc” Blanchard – Bishopville, SC – d. 4-18-2009
football great: “Heisman Trophy Award”
12-11-1926 – Dick Tufeld – Los Angeles, CA
announcer: “The Amazing Mr. Malone”; “Space Patrol”
12-11-1943 – Christine Lyons – Detroit, MI
free-lance radio reporter: “Update, Where Are They Now?”
12-11-1947 – Charles Palliser – Holyoke, MA
author: “The Journal of Simon Owen”
12-12-1886 – Violet Kemble Cooper – London, England – d. 8-16-1961
actor: “School for Scandal”
12-12-1893 – Edward G. Robinson – Bucharest, Romania – d. 1-26-1973
actor: Steve Wilson “Big Town”
12-12-1898 – Noreen Gammill – Missouri – d. 12-21-1988
actor: Sister Dinwiddie “Bill Goodwin Show”; Cathy “Opie Cates Show”
12-12-1902 – Helen Menken – NYC – d. 3-27-1966
actor: Brenda Cummings “Second Husband”
12-12-1904 – Pete Pumiglio – d. 10-20-1996
musician: “The Ipana Troubadors”
12-12-1907 – Allen Massey – Midland, TX – d. 3-3-1983
singer: (Louise Massey and the Westerners) “National Barn Dance”; “Show Boat”
12-12-1907 – Jean Anderson – Eastbourne, England – d. 4-1-2001
actor: “Front Line Family (The Robinsons)”
12-12-1908 – Hank Ladd – Chicago, IL – d. 6-9-1982
actor: Beetle “Phil Baker Show”
12-12-1908 – Victor Babin – Moscow, Russia – d. 3-1-1972
concert pianist with a career in radio
12-12-1909 – Karen Morley – Ottumwa, IA – d. 3-8-2003
blacklisted actor: “War Town”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-12-1909 – Louis G. Cowan – Chicago, IL – d. 11-18-1976
producer: “The Quiz Kids”; “Murder at Midnight”
12-12-1910 – Mary Lou Cook – NYC
singer: (The Merry Macs) “Bing Crosby Show”; “New Old Gold Show”
12-12-1910 – Morris Mamorsky – d. 3-12-2003
composer, musical director: “The Eternal Light”; “Wanted”; “Words at War”
12-12-1911 – Jules Dassin – Middletown, CT – d. 3-31-2008
writer: “Kate Smith”; Yiddish Theatre
12-12-1913 – Hal Dickinson – Buffalo, NY – d. 11-18-1970
organized Modernaires: “Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra”
12-12-1913 – Winston Burdette – Buffalo, NY – d. 5-19-1993
newscaster: (protege of Edward R. Murrow) “CBS World News Round Up”
12-12-1914 – Buzzy Bavasi – NYC – d. 5-1-2008
baseball executive: “Monitor”; “Top In Sports”
12-12-1915 – Bea Fontane – New Milford, NJ – d. 3-25-2002
singer: (The Fontane Sisters) “Chesterfield Supper Club”
12-12-1915 – Frank Sinatra – Hoboken, NJ – d. 5-14-1998
singer, actor: (The Voice), “Your Hit Parade”; “Frank Sinatra Show”; Rocky Fortune “Rocky Fortune”
12-12-1916 – Acrivy Fukuzawa – Constantinople, Turkey
opera singer: “Radio Paris”; “Radio Strassbourg”
12-12-1917 – Richard Martin – Spokane, WA – d. 9-4-1994
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-12-1918 – Joe Williams – Codele, GA – d. 3-29-1999
blues singer: “Count Basie and His Orchestra”; “Stars for Defense”
12-12-1919 – Seymour Korman – d. 8-2-1993
newsman for Mutual
12-12-1923 – Bob Barker – Darrington, WA
disc jockey: “Bob Barker Show”
12-12-1929 – John Osborne – London, England – d. 12-24-1994
dramatist: “Danger”
12-12-1938 – Connie Francis – Newark, NJ
singer: “Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour”
12-12-1950 – Louis Nowra – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “Albert Names Edward”
12-12-1950 – Louis Nowra – Melbourne, Australia
writer: “Albert Names Edward”
12-12-1950 – Stephanie McCarthy – Mildura, Australia
writer: “Out of Mind”
12-13-1887 – Alvin York – Pall Mall, TN – d. 12-2-1964
world war I hero: “We the People”; “What Are We Fighting For?”
12-13-1890 – Marc Connelly – McKeesport, PA – d. 12-21-1980
writer: “Free Company”; “Security Workshop”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-13-1894 – Olin Landick – d. 3-26-1972
actor: Cassandra Drinkwater “Cousin Cassie”
12-13-1897 – Drew Pearson – Evanston, IL – d. 9-1-1969
investigative reporter: “Listen America”; “Drew Pearson Comments”
12-13-1901 – Jay Jostyn – Milwaukee, WI – d. 6-25-1976
actor: Max Tilley “Life of Mary Sothern”; Mr, District Attorney “Mr. District Attorney”
12-13-1904 – George Baxter – Paris, France – d. 9-10-1976
announcer: “Grand Central Station”; “The Career of Alice Blair”
12-13-1906 – H. C. Danby – Hull England – d. 9-xx-1975
author: “Remember It All”
12-13-1910 – Lillian Roth – Boston, MA – d. 5-12-1980
singer, speaker: “Pleasant Sunday Afternoon”
12-13-1910 – Van Heflin – Walter, OK – d. 7-23-1971
actor: Bob Drake “Betty and Bob”; “Philip Marlowe “Advs. of Philip Marlowe”
12-13-1912 – Herb Sheldon – Connecticut – d. 10-27-1964
announcer, host: “Honeymoon in New York”; “Luncheon at the Latin Quarter”
12-13-1913 – Archie Moore – Benoit, MS – d. 12-9-1998
light heavyweight boxing champion: “Tops in Sports”
12-13-1913 – Jimmy Carroll – NYC – d. 3-19-1972
singer: “Pot O’ Gold”
12-13-1914 – Larry Parks – Olathe, KS – d. 4-13-1975
actor: “Kraft Music Hall”; “Faith for Tomorrow”; “Guest Star”
12-13-1914 – Tiger Haynes – Fredriksted, St. Croix – d. 2-5-1994
guitarist: (The Three Flames) “Scout About Town”; “Peter Donald Show”
12-13-1915 – Mark Stevens – Cleveland, OH – d. 9-15-1994
actor: “This Is Hollywood”; “Cavalcade of America”; “Suspense”
12-13-1917 – David Street – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-3-1971
actor, singer: “Music Depreciation”
12-13-1917 – Wesley Tuttle – Lamar, CO – d. 9-29-2003
country singer: “Wesley Tuttle and His Coon Hunters”
12-13-1920 – Don Taylor – Freeport, PA – d. 12-29-1998
actor: “Indiana School of the Sky”; “Family Theatre”; “Hollywood Star Preview”
12-13-1925 – Dick Van Dyke – West Plains, MO
host: “Flair”
12-13-1925 – Elleen Nilsson – Wichita Falls, KS
singer: (Nilsson Twins) “Furlough Fun”
12-13-1925 – Elsa Nilsson – Wichita Falls, KS
singer: (Nilsson Twins) “Furlough Fun”
12-13-1926 – Carl Erskine – Anderson, IN
baseball pitcher: “Baseball: An Action History”; “Dr. Norman Vincent Peale”
12-13-1939 – Moe Keale – Niihau, HI – d. 4-15-2002
local disc jockey
12-14-1884 – Jane Cowl – Boston, MA – d. 6-22-1950
actor: “Great Plays”; “Brownstone Theatre”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-14-1893 – Carl Brisson – Copenhagen, Denmark – d. 9-26-1958
singer, actor: “A Voice In the Night”
12-14-1894 – Theo Goetz – d. 12-29-1972
actor: Papa Bauer “The Guiding Light”
12-14-1898 – Lillian Randolph – Louisville, KY – d. 9-12-1980
