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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 163
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
10-10 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
10-11 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:14:42 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-10 births/deaths
October 10th births
10-10-1870 - J. V. Barborka - Bohemia, Austria - d. 9-8-1936
harpist: KMA Shenandoah, Iowa
10-10-1889 - Harold Vermilyea - NYC - d. 1-8-1958
actor: Cornlius Potter "Big Sister"; Mr. Bruce "Stella Dallas"
10-10-1899 - Emily Kimbrough - Muncie, IN - d. 2-11-1998
writer: "Information Please"
10-10-1900 - Carlotta Stewart Watson - d. 6-14-2007
Aunt Carrie on WDIA Memphis, Tennessee
10-10-1900 - Helen Hayes - Washington, [removed] - d. 3-17-1993
actor: "New Penny"; "Electric Theatre"; "O'Neill Cycle"
10-10-1903 - Ronald Dawson - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 1-24-1984
actor, writer: "Martin Kane, Private Eye"; "The Clock"
10-10-1903 - Vernon Duke - Pskov, Russia - d. 1-16-1969
broadway composer: "Mildred Baily Show"; "Good News of 1940"; "March
of Time"
10-10-1906 - Paul Creston - NYC - d. 8-24-1985
composer: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Creeps By Night"
10-10-1908 - Johnny Green - NYC - d. 5-15-1989
conductor: "In the Modern Manner"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Man Called X"
10-10-1908 - Margaret Baker - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-3-1992
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
10-10-1909 - Florida Friebus - Auburndale, MA - d. 5-27-1988
actor: "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
10-10-1909 - Kathleen Niday - Boise, ID
actor: "Death Valley Days"; "Mr. District Attorney"
10-10-1910 - Don Hancock - Anderson, IN - d. 5-6-1980
announcer: "The Goldbergs"; "Ellery Queen"; "Vox Pop"
10-10-1911 - George Mathews - NYC - d. 11-7-1984
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
10-10-1911 - Marion Shockley - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-14-1981
actor: Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish Rose"; Nikki Porter "Advs. of
Ellery Queen"
10-10-1911 - Zeke Manners - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-14-2000
singer, disc jockey: "Zeke Manners and His Gang"; "Zeke Manners"
10-10-1913 - Janis Carter - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-30-1994
scriptwriter: "Gangbusters"
10-10-1913 - Johnny Downs - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-13-1994
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-10-1915 - Bill Chadwick - NYC - d. 10-24-2009
new york rangers color analyst
10-10-1915 - Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Columbus, OH - d. 7-27-1999
jazz trumpeter: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
10-10-1918 - Bobby Byrne - Columbus, OH
trombonist, bandleader: big band remote from Glen Island
10-10-1918 - Paul Dubov - Illinois - d. 9-20-1979
actor: Frank Race "Advs. of Frank Race"
10-10-1920 - Bernard Grant - The Bronx - d. 6-30-2004
actor: "Rober Kilgore"; "Big Story"
10-10-1920 - William David Adams - Chicago, IL - d. 1-18-1989
writer/producer: "Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
10-10-1925 - Richard Thorne - Chicago, IL - d. 2-12-2007
announcer, producer, director: "Hall of Fantasy"
10-10-1926 - Oscar Brown, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 5-29-2005
singer: "Destination Freedom"
10-10-1926 - Richard Jaeckel - Long Beach, NY - d. 6-14-1997
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-10-1930 - Harold Pinter - Hackney, England - d. 12-24-2008
writer, actor: "Focus on Football Pools"; "A Slight Ache"
10-10-1946 - Ben Vereen - Miami, FL
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
10-10-1946 - Chris Tarrant - Reading, England
writer, presenter: "Tiswas"; "OTT"
October 10th deaths
01-01-1939 - Ray Bellew - Montreal, Canada - d. 10-10-2006
