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Volume 2010 : Issue 143
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
8-14 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:52:11 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 8-14 births/deaths
August 14th births
08-14-1863 - Ernest Lawrence Thayer - Lawrence, MA - d. 8-21-1940
author: "Favorite Story"
08-14-1867 - John Galsworthy - Kingston Hill, Surrey, England - d.
1-31-1933
author Several of his works adapted for radio
08-14-1870 - Harry Lauder - Edinburgh, Scotland - d. 2-26-1950
singer: "Sir Harry Lauder"; "The Fourth Christmas"
08-14-1876 - John Todd (Fred McCarthy) - Crossingville, PA - d.
7-14-1957
actor: Tonto "The Lone Ranger"; Mr. Reid "The Green Hornet"
08-14-1879 - Edna Fisher - NB - d. 4-23-1978
actor: "The Al Pearce Show"
08-14-1889 - Robert Woolsey - Oakland, CA - d. 10-31-1938
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
08-14-1892 - Paul Wing - Tacoma, WA - d. 5-29-1957
producer: "Story Man for Children"
08-14-1893 - Carl Benton Reid - Lansing, MI - d. 3-16-1973
actor: Roger Allen "Big Sister"
08-14-1897 - Lal Chand Mehra - Amritsar, India - d. 10-21-1980
actor: "I Love A Mystery"; "I Love Adventure"
08-14-1902 - Harriet Allyn - d. 9-18-1998
actor: Aggie Horn "In the Case of Aggie Horn"
08-14-1903 - Millard Mitchell - Havana, Cuba - d. 10-13-1953
actor: Casey "Mighty Casey"
08-14-1909 - Ed Herlihy - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-30-1999
announcer: "Advs. of the Thin Man"; "Just Plain Bill"; "Vic and Sade"
08-14-1909 - Frank Papp - d. 5-27-1996
director: "The Bartons"; "Words at War"; "Right to Happiness";
"Eternal Light"
08-14-1911 - Ethel Payne - Chicago, IL - d. 5-28-1991
commentator: "Spectrum"; "Matters of Opinion"
08-14-1911 - Ken Nordine - Chicago, IL - d. 9-15-1993
announcer: "Armstrong of the SBI"; "The Breakfast Club"
08-14-1913 - Ferrucio Tagliavini - Reggio Emilia, Italy - d. 1-28-1995
lyric tenor: "Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour"
08-14-1914 - Alyce King - Payson, UT - d. 8-21-1996
singer: (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al
Pearce and His Gang"
08-14-1914 - Andrea Leeds - Butte, MT - d. 5-21-1984
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
08-14-1914 - Bill Downs - Kansas City, MO - d. 5-3-1978
newscaster: CBS Moscow 1942
08-14-1917 - Marty Glickman - NYC - d. 1-3-2001
sprorts broadcaster: "Saturday Night Bandwagon"; "Play Ball"; "Box
Score Review"
08-14-1919 - Nehemiah Persoff - Jerusalem, Palestine
actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre
08-14-1921 - Cobina Wright, Jr. - NYC
actor: "Your Blind Date"
08-14-1926 - Alice Ghostly - Eve, MO - d. 9-21-2007
actor: "Theatre Five"
August 14th deaths
01-07-1930 - Douglas Kiker - Griffin, KS - d. 8-14-1991
nbc newsman: "Meet the Press"
01-11-1910 - Gene Baker - Portland, OR - d. 8-14-1981
announcer: "Lum and Abner"; "Queen for a Day"
02-15-1899 - Gale Sondergaard - Litchfield, MN - d. 8-14-1985
actor: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
03-04-1888 - David Frederick Smith - Clarksburg, IN - d. 8-14-1976
early radio broadcaster: Creator of "March of Time"
03-18-1911 - Deane Kincaide - Houston, TX - d. 8-14-1992
saxophonist: "The Bob Crosby Show"
04-29-1863 - William Randolph Hearst - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-14-1951
publisher: Owner of several radio stations
05-11-1922 - Eve Boswell - Budapest, Hungary - d. 8-14-1998
singer: "The Eve Bosewell Show"
06-22-1909 - Milton Kaye - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-14-2006
pianist/arranger: "Roger Kilgore, Public Defender"; "Under Arrest"
06-25-1895 - Donald Gallagher - Quincy, IL - d. 8-14-1961
actor: P. Wallace Carver "Houseboat Hannah"; Humble Dickinson "Joan
and Kermit"
07-07-1917 - Doris Dudley - NYC - d. 8-14-1985
actor: Peggy Meek "Meet Mr. Meek"
07-16-1920 - Edwin Cooper - d. 8-14-1961
announcer, actor: "The Milt Herth Trio"; "RFD America"
07-23-1918 - Pee Wee Reese - Ekron, KY - d. 8-14-1999
baseball great: "Play Ball"; "Box Score Review"; "Feature Project:
This Game of Baseball"
07-27-1914 - Ira Avery - Albany, NY - d. 8-14-1984
director: "We Came This Way"; "Eternal Light"
08-24-1900 - Ralph Kirbery - Paterson, NJ - d. 8-14-1993
singer: (The Dream Singer) "Mohawk Treasure Chest"; "Musical Moments
Revue"
08-30-1925 - Jack Bivans - Evanston, IL - d. 8-14-2009
actor: Chuck Ramsey "Captain Midnight"
09-13-1894 - J. B. Priestley - Bradford, Yorkshire, England - d.
8-14-1984
dramatist: "London After Dark"; "Studio One"; "NBC University Theatre"
09-16-1903 - Joe Venuti - Lecco, Italy - d. 8-14-1978
jazz violinist: "Friendly Five Footnotes";"Paul Whiteman Show";
"Jubilee"
09-26-1914 - Dora McCann - d. 8-14-1975
host: "McCann Pure Food Hour"
11-29-1915 - J. G. Weightman - Callerton, Englans - d. 8-14-2004
translator and announcer in French for the BBC
12-01-1920 - Mary Wells - Omaha, NE - d. 8-14-2000
actor: "John Steele, Adventurer"
12-21-1913 - Louise King - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-14-1997
singer (The King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"; "Al
Pearce and His Gang"
12-27-1906 - Oscar Levant - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-14-1972
panelist, pianist: "Information, Please"; "Kraft Music Hall"
Ron
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