actor: Birdie Lee Coggins “Great Gildersleeve”; Sapphire’s Mama “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
12-14-1899 – DeFord Bailey – Smith County, TN – d. 7-2-1982
harmonica soloist: “WSM’s Barn Dance”; “Grand Ole Opry”
12-14-1899 – James Kelly – NYC – d. 5-13-1961
actor: Mike Clancy “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons”
12-14-1903 – Harry Birrell – d. 6-6-1995
disk jockey: WBVP Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
12-14-1909 – “Symphony Sid” Torin – NYC – d. 9-21-1984
disk jockey specializing in jazz. Worked for several New York stations
12-14-1910 – Erskine Johnson – Racine, WI – d. 6-14-1984
columnist: “Hollywood News”; “Let’s Talk Hollywood”
12-14-1911 – Spike Jones – Long Beach, CA – d. 5-1-1965
bandleader: “Bob Burns, The Arkansas Traveler”; “Spike Jones Show”
12-14-1912 – Gurney Bell – Los Angeles, CA – d. 9-26-1976
singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) “Jack Benny Program”
12-14-1912 – Morey Amsterdam – Chicago, IL – d. 10-29-1996
comedian: “Morey Amsterdan Show”
12-14-1915 – Dan Dailey – NYC – d. 10-16-1978
singer, actor: “King’s Men”; “Philip Morris Playhouse”
12-14-1915 – Jerry Daniels – d. 11-7-1995
singer: (Member of the Ink Spots) “The Four Ink Spots”; “Let’s Go Nightclubbing”
12-14-1919 – Shirley Jackson – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-8-1965
writer: “NBC Presents: Short Story”
12-14-1922 – Don Hewitt – NYC – d. 8-19-2009
producer: “Further Details with Robert Trout”
12-14-1927 – Richard Cassilly – Washington, D. C. – d. 1-30-1998
tenor: “Metropolitan Opera”
12-14-1932 – George Furth – Chicago, IL – d. 8-11-2008
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-14-1934 – Johnny Moore – d. 12-30-1998
lead singer: (Member of The Drifters) “Camel Rock and Roll Party”
12-14-1939 – John Baxter – Sydney, Australia
script writer: “Revolution 24 Times a Second”; “Kaleidoscope”
12-14-1944 – Bill Garner – Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
writer: “Locked Room”
12-14-1947 – Patty Duke – Elmhurst, NY
actor: “Zero Hour”
12-15-1873 – Harry Humphrey – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-1-1947
actor: Old Ranger “Death Valley Days”; Horace “Ma and Pa”
12-15-1883 – Marion S. Barney – San Francisco, CA – d. 4-xx-1968
actor: “Red Davis”; “Gangbusters”; “We, The People”
12-15-1888 – Maxwell Anderson – Atlantic, PA – d. 2-28-1959
writer: “Free Company”; “Keep ‘Em Rolling”; “O’Neill Cycle”
12-15-1891 – A. P. Carter – Poor Valley, VA – d. 11-7-1960
singer: (Carter Family) “Grand Ole Opry”
12-15-1896 – Betty Smith – NYC – d. 1-17-1972
author: “Studio One”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
12-15-1901 – Gail Bonney – Columbus, OH – d. 12-7-1984
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Joan Davis Time”; “NBC University Theatre”
12-15-1904 – George Lessner – d. 5-12-1997
composer: “The Nightingale and the Rose”
12-15-1907 – Bob Hawk – Creston, IA – d. 7-4-1989
quizmaster: “Take It or Leave It”; “Thanks to the Yanks”; “Bob Hawk Show”
12-15-1914 – Bob Tallman – Colorado – d. 9-10-1995
writer: “Voyage of the Scarlet Queen”, “Cavalcade of America”
12-15-1915 – Margaret Hayes – Baltimore, MD – d. 1-26-1977
actor: “Silver Theatre”
12-15-1916 – Buddy Cole – Irving, IL – d. 11-5-1964
musician: (Buddy Cole Trio) “Ginny Simms Show”; “Hollywood Showcase”
12-15-1916 – Richard Powell – Cincinnati, OH – d. 10-20-1996
script writer: “Topper”; “Dick Powell Show”
12-15-1917 – Raymond Morgan – Utah – d. 1-18-1975
announcer: “Chandu, the Magician”; “Murder at Midnight”
12-15-1918 – Jeff Chandler – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-17-1961
actor: Michael Shayne, “Michael Shayne, Detective”; Philip Boynton, “Our Miss Brooks”
12-15-1924 – Dorothy Gregory – d. 2-28-1942
actor: Jill Jones “Kitty Keene, Incorporated”; “Scattergood Baines”
12-15-1925 – Alfred Bradley – London, England – d. 4-1-1991
read and selected scripts for the BBC
12-16-1889 – Kurt Kupfer – d. 3-20-1974
actor: the kindly Joseph Steinbloch “Romance of Helen Trent”
12-16-1890 – Jane Morgan – North Platte, NE – d. 1-1-1972
actor: Mary Lane “Aunt Mary”; Mrs. Margaret Davis “Our Miss Brooks”
12-16-1892 – Cameron Prud’homme – Auburn, CA – d. 11-27-1967
actor: Governor Bradley “Little Herman”; David Harum “David Harum”
12-16-1895 – Andy Razaf – Washington, D. C. – d. 2-3-1973
lyricist: “Music for Millions”
12-16-1898 – Lud Gluskin – NYC – d. 10-13-1989
conductor: “Hollywood Showcase”; “Amos ‘n’ Andy”; “Advs. of Sam Spade”
12-16-1899 – Noel Coward – Teddington, Middlesex, England – d. 3-26-1973
actor, playwright: “Stagestruck”
12-16-1900 – Jesse Block – NYC – d. 3-22-1983
comedian: appeared with wife Eve Sully on radio
12-16-1907 – Albert Gore, Sr. – Granville, TN – d. 12-5-1998
u.s. senator tennessee: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
12-16-1911 – Howard Reilly – d. 11-28-1991
producer: “The Fred Allen Show”
12-16-1912 – “Kokomo” Crocker – Tennessee – d. 11-xx-1972
accordian: “The Swift Jewel Cowboys”
12-16-1913 – Verlye Mills – St. John, KS – d. 10-2-1983
harpist: “The Hour of Charm”; “Your Hit Parade”
12-16-1917 – Arthur C. Clarke – Minehead, England – d. 3-19-2008
science fiction writer: “The Long John Nebel Show”
12-16-1918 – Murray Kempton – Baltimore, MD – d. 5-5-1997
commentator: “Spectrum”
12-16-1918 – Paul Talbot – d. 7-6-2005
actor: “It Happened to Me”; “Let’s Playwright”
12-16-1921 – Grace Keagy – Youngstown, OH – d. 10-4-2009
actor: “A Private Space”
12-16-1946 – Robert Urich – Toronto, OH – d. 4-16-2002
salesman: WGN Chicago, Illinois
12-17-1892 – T. Frederick Candlyn – England – d. 12-16-1964
pianist: WGY Schenectady, New York
12-17-1895 – Rudolph Anders – Germany – d. 3-27-1987
actor: Dr. VanMeter “Space Patrol”
12-17-1896 – Arthur Fiedler – South Boston, MA – d. 7-10-1979
conductor: “Robert Merrill with the Boston Pops Orchestra”; “Boston Pops”
12-17-1900 – Katina Paxinou – Piraeus, Greece – d. 2-22-1973
actor: “Suspense”; “Hallmark Playhouse”
12-17-1900 – Norman Cloutier – Hartford, CT – d. 9-7-1962
orchestra leader: “Cloutier Calling”; “Cosmopolitan Melodies”
12-17-1902 – House Jameson – Austin, TX – d. 4-23-1971
actor: Sam Aldrich “Aldrich Family”; Inspector Douglas Renfrew “Renfrew of the Mounted”
12-17-1903 – Erskine Caldwell – Morland, GA – d. 4-11-1987
