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ROBERT YOUNG WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907

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     Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998)

Young was a television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading
roles as Jim Anderson of Father Knows Best on CBS from 1954-1960,and
as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. on ABC-TV from 1969-
1976.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906

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             Gale Gordon
(February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995)

Character actor Gale Gordon is probably best remembered as Lucille
Ball’s longtime TV foil and bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball’s
second TV sitcom, The Lucy Show on CBS from 1962-1968. Prior to his
television career, Gordon was a respected radio actor.

 

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Gale Gordon with co-star Lucille Ball

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Gale Gordon co-starred with Eve Arden on the CBS
television show Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). The
show began as a CBS radio program from 1948 to
1957.

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BARNEY KEEP (JAN. 9, 1917–FEB. 19, 2000)

BARNEY KEEP RETIREMENT PARTY
From the Oregon Journal

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It was “Keep Time” — with Barney Keep on 1190 KEX 

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JACK BENNY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN

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                     Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky)   

                   (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

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FAMILY THEATER AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1947

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FAMILY THEATER

Family Theater was a radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System
from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957. The show was produced by Family Theater Productions, a film and radio studio extension of the Family Rosary Crusade founded by the Holy Cross Priest, Father Patrick Peyton as a way to promote family prayer.

Even though the show had no commercial sponsor, arrangements for many of 
Hollywood’s stars in film and radio at the time to appear were made. During the
programs ten-year run, stars such as Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jane
Wyatt, Charlton Heston, Bing Crosby, and Jack Benny were heard on the show.

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