announcer for CBC radio
01-20-1903 - Leon Ames - Portland, IN - d. 10-10-1993
actor: "Earplay"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
01-31-1892 - Eddie Cantor - NYC - d. 10-10-1964
singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Chase & Sanborn
Hour"
03-19-1912 - Russ Case - Hamburg, IA - d. 10-10-1964
orchestra leader: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Peggy Lee Show"; "Your Hit
Parade"
05-06-1915 - Orson Welles - Kenosha, WI - d. 10-10-1985
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air"
05-24-1886 - Paul Paray - Treport, Normandy, France - d. 10-10-1979
conductor: "New York Philharmonic"
07-07-1915 - Yul Brynner - Vladivostock, Czarist Russia - d. 10-10-1985
actor: "As Easy as [removed]"
07-08-1910 - Jack Rubin - New York - d. 10-10-1952
writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "The Hardy Family"; "Hilltop House";
"The O'Neills"
07-10-1918 - Ernest Ricca - d. 10-10-1987
director: "Lorenzo Jones"; "Valiant Lady"; "Stella Dallas"; "Romance
of Helen Trent"
07-12-1890 - Joseph Latham - Bolivar, NY - d. 10-10-1970
actor: Uncle Will "Home Sweet Home"; Elmer Eeps "Just Plain Bill"
07-24-1888 - Basil Ruysdael - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-10-1960
announcer: "Beggar's Bowl"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Cavalcade of America"
07-31-1915 - Chet Forrest - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-10-1999
composer, pianist: "[removed] Treasury Star Parade"
08-11-1923 - Tommy Hanlon - Parkersburg, WV - d. 10-10-2003
actor: "Orson Welles Mercury Theatre"
09-06-1914 - Ken Vogt - Wisconsin - d. 10-10-2002
disk jockey: WMIL; WFOX; WRIT Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10-05-1912 - Tony Marvin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-10-1998
announcer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"
10-23-1884 - Cesar Saerchinger - Aix-la-Chapelle, France - d. 10-10-1971
news correspondent: "Story Behind the Headlines"; "America's Town
Meeting of the Air"
11-07-1926 - Joan Sutherland - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-10-2010
soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
11-30-1885 - Charles West - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-10-1943
actor: "Dramas of Youth"
12-19-1902 - Ralph Richardson - Cheltenham, England - d. 10-10-1983
actor: Doctor John H. Watson, "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
12-24-1901 - Nola Luxford - New Zealand - d. 10-10-1994
broadcast journalist: "1932 Olympic Games"
12-24-1914 - Ralph Marterie - Naples, Italy - d. 10-10-1978
bandleader: "Marlboro Cigarettes Show"
xx-xx-1888 - Frederick Barron - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-10-1955
actor: "Archie Andrews"; "Stepmother"; "Ma Perkins"
Ron
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:02:28 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-11 births/deaths
October 11th births
10-11-1883 - Fritz Stiedry - d. 8-8-1968
conductor: "New Friends of Music"
10-11-1884 - Albert Stoessel - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-12-1943
conductor: Oratorio Society of New York, Chautauqua Symphony
10-11-1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt - NYC - d. 11-7-1962
commentator: "Eleanor Roosevelt Chats/It's a Woman's World/Talks by
Eleanor Roosevelt"
10-11-1887 - Oscar Shaw - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-6-1967
singer: "Broadway Varieties"
10-11-1897 - Jane Ace - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-11-1974
comedian: "Easy Aces"; "Jane Ace, Disc Jockey"
10-11-1897 - Leo Reisman - Boston, MA - d. 12-18-1961
conductor: "Sheaffer Revue"; "Johnny Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"
10-11-1900 - Edith Beutel - d. 6-27-1969
contralto: Cleveland Opera Company
10-11-1902 - Leon Belasco - Odessa, Ukraine, Russia - d. 6-1-1988
actor: Pagan Zeldschmidt "A Man Called X)
10-11-1906 - Geoffrey Bryant - Houston, TX - d. 3-xx-1982