playwright: “Information, Please”; “Short Story”
12-17-1905 – Stella Unger – NYC – d. 2-15-1970
commentator: “Hecker’s Information Bureau”; “Your Hollywood News Girl”
12-17-1906 – Martin Skiles – d. 5-1-1981
music: “Mr. Aladdin”
12-17-1907 – Frank Gill – d. 7-11-1970
writer, comedian: “Joe E. Brown’s Post Toasties Show”
12-17-1909 – Murray Brody – d. 6-16-2004
producer: KOH Reno, Nevada
12-17-1909 – Odile Pope – Mobile, AL – d. 5-1-2009
singer: (Pope Sisters) NBC Radio
12-17-1910 – Spade Cooley – Oklahoma Territory – d. 11-23-1969
western singer: (Rider’s of the Purple Sage) “Spade Cooley Show”
12-17-1911 – Jennie Land – St. Louis, MO
singer: “Dramas of Youth”; “Musical Grocery Store”
12-17-1911 – Richard Sale – NYC – d. 3-4-1993
screenwriter: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-17-1913 – Herbert Nelson – Stillwater, MN – d. 7-19-1990
actor: Ralph Fraser “Dan Harding’s Wife”; George Lawlor “Romance of Helen Trent”
12-17-1919 – Edward “Shrimp” Wragge – NYC – d. 12-22-1992
actor: “Gold Spot Pal”
12-17-1926 – Patricia Brooks – Chicago, IL
announcer, scriptwriter: “Weekly Women’s Magazine”
12-17-1927 – Richard Long – Chicago, IL – d. 12-21-1974
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Proudly We Hail”
12-17-1928 – Julia Meade – Boston, MA
actor: ‘Your Hit Parade”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-17-1929 – William Safire – NYC – 9-27-2009
producer: “Tex McCrary Show”
12-17-1930 – Bill Beutel – Cleveland, OH – d. 3-18-2006
news reporter: “New York 1960”
12-17-1943 – Christopher Cazenove – Winchester, England – d. 4-7-2010
actor: “My Fate Cries Out”
12-18-1864 – S. Parkes Cadman – Wellington, Shropshire, England – d. 7-12-1936
preacher: “National Radio Pulpit”
12-18-1885 – J. Anthony Smythe – San Francisco, CA – d. 3-20-1966
actor: “Carefree Carnival”; Henry Barbour “One Man’s Family”
12-18-1886 – Ty Cobb – Narrows, GA – d. 7-17-1961
baseball great: “Coca Cola Top Notchers”; “Baseball: An Action History”
12-18-1888 – Gladys Cooper – Lewisham, England – d. 11-17-1971
actor: “Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour”
12-18-1890 – Edwin H. Armstrong – NYC – d. 1-31-1954
inventor: FM radio
12-18-1891 – Edward Reese – Baltimore, MD
actor: Spencer Dean “Eno Crime Clues”; “Just Plain Bill”
12-18-1895 – Harry Kogen – Chicago, IL – d. 12-15-1985
violinist: “The Bobby Doyle Show”; “The Breakfast Club”
12-18-1897 – Fletcher Henderson – Cuthbert, GA – d. 12-29-1952
jazz orchestra leader: “Jubilee”; “Magic Carpet”
12-18-1904 – Montana Slim – Guysborough, Novia Scotia – d. 12-5-1996
singer: Had his own show on CBS
12-18-1908 – Celia Johnson – Ellerker Gate, Richmond, England – d. 4-26-1982
actor: “Desert Island Disks”; Read poetry and short stories during WWII
12-18-1909 – George Fisher – d. 12-9-1987
hollywood reporter: “Hollywood Whispers”; “Hollywood Gossip”
12-18-1910 – Abe Burrows – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-17-1985
writer: “Abe Burrows Show”; “Danny Kaye Show”; “Duffy’s Tavern”
12-18-1911 – Jerry Lawrence – Rochester, NY – d. 9-24-2005
host, announcer: “laugh ‘N’ Swing Club”; “Tom Power’s Life Stories”
12-18-1913 – Alfred Bester – NYC – d. 9-30-1987
writer: “Charlie Chan”; “Nick Carter, Master Detective”; “The Shadow”
12-18-1913 – Lynn Bari – Roanoke, VA – d. 11-20-1989
actor: “Dan Carson”
12-18-1915 – Bill Zuckert – NYC – d. 1-23-1997
actor: Detective. Lieutenant. Parker “Crime and Peter Chambers”
12-18-1916 – Betty Grable – St. Louis, MO – d. 7-2-1973
actor: “Hollywood Showcase”; “Screen Guild Theatre”; “So You Want to Lead a Band”
12-18-1916 – Bill McCord – Colville, WA – d. 1-17-2004
announcer: “The Circle Arrow Show”; “Easy Money”
12-18-1917 – Ossie Davis – Cogdell, GA – d. 2-4-2005
actor: “Cavalcade of America”; “Story Hour”
12-18-1918 – Danny Simon – The Bronx, NY – d. 7-26-2005
writer: (Brother of Neil) “The Milton Berle Show”
12-18-1918 – Hal Kanter – Savannah, GA
writer: “The Beulah Show”
12-18-1919 – Ralph Levy – Phildelphia, PA – d. 10-15-2001
director: “Burns and Allen”
12-18-1921 – Chili Williams – Minneapolis, MN – d. 10-17-2003
actor: “Mail Call”; “Truth or Consequences”
12-18-1922 – Bob Dunnavant – Decatur, AL – d. 4-5-2008
co-founder of the Athens Broadcasting Company
12-18-1938 – Chas Chandler – Heaton, Newcastle, England – d. 7-17-1996
rock musician: (The Animals) “Saturday Club”
12-19-1882 – Bronislaw Huberman – Czestochowa, Poland – d. 6-17-1947
violinist: “A Tribute to . . . .”
12-19-1888 – Fritz Reiner – Budapest, Hungary – d. 11-15-1963
conductor: “Curtis Institute Musicale”; “Ford Sunday Evening Hour”
12-19-1888 – Mabel Brownell – Cincinnati, OH – d. 1-26-1972
actor: “Polly witha Past”
12-19-1894 – Ford Frick – Wawaka, IN – d. 4-8-1978
baseball comissioner: “Baseball: An Action History”; “Play Ball”; “Tribute to Babe Ruth”
12-19-1894 – Tess Gardella – Wilkes-Barre, PA – d. 1-3-1950
actor: Aunt Jemina “Aunt Jemina”
12-19-1900 – George T. Bird – Fayette, OH – d. 2-10-1979
trumpeter, arranger: Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
12-19-1902 – Mary Michael – Denver, CO – d. 11-6-1980
actor: Ma Fogart “Big Sister”; Mrs. Kelly “Stepmother”
12-19-1902 – Ralph Richardson – Cheltenham, England – d. 10-10-1983
actor: Doctor John H. Watson, “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
12-19-1907 – Ray Noble – Brighton, England – d. 4-3-1978
bandleader: “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”; “Chase & Sanborn Hour”
12-19-1908 – Bill Carlisle – Wakefield, KY – d. 3-17-2003
performer: “Grand Ole Opry”
12-19-1908 – Paul Luther – Aylesburg, Canada – d. 11-xx-1978
actor, announcer: “The Man Behind the Gun”; “Inside Story”
12-19-1909 – Ed Auxer – d. 8-21-2004
disk jockey: WSBT South Bend, Indiana
12-19-1910 – Thelma Bernstein – NYC – d. 5-27-2006
singer: (Wife of Harry Einstein) Sang on radio
12-19-1911 – Clark Dennis – Roscommon, MI – d. 11-15-1992
singer: “Breakfast Club”; “Fibber McGee and Molly”; “Chesterfield Presents”
12-19-1912 – Frank Holliday – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-3-1948
singer: (The Rockaway Four) “The Gay Nineties Revue”
12-19-1915 – Edith Piaf – Paris, France – d. 10-11-1963
singer: “The Big Show”
12-19-1916 – Owen Babbe – Council Bluffs, IA – d. 6-25-1996
announcer: “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
