The series Father Knows Best began on NBC Radio and starred Robert
Young as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret
was first portrayed by June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. The
Anderson children were Betty (Rhoda Williams), Bud (Ted Donaldson),
and Kathy (Norma Jean Nillson). Others in the cast were Eleanor Audley,
Herb Vigran and Sam Edwards. Sponsored through most of its run by
General Foods, the series was heard Thursday evenings on NBC until
March 25, 1954. The show went to TV May 27, 1954.

Marvin Miller was the Maxwell House
Coffee spokesman for Father Knows
Best.

1960

Dante Daniel "Danny" Bonaduce was born in Broomall, Pennsylvania.

Bonaduce is best known as a child actor in the ABC-TV sitcom series The
Partridge Family (1970-1974), he also became a professional wrestler and
radio personality. He made his TV debut in a 1967 episode of the NBC series
Accidental Family and two years later, he appeared in an episode of the hit
ABC-TV series Bewitched. Danny has been performing a morning talk/music
show at Seattle radio station KZOK-FM since November 14, 2011.

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

Actress and comedienne Lucille Ball became immortalized on
TV’s I Love Lucy, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom and the Living Legacy Award posthumously. 

Lucille Ball briefly worked under the stage name of Diane
Belmont, but was unable to keep a job as a chorus girl on
Broadway. She appeared in over 80 films from 1933 to 1989,
including Panama Lady, Too Many Girls, and Dubarry Was a
Lady. She was married to co-star Desi Arnaz from 1940-1960.

TIM MAGUIRE

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)