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Born in Vineland, New Jersey 5/7/1906; died 11/16/1991. Educated at Rutgers University and Arnold College. He made his radio debut in 1924 playing the violin on a local Philadelphia station.
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Radio scripters would sometimes use aliases. Jack Johnstone sometimes used "Jonathan Bundy" -- E Jack Neuman used John Dawson. And YTJD himself, Bob Bailey, wrote the "Carmen Kringle Matter," but used the name Robert Bainter to do so. Bainter was his middle name.
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My grandma, who lived with the family as an au pair in 1950, said that Jack's nickname for his wife was Bundy, hence the last name of his alias.
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The innovative radio writer, producer and director Jack Johnstone was born on this day in 1906. He put his mark on shows like Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, The Six Shooter, and The CBS Workshop.
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Writer for radio programs including episodes of The Adventures Of Superman in syndication, and on the Mutual and ABC (1940-1951); Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on CBS (1960-1961). Announcer for Who Knows on Mutual-Radio (1940).
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Director for radio programs including episodes of Philip Morris Playhouse (Johnny Presents) on CBS (1937-1941); Crime Doctor on CBS (1940-1947); A Man Called X on CBS and NBC (1944-1952);
Hollywood Startime on CBS (1946-1947); The Prudential Family Hour Of Stars on CBS (1948-1950); Hollywood Star Playhouse on CBS, NBC and ABC (1950-1953); The Six Shooter on NBC (1953-1954); Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on CBS (1956-1960).
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Narrator and director for Somebody Knows on CBS-Radio (1950). Producer, director and writer for Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar on CBS (1955-1956). Producer and director for The CBS Radio Workshop (1956-1957).
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