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FRANKLIN COVER

 

LOVE OF LIFE       George Eller    1966

                    Unknown Role         1960

THE DOCTORS Physicist Walter Kenyon "Regretfully Yours" 7/16/1963     possibly also 1966

THE EDGE OF NIGHT    Dr. David Gerard    1969-70

THE SECRET STORM       Doctor   1971

ALL MY CHILDREN     District Attorney Dick Hamilton    1973

HOTHOUSE                Sheriff Joe Gates       1988

ALL MY CHILDREN      Judge Joseph Lerner     Unknown Year

 

 

of course.....

 THE JEFFERSONS      Tom Willis     1975-85

 

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

 

CHANGE AT 125TH STREET     3/28/1974

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Michael Kane

Jean Gillespie

Jayne Heller

Hal Holbrook

Florence Malone

Eva Marie Saint

Charme Allen

Howard Duff

Janice Gilbert

Rosemary DeCamp

William "Billy" Lee

Athena Lorde

Irna Phillips

Arthur Peterson

Minerva Pious

Irene Tedrow

Marian Seldes

Francis DeSales

Gene Rayburn

Van Heflin

Ted Knight

Karl Swenson

Peter Capell

Richard Venture

Ruby Dee

Robert Hooks

Joy Hathaway

Douglas Parkhirst

Mady Kaplan

Patricia Sales

Brenda Epperson

Barbara Eda Young

Tom Everett

Todd Everett

Hector Elizondo

Jenny Egan

Dana Elcar

Randall Edwards

Richard Eastham

Lori-Nan Engler

Dillon Evans

Michael Ebert

Anthony Eisley

Patricia Englund

Stacey Edwards

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MICHAEL KANE    

 

RADIO     

 

ROAD OF LIFE         Armand Monet 

THIS IS NORA DRAKE       David Brown      

 

TELEVISION    

 

ROAD OF LIFE        Armand Monet      1954-55

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Dr. Paul Fletcher    1956

THE BRIGHTER DAY     District Attorney Alex Morgan      1959

FIRST LADIES DIARIES:  EDITH WILSON        Woodrow Wilson        JANUARY 20, 1976

also....

THE ROBERT HERRIDGE THEATER         Narrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MADY KAPLAN

 

THE GUIDING LIGHT      Pearl Crystal      1981

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Bobbie Gerard     1981

TEXAS        Margaret Ellington         1982

THE GUIDING LIGHT     Kathleen Brodie    1983

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Marie Kovac     1985-86

GUIDING LIGHT           District Attorney Lisa Dravecky     1989-90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JEAN GILLESPIE

 

RADIO

 

ADVENTURE AHEAD      Unknown Role

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK MERRIWELL     Inze Burrage

THE ALAN YOUNG SHOW    Betty Dittenfeffer

ALDRICH FAMILY          Kathleen Anderson

AUNT JENNY'S TRUE LIFE STORIES    Unknown Role

THE BILL THOMPSON SHOW    Unknown Role

CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER      Various

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA     Various

Emily Clark "the Immortal Blacksmith" 9/27/1949

THE FORD THEATER       Various

FRONT PAGE FARRELL     Addie Cartwell

GASOLINE ALLEY      Nina Clock

THE GUIDING LIGHT   Alice Graham     1952

JONATHON TRIMBLE, ESQUIRE   Mildred Trimble

MA PERKINS     Esther Hunter Lyle

MEN AT SEA       Unknown Role

MISTER I. A. MOTO       Unknown Role

MY TRUE STORY     Unknown Role

THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW     Unknown Role

PORTIA FACES LIFE      Unknown Role

THE SEARS RADIO THEATER    Various

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON      Elizabeth Miller Mason

TALES OF WILLIE PIPER       Martha Piper

THEATER FIVE   Various    1964-65

THIS IS NORA DRAKE       Emotionally Confused Nurse 

WHISPERING STREETS     Maggie Drake

WENDY WARREN              Pat Sullivan

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE        Marge Davis

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR     Various

 

TELEVISION

 

THE GUIDING LIGHT   Alice Graham     1952

THE INNER FLAME (PORTIA FACES LIFE)     Doris Blake Lawlor    1955

MODERN ROMANCES        Unknown Role    week of 3/26/1956

TRUE STORY     Unknown Role    "Cat and Mouse"    6/1/1957

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Unknown Role     Unknown Year