12-19-1919 – Benedict Freedman – NYC
writer: “The Red Skelton Show”
12-19-1919 – Lewis Greifer – London, England – d. 3-18-2003
writer of comedy sketches: “Take It from Here”; “The Goon Show”
12-19-1923 – Gordon Jackson – Glasgow, Scotland – d. 1-15-1990
Freelance actor for the BBC
12-19-1924 – Rex Barney – Omaha, NE – d. 8-11-1997
baseball color man: “Game of the Day”
12-19-1925 – Lillian Clark – Scranton, PA – d. 8-20-1996
singer: (Clark Sisters) “Jack Smith Show”; “Spotlight Revue”
12-19-1933 – Cicely Tyson – NYC
host: “Sears Radio Theatre”; Thursday, Love and Hate Night
12-20-1889 – Ernest LaPrade – Memphis, TN – d. 4-20-1969
conductor: “Collier’s Hour”; “Orchestra of the Nation”
12-20-1897 – Felix Holt – Calloway County, KY – d. 6-2-1954
writer: “Challenge of the Yukon”; “Cimarron Tavern”; “The One Ranger”
12-20-1898 – Irene Dunne – Louisville, KY – d. 9-4-1990
actor: Susan Armstrong “Bright Star”; “Family Theatre”; “Hallmark Hall of Fame”
12-20-1900 – Ted Fio Rito – Newark, NJ – d. 7-22-1971
bandleader: “Presenting Al Jolson”; “Wonder Show”; “Jack Haley Show”
12-20-1902 – Max Lerner – Ivenitz, Minsk, Russia – d. 6-5-1992
editorial director, commentator: “PM”
12-20-1905 – Albert Dekker – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-5-1968
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-20-1906 – Marion Talley – Nevada, MO – d. 1-3-1983
singer: “Ry-Krisp Presents Marion Talley”
12-20-1907 – Al Rinker – Tekoa, WA – d. 6-11-1982
singer (member of The Rhythm Boys) “Paul Whiteman Presents”
12-20-1912 – Ken Lane – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-22-1996
singer: (Ken Lane Singers) “Frank Sinatra Show”; “Carnation Contented Hour”
12-20-1914 – Patti Pickens – Macon, GA – d. 11-16-1995
singer: (Pickens Sisters) “The Pickens Sisters”; “The Magic Key”
12-20-1918 – Audrey Totter – Joliet, IL
actor: Millie Bronson “Meet Millie”; Bonnie “Bright Horizon”
12-20-1919 – Everett Greenbaum – Buffalo, NY – d. 7-11-1999
writer: “Greenbaum’s Gallery”
12-20-1920 – Dennis Morgan – Prentice, WI – d. 9-7-1994
actor, singer: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “U.S. Steel Hour”; “Screen Guild Theatre”
12-20-1923 – Charita Bauer – Newark, NJ – d. 2-28-1985
actor: Mary Aldrich, “Aldrich Family”; Bert Bauer, “The Guiding Light”
12-20-1928 – Donald Adams – Bristol, England – d. 4-8-1996
opera singer: BBC Repertory Company
12-20-1931 – Mala Powers – San Francisco, CA – d. 6-11-2007
actor: “Stars Over Hollywood”
12-20-1952 – Jenny Agutter – Tounton, Somerset, England
actor: Alex Price “An American Werewolf in London”
12-21-1872 – Albert Payson Terhune – Newark, NJ – d. 2-18-1942
dog expert: “Dog Dramas”
12-21-1902 – Bob Strong – Kansas City, MO – d. 3-xx-1976
orchestra leader: “Avalon Time”; “Uncle Walter’s Doghouse”
12-21-1908 – Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver – Los Angeles, CA – d. 3-15-2002
producer: “Fred Allen Show”
12-21-1910 – Mary Orr – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-22-2006
author: “Radio City Playhouse”; “Theatre Guild On the Air”
12-21-1911 – Grant Richards – Raleigh, NC – d. 7-4-1963
actor: Charles Dobbs “This Is Nora Drake”; Hal Thomas “Against the Storm”
12-21-1913 – Louise King – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 8-14-1997
singer (The King Sisters) “Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers”; “Al Pearce and His Gang”
12-21-1915 – Werner Von Trapp – Zell am See, Austria – d. 10-11-2007
singer: (Trapp Family Singers) “Christmas Seal Sale”
12-21-1916 – St. John Terrell – Chicago, IL – d. 10-9-1998
actor: Jack Armstrong “Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy”
12-21-1917 – Rolly Bester – NYC – d. 1-12-1984
actor: “Tales of Tomorrow”
12-21-1917 – Rolly Bester – NYC – d. 1-12-1984
actor: “Tales of Tomorrow”
12-21-1922 – Paul Winchell – NYC – d. 6-24-2005
ventriloquist: “Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show”
12-21-1928 – Bryce Bond – Plainfield, NJ
actor: “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-21-1928 – Ed Nelson – New Orleans, LA
actor: “Hollywood Theatre”
12-21-1928 – Ross Barbour – Columbus, IN
singer: (The Four Freshman) “Four Freshman”; “Here’s to Veterans”
12-21-1936 – Peter Tinniswood – Manchester, England – d. 1-9-2003
comedy writer: “Tales from the Long Room”
12-21-1946 – Carl Wilson – Hawthorne, CA – d. 2-7-1998
singer: (Beach Boys) “Here’s to Veterans”
12-22-1862 – Connie Mack – East Brookfield, MA – d. 2-8-1956
baseball manager: “The Shell Show”; “A Tribute to Lou Gehrig”
12-22-1885 – Deems Taylor – NYC – d. 7-3-1966
commentator: “Deems Taylor Music Series”; “Prudential Family Hour”; “RCA Victor Show”
12-22-1889 – Anthony Caruso – Italy – d. 7-29-1973
composer, clarinetist: WCAU and WIP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12-22-1891 – Mc Kay Morris – Fort Sam Houston, TX – d. 10-3-1955
actor: Abe Lincoln “The Abe Lincoln Story”; Gregory Ivanoff “Ma Perkins”
12-22-1901 – Andre Kostelanetz – St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 1-13-1980
conductor: “Chesterfield Hour”; “Light Up Time”; “Pause That Refreshes”
12-22-1905 – Martha Bohlsen – Nebraska – d. 3-9-1984
cooking show host: “Kitchen Club”
12-22-1907 – Peggy Ashcroft – London, England – d. 6-14-1991
actor: BBC “Queen Victoria”
12-22-1908 – Elsa Buchanan – London, England – d. 1-17-2004
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-22-1909 – Patricia Hayes – London, England – d. 9-19-1998
actor: Henry Bones, boy detective “Children’s Hour”
12-22-1909 – Robert Barr – Glasbow, Scotland – d. 1-30-1999
radio writer: “To Tell You the Truth”
12-22-1911 – Bob Guilbert – Wisconsin – d. 10-19-1990
actor: Don Winslow “Don Winslow of the Navy”
12-22-1911 – Milton E. Drentz – d. 1-8-2000
seminary producer: “The Eternal Light”
12-22-1912 – Lady Bird Johnson – Karnack, TX – d. 7-11-2007
first lady: owner of radio station KTBC Austin, Texas
12-22-1912 – Myron Barg – d. 1-11-1994
disk jockey: WJBC Bloomington, Indiana
12-22-1913 – Dudley Brooks – Los Angles, CA – d. 7-17-1989
soloist: “On Target”
12-22-1916 – David P. Kogan – d. 8-6-2009
co-writer, producer, director: “Mysterious Traveler”
12-22-1917 – Gene Rayburn – Christopher, IL – d. 11-29-1999
announcer, comedian: “Rayburn and Finch”
