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Happy Birthday, Barney Phillips!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 20th 2021

Although there was certainly a note of melancholy involved, replacing the departed Barton Yarborough as Jack Webb’s new par

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 16th 2021

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

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 7th 2021

Actors Andy Devine and Broderick Crawford enthusiastically participated in their own stunts during the filming the 1940 Wes

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 23rd 2021

The actor born Arthur Harvey Van Berschot in Chicago, Illinois on this date in 1883 had much in common with the fictional V

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 18th 2021

Though his show business career of nearly half-a-century extended to radio, TV, and motion pictures, the actor-announcer bo

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 11th 2021

It’s now one of the best-remembered and oft-told anecdotes of radio history. A young CBS announcer born Harry Rudolph Von Z