BONUS - Best of Edward G. Robinson | Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) Podcast

Episode 33 - Edward G. Robinson: One of the great gangster stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Edward G. Robinson excelled at playing all types of characters over his fifty year career. From Nazi hunters to cagey sleuths to desperate criminals, Robinson delivered memorable... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 102 - Edward G. Robinson (Part 2): Edward G. Robinson - one of the great big screen gangsters, begins and ends his run on Suspense with these two old time radio thrillers. We'll hear him as a man with an imaginary wife in "My Wife, Geraldine" (originally aired on CBS on March 1,... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

65 min listen

Episode 159 – Edward G. Robinson (Part 3): For his final visit to the podcast, legendary screen gangster and tough guy Edward G. Robinson stars as himself and "The Man Who Wanted to Be Edward G. Robinson" (originally aired on CBS on October 19, 1946). Then, we'll hear him as crusading... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 464 – Dear John (The Judge, Frontier Gentleman, Have Gun - Will Travel, & The Whistler): We're saluting John Dehner - the Disney animator and award-winning radio news editor who became one of the radio era's best actors and a great big and small screen character actor from the 50s to the 80s. He found his biggest radio fame in a pair of... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

116 min listen

Episode 356 - Sheldon Leonard: Big screen tough guy Sheldon Leonard went from cutting a menacing figure in To Have and Have Not and It's a Wonderful Life to producing classic TV sitcoms like The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. In three old time... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

128 min listen

Episode 43 - Ray Milland: Ray Milland's screen career stretched from the 1930s to the 1970s, earning him an Oscar and leaving a series of memorable performances in The Lost Weekend, Dial 'M' for Murder, and more. A talented director as well as an actor, Milland... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

BONUS - Romance Gone Wrong: In this bonus podcast episode, a collection of characters makes the St. Valentine's Day massacre look like a picnic. We'll hear five Suspense stories about romances gone wrong with husbands and wives at each other's throats. Peter Lorre... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

154 min listen

Episode 88 - John Lund: We're back with more legends of Hollywood in tales well calculated to keep you in Suspense. This week, our star is John Lund, the boyishly good looking leading man who made thirteen visits to the program. He plays a man conspiring to bump off his... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 140 - J. Carrol Naish (Part 2): J. Carrol Naish shows why he was "Hollywood's one-man U.N." in his first and last visits to Suspense. The two-time Oscar nominated actor could convincingly play characters from all over the world, and his knack for accents is put to great use in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 178 – Jack Carson: Jack Carson came out of the vaudeville comedy circuit and carved out a niche as an arrogant, but ignorant, know-it-all in films and on his own radio comedy show. But he could walk on the dramatic side of the street in movies like Cat on a Hot Tin... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

97 min listen

Episode 216 - Richard Basehart: Before he spent four seasons on a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Richard Basehart was a rising Hollywood star and made a visit to the Suspense microphone. His performance elevates "The Perfectionist," a far-fetched episode about a killer... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

69 min listen

Episode 98 - Robert Mitchum: Equally effective as weary heroes and psychotic villains, Robert Mitchum had a screen presence that few actors could replicate. Best known for his turns in film noir and thrillers, Mitchum gave Hollywood some of its most iconic baddies and toughest... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

67 min listen

Episode 389 – Won’t You Come Home, Bob Bailey (Let George Do It & Johnny Dollar): To celebrate Bob Bailey's birthday, we'll hear the actor in four old time radio detective dramas. First, he's George Valentine in a pair of mysteries from Let George Do It: "Murder and One to Go" (originally aired on Mutual on January 3, 1949)... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

125 min listen

BONUS - Oh, Rochester (Jack Benny Program & Private Life of Rochester Van Jones): Eddie Anderson, the vaudeville star and comedian with a trademark gravelly voice, made his first appearance on The Jack Benny Program in 1937. He'd become an iconic part of the series and a member of Benny's cast on radio and television for... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

71 min listen

Episode 288 - Jim Backus: Before he was one of seven castaways stranded on Gilligan's Island, Jim Backus showed off his dramatic chops in two episodes of Suspense. Backus leaves Mr. Magoo behind - first as a blind man marked for death by the mob in "See How He Runs"... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

112 min listen

Episode 235 – Dan O’Herlihy: Irish-born actor Dan O'Herlihy broke out on the big screen when he earned an Oscar nod for the title role in Robinson Crusoe. Over the course of his career, he worked steadily on in films and on television, including his memorable role of "The Old... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

