Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic television series which was
produced by NBC and ran from Monday, January 30, 1950 until June 24,
1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run. The
initial sponsors were Lucky Strike cigarettes and Johnson’s Wax.
Born Merle Johnson, Jr., Donahue was a actor, active between the
late 1950s and late 1990s. He was initially a journalism student at
Columbia University in New York City before deciding on a acting
career in Hollywood.
Donahue starred with Van Williams from 1960 to 1962 in the ABC
TV series Surfside 6. After that he joined the cast of Hawaiian Eye
for its last season, 1962-1963, in the role of hotel director Phillip
Barton.
His most high-profile role was a small part in The Godfather Part ll
(1974) as the fiancé of Connie Corleone.
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Cast of The Guiding Light from 1937 (left – right) Arthur Peterson, Mercedes
McCambridge, Helen Behmiller, and Henrietta Ledro.
Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is a television soap opera
the Guinness Book of World Records credits as the longest running drama in TV
and radio history. The program began as a NBC Radio serial on Monday, January
25, 1937 and moved to CBS radio on June 2, 1947. It started on CBS -TV, June 30,
1952 where it ran until 2009 when it was cancelled. Guiding Light was created by
schoolteacher Irna Phillips, who based it on her personal experiences.
Irna Phillips, mother of the Soap Opera
David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian) January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972
Seville was a pianist, singer/songwriter, actor and record producer. He provided
the voices of the cartoon characters the Chipmunks. He also recorded the #1
hit “Witch Doctor” in 1958.
Seville played minor roles in films, the best known of which is his appearance in
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 murder mystery Rear Window Starring James Stewart,
where he portrays a piano-playing songwriter living in the apartment complex
depicted in the film. David Seville died just days short of his 53 birthday.
David Seville (left) with Alfred Hitchcock making one of his famous
cameos in Rear Window.
Seville created the the voices of the Chipmunks using various recording
techniques.
I Love A Mystery is considered by many to be the greatest radio adventure serial
of all time. The show was written and directed by Carlton E. Morse and first aired
on the NBC West Coast network from Monday, January 16, 1939, weekdays at
3:15pm Pacific time. It went full NBC network coast to coast from October 2, 1939
March 29, 1940.
The central characters are, Jack Packard (played by Michael Raffetto), Doc Long
(portrayed by Jim Boles) and Reggie York.The three men first met as mercenary
soldiers fighting the Japanese in China. They meet again in San Francisco and
decide to form the A-1 Detective Agency.
Michael Raffetto
Jim Boles
Carlton E, Morse
