Ralph Rexford Bellamy was a actor with a radio, stage, film and TV career that 
spanned sixty-two years. He appeared on Broadway in one of his most famous 
roles, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (below) in Sunrise at Campobello. In 1984, 
he was presented with a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, 
and in 1987 received an Honorary Academy Award "for his unique artistry and 
his distinguished service to the profession of acting". He gave his final acting 
performance in Pretty Woman (1990).

Ralph Bellamy as FDR

Bellamy in Rosemary’s Baby, 1968

A 22 year old Art Bell on the air at KSBK

Arthur W. "Art" Bell is a broadcaster and author, known primarily as one of  
the founders and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program
Coast to Coast Am. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland. Semi-retired from Coast to Coast AM since 2003, Art hosted the
show many weekends for the following four years. He announced his retirement
from weekend hosting on July 1, 2007 but occasionally serves as a guest host. Art
was always interested in radio and at the age of 13 became a licensed amateur
radio operator (call sign W6OBB).

Art Bell served in the U.S. Air Force as a medic during the Vietnam War. After leaving military service he stayed in Asia, living on the on what is now the Japanese island
of Okinawa where he worked as a disc jockey for KSBK in the capital city of Naha. It
was the only non-military English language station in Japan. In 2009, Art moved to
the Philippines. Bell was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame on November 8, 2008.

Ham operator Art Bell, 13 years old

Art Bell in his Pahrump, Nevada home studio

Art signing his picture at the Radio Hall of Fame ceremony in Chicago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ‘’SPOTTY’’!

Suspense was a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio
from 1942 through 1962. One of the premier programs was
subtitled “Radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” and focused
on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading
Hollywood actors of the day. Approximately 945 episodes
were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900
still exist. It its early years, the program made only
occasional ventures into science fiction and fantasy.

Lurene Tueelt (left) and Rosalind Russell in “The Sisters” episode on
Suspense in 1948.

 

Robert Montgomery is featured in a Suspense episode.

(1968)

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Ralph Edwards was a radio and television host and producer. His
broadcasting began in Oakland, California, working at KROW-AM
while still in high school. After graduating from high school in 1931,
Edwards worked his way through college at the University of California,
Berkley. After some part time announcing jobs, he got his big break in
1938 with a full time job for CBS on WABC (now WCBS-AM). In 1940,
Edwards created and hosted the NBC-TV game show Truth or
Consequences.