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B A. Rolfe

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
Ripley's Believe It Or Not	ripley's believe it or not (001) south america	1942-01-17

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Rolfe, B. A. (birth name was Benjamin Aldolphus Rolfe) Born in Brasher Falls, New York 10/24/1879; died 4/23/1956 of cancer in Walpole, Maine while living in retirement. Married to Edna Britton (?-1956 his death). His father was a bandleader. He was a billed as a "boy wonder" trumpet player with John Philip Sousa's Orchestra, and by age of twenty he formed his own band.

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He was a movie producer before he began working in radio. Conductor of the original Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra on NBC-Radio (1928-1932); The Ivory Soap Orchestra on NBC-Radio (1932). The B.A. Orchestra provided music for radio programs including Saturday Party on NBC (1933- 1934); syndicated series, The Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra (1935-1936); Believe It Or Not on NBC (1935-1942); The Heinz Magazine of the Air on CBS (1937-1938); Daughters Of Uncle Sam on NBC (1942).

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B A. Rolfe

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