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Happy Birthday, Harold Peary!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 25th 2023

Fans of old-time radio might get a kick out of watching an old Perry Mason rerun, “The Case of the Lover’s Gamble,” which t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 18th 2023

The town of Vincennes, Indiana welcomed Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton into their midst on this date in 1913…and got the bes

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 11th 2023

Actor Gerald Mohr—born in New York City on this date in 1914—might have gone through life more formally addressed as “Dr. Ge

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 10th 2023

“The Big Easy” (New Orleans, Louisiana) welcomed actress Mary Lansing on this date in 1911. From 1933 until 1970, Lansing w

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 28th 2023

The actor fondly remembered by old-time radio fans as the reporter who covered the “night beat” for the fictional Chicago S

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 20th 2023

In 1930, Oswald George Nelson—born in Jersey City, New Jersey on this date in 1906—graduated with a law degree from Rutgers