12-22-1918 – Frankie Darro – Chicago, IL – d. 12-25-1976
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-22-1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins – Huntingdon, WV – d. 3-5-1963
singer: “Country Style U.S.A.”; “Country Music Time”
12-22-1933 – Ralph Titus – Winfield, KS
one of educational broadcasters responsible for creation of “All Things Considered”
12-22-1936 – Hector Elizondo – New York, NY
actor: “We Hold These Truths”
12-22-1944 – Meg Roberts – Adelaide, South Australia
writer: “Frog’s Paradise”
12-22-1947 – Brian Daley – Rockleigh, NJ – d. 2-18-1996
writer: “Star Wars”; “Empire Strikes Back”; “Return of the Jedi”
12-22-1948 – Noel Edmonds – Ilford, England
presenter: Weekday Breakfast Slot replacing Tony Blackburn
12-22-1950 – Nick Enright – Maitland, Australia – d. 3-30-2003
writer: “Watching Over Israel”
12-23-1873 – Burns Mantle – Watertown, NY – d. 2-9-1948
writer: “Best Plays” based on Mantle’s theatrical yearbook
12-23-1887 – John Cromwell – d. 9-26-1979
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-23-1893 – Anne O’Neal – St. Louis, MO – d. 11-24-1971
actor: Cynthia Veryberry “Grapevine Rancho”
12-23-1903 – Helen Troy – San Francisco, CA – d. 11-1-1942
actor: Sally “Cecil and Sally”
12-23-1903 – Milton Alfred – d. 9-11-1968
sportscaster: WICA Ashtabula, Ohio
12-23-1907 – Don McNeill – Galena, IL – d. 5-7-1996
host: “Breakfast Club”
12-23-1909 – Maurice Denham – Beckenham, England – d. 7-24-2002
actor: “Return of Sherlock Holmes”
12-23-1911 – James Gregory – The Bronx, NY – d. 9-16-2002
actor: Captain Vincent Cronin “21st Precinct”
12-23-1913 – Anton M. Leader – Boston, MA – d. 7-1-1988
director: “Eternal Light”; “Murder at Midnight”; “Suspense”; “Words at War”
12-23-1922 – Jack Lloyd – Duisburg, Germany – d. 5-21-1976
actor: “Armstrong Theatre of Today”; “The Joan Davis Show”
12-23-1922 – Ruth Roman – Boston, MA – d. 9-9-1999
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”; “Hollywood Sound Stage”
12-23-1922 – Scott Vincent – d. 5-31-1979
announcer: “The Jimmy Dean Show”
12-23-1923 – Ray Kemper – Lankershim, CA
sound effects: “Gunsmoke”; “Voyage of the Scarlet Queen”; “Fort Laramie”
12-23-1924 – Floyd Kalber – Omaha, NE – d. 5-13-2004
news correspondent: NBC; News Anchor for WMAQ and WLS in Chicago
12-23-1931 – Kenneth Methold – Sussex, England
writer: “Sweet Singing the Choir”; “All Suspect”
12-23-1939 – Antonio Damarko – Chilie
writer: “Funny Tragedies”
12-23-1943 – Harry Shearer – Los Angeles, CA
actor: Member of the Beavers “Jack Benny Program”
12-24-1881 – Charles Wakefield Cadman – Johnston, PA – d. 12-30-1946
Composed “At Dawning,” used as theme for “The Brighter Day.”
12-24-1886 – Michael Curtiz – Budapest, Hungary – d. 4-10-1962
film director: “Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre”; Screen Director’s Playhouse”
12-24-1887 – Lucrezia Bori – Valencia, Spain – d. 5-14-1960
opera singer: “Telephone Hour”; “Ford Sunday Evening Hour”
12-24-1893 – Harry Warren – NYC – d. 9-22-1981
composer: “Good News of 1940”; “Great Moments to Music”
12-24-1895 – Ruth Chatterton – NYC – d. 11-24-1961
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-24-1901 – Nola Luxford – New Zealand – d. 10-10-1994
broadcast journalist: “1932 Olympic Games”
12-24-1906 – Chuck Webster – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 2-14-1983
actor: “The Green Hornet”; “The Lone Ranger”; “True Detective Mysteries”
12-24-1906 – Franz Waxman – Konigshutte, Germany – d. 2-24-1967
composer-conductor: “Good News of 1939”
12-24-1910 – Fritz Leiber – Chicago, IL – d. 9-5-1992
science fiction writer: “X Minus One”; “Future Tense”; “Audion Theatre”
12-24-1910 – John Bagni – NYC – d. 2-13-1954
writer: Suspense”; “Family Theatre”; “Escape”
12-24-1910 – Mitchell Ayres – Milwaukee, WI – d. 9-5-1969
bandleader: “Dunninger Show”; “Chesterfield Supper Club”
12-24-1910 – Tony Labriola – d. 6-17-1999
actor: Oswald “The Ken Murray Show”
12-24-1912 – Jay Bennett – Brooklyn, NY – d. 6-27-2009
script writer: “Miracle of Christmas”
12-24-1913 – Herb Allen – San Francisco, CA
announcer: “The Guiding Light”; “Sherlock Holmes”
12-24-1913 – Myrtle ‘Lulubelle’ Wiseman – Boone, KY – d. 2-8-1999
singer: (Lulubelle and Scotty) “The National Barn Dance”
12-24-1914 – Abram S. Ginnes – Brooklyn, NY – d. 5-20-2006
adapter: “The Big Story”
12-24-1914 – Ralph Marterie – Naples, Italy – d. 10-10-1978
bandleader: “Marlboro Cigarettes Show”
12-24-1915 – Helen Brown – Washington – d. 9-9-1994
actor: Miss Foster “Big Town”
12-24-1916 – Morton Fine – d. 3-7-1991
writer: “Bold Venture”; “Broadway Is My Beat”; “The Front Page”
12-24-1920 – John Barron – London, England – d. 7-3-2004
actor: “Dad’s Army”; “Brothers In Law”
12-24-1921 – Phillip Grenville Mann – Manly, Australia – d. 6-19-1990
writer: “The Sergeant at Burralee”
12-24-1922 – Ava Gardner – Grabtown, NC – d. 1-25-1990
actor: “So Proudly We Hail”; “Prudential Family Hour of Stars”
12-24-1928 – Norman Rossington – Liverpool, England – d. 5-21-1999
comic actor: “Big Jim and the Figaro Club”
12-24-1974 – Ryan Seacrest – Atlanta, GA
disk jockey: “Live from the Lounge of Ryan Secreast”
12-25-1885 – Doc Kendrick – Texas – d. 1-15-1975
guitar: “Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets”
12-25-1886 – Kid Ory – LaPlace. LA – d. 1-23-1973
dixieland jazz trombonist: “This is Jazz”;”Radio Almanac”; “Here’s to Veterans”
12-25-1888 – David Lawrence – Philadelphia, PA – d. 2-11-1973
journalist, commentator: “Our Government”
12-25-1889 – Nat Shilkret – Queens, NY – d. 2-18-1982
conductor: “Eveready Hour”; “Music That Satisfies”; “Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”
12-25-1893 – Belle Baker – NYC – d. 4-29-1957
actor: “The Eveready Hour”
12-25-1893 – Robert L. Ripley – Santa Rosa, CA – d. 5-27-1949
emcee: “Colonial Beacon Light”; “Baker’s Broadcast”; “Believe It or Not”
12-25-1897 – Joseph Stopak – d. 1-5-1989
violinist: “Roxy and His Gang”
12-25-1899 – Humphrey Bogart – NYC – d. 1-14-1957
actor: Slate Shannon “Bold Venture”; “Stars in the Air”; “Streamlined Shakespeare”
12-25-1900 – Gladys Swarthout – Deepwater, MO – d. 7-8-1969
singer: “Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre”; “Prudential Family Hour”; “Voice of Firestone”
12-25-1902 – Barton Maclane – Columbia, SC – d. 1-1-1969
