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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 172
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      10-31 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Born 100 Years Ago in November        [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:56:21 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-31 births/deaths

    October 31st births

    10-31-1886 - Courtney Ryley Cooper - Kansas City, MO - d. 9-29-1940
    writer: "The Gibson Family"
    10-31-1887 - Chiang Kai-Shek - Hsikow, Chekiang, China - d. 4-5-1975
    world leader: "Free World Theatre"
    10-31-1896 - Ethel Waters - Chester, PA - d. 9-1-1977
    blues singer: "American Revue"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    10-31-1900 - Neal Bliss Enslen - Delphos, OH - d. 5-23-1938
    opera singer, announcer: "The Baldwin Concert"; "The Slumber Hour"
    10-31-1901 - Eric Hatch - d. 7-4-1973
    commentator: "Cresta Blanca Carnival of Music"
    10-31-1905 - Dewey Cole - d. 3-23-1991
    sound effects: "The Lone Ranger"; "Challenge of the Yukon"
    10-31-1909 - Thelma Boardman - Panama Canal Zone - d. 4-21-1978
    actor: Minnie Mouse "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
    10-31-1910 - Donovan Joyce - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-16-1980
    writer, producer, director: "T-Men"
    10-31-1912 - Dale Evans - Uvalde, TX - d. 2-7-2001
    actor, singer: (Queen of the Cowgirls) "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Roy
    Rogers Show"
    10-31-1915 - Chris Griffin - d. 6-18-2005
    trumpet: (Benny Goodman's Orchestra) "Camel Caravan"
    10-31-1915 - Jane Jarvis - Vincennes, IN - d. 1-25-2010
    organist: Staff organist for WTMJ Milwaukee; Organist for Milwaukee
    Braves
    10-31-1916 - James Broom-Lynne - London, England - d. 12-1-1995
    writer: "Charlie and Duke"; "Return Visit"
    10-31-1917 - Don Hughes - d. 5-2-1990
    juvenile actor: Rollo "Daddy and Rollo"; "Helen and Mary"
    10-31-1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes - NYC - d. 8-8-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Ford Theatre"; "[removed] Steel Hour";
    "Cavalcade of America"
    10-31-1922 - Illinois Jacquet - Broussard, LA - d. 7-23-2004
    jazz saxophonist: "One Night Stand"; "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
    10-31-1926 - Shirley Dinsdale - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-9-1999
    ventriloquist: Judy Splinters "Judy in Wonderland, The Eddie Cantor
    Show"
    10-31-1928 - Cleo Moore - Baton Rouge, LA - d. 10-25-1973
    actor: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    10-31-1931 - Dan Rather - Wharton, TX
    newscaster: Houston Radio
    10-31-1942 - David Ogden Stiers - Peoria, IL
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    October 31st deaths

