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Jack Meakin

Show Count: 33
Series Count: 4
Role: Old Time Radio Star
Old Time Radio
Born: September 28, 1906, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: December 30, 1982, Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Abbott & Costello ShowAbbott & Costello Show
Show Count: 84
Broadcast History: 3 July 1940 to 26 March 1949
Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes
Cast: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Sid Fields, Iris Adrian, Martha Wentworth, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton
Producer: Martin Gosch
After working as Fred Allen's summer replacement, Abbott and Costello joined Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on The Chase and Sanborn Hour in 1941, while two of their films (Buck Privates and Hold That Ghost) were adapted for Lux Radio Theater. They launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes.
Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin StreetChamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
Show Count: 6
Broadcast History: 11 February 1940 to 8 October 1944, 8 July 1950 to 30 September 1950 and 12 April 1952 to 2 August 1952
Cast: Gene Hamilton, Zero Mostel, Jack McCarthy
Director: Tom Bennett, Dee Engelbach
A strange sort of a show that was probably a little in front of it’s time. Radio shows in those days were usually quite straight forward in whatever sphere of entertainment they dealt in but The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street was what we today would call a “send-up”. It had a satirical way of putting over good music, whether it be opera, symphony or blues. The satire was of course in the lyrics, not in the music.
Great Gildersleeve, TheGreat Gildersleeve, The
Show Count: 526
Broadcast History: 31 August 1941 to 21 March 1957
Sponsor: Kraft Foods
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Arthur Q. Bryan, Gale Gordon, Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, Cathy Lewis, Lurene Tuttle, Hans Conried, Earle Ross, Lillian Randolph, Shirley Mitchell, Tommy Bernard, Una Merkel, Forrest Lewis, Marylee Robb, Richard Legrand, Dick Crenna, Louise Erickson, Mary Lee Robb, Ken Christy, Ben Alexander, Jim Backus, Pauline Drake, Gloria Holliday
Director: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Cecil Underwood, Karl Gruener, Frank Pittman Fran Van Hartesveldt, Virgil Reimer
Producer: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Cecil Underwood, Karl Gruener, Frank Pittman Fran Van Hartesveldt, Virgil Reimer
Honest HaroldHonest Harold
Show Count: 38
Broadcast History: 17 September 1950 to 13 June 1951
Cast: Harold Peary, Joseph Kearns, Olan Soule, Parley Baer, Jane Morgan, Cliff Arquette, Lynn Allen, Shirley Mitchell, Gloria Holliday, Mary Oldham, Stuffy Singer, Kathryn Card, Mary Jane Croft, Sammy Ogg
Director: Norman Macdonnell
Broadcast: September 27, 1945
Added: Aug 15 2015
Broadcast: August 9, 1945
Added: Jul 18 2015
Broadcast: March 9, 1948
Added: Apr 09 2016
Broadcast: August 16, 1945
Added: Aug 22 2015
Broadcast: October 4, 1945
Added: Jul 25 2015
Broadcast: July 26, 1945
Added: Jun 07 2015
Broadcast: August 2, 1945
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Broadcast: September 20, 1945
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Broadcast: October 11, 1945
Added: Nov 23 2015