Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti)
(June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995)
The comedy duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
The Rat Pack,Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Joey
Bishop on the set of Ocean’s 11, 1960
Archie Andrews was a long-running radio show, based on the comic book
series. It aired on the NBC Blue Network, switching to Mutual in 1944. It went
back to NBC in 1945 and ran till September 5, 1953. The original Archie was
played by Charles Mullen. Jughead was portrayed by Hal Stone (below) and
Cameron Andrews for the NBC run. Betty was played Rosemary Rice and
Gloria Mann was Veronica. The initial announcer was Kenneth Banghart.
Swift and Company sponsored the show during the 1947 to 1948 season
show that began on the NBC Blue Network on May 31, 1943, switched to Mutual
in 1944, and then continued on NBC from 1945 until September 5, 1953. The
program’s original announcer was Kenneth Banghart, later succeeded by Bob
Shepard (during the 1947-48 season, when Swift and Company sponsored the
program) and Dick Dudley. Archie was first played by Charles Mullen, Jack
Grimes and Burt Boyar, with Bob Hastings (below) as the title character during
the NBC years. Jughead was portrayed by Hal Stone and Cameron Andrews. For
the NBC run, Betty was portrayed by Rosemary Rice (below), and Veronica by
Gloria Mann.
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)
Blanc was born in San Francisco, Ca., later moving to Portland, Or.
where he attended Lincoln High School. He began a radio career in
1927 as a voice actor on the KGW program The Hoot Owls. In 1933,
after a stint in Los Angeles, Blanc returned to Portland and worked at
KEX radio where he produced and co-hosted a show called Cobweb
And Nuts.
Mel returned to Los Angeles in 1935 and joined Warner Bros.–owned
KFWB radio in Hollywood. He soon became a regular on NBC’s The
Jack Benny Program, playing various roles.
Mel Blanc, "The Man of a Thousand Voices", is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry. He was the first voice artist
in Hollywood to receive screen credit.
Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002)
Lee was a jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and
actress with a career spanning six decades. She began as a singer
on local radio to performing with the big band of Benny Goodman.
Peggy wrote music for films, and acted as well, receiving three Grammy
Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, an Academy Award
nomination and a ASCAP Award. Lee was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1999.
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001)
Singer and television personality Perry Come recorded exclusively for
the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. He pioneered a
weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the
genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history.
Como has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame for his work in radio, television, and music.