82 min listen

Episode 362 - Alan Baxter: Alan Baxter made a name for himself playing dangerous characters on screen - moody men on the wrong side of the law. He turned to television as film roles dried up in the postwar years, and he was busy on the small screen up through the 1970s. In his... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 min listen

Episode 9 - Joseph Cotten: One of Hollywood’s top stars of the 1940s, Joseph Cotten was practically a member of the family on Suspense, making 18 appearances between 1944 and 1959. The star of Shadow of a Doubt and The Third Man excelled at playing... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 42 - Herbert Marshall: A real-life hero in Hollywood, Herbert Marshall lost a leg in World War I before he went on to a long career on the stage and screen. The handsome, debonair actor made a name for himself as a romantic lead and later as a character actor. In addition... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

63 min listen

Episode 279 - Howard Da Silva: Before he sang his way through 1776 as Benjamin Franklin, Howard Da Silva was a busy screen and stage actor earning raves for his villainous turns on Broadway and on the big screen. We'll hear him as a cop on the trail of a cocky killer in... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

100 min listen

Episode 299 - Chester Morris: Our seventh season begins with Chester Morris, a star whose career spanned the silent and sound eras of Hollywood. But after a big run in the 20s and 30s (including an Oscar nomination), Morris found himself in B-movies by the 40s. His career got a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

70 min listen

Jon Canter: Jon Canter, comedy writer, reminds us of Bob’s physical resemblance to The Marx Brothers and of his “predictably perverse” humour (“I don’t think I’d heard sarcasm in popular song before Dylan”). He goes on to equate Bob’s Jewishness with his constant restlessness, whilst quoting a Randy Newman song about Bruce Springsteen. Jon somehow manages to relate the work of Dylan to Brexit, via a discussion of Bob’s attitude to “experts”. He praises the genius of Dylan’s early bootlegs and marvels at the man’s extraordinary emotional range (“He’s a Shakespearean songwriter”). Jon Canter is the author of three comic novels - Seeds of Greatness, A Short Gentleman and Worth. He has written stand-up comedy for Lenny Henry, the BBC2 series Posh Nosh for Arabella Weir, comment pieces for The Guardian, along with many radio and stage plays. The fourth series of his comedy ‘Believe It’ (with Richard Wilson) was broadcast recently on BBC Radio 4. Trailer Twitter: @joncanter3 Episode playli by Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan

35 min listen

Episode 214 - Lynn Bari: Actress Lynn Bari enjoyed a long career on the big and small screens, and though she never really broke into the starring sphere she appeared in hundreds of films opposite some of the major stars of the era. Her specialty was playing "the other woman"... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 293 - Leon Ames: Leon Ames broke out with his portrayal of Judy Garland's dad in Meet Me in St. Louis, and he played several outwardly stuffy but inwardly sweet dads - and showed off a dry wit - in movies and TV shows through the 1980s. We'll hear him in his one and... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

98 min listen

Episode 4 - Vincent Price: Before he was a big screen horror icon, Vincent Price was a busy actor in Hollywood – both on screen and on the air. In his 13 appearances on “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills,” Price played both heroes and crazed villains, and he... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

64 min listen

Perry Mason 74 Kate Beekman chats with Officer McInerney: Perry Mason. December 31, 1953.Kate Beekman chats with Officer McInerney in the subway station. She meets with Gordy at the railroad station of "Goodbye." He's going to tell her "something she's never dreamed of." The body of the show only.... by Perry Mason

10 min listen

Episode 352 - Whitfield Connor: Whitfield Connor broke out on the Broadway stage in the 1940s, and he returned to the theatre in the 1960s as a manager and producer. In between, he made two starring turns on Suspense. First, he's an editor who finds a perfect murder plot in a... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

88 min listen

Episode 121 - Ray Milland (Part 2): Oscar-winner Ray Milland makes two more visits to “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” as two men in two very different but equally desperate situations. First, the star of The Lost Weekend is a man whose wife has been kidnapped in “After... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

70 min listen

Episode 174 – Robert Young (Part 3): As a sitcom dad, Robert Young always "knew best," but he was no slouch in the Suspense department during his visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." We'll hear Young co-star with Virginia Bruce in "Celebration" (originally aired on... by Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

66 min listen

Episode 425 – Change for a Dollar (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar): Seventy-two years ago this month, "the man with the action-packed expense account" made his two-fisted radio debut. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar ran until 1962 and helped to bring down the curtain on the golden age of radio. We'll hear three... by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

95 min listen

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