Barry Fitzgerald
“His Honor The Barber” starring Oscar winner Barry Fitzgerald told the
story of Judge Barnard Fitz, a wise old judge who has his share of both
comical and dramatic cases. The show premiered on NBC radio and ran
only one season till April 9, 1946. The sponsor was Ballantine Ale. It was
written, produced, and directed by Carlton E. Morse. Frank Martin was
the announcer and also provided the music.
Sir Roger George Moore is the longest-serving James Bond actor, with twelve
years in the role beginning in Live and Let Die (1973), followed by The Man
with the Golden Gun ((1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker
(1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), and prior to his
retirement from the role in 1985 with A View to Kill. In 2004, Moore was voted
‘Best Bond’ in an Academy Awards poll and won with 62% of the votes in late
2008.
Ralston-Purina obtained his permission to produce a Tom Mix radio series
on NBC called Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters which, but for one year
during World War II, was popular throughout most of the 1930s until June
of 1950. Mix, a western film star, never appeared on these broadcasts,
and was instead played by radio actors like Joe "Curley" Bradley (above)
who portrayed Mix from 1944 until 1950. Others in the supporting cast
included George Gobel, Harold Peary and Willard Waterman.
The Ralston company, sponsor of the show, asked
listeners to send in for a series of 12 special Ralston-
Tom Mix Comic books available only by writing the
Ralston Company by mail.
Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix was "the King of Cowboys"
when John Wayne was a youngster.
The popular series aired on ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976.
March 23, 1971
