Mike Douglas (born Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr. in
Chicago, Illinois) (August 11, 1925 – August 11, 2006)

Douglas was a "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, and syndicated 
television talk show host of The Mike Douglas Show. 

As a teenager, Mike Douglas was employed as a singer on a dinner
cruise ship on Lake Michigan. He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II.

Allen Albert Funt (September 16, 1914 – September 5, 1999)

Candid Camera was originally called The Candid Microphone and was first heard
on ABC radio June 28, 1947. Creator Allen Funt brought his program to ABC -TV
using the Candid Microphone title of the radio series, and then switched to NBC in
the fall of 1949 (for Philip Morris, with Ken Roberts as his announcer), at which
point its name was changed to Candid Camera. 

Dinah Shore (Frances Rose Shore)
(February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994)

In March of 1939, Dinah Shore debuted on national radio on the Sunday
afternoon CBS radio program, Ben Bernie’s Orchestra. She soon became
a successful singing star with her own variety radio show in 1943.Call to
Music on NBC.

The radio show made the move to television in 1951, where the variety
show (shown “in living color” after 1956) continued until 1963.

Frank Sinatra & Dinah Shore.

The song “Hanky Panky” was recorded at a local radio station, WNIL
in Niles, Michigan, and released on Snap Records, selling well in the
tri-state area of Michigan,Indiana and Illinois. The master of that 
original recording was later sold to Roulette Records where it then
received national distribution.

Tommy James, now 68, was born Thomas Gregory Jackson in Dayton, Ohio.

The dramatic radio program "G-men” aired initially on NBC, sponsored by
Chevrolet. The show was renamed "Gangbusters” in January 1936. After
the title change, the show had a 21-year run with the final series on the
Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1955 to November 27,1957.

Producer-director Phillips H. Lord

The sound effects men (right) with cast members in the background.