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Gunsmoke is an American western radio series, which was developed for radio by John Meston and Norman Macdonnell. The series ran for nine seasons and was broadcast by CBS . [ 1 ] The first episode of the series originally aired in the United States on April 26, 1952, [ 2 ] and the final first-run episode aired on June 11, 1961. [ 3 ]
Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term " dragnet ", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Dragnet, the radio series, premiered on NBC on June 3, 1949, and ended on February 26, 1957. A set of 314 original episodes aired between June 1949 and September 1955 with ".22 Rifle For Christmas" and "The Big Little Jesus" usually re-run during Christmas time. [1] Re-runs were broadcast from the end of September 1955 to February 1957.
John Dunning wrote that, among radio drama enthusiasts, "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time." [1] It ran unsponsored for its first few years, with CBS funding its production. In 1955, the series was adapted for television and ran for 20 seasons.
Strickland appeared (sometimes on a recurring basis) on such programs as Adam-12, Dragnet, with Jack Webb, Gunsmoke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, My Favorite Martian, Make Room for Daddy, The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, Leave It to Beaver, Gunsmoke (S2E10’s “Greater Love” as Mrs. Brant in 1956), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Mission: Impossible, Alias Smith and ...
Harry Alfred Bartell (November 29, 1913 – February 26, 2004) [1] was an American actor and announcer in radio, television and film.With his rather youthful sounding voice, Bartell was one of the busiest West Coast character actors from the early 1940s until the end of network radio drama in the 1960s.
Gregg with Edward Binns in Portland Expose (1957). Gregg was a prolific radio actress, heard on such programs as The Adventures of Sam Spade, Dragnet, Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, The Jack Benny Program, Let George Do It, Lux Radio Theatre, One Man's Family, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, The Screen Guild Theater, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, The Zero Hour, and Mutual Radio Theater.
Perrin was also a regular guest star on the radio version of Gunsmoke, and he wrote or co-wrote five scripts for that popular Western series between 1959 and 1961. [ citation needed ] Perrin was a series regular as well on the anthology radio drama Family Theatre, played Ross Farnsworth on One Man's Family , and was featured as cavalry trooper ...