Dan Seymour

Dan Seymour

Show Count: 20
Series Count: 6
Role: Old Time Radio Star
Born: February 22, 1915
Old Time Radio, Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died: May 25, 1993, Santa Monica, California, U.S
A character actor who frequently played villains in Warner Bros. films. He appeared in several Humphrey Bogart films, including Casablanca, Key Largo, and To Have and Have Not. He should not be confused with Dan Seymour, the announcer of Orson Welles' famous broadcast of The War of the Worlds and various other radio programs.

Dan Seymour was born Daniel Seymour Katz in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Senn High School in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Fine Arts.

Career

While in college, he worked in many school plays and also worked at night as an emcee at various Chicago night clubs, becoming quite successful. He moved to Hollywood, where his rotund build (265 lb or 120 kg) and swarthy looks made him perfect for a Hollywood villain. He played Humphrey Bogart's character's enemy, Vichy French Captain Renard, in To Have and Have Not. In the 1952 movie Mara Maru, he played opposite Raymond Burr and Errol Flynnwhose character was named Mason. He later appeared in 7 episodes of Perry Mason, which starred Burr; the episodes spanned the entire nine-year run of the popular series. During the first season in 1957 he played Harry Marlow in "The Case of the Silent Partner." In the final season in 1965 he played Nappy Tyler in "The Case of the Carefree Coronary." He made four appearances in The Untouchables, and three on Adventures of Superman. He also appeared onMolle Mystery Theater and many other television series.

Source: Wikipedia

Aldrich Family, The
Show Count: 120
Broadcast History: 2nd July 1939 to 19th April 1953
Cast: Ezra Stone, Norman Tokar, Dickie Jones, Raymond Ives, Bobby Ellis, House Jameson, Clyde Fillmore, Tom Shirley, Katharine Raht, Lea Penman, Regina Wallace, Betty Field, Patricia Peardon, Charita Bauer, Ann Lincoln, Jone Allison, Mary Mason, Mary Rolfe, Jackie Kelk, Johnny Fiedler, Jack Grimes, Michael O'Day, Ed Begley, Arthur Vinton, Howard Smith, Agnes Moorehead, Leona Powers, Mary Shipp, Ethel Blume, Jean Gillespie, Eddie Bracken, Charles Powers
Director: Harry Ackerman, Edwin Duerr, Fran Van Hartesveldt, George McGarrett, Sam Fuller, Bob Welsh, Lester Vail, Joseph Scibetta, Day Tuttle

Bobby Benson's Adventures
Show Count: 12
Broadcast History: 17 October 1932 to 11 December 1936 and 21 June 1949 to 17 June 1955
Cast: Billy Halop, Ivan Cury, Richard Wanamaker, Tex Ritter, Don Knotts, Herb Rice, Neil O'Malley, Craig McDonnell, Florence Halop, Clyde Campbell, Charles Irving, Bob Haig
Director: Bob Novak
Producer: Herb Rice

Dick Tracy
Show Count: 54
Broadcast History: 4 February 1935 to 11 July 1935, 30 September 1935 to 24 March 1937, 3 January 1938 to 30 September 1939, and 15 March 1943 to 16 July 1948
Sponsor: Sterling Products, Quaker Oats, Tootsie Rolls
Cast: Bob Burlen, Barry Thomson, Ned Wever, Matt Crowley, Walter Kinsella , Jackie Kelk, Andy Donnelly, Helen Lewis
Director: Mitchell Grayson, Charles Powers, Bob White

Henry Morgan Show The
Show Count: 24
Broadcast History: 28 October 1940 to 25 January 1943, 8 October 1945 to 16 July 1946, 3 September 1946 to 24 June 1948, 13 March 1949 to 16 June 1950, and 6 February 1950 to 23 June 1950
Cast: Henry Morgan, Arnold Stang, Art Carney, Florence Halop, Madeline Lee, Kenny Delmar
Director: Kenneth MacGregor, Charles Powers
Host: Henry Morgan
Henry Morgan's radio career began as a page at New York station WMCA in 1932, after which he held a number of obscure radio jobs, including announcing. He strenuously objected to the professional name "Morgan". What was wrong with his own name, Henry van Ost, Jr.? he asked. Too exotic, too unpronounceable, he was told. "What about the successful announcers Harry von Zell or Westbrook Van Voorhis?" he countered. But it was no use, and the bosses finally told Henry he could take the job or leave it. Thus began a long history of Henry's having arguments with executives.

Mercury Theater On Air
Show Count: 34
Broadcast History: 11 July 1938 to 13 September 1946
Sponsor: Pabst Beer
Cast: Frank Readick, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Joseph Cotten, John Brown, Karl Swenson, Lurene Tuttle, Alice Frost
Director: John Houseman, Orson Welles
Producer: John Houseman, Orson Welles
Host: Orson Welles

You Are The Jury
Show Count: 8
Broadcast History:
Cast: Jay Jostyn
The famous criminologist Roy Post devised this series. Here you are given your chance to actually take part in the jury trial without leaving your own living room, the chance to find out what kind of juror you’d make.

Alibi for Murder

Broadcast: March 22, 1946

Starring: Dan Seymour, Alexander Semmler, Louis Pelletier, Double Dandereen, L G Blochman, Jacques Fink, Molle Shaving Cream

Added: Sep 22 2015

Bride Wore Black, The

Broadcast: February 7, 1947

Starring: June Havoc, Bernard Lenrow, George Petrie, Dan Seymour, Alexander Semmler, Molle Shaving Cream, Cornell Woolrich, Paul Monash

Added: Feb 12 2016

Craigs Wife

Broadcast: March 10, 1940

Starring: Orson Welles, Regis Toomey, George Coulouris, Ann Harding, Dan Seymour, Clara Blandick, Mary Taylor, Janet Beecher, Richard Bear, Bea Benaderet

Added: Jun 22 2014