actor: “Thirty Minutes In Hollywood”
12-25-1902 – Louis Jackobson – d. 8-29-1978
producer: “Mortimer Gooch”
12-25-1902 – Perry Bechtel – Pennsylvania – d. 2-21-1982
guitarist, banjoist: “The Boy with a Thousand Fingers”
12-25-1904 – Aline Berry – d. 4-3-1967
actor: Mrs. Dixon “Raising Junior”
12-25-1904 – Sidney Fine – Waterbury, CT – d. 5-20-2002
pianist, arranger: Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Dinah Shore
12-25-1906 – Anne Stone – d. 9-25-1980
actor: “Those We Love”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-25-1907 – Cab Calloway – Rochester, NY – d. 11-11-1994
bandleader: “Quizzical”
12-25-1907 – Matt Brooks – NYC – d. 11-25-1990
writer: “The Eddie Cantor Show”
12-25-1908 – Alton Delmore – Elkmount, AL – d. 6-8-1964
guitar, singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
12-25-1908 – Helen Twelvetrees – Brooklyn, NY – d. 2-13-1958
actor: “The Campbell Playhouse”
12-25-1909 – Mike Mazurki – Tarnopol, Austria – d. 12-9-1990
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-25-1911 – Larry Menkin – NYC – d. 7-18-2000
writer: “The Sparrow and the Hawk”
12-25-1912 – Leighton Noble – Pasadena, CA – d. 3-6-1994
vocalist, band leader: “Leighton Noble and His Orchestra”
12-25-1912 – Tobe Reed – Seattle, WA – d. 3-3-1988
announcer: “The Bickersons”; “Burns and Allen”; “Frances Langford Show”
12-25-1912 – Tony Martin – Oakland, CA
singer: “George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”; “Tony Martin Show”
12-25-1913 – Candy Candido – New Orleans, LA – d. 5-24-1999
comedian: “Sealtest Village Store”; “Jimmy Durante Show”
12-25-1914 – Peter Kalischer – NYC – d. 7-5-1991
correspondent, writer: “CBS News”; “Cavalcade of America”
12-25-1915 – Richard Wilson – McKeesport, PA – d. 8-21-1991
actor, writer, director: Co-founded The Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles
12-25-1916 – Oscar Moore – Austin, TX – d. 10-8-1981
guitar: “The King Cole Trio”
12-25-1918 – Maritta M. Wolff – Grass Lake, MI – d. 7-1-2002
novelist: (Whistle Stop) “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-25-1923 – Gordon Baxter – Port Arthur, TX – d. 6-11-2005
disk jockey: KPAC Port Arthur, Texas
12-25-1924 – Rod Serling – Syracuse, NY – d. 6-28-1975
writer, host: “Zero Hour”
12-25-1927 – Joe Axelson
sportscaster: WWNS Statesboro, Georgia
12-25-1932 – Mabel King – Charleston, SC – d. 11-9-1999
actor: “Camel Rock and Roll Party”
12-25-1944 – Kenny Everett – Liverpool, England – d. 4-4-1995
disc jockey: “Kenny ‘n’ Cash Breakfast Show”
12-26-1874 – Leon Rothier – Rheims, France – d. 12-6-1951
opera singer: “The Metropolitan Opera”
12-26-1891 – Tony Wons – Menasha, WI – d. 7-1-1965
host: “Tony Wons Scrapbook”; “House by the Side of the Road”; “Camel Quarter Hour”
12-26-1893 – Vladimir Golschmann – Paris, France – d. 3-1-1972
conductor: New York Philharmonic
12-26-1900 – Charles Perry – NYC – d. 2-26-1967
producer, sports announcer: WHN New York
12-26-1902 – Irene Handl – London, England – d. 11-29-1987
actor: “Hello Playmates”
12-26-1905 – Robert Magidoff – d. 2-xx-1970
NBC newscaster
12-26-1906 – Ashley Buck – d. 2-6-1980
writer: “We Are Always Young”
12-26-1906 – Catherine Turney – Chicago, IL – d. 9-9-1998
actor: “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-26-1911 – Hal Bourne – Chicago, IL – d. 2-25-2000
musical director: “A Date with Judy”
12-26-1912 – Oscar Saul – NYC – d. 5-23-1994
writer: “Health for America”
12-26-1914 – Richard Widmark – Sunrise, MN – d. 3-24-2008
actor: Neil Davison “Home of the Brave”; Alan Webster “Joyce Jordan, M.D.”
12-26-1914 – Robert Metzler – d. 2-23-1998
scriptwriter: “Count of Monte Cristo”; “Phillip Marlowe”
12-26-1921 – Steve Allen – NYC – d. 10-30-2000
comedian, actor, singer, composer and anything else you might mention: “Steve Allen Show”
12-26-1922 – Harry Choates – Rayne Acadia Parish, LA – d. 7-17-1951
performer: “Jesse James and His Gang”
12-26-1924- Jimmy Blaine – Greenville, TX – d. 3-18-1967
announcer: “Lanny Ross Show”; “Ladies Be Seated”
12-27-1879 – Sidney Greenstreet – Sandwich, England – d. 1-18-1954
actor: Nero Wolfe “Advs. of Nero Wolfe”; “Hollywood Star Preview”
12-27-1891 – Martha Backes Bardill – d. 3-xx-1976
soprano: KYW Chicago, Illinois
12-27-1893 – Ann Pennington – Camden, NJ – d. 11-4-1971
actor: “Good News of 1938”
12-27-1896 – Arch Ward – Irwin, IL – d. 7-9-1955
sports journalist: Weekly program of sports news with Harry Wismer
12-27-1896 – Louis Bromfield – Mansfield, OH – d. 3-18-1956
author: “Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show”
12-27-1898 – Hilda Vaughn – Baltimore, MD – d. 12-28-1957
actor: “Columbia Presents Corwin”
12-27-1900 – Pauline Alpert – d. 4-11-1988
“Whirlwind Pianist”: “Log Cabin Inn”; “Rhythm and Rhyme”
12-27-1901 – Marlene Dietrich – Berlin, Germany – d. 5-6-1992
actor: Mlle. Madou, “Cafe Istanbul”
12-27-1906 – Oscar Levant – Pittsburgh, PA – d. 8-14-1972
panelist, pianist: “Information, Please”; “Kraft Music Hall”
12-27-1910 – Bob Arnold – Asthall, England – d. 8-27-1998
actor: “In the Cotswolds”; “The Archers”
12-27-1910 – Harry Saz – d. 6-9-1994
director: “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge”
12-27-1911 – Anna Russell – London, England – d. 10-18-2006
opera singer: “The Nutcraker Suite”
12-27-1914 – Jack Latham – Washington – d. 1-1-1987
announcer: “The Man Called X”; “Wake Up, America”
12-27-1916 – Cathy Lewis – Spokane, WA – d. 11-20-1968
actor: Jane Stacy “My Friend Irma”; Kathryn Milford “Great Gildersleeve”
12-27-1916 – Johnny Frigo – Chicago, IL – d. 7-4-2007
violin, bass: “National Barn Dance”
12-27-1916 – Noel Johnson – Birmingham, England – d. 10-1-1999
actor: Dick Barton “Dick Barton, Special Agent”; Dan Dare “Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future”
12-27-1924 – Virginia Eiler – d. 1-5-2004
actor: “Family Theatre”; “Let George Do It”; “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
12-27-1941 – Joe Lake – Drasenhofen, Austria
writer: “Gustav Weindorfer of Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain”
12-28-1879 – Frank Blanchford – Toronto, Canada – d. 6-24-1957
violinist: WGY Schenectady, New York
12-28-1887 – Charles Dingle – Wabash, IN – d. 1-19-1956
actor: Employer “Meet the Dixons”
12-28-1890 – Frank Butler – Oxford, England – d. 6-10-1967
