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Happy Birthday, William Johnstone!

Happy Birthday, William Johnstone!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 7th 2016

Old-time radio fans know that when Orson Welles made the decision to abandon his role as Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) a
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Happy Birthday, Wyllis Cooper!

Happy Birthday, Wyllis Cooper!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 26th 2016

Radio writer and playwright Arch Oboler once had these words of praise for the man he would eventually replace as the mind
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Happy Birthday, Herb Ellis!

Happy Birthday, Herb Ellis!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 17th 2016

It’s not often that we here at the Radio Spirits blog get an opportunity to blow a noisemaker and celebrate the natal anniv
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Happy Birthday, David Kogan!

Happy Birthday, David Kogan!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 22nd 2015

Columbia University student David A. Kogan (born in New York City on this date in 1916) met Robert Jay Arthur, Jr. in his r
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Happy Birthday, Sir Ralph Richardson!

Happy Birthday, Sir Ralph Richardson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 19th 2015

There’s a hilarious story (possibly apocryphal, so we make no claims as to its accuracy) concerning Sir Ralph Richardson, w
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Happy Birthday, Edward G. Robinson!

Happy Birthday, Edward G. Robinson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 12th 2015

To start off our birthday tribute today…a bit of trivia: the “G” in actor Edward G. Robinson’s name stands for “Goldenberg”
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