Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky)   

                   (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

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.

 
   
    Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987)

Greene was a Canadian actor and musician who is best known for his
television roles as Ben Cartwright on the NBC-TV series Bonanza from
1959 to 1973 and as Commander Adama on the the ABC-TV series
Battlestar Galactica, 1978 to 1979.

Lorne Green gave up a career in chemical engineering and, upon
graduation from college, found a job as a radio broadcaster for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Greene in Battlestar Galactica

Standing from right: Will Rogers, Art Gillham, Wendell Hall, Eveready Quartet The orchestra is the Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra. Violinist Ben Posner
is standing behind the microphone.

The Eveready Hour was the first sponsored network variety program in the history
history of broadcasting. It debuted on WEAF Radio in New York. It was paid for by
the National Carbon Company, which at the time owned Eveready Battery.The long-running host of the show was Wendell Hall, a banjo-playing singer who wrote the
popular “Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo””. Hall, who was called “The Red Headed Music
Maker”, was married on the show in 1924 (pictured below).

The Wendell Hall wedding ceremony

 

                         Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken 

                   (February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002)

Two of Eddie Bracken’s best-loved films are The Miracle of Morgan’s
Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero, both made in 1944. These
popular films made Bracken a household name during World War
ll . He made numerous radio shows during this time, notably The
Eddie Bracken Show. Bracken had extensive television roles
between 1952 and 2000, including an episode of Tales from
the Darkside in which he plays a stubborn elderly man who
refuses to believe he is dead.