GENERAL HOSPITAL    Dr. Garland       4/1985

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JOSEPH DeSANTIS

 

RADIO

 

THE BRIGHTER DAY          Unknown Role    

THE ETERNAL LIGHT        Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION                    

 

TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET   Commander Elblas      1950 

GOLDEN WINDOWS         Carl Grant   1954-55

THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES       ___ Robertson       1963

                                                          Mr. Costano             1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

HAL HOLBROOK      

 

RADIO

 

THE BRIGHTER DAY        Grayling Dennis    1949-56

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON          Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION

 

THE BRIGHTER DAY       Grayling Dennis     1954-59

 

also.....

 

THE BOLD ONES: THE SENATOR    Senator Hays   Stowe     1970-71

DESIGNING WOMEN         Reese Watson           1986-89

EVENING SHADE       Evan Evans                 1990-94

THE EVENT               James Dempsey         2010-11

SONS OF ANARCHY     Nate Madock, Gemma's dad    2010;2014

 

mini-series .....

NORTH AND SOUTH   BOOK 1   Abraham Lincoln

NORTH AND SOUTH BOOK II     Abraham Lincoln

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLORENCE MALONE     

 

RADIO

 

AGAINST THE STORM           Margaret Allen 

                                                     Mrs. Scott

AMANDA OF HONEYMOON HILL    Mrs. Gilder

BETTY AND BOB        Mrs. Drake      

BY KATHLEEN NORRIS             Unknown Role

PRETTY KITTY KELLY               Mrs. Megram

VALIANT LADY       Unknown Role     1941

YOUNG WIDDER BROWN          Martha

 

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EVA MARIE SAINT

 

RADIO

 

BIG SISTER                        Unknown Role

CLAUDIA AND DAVID               Unknown role

HILLTOP HOUSE Unknown Role

ONE MAN'S FAMILY                 Unknown Role

PERRY MASON           Unknown Role

ROSEMARY      Unknown Role

YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE   Tracey Adams Malone (Temporary)    1952

              Mary Browne Horton

 

TELEVISION  

 

ONE MAN'S FAMILY     Claudia Barbour Roberts    1950-52

THE EDGE OF NIGHT       Unknown Role           Unknown Year

A YEAR IN THE LIFE       Ruth __ Gardner     1986

 

 

also.....

BUCK ROGERS     Colonel Wilma Deering    1950

HOW THE WEST WAS WON         Kate __ Macahan     1976-77

MOONLIGHTNING       Virginia __ Hayes     1986-88

 

Select films.......

ON THE WATERFRONT     Edie Doyle     1954

NORTH BY NORTHWEST        Eve Kensall     1959

SUPERMAN RETURNS        Martha Kent          2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARME ALLEN

 

RADIO

 

ABIE'S IRISH ROSE    Mrs. Mueller

AS THE TWIG IS BENT     Mother Carlton

AUNT JENN'S REAL LIFE STORY    (Temporary replacement for Florence Malone)   1938

MARY NOBLE, BACKSTAGE WIFE           Mercy Kimball

THE BEST PLAYS      Various

THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP     Various

COUNTY SEAT      Sarah Hackett Whipple 

DAVID HARUM        Aunt Polly Harum Benson

DIMENSION X        Various

ETERNAL LIGHT      Various

FRONT PAGE  FARRELL    Unknown Role  1953

GRAND CENTRAL STATION     Various

THE HIGH PLACES     Unknown Role      1944

INTO THE LIGHT     Ma Owen      1941

JUST PLAIN BILL     Unknown Role   1949

LORENZO JONES   Unknown Role    1952

THE MARRIAGE       Unknown Role   

MOTHER AND DAD          Mother

MY TRUE STORY   Unknown Role   1955

NOW HEAR THIS     Various

THE O'NEILLS      Mrs. Carson 

PERRY MASON     Agnes   1945

PRETTY KITTY KELLY    Mrs. Murger

QUIET PLEASE      Various

THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS   Unknown Role  

THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT  Unknown Role  1954 

THE SECOND MRS. BURTON     Grace Burton

THE STORY OF MARY MARLIN       Sarah Jane Kane

VALIANT LADY     Mrs. Scott

WE LOVE AND LEARN        Mother Carlton

YOUNG WIDDER BROWN   Unknown Role  1948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOWARD DUFF

