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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 274
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      11-29 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      11-30 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:39:18 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-29 births/deaths

    November 29th births

    11-29-1876 - Joseph E. Davies - Watertown, WI - d. 5-9-1958
    ambassador to the soviet union: "Information Please"
    11-29-1894 - H. Leslie Atlass - d. 11-18-1960
    Chicago radio pioneer, CBS executive
    11-29-1895 - Busby Berkeley - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-14-1976
    choreographer: "Gulf Screen Theatre"; "Whatever Became Of . . . ?"
    11-29-1895 - Yakima Canutt - Colfax, WA - d. 5-24-1986
    actor, stuntman: "Daredevils of Hollywood"; "Hollywood Rodea"
    11-29-1898 - [removed] Lewis - Belfast, Northern Ireland - d. 11-22-1963
    author, lecturer: "Right and Wrong"; "Christian Behavior"
    11-29-1900 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars - Portland, ME - d. 6-25-1988
    propagandist: Radio Berlin "Vision of an Invasion"
    11-29-1905 - Chester Erskine - Hudson, NY - d. 4-7-1986
    film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-29-1905 - Mario Braggiotti - Florence, Italy - d. 5-18-1996
    pianist, composer: "Fray and Braggiotti"
    11-29-1906 - Luis Van Rooten - Mexico City, Mexico - d. 6-17-1973
    actor: George Priestly "County Seat"; John Perry "John's Other Wife";
    Nero Wolfe "Nero Wolfe"
    11-29-1909 - Ann Corio - Hartford, CT - d. 3-1-1999
    burlesque queen: "G. I. Jive", "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    11-29-1909 - Frank Waldecker - d. 1-13-1995
    announcer: "A Date with Judy"; "The Eddie Duchin Show"
    11-29-1910 - Al Schwartz - Passaic, NJ - d. 3-25-1988
    writer: "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
    11-29-1912 - Alan Courtney - NYC - d. 9-16-1978
    host: "Calling All Girls"; "Korn Kobblers"
    11-29-1913 - Harry Bartell - New Orleans, LA - d. 2-26-2004
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Adv of Sherlock Holmes";
    "Gunsmoke"
    11-29-1914 - Hal McIntyre - Cromwell, CT - d. 5-5-1959
    bandleader: "Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"
    11-29-1915 - J. G. Weightman - Callerton, Englans - d. 8-14-2004
    translator and announcer in French for the BBC
    11-29-1917 - George Walsh - Cleveland, OH - d. 12-5-2005
    announcer: "Gunsmoke"; "Music 'Til Dawn"
    11-29-1917 - Merle Travis - Muhlenberg County, KY - d. 10-20-1983
    singer, guitarist: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    11-29-1918 - Michael O'Duffy - Derry, Ireland - d. 4-19-2003
    lyric tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    11-29-1921 - Virginia Egnor "Dagmar" - Huntington, WV - d. 10-9-2001
    dumb blonde: "Stars On Parade"; "Says Who?"
    11-29-1926 - Naomi Stevens - Trenton, NJ
    actor: Irene Franklin "One Man's Family"; Daphne Royce "Brenthouse"
    11-29-1927 - Vin Scully - The Bronx, NY
    sportscaster (Baseball's Poet Laurate) Play-by Play announcer for the
    Dodgers
    11-29-1932 - John Gary - Watertown, NY - d. 1-4-1998
    singer: "Christmas Music - Spots for the National Guard"

