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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED AT 91

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Ted Beniades (Theodore Cleanthis Beniades)
(November 17, 1922 – October 24, 2014)

Beniades, a veteran actor who as an old-school undercover cop busts Al Pacino’s
Tony Montana for tax evasion in Scarface (1983), has died.

His family announced Beniades, who earlier starred as a detective on the gritty
1967-69 ABC series N.Y.P.D., died peacefully today at his home in Brookville, Pa.

Beniades also appeared with Pacino in Serpico (1973) and was in The Next Man
(1976), starring Sean Connery.

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RADIO SERIAL DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1943

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Original radio air dates on CBS: October 18, 1943 to December 30, 1955

The actors portraying the main character switched frequently over the first
three years of the show’s run, starting with Bartlett Robinson, then followed
by Santos Ortega and Donald Briggs, before settling on John Larkin, who
played the famous attorney for the remainder of the broadcast. Della Street
was portrayed by radio soap queens; Gertrude Warner, Jan Miner, who was
Palmolive‘s "Madge" the Manicurist, and Joan Alexander who portrayed Lois 
Lane on radio’s Superman.

The series was adapted into Edge of Night which ran on television (CBS/ABC)
for an additional 30 years.

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John Larkin

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RADIO SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1934

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Air dates: October 14, 1934 to June 7, 1955


Lux Radio Theatre was
a long-run classic radio anthology series, broadcast on the
NBC Blue Network (1934-35);CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954-55). The
series Initially adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films.

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         Crowds outside the Lux Radio Theatre in Hollywood

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RADIO DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1935

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Original radio air dates on CBS: October 9, 1935 to March 31, 1953

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series sponsored by the
DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such
as an adaptation of Show Boat.

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HITCHCOCK SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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Original  television run (CBS/NBC): October 2, 1955  – May 10, 1965

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The
series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Time magazine named the show
one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". The Writers Guild of America ranked
it #79 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.

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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)

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