Radio Spirits

A September 1935 edition of Radio Mirror spotlights child stars on the radio in one of its articles, mentioning such talents as Walter Tetley and Billy Halop. Billy wasn’t the only member of ...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2022/01/23/happy-birthday-florence-halop/

The classic TV favorite Sea Hunt could facetiously–-but truthfully–-be described as “the one that got away.” Every one of the major television networks took a pass on the proposed serie...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2022/01/15/happy-birthday-lloyd-bridges/

Actor Frank Readick’s voice is a familiar one to those fans who remember old-time radio–he was one of the busiest thesps in the aural medium, starring on such programs as Smilin’ Jack and...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/11/28/happy-birthday-robert-readick/

It would be no exaggeration to state that the actor born Ralph Scognamiglio in New Jersey (though sources also state his place of birth as New York City) on this date in 1915 had a lifelong love ...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/11/27/happy-birthday-ralph-bell/

Two iconic roles immediately come to mind when discussing the career of the actor born Oliver Burgess Meredith on this date in 1907. One is his deliciously over-the-top portrayal of The Penguin o...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/11/16/happy-birthday-burgess-meredith/

Despite his incredible career as a radio/TV announcer and emcee, George Watt Fenneman—born in Peking (now Beijing), China on this date in 1919—was never hesitant about crediting the job that ...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/11/10/happy-birthday-george-fenneman/

Although there was certainly a note of melancholy involved, replacing the departed Barton Yarborough as Jack Webb’s new partner on Dragnet (as Sgt. Ed Jacobs) must have been a dream assignmen...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/10/20/happy-birthday-barney-phillips/

When A Day in the Life of Dennis Day premiered over NBC Radio in the fall of 1946, it was actress Sharon Douglas—born Rhoda-Nelle (Rhodanelle) Nader in Stephens County, Oklahoma on this date ...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/10/16/happy-birthday-sharon-douglas/

Actors Andy Devine and Broderick Crawford enthusiastically participated in their own stunts during the filming the 1940 Western When the Daltons Rode. One particular stunt almost sent Crawford ...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/10/07/happy-birthday-andy-devine/

When actor Barry Sullivan—born Patrick Barry Sullivan in 1912 on this date in New York City—was approached to star in Harbourmaster, a television series from the prolific Ziv studios, he had...

http://www.radiospirits.info/2021/08/29/happy-birthday-barry-sullivan/