announcer, actor: "Death Valley Days"; "Mr. District Attorney"
10-11-1913 - Sherman H. Dryer - d. 12-22-1989
producer, director: "Two Thousand Plus"; "Heritage"; "Exploring the
Unknown"
10-11-1913 - Sunny Skylar - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-2-2008
singer/songwriter: "Sunny Skylar Serenade"; "Mary Small Revue"
10-11-1914 - Buddy Twiss - St. Paul, MN - d. 11-7-1952
producer: "I Love A Mystery"; "One Man's Family"
10-11-1918 - Linda Hayes - Sac City, IA - d. 12-19-1995
actor: "Special Assignment"; "[removed] Jive"
10-11-1918 - Olive Deering - NYC - d. 3-22-1986
actor: Nita Bennett "Lone Journey"
10-11-1919 - Art Blakey - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-16-1990
jazz drummer: "Music for Moderns"
10-11-1919 - George Rock - Farmer City, FL - d. 4-12-1988
260 poind trumpet player: "The Spike Jones Shw"
10-11-1919 - Jean Vander Pyl - d. 4-10-1999
actor: Margaret Anderson "Father Knows Best"; "The Halls of Ivy"
10-11-1920 - Ralph Paul - Denver, CO - d. 11-28-1987
announcer: "Aldrich Family"; "True Detective Mysteries"; "Might Casey"
10-11-1924 - Richard Alan Simmons - Toronto, Canada - d. 11-13-2004
writer: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "NBC University Theatre"
10-11-1925 - Nancy Guild - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-16-1999
actor: "Proudly We Hail"
10-11-1926 - Earle Hyman - Rocky Mount, NC
actor: "Story of Ruby Valentine"
10-11-1932 - Dottie West - McMinnville, TN - d. 9-4-1991
country singer: "Country Music Time"
10-11-1936 - Billy Higgins - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-2001
jazz drummer: "Jazz Alive"
10-11-1944 - Gun Gencer - Antioch, Turkey
writer: "Yenilenir Hep"; "Kazma"
October 11th deaths
01-08-1910 - Richard Cromwell - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-11-1960
actor: Kit Marshall "Those We Love"
02-02-1923 - Bonita Granville - Chicago, IL - d. 10-11-1988
actor: "Continental Celebrity Club"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
02-04-1904 - MacKinlay Kantor - Webster City, IA - d. 10-11-1977
writer: "Lest We Forget"; "Author's Playhouse"
02-12-1929 - Diana Olsson - London, England - d. 10-11-2003
actor: "Phillip O'Dell Mysteries"; "Doomsday Book"
03-18-1940 - Phil Harper - Raised in Chicago, IL - d. 10-11-2004
actor: Harry Nile "The Adventures of Harry Nile"
03-22-1886 - Chico Marx - NYC - d. 10-11-1961
comedian: Emmanuel Revelli "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"
03-26-1925 - Barry Letts - Leicester, England - d. 10-11-2009
actor/director: "The Paradise of Death"; "The Ghosts of N-Space"
03-27-1914 - Richard Denning - Poughkeepsie, NY - d. 10-11-1998
actor: George Cooper "My Favorite Husband"; Jerry North "Mr. and Mrs.
North"
06-02-1922 - Gil Stratton, Jr. - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-11-2008
actor: "Billy Webster "Those Websters"; Jimmy "Life with Luigi";
Freddie "My Little Margie"
06-29-1924 - T. Tommy Cutrer - Tangipahoa Parish, LA - d. 10-11-1998
announcer: "Grand Ole Opry"
08-08-1895 - Nat Pendelton - Davenport, IA - d. 10-11-1967
actor: "Dr. Kildare"
09-26-1941 - Patrick Hannan - Aberaman, Wales - d. 10-11-2009
host: "Out of Order"; "Tea Junction"
10-03-1898 - Morgan Farley - Mamaroneck, NY - d. 10-11-1988
actor: "Escape"
10-29-1922 - Neal Hefti - Hastings, NE - d. 10-11-2008
composer, et al: "Woody Herman Show"; "Manhattan Melodies"
11-07-1890 - Phil Spitalny - Odessa, Russia - d. 10-11-1970
conductor: "Nestles Chocolateers"; "Blue Coal Revue"; "Hour of Charm"
12-03-1907 - Connee Boswell - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-11-1976
singer: (The Boswell Sisters) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Chesterfield Supper
Club"
12-19-1915 - Edith Piaf - Paris, France - d. 10-11-1963
singer: "The Big Show"
12-21-1915 - Werner Von Trapp - Zell am See, Austria - d. 10-11-2007
singer: (Trapp Family Singers) "Christmas Seal Sale"
Ron
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