    November 29th deaths

    01-18-1904 - Cary Grant - Bristol, England - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Jim Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    01-31-1902 - Leo Corday - NYC - d. 11-29-1985
    writer of special material: "War Manpower Comn."
    02-17-1889 - H. L. Hunt - near Vandalia, IL - d. 11-29-1974
    established Facts Forum which produced radio programs
    02-24-1943 - George Harrison - Liverpool, England - d. 11-29-2001
    singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
    02-26-1933 - Godfrey Cambridge - NYC - d. 11-29-1976
    actor: "Voices of Vista"
    03-18-1930 - Peter Kenna - Balmain, Australia - d. 11-29-1987
    writer: "A Hard God"
    04-28-1896 - Edith Evanson - Tacoma, WA - d. 11-29-1980
    actor: Helmi "Myrt and Marge"
    05-03-1899 - George H. Combs - Lee's Summit, MO - d. 11-29-1977
    congressman, commentator: "Now You Decide"; "Spotlight, New York"
    05-29-1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Brno, Czechoslovakia - d.
    11-29-1957
    "composer: "Contemporary Composers Concerts"; "Railroad Hour"
    05-30-1904 - Carol Goodner - Katonah, NY - d. 11-29-2001
    actor: "Keep It Dark"; "Advs. of the Red Feather Man"
    06-05-1910 - Herb Vigran - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Sad Sack "Sad Sack"; Hector Smith "Father Knows Best"
    06-17-1904 - Ralph Bellamy - Chicago, IL - d. 11-29-1991
    actor: "These Are Our Men"
    07-19-1912 - Frank Kane - d. 11-29-1968
    writer: "The Shadow"
    07-20-1938 - Natalie Wood - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-29-1981
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-27-1890 - Judith Lowry - Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory - d.
    11-29-1976
    actor: Emma 'Stevie' Stevens "Valiant Lady"; Emmy Fergusson "Welcome
    Valley"
    08-07-1913 - George Van Eps - Plainfield, NJ - d. 11-29-1998
    guitarist: "Pete Kelly's Blues"; "Guest Star"; "Just Jazz"
    09-05-1916 - Frank Yerby - Augusta, GA - d. 11-29-1991
    author: "Best Seller"
    09-06-1917 - John Berry - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-29-1999
    director: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    09-17-1934 - Robin Ray - North London, England - d. 11-29-1998
    actor, musician: "Robin Ray's Record Review"
    09-20-1869 - George Robey - London, England - d. 11-29-1954
    music hall singer: "Music Hall"
    10-04-1900 - Robert Shayne - Yonkers, NY - d. 11-29-1992
    actor: Walter Manning "Portia Faces Life"
    10-27-1915 - Albert Albinger - d. 11-29-1982
    newscaster: WKWK Wheeling, West Virginia
    11-03-1909 - George Wells - NYC - d. 11-29-2000
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-14-1919 - DeWitt Samuel Copp - Connecticut - d. 11-29-1999
    writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
    11-24-1917 - John Justin - London, England - d. 11-29-2002
    actor: "The Hobbit"
    12-22-1917 - Gene Rayburn - Christopher, IL - d. 11-29-1999
    announcer, comedian: "Rayburn and Finch"
    12-26-1902 - Irene Handl - London, England - d. 11-29-1987
    actor: "Hello Playmates"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:01:00 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-30 births/deaths

    November 30th births

    11-30-1667 - Jonathan Swift - Dublin, Ireland - d. 10-19-1745
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    11-30-1873 - Frederic William Wile - La Porte, IN - d. 4-7-1941
    commentator: "Political Situation in Washington"
    11-30-1874 - Winston Churchill - Oxfordshire, England - d. 1-24-1965
    british prime minister: War time broadcasts
    11-30-1884 - Rev. Dr. Daniel A. Poling - Portland, OR - d. 2-7-1968
    clergyman: "The National Youth Conference"
    11-30-1885 - Charles West - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-10-1943
    actor: "Dramas of Youth"
    11-30-1889 - Vito Pellettieri - d. 4-14-1977
    stage manager: "Grand Ole Opry"
    11-30-1890 - Ramsey Hill - Georgetown, Guyana - d. 2-3-1976
    actor: "Escape"; "NBC University Theatre"
    11-30-1894 - Donald Ogden Stewart - Columbus, OH - d. 8-2-1980
    writer: "Information Please"
    11-30-1900 - Geoffrey Household - Briston, England - d. 10-4-1988
    writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
    11-30-1903 - Frank Worth - Debrezin, Hungary - d. 5-3-1990
    orchestra leader: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"; Those Websters"
    11-30-1904 - Fred "Papa" Calhoun - d. 7-4-1987
    piano: "The Musical Brownies"
    11-30-1906 - John Dickson Carr - Uniontown, PA - d. 2-27-1977
    writer: "Suspense"; "Cabin B-13"; "Murder by Experts"
    11-30-1907 - Happy Felton - Bellevue, PA - d. 10-21-1964
    actor: "Pot 'O Gold"; "Finders Keepers"; "Stop the Music"
    11-30-1907 - Jack Brinkley - Oxford, NC - d. 8-8-1972
    announcer, actor: "Aunt Jemima"; "Couple Next Door"
    11-30-1913 - John K. M. McCaffrey - Moscow, ID - d. 10-3-1983
    newscaster: "Author Meets the Critics"; "What Makes You Tick?"
    11-30-1914 - Charles Hawtrey - Hounslow, Middlesex, England - d.
    10-27-1988
    actor, comedian: Hubert Lane "Just William"
    11-30-1915 - Brownie McGhee - Knoxville, TN - d. 2-16-1996
    blues guitarist, singer: "New World A' Coming"; "This Is Jazz)
    11-30-1917 - William Ash - Dallas, TX
    Senior script editor for the BBC radio drama department
    11-30-1918 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - NYC
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-30-1919 - Joe Cabbibo - d. 10-xx-1973
    sound effects: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Tennessee Jed".
    "Counterspy"
    11-30-1920 - Virginia Mayo - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-17-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-30-1926 - Dick Crenna - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-18-2003
    actor: Oogie Pringle, "A Date with Judy"; "Walter Denton, "Our Miss
    Brooks"
    11-30-1929 - Dick Clark - Mount Vernon, NY
    host: "March of Dimes March of Stars"; "Tribute to Murray the K"
    11-30-1931 - Teddy Wilburn - Hardy, MO - d. 11-25-2003
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Style [removed]"
    11-30-1947 - David Mamet - Chicago, IL
    writer: "Earplay"
    11-30-1952 - Mandy Patinkin - Chicago, IL
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    November 30th deaths

