Bud Collyer was a radio actor/announcer who became one of the nation’s
first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work
as the voice of Superman/Clark Kent in three media: radio, film and television.

Collyer’s best-remembered radio role arrived in early 1940: the title role in The Adventures of Superman on the Mutual Broadcasting System. 

In 1956, Collyer became equally, if not more, familiar as the host of a
new Goodson-Todman production, To Tell The Truth, on CBS-TV. 

Bud Collyer was host of Beat The Clock which ran on CBS from 1950
to 1958 and ABC from 1958-1961.

With Hugh Marlowe (below) in the title role, Ellery Queen was introduced in
The Adventures of Ellery Queen on CBS Radio on June 18, 1939. Between
1939-1948, the show was broadcast alternately on CBS, NBC and ABC. The
premise was that a mystery would be dramatized but then interrupted when a
panel of celebrities would attempt to solve the mystery. The Gulf Oil Company
was the first commercial sponsor of the show.

Hugh Marlowe with Marian Shockley who played the
character Nikki Porter.

Bromo-Seltzer sponsored the first NBC run
of The Adventures of Ellery Queen

RARE  "ELLERY QUEEN CLUB MEMBER" BUTTON.

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.