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Happy Birthday, Ralph Bell!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 27th 2021

It would be no exaggeration to state that the actor born Ralph Scognamiglio in New Jersey (though sources also state his pl

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 Aug 29th 2021

When actor Barry Sullivan—born Patrick Barry Sullivan in 1912 on this date in New York City—was approached to star in Harbo

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 13th 2021

Triskaidekaphobia. I didn’t make this word up; it’s the technical term for fear of the number “13.” The man born Phillips H