    01-11-1908 - Lionel Stander - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-30-1994
    actor: J. Riley Farnsworth "Life of Riley"; Hoolihan "Grapevine Rancho"
    01-27-1916 - Merrill Mueller - NYC - d. 11-30-1980
    reporter: "NBC Stands By"; "Morning News Roundup"; "The Navy Hour"
    01-28-1892 - Ernst Lubitsch - Berlin Germany - d. 11-30-1947
    film director: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-10-1910 - Joyce Grenfell - London, England - d. 11-30-1979
    writer, actor: "How"; "A Note with Music"; "We Beg to Differ"
    02-25-1901 - Zeppo Marx - NYC  - d. 11-30-1979
    comedian: (Marx Brothers) "American Review"
    03-20-1890 - Gigli Beniamino - Recanti, Italy - d. 11-30-1957
    operatic tenor: "Atwater Kent Hour"
    04-07-1878 - Bert Swor - Paris, TN - d. 11-30-1943
    comedian: "Modern Mistrels"; "Bicycle Party"
    04-08-1900 - Bert "Mad Russian" Gordon - NYC - d. 11-30-1974
    comedian: "Eddie Cantor Show"; Yasha "Duffy's Tavern"
    04-27-1927 - Connie Kay - NYC - d. 11-30-1994
    jazz drummer: "The Modern Jazz Quartet"; "Guest Star"
    04-28-1900 - Val Gielgud - London England - d. 11-30-1981
    writer: (Brother of John Gielgud) "The Columbia Workshop"
    05-08-1899 - Arthur Q. Bryan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-30-1959
    actor: George 'Doc' Gamble "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-10-1884 - Olga Petrova - Tur Brook, England - d. 11-30-1977
    actor, writer: "Mary Margaret McBride"
    05-12-1901 - Harold "Scrappy" Lambert - New Brunswick, NJ - d.
    11-30-1987
    singer: Mark "Smith Brothers: Trade and Mark"; "Town Hall Tonight"
    06-23-1894 - Laurie York Erskine - England - d. 11-30-1976
    author: "Renfrew of the Mounted"; "Adventure Story"; "National
    Children's Week"
    07-12-1920 - Pierre Berton - Whitehorse, Canada - d. 11-30-2004
    author: "Klondike"
    07-29-1900 - Don Redman - Piedmont, WV - d. 11-30-1964
    bandleader: "Don Redman and His Orchestra"; "Chipso Radio Program"
    08-11-1915 - Jean Parker - Deer Lodge, MT - d. 11-30-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-15-1910 - Johnny Roventini - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-30-1998
    commercial announcer: (Call for Phil-lip Mor-ress) "Ferde Grofe Show";
    "Johnny Presents"
    08-26-1896 - Phil Baker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 11-30-1963
    comedian, emcee: "Honolulu Bound"; "Take It or Leave It"
    08-30-1903 - Jack Bundy - Milwaukee, WI - d. 11-30-1973
    bandleader: "Heinie and the Grenadiers"
    09-12-1901 - Sam Bittel - d. 11-30-1994
    orchestra leader: WBZ-WBZA Boston-Springfield, Massachusetts
    10-09-1922 - Phil Sterling - NYC - d. 11-30-1998
    actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Hilltop House"
    10-16-1854 - Oscar Wilde - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-30-1900
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    11-11-1906 - Victor Bell - d. 11-30-1976
    newscaster: KUTA Salt Lake City, Utah
    12-04-1889 - Buck Jones - Vincennes, IN - d. 11-30-1942
    actor: "Hoofbeats"
    12-08-1906 - Richard Llewellyn - St. David's, Wales - d. 11-30-1983
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"
    12-30-1939 - Glyn Dean - d. 11-30-1997
    actor: "Jennings at School"; "Children's Hour"; "Mrs. Dale's Diary"
    xx-xx-1927 - Jim Brown - d. 11-30-2004
    announcer: "Give and Take"

    Ron

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