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Happy Birthday, Paul Sutton!

Happy Birthday, Paul Sutton!

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

From 1938 to 1955, Detroit radio station WXYZ was the home of Sergeant William Preston—the stalwart Canadian Mountie who, w
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Happy Birthday, Lou Merrill!

Happy Birthday, Lou Merrill!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 1st 2018

An item in the September 25, 1939 edition of The Van Nuys News trumpets the motion picture debut of actor Louis Merrill—bor
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Happy Birthday, Pat McGeehan!

Happy Birthday, Pat McGeehan!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 4th 2018

Patrick Joseph McGeehan—born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on this date in 1907—enjoyed a long and fruitful association with
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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, Frank Graham!

Happy Birthday, Frank Graham!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 22nd 2017

In 1950, actor-announcer Frank Graham was at the peak of his radio career. He was the star of Jeff Regan, Investigator—a
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Happy Birthday, Dale Evans!

Happy Birthday, Dale Evans!

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

On January 14, 1953, TV’s This is Your Life paid tribute to “The King of the Cowboys”—none other than Roy Rogers himself.
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