 

RADIO

 

DEAR JOHN (IRENE RICH DRAMAS)     Lynn Reed

SAM SPADE         Sam Spade

 

 

TELEVISION

 

FLAMINGO ROAD     Sheriff Titus Semple         1980-82

HOTEL                 Byron Comstock      1984

KNOTS LANDING    Paul Galveston     1984-85   (1990 fb)

HOTEL            Adam Korsak      1985

DALLAS        Senator Henry Harrison O'Dell     1988

 

and....

MR. ADAMS AND EVE    Howard Adams      1957-58

DANTE          Willie Dante                  1960-61

THE FELONY SQUAD     Detective Sergeant Sam Stone    1966-69

 

 

PILOT/PROPOSALS 

FLAMINGO ROAD        Sheriff Titus Semple      1980

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JANICE GILBERT

 

RADIO

 

AUNT JENNY'S TRUE LIFE STORIES    Unknown Role

BACHELOR'S CHILDREN        Kathleen Carney

DOC BARCLAY S DAUGHTER       Clarabelle Higgins

DOCTOR CHRISTIAN       Unknown Role

GASOLINE ALLEY     Nina Clock

HER HONOR NANCY JAMES      Trixie

                                      Madge Keller

HILLTOP HOUSE   Jean Adair 

                                  Nina Browning 

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD      Unknown Role

THE O'NEILLS     Janice Collins O'Neill

SECOND HUSBAND        Fran Cummings

TRUE CONFESSIONS      Unknown Role

WHEATENA PLAYHOUSE     Unknown Role   "Wuthering Heights"

 

TELEVISION

 

THE O'NEILLS     Janice Collins O'Neill    1949

 

also.....

 

BREAK THE BANK       Paging Teller       1948-57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROSEMARY DeCAMP

 

RADIO

 

THE CAREER OF ALICE BLAIR          Alice Blair

DR. CHRISTIAN             Nurse Judy Price

DOT AND WILL        Madge

DREFT STAR PLAYHOUSE    "Of Human Bondage"    Mildred Rogers

ONE MAN'S FAMILY         Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Mother Superior      1979-80

HOTEL           Mary Tyson              1985

 

also.....

LIFE OF RILEY         Peg Riley         1949-50

THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW   Margaret McDonald      1955-59

THAT GIRL        Helen Marie      1966-70

PETTICOAT JUNCTION          Aunt Helen    1968

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY        Grandma Amanda Renfrew    1970-73  once a year

FAMILY          Amelia Stone      1979

PILOTS/PROPOSALS

DREAM WIFE       Mrs. Dunlap   1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHAEL EBERT

 

AS THE WORLD TURNS           Dr. Charles "Chuck" Ryan     1962-66

LOVE OF LIFE           Rick Latimer     1966-69

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Dr. David Gerard      1969

THE DOCTORS          Dr. Rolf Krilling       1972-73

SOMERSET       Dr. John Hallaran        1973-74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BILLY LEE

 

RADIO

 

AMANDA OF HONEYMOON HILL     Unknown Role

FLYING TIME             Beasley

MA PERKINS                     Judge Hartley

THE STORY OF MARY MARLIN  

                        "Never Fail"  Fredericks

                          George Crabbe

                                   Abner Peabody 

 

TELEVISION

 

THE EGG AND I  Ed Peabody   1/1952  "The Purloined Jacket"

AS THE WORLD TURNS        Grandpa Will Hughes 1956

 

 

and......

SESAME STREET       Mr. Harold  Hooper     1979-83

 

 

 

 

 

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ATHENA LORDE

 

RADIO

 

DAVID HARUM     Joan Bradley       1945

FRONT PAGE FARRELL         Sherry the Dancer

HEARTS IN HARMONY    Jean Lewis    1941

LINDA'S FIRST LOVE     Unknown Role   1947

MY TRUE STORY      Unknown Role    1955

TWO ON A CLUE           Midget

WHISPERING STREETS     Unknown Role    1955

YOUNG WIDDER BROWN     Maggie Sprague

 

TELEVISION

 

ONE MAN'S FAMILY        Judith Richardson      1950

THE GREATEST GIFT       Betty Matthews      1954-55

FROM THESE ROOTS     Unknown Role  Unknown Year

DAY IN COURT       Lucille __ Kraft   2/2 - 6/1965

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS      Mrs. King Titus     1965

 

family notes...

