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Happy Birthday, Charles Farrell!

Happy Birthday, Charles Farrell!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 9th 2020

Unless you’re like me and have turned all of your extracurricular activity hours over to watching endless episodes of TV re
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Happy Birthday, Barbara Eiler!

Happy Birthday, Barbara Eiler!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 27th 2020

You’re familiar with the old cliché: a young girl leaves her hometown and heads for Hollywood, determined to become an actr
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Happy Birthday, James Cagney!

Happy Birthday, James Cagney!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 17th 2020

When we think of the man that Orson Welles once described as “maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a came
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Happy Birthday, Francis “Dink” Trout!

Happy Birthday, Francis “Dink” Trout!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 18th 2020

In the Golden Age of Radio, actors were often called upon to play “meek” individuals—or whatever nickname you prefer: wimp,
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Happy Birthday, Don Diamond!

Happy Birthday, Don Diamond!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 4th 2020

The actor born Donald Alan Diamond in Brooklyn, NY on this date in 1921 was in real life a rather nondescript individual…bu
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Happy Birthday, Betty Lou Gerson!

Happy Birthday, Betty Lou Gerson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 20th 2020

George Allen took over as director of the West Coast radio mystery anthology The Whistler beginning in the mid-40s, and one
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