    01-28-1914 - Arthur Gary - NYC - d. 10-31-2005
    announcer: "The Amazing Mr. Malone"; "The Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    02-02-1895 - George Halas - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-1983
    football coach: "Tops in Sports"
    03-05-1894 - Henry Daniell - London, England - d. 10-31-1963
    actor: "Theatre Guild of the Air"
    03-06-1918 - Roger Price - Charleston, WV - d. 10-31-1990
    writer, actor: "The Comedy Writers Show"
    05-16-1912 - Studs Terkel - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-31-2008
    journalist, sometimes actor: "Destination Freedom"; "Ma Perkins"
    05-25-1908 - Linda Watkins - Boston, MA - d. 10-31-1976
    actor: Dot "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"; "Big Guy"; "Fat Man"
    06-08-1894 - Charles Frederick Lindsley - Higginsport, OH - d.
    10-31-1960
    judge: "Noah Webster Says"
    06-21-1907 - Charles 'Bud' Dant - Washington, IN - d. 10-31-1999
    music: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Glamour Manor"
    06-21-1921 - Joan Tetzel - NYC - d. 10-31-1977
    actor: Sylvia Field "When a Girl Marries"; Jane Brown "The Goldbergs"
    06-24-1915 - Jack Sterling - Baltimore, MD - d. 10-31-1991
    announcer/emcee: "Make Up Your Mind"
    07-16-1882 - Charles Egelston - Covington, KY - d. 10-31-1958
    actor: Shuffle Shober "Ma Perkins"; Humphrey Fuller "Just Plain Bill"
    07-27-1913 - Liam Redmond - Limerick, Ireland - d. 10-31-1989
    actor: "Great Plays"
    08-02-1915 - Johnny Long - Newell, NC - d. 10-31-1972
    bandleader: "The Teen-Timers Show"; "Judy, Joe, and Johnny"
    08-13-1913 - Rita Johnson - Worcester, MA - d. 10-31-1965
    actor: Martha Curtis "John's Other Wife"; Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan,
    [removed]"
    08-14-1889 - Robert Woolsey - Oakland, CA - d. 10-31-1938
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
    08-19-1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 10-31-2000
    screenwriter: (Member of the Hollywood Ten) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1896 - Julia Hoyt - d. 10-31-1955
    actor: Conducted a fashion program for NBC
    09-22-1902 - John Houseman - Bucharest, Romania - d. 10-31-1988
    writer, producer: "Mercury Theatre on the Air"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    09-22-1925 - William Franklyn - London, England - d. 10-31-2006
    actor: Sexton Blake "Sexton Blake"
    09-24-1916 - Johnny Catron - Boston, MA - d. 10-31-1998
    bandleader: "The Union Oil Company Show"
    10-02-1902 - Percy Crawford - Minnedosa, Canada - d. 10-31-1960
    evangelist: "Young People's Church of the Air"
    10-18-1906 - Adele Ronson - NYC - d. 10-31-2000
    actor: Wilma Deering "Buck Rogers"; Sally Gibson "Gibson Family"
    10-23-1943 - Roger Scott - London, England - d. 10-31-1989
    disc jockey: "Three O'Clock Thrill"; "Hitline"
    10-26-1907 - Tony Pastor - Middletown, CT - d. 10-31-1969
    bandleader: "Tony Pastor and His Orchestra"
    11-01-1879 - Merle Thorpe - Brimfield, IL - d. 10-31-1955
    businessman: "How's Business"; "The New Business World"
    11-18-1912 - Arthur Peterson - Mandan, ND - d. 10-31-1996
    actor: Reverend John Rutledge "The Guiding Light"; "World's Great
    Novels"
    12-06-1916 - Elmore Balthis - d. 10-31-1989
    newscaster: KCOK Tulare, California
    12-09-1906 - Ken Niles - Livingston, MT - d. 10-31-1988
    announcer: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Rudy Vallee Show"; "A Date with Judy"
    12-28-1915 - Dick Joy - Putnam, CT - d. 10-31-1991
    announcer: "My Secret Ambition"; "The Saint"; "Advs of Sam Spade"
    xx-xx-1925 - Merna Barry - NYC - d. 10-31-1976
    singer: (Barry Sisters) "Yiddish Swing"; "Molly Picon's Parade"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:56:29 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Born 100 Years Ago in November

    11-03-1912 - Gilbert Mack - NYC - d. 12-5-2005
    actor: Impy the Midget "Cloak and Daggeer"; "This is My Story"
    11-04-1912 - Humphrey Davis - Meriden, CT - d. 5-23-1987
    actor: Al Douglas "Life Can Be Beautiful"; Sheriff Jackson "Tennessee
    Jed"
    11-08-1847 - Bram Stoker - Dublin, Ireland - d. 4-20-1912
    author: "Many of his works adapted for radio
    11-10-1912 - John L. Greene - Buffalo, NY - d. 10-4-1995
    writer: "Texaco Star Theatre"
    11-16-1912 - George O. Petrie - New Haven, CT - d. 11-16-1997
    actor: Michael Waring "The Falcon"; John J. Malone "Amazing Mr. Malone"
    11-16-1912 - Paul Dudley - Massachusetts - d. 5-18-1959
    writer: "Pot o' Gold"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    11-18-1912 - Arthur Peterson - Mandan, ND - d. 10-31-1996
    actor: Reverend John Rutledge "The Guiding Light"; "World's Great
    Novels"
    11-20-1912 - Harold Ensley - Arkansas - d. 8-24-2005
    produced over 5,000 radio shows
    11-21-1912 - Eleanor Powell - Springfield, MA - d. 2-11-1982
    singing tap dancer: "Flying Red Horse Tavern"
    11-21-1912 - Ralph Butler - d. 4-6-1987
    director: "Bright Horizon"; "Perry Mason"; "Rosemary"
    11-23-1912 - George O'Hanlon - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-11-1989
    actor: Husband "George O'Hanlon Show; Me and Janie"
    11-23-1912 - Tyree Glenn - Corsicana, TX - d. 5-18-1974
    trombonist, vibraphonist: "Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert"
    11-24-1912 - Garson Kanin - Rochester, NY - d. 3-13-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-24-1912 - Teddy Wilson - Austin, TX - d. 7-31-1986
    jazz pianist: "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"; "Saturday Night Swing
    Club"
    11-25-1912 - Francis Durbridge - Hull, Yorkshire, England - d. 4-11-1998
    writer: Creator of Paul Temple
    11-25-1912 - Henry Denker - NYC
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "Greatest Story Ever Told"
    11-26-1912 - Eric Sevareid - Velva, ND - d. 7-9-1992
    correspondent: "Eric Sevaried and the News"; "CBS Radio Workshop"
    11-27-1912 - Maurice "Muzzy" Marcellino - California - d. 6-11-1997
    singer: "Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra"; "Lady Esther Serenade"
    11-29-1912 - Alan Courtney - NYC - d. 9-16-1978
    host: "Calling All Girls"; "Korn Kobblers"

    Ron

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