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Happy Birthday, Barry Sullivan!

Happy Birthday, Barry Sullivan!

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
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Happy Birthday, Art Van Harvey!

Happy Birthday, Art Van Harvey!

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
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Happy Birthday, Marvin Miller!

Happy Birthday, Marvin Miller!

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
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Happy Birthday, Phillips H. Lord!

Happy Birthday, Phillips H. Lord!

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
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Happy Birthday, Harry Von Zell!

Happy Birthday, Harry Von Zell!

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
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Happy Birthday, John McIntire!

Happy Birthday, John McIntire!

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

In the mid-1930s, actor-announcer John Herrick McIntire—born in Spokane, Washington on this date in 1907—decided, along wit
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