Married to actor Jim Boles; mother of actress Barbara Boles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DILLON EVANS   

 

THE EDGE OF NIGHT            Mr. Peabody       1980

ANOTHER WORLD                     Reginald Fearing      1983

AS THE WORLD TURNS         Ambrose Bingham     1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATRICIA SALES

 

LOVE OF LIFE             Grace __ Jordan     1954-55

MODERN ROMANCES     Unknown Role     week of 9/26/1955

                                            Unknown Role     week of 11/28/1955

   "Debut"   Paula Thomas   week of 10/7/1957

TRUE STORY         "Tea is for Terror"     8/10/1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IRNA PHILLIPS

 

RADIO

 

GASOLINE ALLEY               Auntie Blossom       

PAINTED DREAMS         Mother Moynihan

                                           Sue Moynihan

ROAD OF LIFE       Unknown Role

SONG OF THE CITY         Unknown Role

TODAY'S CHILDREN        Kay Crane

                                           Mother Moran

                                           Katherine Norton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTHUR PETERSON     

 

RADIO

 

BACHELOR'S CHILDREN       Wilton Comstock

THE BARTON FAMILY      Unknown Role

THE BAXTERS        Bill Baxter   

CASE DISMISSED     Unknown Role

CURTAIN TIME    Various Roles

DESTINATION FREEDOM     Various Roles 

GIRL ALONE    Lieutenant Coster

GRAND MARQUEE    Various Roles

THE GUIDING LIGHT   Reverend Doctor John Ruthledge    1937-46

HELLO SUCKERS    Various Roles

THE LUX RADIO THEATER      Various Roles

MA PERKINS     Unknown Role     1940

MEET THE MEEKS       Unknown Role

THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS    Reverend Doctor John Ruthledge   

THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT    Dr. Franklin   1944

SECURITY AGENT     U.S.A.      Various Roles

THE STORY OF MARY MARLIN        Peter Hujaz

THE TOM MIX RALSTON STRAIGHT SHOOTERS   Judge Parsons   

THE WORLD'S GREAT NOVELS      Various Roles

 

TELEVISION

 

HAWKINS FALLS       Doc Gibbs    1951-53

  Andy Anderson       1955

THE EDGE OF NIGHT       Mr. Forrester     Unknown Year

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Mr. Jorgenson      1964

SOAP               "The Major"  Major Gatling    1977-81

 

and...

THE WALTONS     Homer Ferguson     1972

 

 

movie

RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE     Selectman Seth    1961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINERVA PIOUS

 

RADIO

THE ALAN YOUNG SHOW     Various

BEHIND THE MIKE    Various        1940

THE BENNY-ALLEN FEUD     Unknown    

THE BOB HOPE SHOW       Various

THE BORIS KARLOFF SHOW      Various

THE COLUMBIA PRESENTS CORWIN    Various   1944

THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP    1956-57

DUFFY'S TAVERN          Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum

THE FRED ALLEN SHOW     Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum 

                                         Various

THE G. I. JOURNAL   Unknown Role

THE GOLDBERGS      Unknown Role

THE HENRY MORGAN SHOW     Various   1950

THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM     Various   

THE JUDY CANOVA SHOW     Various

THE KATE SMITH HOUR    Duo with Charlie Carter   1940-41

LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL      Unknown Role

THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY     Unknown Role

LONE JOURNEY         Unknown Role 

THE RADIO HALL OF FAME     Self

SO THIS IS RADIO     Various     1939

 

TELEVISION        

 

ANOTHER WORLD           Mrs. Gilhooly    1968

THE EDGE OF NIGHT      Cecelia ___ Castermore         1969-70

                                     Mrs. Armstrong  (Tracy's Madam)   1976

 

 

 

 

 

A special thanks to Mark Thomas Faulkner for providing pictures of Michael Ebert, Billy Lee, Patricia Sales and Dillon Evans.  

