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Harry Bartell
Season 9 Episode 40
One of the busiest (and best) actors of the radio era, Harry Bartell could be heard everywhere - as an announcer chatting with Nigel Bruce on Sherlock Holmes, as cowboys on Gunsmoke, and as suspects …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Frank Lovejoy (Part 8)
Season 9 Episode 39
Radio and big screen star Frank Lovejoy makes his final appearances on Suspense in a pair of shows where he plays characters both scary and sympathetic. First, he's a man with an unhealthy fixation o…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Jackie Kelk
Season 9 Episode 38
For seven years on radio, Jackie Kelk portrayed cub reporter and Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen, and he helped to define the character for generations of depictions in comics, cartoons, and films. We'll …
Published on 4 months ago
Elsa Lanchester
Season 9 Episode 37
Elsa Lanchester achieved cinematic immortality with her iconic portrayal of the Bride of Frankenstein in the Universal horror classic. But her work in the realm of monsters was just a part of her lon…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Lee Patrick
Season 9 Episode 36
Best known as Effie, the loyal secretary to Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, Lee Patrick enjoyed great success on the Broadway stage and worked steadily as a character actress on the big and small sc…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Berry Kroeger
Season 9 Episode 35
In the earliest days of Suspense, Berry Kroeger introduced each week's story as the "Man in Black." Years later, this talented and versatile actor would step into starring roles on "radio's outstandi…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Herbert Marshall (Part 9)
Season 9 Episode 34
We say goodbye to Herbert Marshall - one of the most frequent guest stars on Suspense. Marshall logged twenty appearances on "radio's outstanding theatre of thrills" between 1944 and 1959. He also st…
Published on 5 months ago
BONUS - Best of William Bendix
Season 9 Episode 33
In this bonus episode, I share my favorite Suspense shows starring William Bendix - the lovable lug of The Life of Riley and the Oscar-nominated character actor of Lifeboat, The Blue Dahlia, and more…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Vanessa Brown
Season 9 Episode 32
Born in Austria, Vanessa Brown and her family fled the Nazis and made their way to America where she soon found success on the Broadway stage and as a juvenile contestant on The Quiz Kids. She broke …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Torin Thatcher
Season 9 Episode 31
British character actor Torin Thatcher made a name for himself as a Hollywood heavy in everything from seafaring adventures to magical fantasies. We'll hear him as a miner forced to return to the sit…
Published on 6 months ago