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Happy Birthday, Ed Begley!

Happy Birthday, Ed Begley!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2016

If you were to ask character actor Edward James Begley—born in Hartford, Connecticut on this date in 1901—about the highlig
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Happy Birthday, Minerva Pious!

Happy Birthday, Minerva Pious!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 5th 2016

The legendary Fred Allen had words of high praise in his book Treadmill to Oblivion for long-time Fred Allen Show regular
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Happy Birthday, Antony Ellis!

Happy Birthday, Antony Ellis!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 1st 2016

The last time we got together here on the blog we celebrated Sheldon Leonard’s birthday…and I described his career as a “hy
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Happy Birthday, Sheldon Leonard!

Happy Birthday, Sheldon Leonard!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 22nd 2016

Nowadays, the concept of the “hyphenate” is fairly common in Hollywood—the word is used to describe anyone in show business
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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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