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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1937


William Bennett Kilpack (February 6, 1883 – August 17, 1962)


Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
was one of radio’s longest running shows,
airing October 12, 1937 to April 19, 1955, continuing well into the television
era. It was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, who based it upon Robert
W.
Chambers
1906 novel The Tracer of Lost Persons. The sponsors included
Whitehall Pharmacal, makers of Anacin,Kolynos Toothpaste, BiSoDol antacid
mints, Hill’s cold tablets and Heet liniment), Dentyne, Aerowax, RCA Victor and Chesterfield cigarettes. The 15-minute serial initially aired on the NBC Blue
network until 1947, when it switched to CBS and became a weekly half-hour
show. Bennett Kilpack (above) was the longest-running Mr. Keen.


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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1923

 


Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter in California)
(October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008)

Oscar winner and three-term president of the NRA, Charlton
Heston starred in Planet of the Apes (1968) Ben Hur (1958)
and is best known for his 1956 role as Moses in The Ten
Commandments.
He appeared in over 100 films during a
6-decade career.      


Heston as Moses


1973

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WILFORD BRIMLEY IS 81 TODAY


Anthony Wilford Brimley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Presently a TV commercial actor, Brimley also played roles in
the films, The China Syndrome (1979), Cocoon (1985), and
The Thing (1982). He once worked as a ranch hand, wrangler,
blacksmith and as a bodyguard for Howard Hughes before
becoming an actor.


1991

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SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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Hollywood’s first weekly one-hour show for television, Perry Mason is one of TV’s 
longest-running and most successful legal series. It originally aired on CBS from 
September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. Many of the episodes are based on stories
written by Erle Stanley Gardner.

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SWEDISH STAR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1905

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Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson)
(September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990)

Actress Greta Garbo starred in Camille in 1937. For her role in
the 1935 film, Anna Karenina, she received a New York Film
Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Her first job was as a
soap-lather girl in a barbershop.

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