RICHARD CRENNA ON RADIO

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, September 6, 2003

OUR MISS BROOKS (4-3-49) Eve Arden stars as schoolteacher Connie Brooks, with Richard Crenna as Walter Denton, Gale Gordon as Mr. Conklin. Denton thinks Miss Brooks has written to a newspaper advice column about Mr. Boyn­ton. Palmolive, Lustre Creme, CBS. (28 min)

SUSPENSE (10-16-56) “Prophesy of Bertha Abbott” starring Sam Edwards and Richard Crenna in a story of “a boy who ran from a prophesy but couldn’t escape its deadly promise.” Cast: Dick Beals, Stacy Harris, Bill James, Jack Kruschen, George Walsh, Peggy Webber, Paula Winslowe. Sustaining, CBS. (28 min)

A DATE WITH JUDY (5-18-48) Louise Erickson as Judy, with John Brown as Mr. Foster, Dick Crenna as Oogie Pringle, Myra Marsh as Mrs. Foster, Dix Davis as Randolph. Judy gets her long-awaited invitation to the dance from Oogie, but laments she has nothing to wear. Turns, NBC. (29 min)

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (11-16-49) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, with Cathy Lewis as Nurse Milford, Mary Lee Robb as Marjorie, Dick Crenna as Bronco Thompson, Walter Tetley as Leroy, Lillian Ran­dolph as Birdie, Earle Ross as Judge Hooker, Dick LeGrand as Mr. Peavey. Gildy tries to help Marjorie’s boyfriend Bronco, a college stu­dent low on funds, get a job. Kraft Foods, NBC. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (1-11-59) “Night on Red Moun­tain” starring Richard Crenna as a man with a mysterious past who lives a quiet life in the mountains with his wife. Cast features Doris Singleton, Joe DeSantis, Peter Leeds, Sam Pierce, Norm Alden. Multiple sponsors, CBS. (23 min)

OUR MISS BROOKS (1-8-50) Eve Arden stars with Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna, Jeff Chan­dler, Jane Morgan. For the school newspa­per, Walter Denton has written a scathing editorial entitled, “What the Board of Educa­tion Means to Me.”