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Happy Birthday, William Johnstone!

Happy Birthday, William Johnstone!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 7th 2018

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, Dan Duryea!

Happy Birthday, Dan Duryea!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 23rd 2018

“He was Dark City’s most enchanting villain,” writes author/Turner Classic Movies personality Eddie Muller in his essential
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Happy Birthday, J. Carrol Naish!

Happy Birthday, J. Carrol Naish!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 21st 2018

At the beginning of each weekly broadcast of the radio sitcom Life with Luigi, the program’s announcer would introduce Luig
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Happy Birthday, William Bendix!

Happy Birthday, William Bendix!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 14th 2018

In movies, television—and especially on radio—actor William Bendix frequently played a typical blue-collar working stiff.
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Happy Birthday, Richard Kollmar!

Happy Birthday, Richard Kollmar!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 31st 2017

From 1941 to 1949, Columbia Pictures entertained devoted moviegoers with a series of films based on a character created by
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