William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972)

Actor William Boyd is best remembered for portraying cowboy hero Bill
”Hopalong” Cassidy between 1935 and 1954 in 66 films and 49 TV
episodes.  

Before fame, Boyd worked in auto sales and as an orange picker after
moving to Los Angeles.

The Royal Rosarians and Queen Gloria Krieger conduct a Knighting
Ceremony with 1951 Rose Parade Grand Marshal William Boyd.   

Joan Lorring (Mary Magdalene Ellis)  

(April 17, 1926 – May 30, 2014)

New York (AP) – The Oscar-nominated actress Joan Lorring has
died more than six decades after appearing opposite Bette Davis
in the 1945 film "The Corn is Green."

According to her daughter, Santha Sonenberg, she died Friday in
the New York City suburb of Sleepy Hollow.

Lorring began a radio career in San Francisco in 1939. Her first
film role was in Song of Russia (1944).

Doris Grundy (Betty) and Charles Mullen (Archie) rehearse for the 
radio show

Archie Andrews began on the NBC Blue Network and switched to Mutual
in 1944, and then continued on NBC radio from 1945 until September 5,
1953. The program’s original announcer was Kenneth Banghart, later
succeeded by Bob Shepard (during the 1947-48 season, when Swift
and Company sponsored the program). Archie was first played by
Charles Mullen (1943-1944), Jack Grimes (1944) and Burt Boyar
(1945), with Bob Hastings (1945-1953) as the title character during
the NBC years. Jughead was portrayed by Hal Stone, Cameron
Andrews and later by Arnold Stang.

Hal Stone

 
  Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Blanc, known as "The Man of 1000 Voices", was born in San Francisco,
California, and later moved to Portland, Oregon where he attended
Lincoln High School. He began his radio career at age 19 on the KGW
program The Hoot Owls in 1927. This is where his ability to produce
voices for a large number of characters was first noticed. Blanc also
worked for KEX radio in Portland with his own show in 1933.  

Mel Blanc later moved to Los Angeles and joined Warner-Bros- owned
KFWB radio in Hollywood where he soon became the voices of various
Warner-Bros cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and
Porky Pig, just to name a few.

Lee Marshall (Marshall Aaron Mayer) (November 28, 1949 – April 26, 2014)

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Lee Marshall, one of the actors who supplied the
voice of Tony the Tiger in commercials, died on Saturday, April 26 at a Santa 
Monica hospital of esophageal cancer.

Marshall began voicing the Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes mascot in 1999, filling in for
the original actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. His career included radio newsman, rock ‘n’
roll disc jockey, sports broadcaster, and a pro wrestling ring interviewer.