Paul SuttonShow Count: 496
Series Count: 1
Role: Old Time Radio Star
Old Time Radio
Born: May 14, 1910, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Died: January 31, 1970, Ferndale, Michigan, USA
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Paul Sutton
(May 14, 1910, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- January 31, 1970, Ferndale, Michigan
) was an American
film actor
, appearing mostly in uncredited roles, and most often in low budget B-movies
during the 1930s and 1940s. He is perhaps best known as one of the actors who portrayed Sergeant William Preston
on the radio serial
Challenge of the Yukon. He departed his acting career in 1947
, and later entered politics. In 1954 and 1956 he ran for office for the United States House of Representatives
for Michigan
. He was residing in Ferndale, Michigan at the time of his death on January 31, 1970.
Source: Wikipedia
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Show Count: 628
Broadcast History: 3 February 1938 to 28 May 1947, 12 June 1947 to 30 December 1949 and 2 January 1950 to 9 June 1955
Sponsor: Quaker Oats
Cast: Jay Michael, Paul Sutton, John Todd, Brace Beemer
Director: Al Hodge
Producer: Al Hodge, George Trendle
Challenge of the Yukon was a radio series that began on Detroit's station WXYZ (as had The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet), and an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on February 3, 1938. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in November 1951, and remained under that name through the end of the series and into television. |
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Broadcast: January 30, 1953
Added: Jun 13 2001
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