actor: Dave Arnold “Mr. Chameleon”
12-28-1896 – Rose Franken – Gainesville, TX – d. 6-22-1988
writer: “Claudia and David” based on her stories
12-28-1903 – Earl “Fatha” Hines – Duquesne, PA – d. 4-22-1983
bandleader: “Band Remotes”; “Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street”
12-28-1904 – Country Washburn – Houston, TX – d. 1-21-1974
bandleader/singer: “Curt Massey/Martha Tilton”; “Spike Jones and His City Slickers”
12-28-1905 – Cliff Arquette – Toledo, OH – d. 9-23-1974
comedian, actor: Thaddeus Cornfelder, “Myrt and Marge”
12-28-1908 – Lew Ayres – Minneapolis, MN – d. 12-30-1996
actor: Dr. James Kildare “Dr. Kildare”
12-28-1909 – Olan Soulé – La Harpe, IL – d. 2-1-1994
actor: Sam Ryder “Bachelor’s Children”; Kermit Hubbard “Joan and Kermit”
12-28-1910 – Murray Burnett – d. 9-23-1997
writer: “True Detectives Mysteries”
12-28-1913 – Lou Jacobi – Toronto, Canada – d. 10-23-2009
actor: “Advs. in Judaism”; “Earplay”; “CBS Radio Mystery Theatre”
12-28-1914 – Lee Bowman – Cincinnati, OH – d. 12-25-1979
actor: Jonathan Kegg “Life in Your Hands”; George Cooper “My Favorite Husband”
12-28-1914 – “Pee Wee” Wamble – Tennessee – d. 10-13-2002
cornet: “The Swift Jewel Cowboys”
12-28-1915 – Dick Joy – Putnam, CT – d. 10-31-1991
announcer: “My Secret Ambition”; “The Saint”; “Advs of Sam Spade”
12-28-1917 – Kim Chan – China – d. 10-5-2008
actor: “Cavalcade of America”
12-28-1923 – Andrew Duggan – Franklin, IN – d. 5-15-1988
actor: “Hollywood Radio Theatre”; “Voice of the Army”; “Top Secret”
12-28-1927 – Simon Raven – London, England – d. 5-12-2001
writer: “Loser Pays All”
12-28-1929 – Brian Redhead – Newcastle-upon-Tyne – d. 1-23-1994
presenter: “Today”; “A World in Edgeways”; “From Plato to Nato”
12-28-1931 – Martin Milner – Detroit, MI
actor: “Dragnet”
12-28-1932 – Pamela Duncan – Brooklyn, NY – d. 11-11-2005
actor: “Dangerous Assignment”
12-28-1934 – David Warrilow – Staffordshire, England – d. 8-17-1995
actor: “All that Fall”
12-28-1935 – William Bassett – Evanston, IL
actor: “Empire of the Air”
12-29-1879 – Billy Mitchell – Nice, France – d. 2-19-1936
aviator: “The World’s Most Honored Flights”
12-29-1892 – Emory Parnell – St. Paul, MN – d. 6-22-1979
actor: Grouch “Grouch Club”; “Eddie Bracken Show”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-29-1894 – Harry Lang – NYC – d. 8-3-1953
actor: Mr. Fuddle “Blondie”; Pan Pancho “Cisco Kid”
12-29-1898 – Jules Bledsoe – Waco, TX – d. 7-14-1943
baritone: “Jubilee”; “The Theatre Magazine”
12-29-1898 – Pat Padgett – Atlanta, GA – d. 2-6-1990
comedian: January “Show Boat”; Pat “Model Minstrels”
12-29-1903 – Clyde McCoy – Ashland, KY – d. 6-11-1990
bandleader: “Clyde McCoy and His Orchestra”
12-29-1904 – Wendell Niles – Twin Valley, MN – d. 3-28-1994
announcer: “Bob Hope Show”; “Man Called X”; “Hollywood Star Playhouse”
12-29-1907 – Milton Geiger – NYC – d. 9-28-1971
radio script writer: “Phillip Marlowe”; “Four Star Playhouse”; “Shorty Bell”
12-29-1915 – Robert Ruark – Wilmington, NC – d. 7-1-1965
novelist: “Who Said That?”
12-29-1920 – Viveca Lindfors – Uppsala, Sweden – d. 10-25-1995
actor: “U.S. Steel Hour”
12-29-1921 – Robert Latting – Michigan – d. 9-29-1983
announcer: “The Cavalcade of America”; “Woman in White”
12-29-1930 – Doris Chillcott – Vancouver, Canada – d. 11-19-2006
performer on radio in her native Canada
12-29-1931 – Olgita DeCastro – d. 2-14-2000
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) “Steve Lawrence Show”; “Here’s to Veterans”
12-29-1938 – Don Chevrier – Toronto, Canada – d. 12-17-2007
sports announcer: “Cassius Clay vs. George Chauvalo”
12-30-1873 – Al Smith – NYC – d. 10-4-1944
governor: “Information Please”
12-30-1884 – Hideki Tojo – Tokyo, Japan – d. 12-23-1948
prime minister: War Time Broadcasts
12-30-1885 – Ed Jerome – NYC – d. 9-10-1959
actor: Harry Blackstone “Blackstone, the Magic Detective”; Gregory Allen “Rich Man’s Darling”
12-30-1894 – Vincent Lopez – Brooklyn, NY – d. 9-20-1975
bandleader: “Luncheon with Lopez”
12-30-1899 – Michael Raffetto – Placerville, CA – d. 5-31-1990
actor: Paul Barbour “One Man’s Family”; Jack Packard “I Love A Mystery/Adventure”
12-30-1903 – Owen Crump – d. 2-13-1998
producer: “ The Grouch Club”
12-30-1911 – Jeanette Nolan – Los Angeles, CA – d. 6-5-1998
actor: Nicolette Moore “One Man’s Family”; Mrs. Hudson “Advs. of Sherlock Holmes”
12-30-1912 – Hugh Griffith – Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales – d. 5-14-1980
actor: “Under Milk Wood”
12-30-1912 – Nancy Coleman – Everett, WA – d. 1-18-2000
actor: Alice Hughes “Young Dr. Malone”
12-30-1914 – Bert Parks – Atlanta, GA – d. 2-2-1992
emcee, announcer: “Break the Bank”; “Stop the Music”; “Double or Nothing”
12-30-1922 – Bert Holland – d. 3-8-1980
actor: Emmett “Shorty Bell”
12-30-1927 – Bernie Barrow – NYC – d. 8-4-1993
actor: “Golden Door”
12-30-1931 – Skeeter Davis – Dry Ridge, KY – d. 9-19-2004
country/western singer: “Grand Ole Opry”
12-30-1936 – Don Bishoff – Martinsburg, WV
host: “Town Meeting”
12-30-1936 – Sandy Koufax – Brooklyn, NY
baseball legend: “Tops In Sports”
12-30-1937 – Pat Shanahan – Milwaukee, WI – d. 3-10-2008
disk jockey: Rocky Foxx WFOX Milwaukee, Wisconsin
12-30-1939 – Glyn Dean – d. 11-30-1997
actor: “Jennings at School”; “Children’s Hour”; “Mrs. Dale’s Diary”
12-31-1884 – Georgette Harvey – St. Louis, MO – d. 2-17-1952
female bass singer: “New World A’ Coming”; “Free Company”
12-31-1890 – Bradford Browne – North Adams, MA – d. 4-29-1975
singer: “Brad and Al”; “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-31-1892 – Jason Robards, Sr. – Hillsdale, MI – d. 4-4-1963
actor: Chandu “Chandu, the Magician”
12-31-1894 – Vance Archer – d. 12-xx-1962
sportscaster: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
12-31-1897 – Orry-Kelly – Kiama, New South Wales, Australia – d. 2-27-1964
costume designer: Intermission Guest “Lux Radio Theatre”
12-31-1897 – Paula Hemminghous – Columbus, OH – d. 11-22-1997
singer: “Philco Hour”; “National Radio Pulpit”; “Highlights of the Bible”
12-31-1901 – Everett Marshall – Lawrence, MA – d. 4-3-1965
singer: “Broadway Vanities/Varieties”
12-31-1904 – Buzz Adlam – Chelmsford, England – d. 11-9-1974
orchestra leader: “Your Star Time”; “Guest Star”
12-31-1904 – Nathan Milstein – Odessa, Russia – d. 12-21-1992
