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It was on this day in 1914 that Frank Graham was born! Best known as Jack Webb's replacement in the Jeff Regan series, Graham was at the peak of his career in the 1950s.
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Born in Detroit, Michiga 11/22/1911; died 9/2/1950 by committing suicide in Hollywood, California. Graham and his wife ran a dramatic school in Spokane, Washington where he began acting on radio in 1935 as an announcer at KGA and KHQ. By 1938 he had moved to KNX-CBS-Los Angeles where he went on to be nicknamed, "the man with a thousand voices." Screen debut as the narrator for Horton Hatches the Egg (1942). Last movie was as narrator for Punchy de Leon (1950).
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Diogenes Smith on Lum And Abner for NBC-BLUE (ca late 1930s). The wandering vaguero (story teller) on Romance Of The Ranchos for CBS-Radio (1941-1945?). Announcer for radio programs including The Ginny Simms Show on CBS and NBC (1941-1945); Tommy Riggs And Betty Lou on NBC (1942-1943); The Electric Hour on CBS (1944-1946); one of two announcers for Darts For Dough on NBC-BLUE and ABC (1944-1947). Host of radio programs including Romance on CBS (1944-1946); Satan's Waitin' on CBS (1950). Regular performer on radio programs including The Adventures Of Bill Lance for CBS (1944-1945). Jeff Regan on Jeff Regan, Investigator for CBS-Radio (1949- 1950).
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