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MARIAN SELDES

 

RADIO

 

JOYCE JORDAN, GIRL INTERNE       Alice Easton   

 

TELEVISION

 

LOVING           Denise ___ Hunter Nostrand        1994-95

CPW         Suzanne Dark     1995

GUIDING LIGHT      Madame Ava    1998

ONE LIFE TO LIVE       Sonya Roskova Cramer       1998

 

and....

 

GOOD AND EVIL   Charlotte Sandler     1991

 

 

 

Yep, internet has been going in an out for the last twenty minutes. I had to retype Peterson's profile three times. Fixed. Thanks for letting me know!

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IRENE TEDROW

 

RADIO

 

AUNT MARY      Jessie Ward Calvert

CHANDU THE MAGICIAN     Dorothy Regent   

THE GALLANT HEART     Captain Julia Porter     1944

JONATHON TRIMBLE, ESQUIRE      Alice Trimble

MEET CORLISS ARCHER     Janet Archer

MY FRIEND IRMA     Louise Cartwright

ROMANCE       Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION 

 

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS       Aunt Alex Garrett      1965-66

PEYTON PLACE      Mrs. Healey     1966

BRIGHT PROMISE   Emily Woodhouse   1970

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN     Standing Cow    1977

 

 

 

and.......  

THE RUGGLES        Margaret Ruggles     1949-50

FATHER OF THE BRIDE    Miss Bellamy    1961-62

DENNIS THE MENACE     Lucy Elkins     1959-63

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE    Minerva Farnsworth    1975

JAMES AT 16     Miss Jordan      1978

DOROTHY        Mrs. Foley      1979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENE RAYBURN 

 

RADIO

 

MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH        Mr.  Stubbs

 

TELEVISION 

 

ONE LIFE TO LIVE         Quentin Frazier      1982
 

 

GAME/TALK SHOWS

 

THE TONIGHT SHOW     1953-59

THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW    1956-59

THE NAMES THE SAME

MAKE THE CONNECTION    1955

DOUGH RE MI       1958-61

PLAY YOUR HUNCH

TIC TAC DOUGH

MATCH GAME      1962-69; 1973-79; 1983-84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRANCIS DE SALES

 

RADIO

 

KING'S ROW             Dr. Parris Mitchell      

 

TELEVISION

 

DAYS OF OUR LIVES        Dr. Rusty Lincoln      1965-66; 1968

                                           Dr. James Spencer     1971

 

also....... 

MR. AND MRS. NORTH        Lieutenant Bill Weigand      1952-54

TWO FACES WEST         Sheriff Maddox     1960-61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Also.....CBS RADIO WORKSHOP " The Endless Road"   Unknown Role

 

Martha Scott     LISTENING POST         Unknown Role

 

Frances Foster       CBS RADIO WORKSHOP   "The Endless Road"   Unknown Role

 

Enid Markey     WOMAN OF COURAGE       Lillian Burke

 

Robert Dryden        CBS RADIO WORKSHOP  ""The Endless Road"   Unknown Role

 

 

 

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VAN HEFLIN 

 

BETTY AND BOB          Bob Drake

CENTRAL CITY             Mayor Bateman

THE DOCTOR FIGHTS      Unknown Role

THE GOLDBERGS     Unknown Role

THE MAN I MARRIED     Adam Waring 

MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH    Joe

OUR GAL SUNDAY        Slim Delaney

WAY DOWN EAST          Unknown Role

 

 

family ties

Brother to AMC's Fran Heflin, uncle to Mady Kaplan, Nora Heflin and Marta Heflin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TED KNIGHT

 

RADIO

 

OUR GAL SUNDAY         Unknown Role

 

TELEVISION

 

THE CLEAR HORIZON    Colonel Tate       1960-62

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS      Phil Buckley     1964-65

 

also.......

LASSIE'S RESCUE RANGERS    Ben Turner   1972-73

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW      Ted Baxter     1970-77

THE TED KNIGHT SHOW        Roger Dennis     1978

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT     Henry Rush     1980-87

also.....

Numerous voices in cartoons.

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