violinist: “NBC Symphony Orchestra”; “Concert Hall”
12-31-1905 – Dick Chevillat – NYC – d. 5-10-1984
writer: “Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show”; “Rudy Vallee Show”
12-31-1905 – Jule Styne – London, England – d. 9-28-1994
songwriter: “I Don’t Wan to Walk Without You”; “I’ve Heard That Song Before”
12-31-1908 – John Kirby – Baltimore, MD – d. 6-14-1952
jazz musician: “Duffy’s Tavern”; “Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm”
12-31-1908 – Jonah Jones – Louisville, KY – d. 4-30-2000
jazz trumpeter: “Eddie Condon’s Jazz Concert”; “Army Bandstand”; “Manhattan Melodies”
12-31-1910 – Jerry Blaine – d. 3-14-1973
orchestra leader: WOR Newark, New Jersey
12-31-1910 – Richard Kollmar – Ridgewood, NJ – d. 1-7-1971
actor: John Perry “John’s Other Wife”; Boston Blackie “Boston Blackie”
12-31-1913 – Ted Meyers – d. 11-25-1996
announcer: “People Are Funny”; “Yarns for Yanks”; “Calling All Cars”
12-31-1914 – Pat Brady – Toledo, OH – d. 2-27-1972
sidekick, stooge: “Roy Rogers Show”
12-31-1917 – Evelyn Knight – Reedville, VA – d. 9-28-2007
singer: “Philco Summer Hour”; “Ed Wynn Show”
12-31-1920 – Richard Hamilton – Illinois – d. 12-28-2004
actor: “Dimension X; “X Minus One”; “Inheritance”
12-31-1921 – Rex Allen – Wilcox, AZ – d. 12-17-1999
country/western singer: “Country Music Time”; “Country Hoedown”
12-31-1923 – Arthur Siegel – Lakewood, NJ – d. 9-13-1994
pianist, composer: “New Faces”
12-31-1928 – Euel Box
music producer, major radio markets
12-31-1930 – Odetta – Birmingham, AL – d. 12-2-2008
singer: “Voices of Vista”
12-xx-1879 – Gertrude Bondhill – Cincinnati, OH – d. 9-15-1960
actor: Dal Tremaine’s Mother “Arnold Grimm’s Daughter”
12-xx-1889- Captain E. Donald Herne – England – d. 6-8-1941
aviator: “March of Time”; “Captain Herne Speaking”
12-xx-1889 – Elsie Mae Gordon – Anderson, IN – d. 1-18-1951
actor: (girl with a hundred voices) “When a Girl Marries”
xx-xx-1848 – Uncle Jimmy Thompson – Baxter, TN – d. 2-17-1931
fiddler: WSM carried a 2-hour program of his fiddling
xx-xx-1855 – Adelaide Fitz-Allen – d. 2-26-1935
actor: Old Nancy, the witch of Salem “The Witch’s Tale”
xx-xx-1879 – William J. Cameron – Hamilton, Canada – d. 8-1-1955
commentor for the philosophy of Henry Ford: “Ford Sunday Evening Hour”
xx-xx-1883 – Al Swenson – Salt Lake City, UT – d. 3-28-1941
actor: “Captain Diamond “Advs. of Captain Diamond”; Paul Hutchinson “Hilltop House”
xx-xx-1888 – Frederick Barron – Melbourne, Australia – d. 10-10-1955
actor: “Archie Andrews”; “Stepmother”; “Ma Perkins”
xx-xx-1893 – Oscar Bradley – London, England – d. 8-31-1948
orchestra leader: “The Phil Baker Show”; “Gulf Screen Guild Theatre”
xx-xx-1897 – Nan Rae – San Francisco, CA – d. 8-23-1946
singer: (The Clark Sisters) “Eddie Cantor Show”; “Kate Smith”
xx-xx-1903 – Lyndall Hadow – Kalgooarlie, Australia – d. 6-2-1976
writer: “A World to Gain”
xx-xx-1904 – John W. Holbrook – Boston, MA – d. 12-25-1963
announcer: “Djer Kiss Recital”; “Mobiloil Concert”; This is Your Life”
xx-xx-1907 – Marjorie Irving – d. 7-4-2005
actor: Australian radio
xx-xx-1908 – Fred Uttal – NYC – d. 11-28-1963
quizmaster: “Detect and Collect”; “What’s My Name”; “Melody Puzzles”
xx-xx-1910 – Jud Conlon – Cuba City, WI – d. 7-28-1966
Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires: “Bing Crosby Show”; “Stan Freberg Show”
xx-xx-1912 – Roland Graham – Hamilton, Scotland – d. 7-4-1950
actor, singer: “Blue Monday Jamboree”; “Broadway Matinee”
xx-xx-1913 – Joy Hathaway – British Columbia, Canada – d. 11-4-1954
actor: Amanda Dyke Leighton “Amanda of Honeymoon Hill”
xx-xx-1914 – Leo McCabe – Belfast, Ireland – d. 2-23-1986
actor: Stephen Dallas “Stella Dallas”
xx-xx-1914 – Walter Herlihy – Massachusetts – d. 10-6-1956
announcer: (Brother of Ed) “Dorothy Kilgallen’s Dairy”; “Police Woman”
xx-xx-1915 – Wendell Holmes – d. 4-26-1962
actor: “Dimension X”; “Mysterious Traveler”; “Words at War”
xx-xx-1916 – Gary Stevens – d. 5-17-2004
broadcast executive: Produced 20 Questions
xx-xx-1916 – Walter Gorman – d. 8-5-1972
director: “Road of Life”; “Young Dr. Malone”
xx-xx-1919 – Walter McGraw – d. 11-18-1978
director: “Believe It or Not”; “The Chase”
xx-xx-1925 – Bruce Stewart – New Zealand – d. 9-29-2005
writer: “Omega Point”; “Tor Sands Experience”
xx-xx-1925 – Richard Thorne – Chicago, IL – d. 2-12-2007
announcer, producer, director: “Hall of Fantasy”
xx-xx-1926 – Larry Stevens – d. 4-5-2000
singer: “The Jack Benny Program”
xx-xx-1927 – Jim Brown – d. 11-30-2004
announcer: “Give and Take”
xx-xx-1931 – John Bower – Dares Salaam, Tanzania – d. 8-1-2005
actor, singer: Appeared often in British radio plays
xx-xx-1932 – Juan Lopez Mactezuma – Mexico City, Mexico – d. 8-2-1995
host: “Jazz en la Cultuira”; “Panorama de Jazz”
xx-xx-1933 – Alan Barry – Dublin, Ireland – d. 7-13-2005
actor: Performed in BBC radio dramas
xx-xx-1935 – Graham Armitage – Manchester, England – d. 3-6-1999
actor: Sherlock Holmes “Sherlock Holmes”
xx-xx-1954 – Mark Tavener – England – d. 10-18-2007
novelist: His novel “In the Red” adapted for radio
xx-xx-xxxx – Arthur Elmer – New York – d. 7-6-1945
actor: “The Jack Benny Program”; “The Fred Allen Show”
xx-xx-xxxx – Bryna Raeburn – d. 1-3-1986
actor: “Gangbusters”; “Philo Vance”; “The Big Story”
xx-xx-xxxx – Connie Norman – Texas – d. 7-15-1996
transsexual talk show host: “The Connie Norman Show”
xx-xx-xxxx – Diane Pendelton – d. 5-5-1969
singer” Kay Kyser’s Band
xx-xx-xxxx – Frances Woodbury – d. 7-27-1956
actor: Stella Field “When a Girl Marries”; Mrs. Arnold “Myrt and Marge”
xx-xx-xxxx – Frank E. Butler – d. 1-6-1948
co-inventor, with Lee DeForest, of the audion tube
xx-xx-xxxx – George Watson – d. 8-17-1957
announcer: “Gateway to Hollywood”; “Song of the City”
xx-xx-xxxx – John Walsh – d. 7-2-1945
actor: Private Homer Stubbs “Dear Mom”; Chuck Blair “Romance of Helen Trent”
xx-xx-xxxx – Linda Sutter – Greenwich, CT – d. 12-18-1995
producer: “Monitor”
xx-xx-xxxx – Marion McManus – Galesburg, IL – d. 6-26-2006
singer: “Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
xx-xx-xxxx – Merna Barry – NYC – d. 10-31-1976
singer: (Barry Sisters) “Yiddish Swing”; “Molly Picon’s Parade”
xx-xx-xxxx – Spencer Bentley – d. 11-27-1963
actor: Barry Cameron “Barry Cameron”; Bob “Betty and Bob”