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+ RICHARD ROGUE's a private eye with a certain flair for solving crimes before the police do. A tough, sometime violent radio show, ROGUE'S GALLERY premiered in 1945, but with a definitely skewered sense of humor. In each show, told in the first person, Rogue somehow managed to get knocked out, coming to on "Cloud Eight", where a gremlin called Eugor, (Rogue spelled backwards) would berate and eventually boot him off the cloud, back into consciousness. Dick Powell played Rogue the first season, and was later replaced by Barry Sullivan and Paul Stewart. Dick Powell was known as a song and dance man until his rebirth as a movie tough guy in Murder My Sweet, where he played Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. He then appeared in a string of crime and detective flicks, and eventually parlayed it into a successful radio show, playing Richard Diamond, which later went on to become a successful television show, with Powell as producer. Click here to read more about Rogues Gallery


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 10.11.1945 murder in drawing room a

+ Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. A grandmother hires Richard Rogue to protec...
 10.18.1945 blondes prefer gentlemen

+ Richard Rogue was extremely busy when Mrs Eccle a little old lady called in for his help concernin...
 10.25.1945 murder with muriel

+ "Murder With Muriel". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. Joe Layton has been m...
 11.08.1945 little drops of rain

+ Mutual net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Little Drops Of Rain". Richard Rogue solves an attempte...
 11.15.1945 house of fear

+ The Somaliland diamond was stolen from the home of wealthy old gem collector James E. Lee. The ins...
 11.29.1945 little old lady

+ "Lovely Little Old Lady". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. Conchita Morales ...
 12.13.1945 blood on the sand

+ "Blood On The Sand". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. Richard Rogue is at th...
 12.20.1945 george grant case

+ Richard Rogue was on his last dime when he received a visit from George Grant. Grant had proof tha...
 01.03.1946 stark mcvey case

+ "Murder At Minden". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shaving Cream, Fitch's Shampoos. Stark McVeigh is murde...
 01.17.1946 anson leeds will

+ Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoos, Fitch's Shaving Cream. Anson Leeds has died, leaving behind a puz...
 01.31.1946 carlotta the magnificent

+ "Special Added Attraction". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. Richard Rogue s...
 02.21.1946 the clark ames case

+ "The Triangle Murder Case". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. The managing ed...
 04.04.1946 mike royale

+ Rogue speaking: “As I walked down the corridor of the death house the butterflies in my stomach ...
 05.09.1946 the hermit of the hills

+ "Snowbound". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Hair Tonic. A beautiful woman and her suspici...
 05.16.1946 judge collin baker case

+ "The Impossible Murder". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Shaving Cream. "Judge" Colin Bake...
 05.23.1946 latin type

 06.06.1946 the patrica flynn case

+ There had been two attempts made on Patricia Flynn’s life in the last two weeks and she could th...
 06.13.1946 red headed stranger

+ "The Corpse I Didn't Kill". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Hair Tonic. Rogue's pal Joe Da...
 06.23.1946 star of savoy

+ "The Star Of Savoy". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo, Fitch's Hair Tonic. The first show of the ser...
 06.30.1946 matt webb murder

+ "Lady With A Gun". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo. A rehearsal recording. After Matt Webb tries to...
 07.07.1946 cabin on the lake

+ "Cabin On A Lake". Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo, Fitch's Ideal Hair Tonic. At a resort, Janice Col...
 07.14.1946 angela mullins rehearsal

+ "Where There's A Will, There's A Murder". Sponsored by: Fitch's Shampoo. A rehearsal recording. W...
 N/A the bob prise case

Featuring all of the existing programs of this crime drama starring Dick Powell as private detective Richard Rogue. Peter Leeds played Rogue's alter ego, Eugor, which was Rouge spelled backwards. Eugor appeared when Rogue was knocked out, and helped him solve the case he was working on. The series was broadcast by Mutual from 1945 to 1946.

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ROGUE'S GALLERY
June 24, 1945 Spot Ad for Fitch Bandwagon Mysteries
Sep. 27, 1945 Premiere Spot Ad for Rogue's Gallery
Announcement of Rogue's Gallery move from MBS to NBC for Summer 1946 Run
Announcement of Rogue's Gallery NBC Summer 1947 Run
Paul Stewart promo for Rogue's Gallery from January 30 1951
Bandwagon Mysteries spot ad from 1945
LIFE Magazine Nescafe ad promoting Rogue's Gallery over MBS from May 13 1946
Nov. 21, 1950 Spot Ad for Rogue's Gallery over ABC
Rogue's Gallery spot ad from December 21 1951
Dick Powell, ca. 1937
Dick Powell's first record producer, Vocalion, later Vocalion-Brunswick, Warner Bros. having purchased Brunswick outright.
Powell as a Depression-era crooner, ca. 1932
Dick Powell publicity photo, ca. 1936
Player's Cigarette premium card of Dick Powell, ca. 1937
Dick Powell, Warren William, and Claudette Colbert, ca. 1937
Dick Powell, Pat O-Brien, fellow Arkansan Bob Burns, and Robert Armstrong of King Kong fame, form an impromptu glee club
Powell and first wife, Joan Blondell, ca. 1938
Dick Powell in 1940's Christmas In July
Dick Powell mugging with Ann Sheridan in 1939's Naughty But Nice
Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe in his breakout dramatic blockbuster, Murder My Sweet (1944)
Bogie and Betty Bogart bought their beloved schooner, Santana, from Dick Powell and June Allyson in 1945
Dick Powell with Peggy Dow in You Never Can Tell (1951)
Dick Powell and Harold Lloyd confer on a script for NBC, ca. 1949
Three decades of Diamonds--Dick Powell and David Janssen review a script for TV's Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Dick Powell Theatre, Powell's premiere dramatic production.
Powell's successful Western Anthology, Zane Grey Theatre, ca. 1956
Honey West's beautiful Shelby Cobra (1965) was an inspired selection for the short-lived series--but it still jumped the shark after one season
Paul Stewart in The Bad and The Beautiful (1952)
Paul Stewart as Raymond, in Citizen Kane (1941)
Paul Stewart and Kirk Douglas in Champion (1949)
Paul Stewart and Kirk Douglas in Top Secret Affair (1957)
Paul Stewart's sinister, foreboding gaze landed him hundreds of Hollywood 'heavy' roles.
Paul Stewart as sinister crime boss, Carl Evello, in 1955's Kiss Me Deadly
Barry Sullivan, ca. 1952
Director Joseph Lewis talking with Polly Bergen and Barry Sullivan, on the set of Cry of the Hunted (1953).
Barry Sullivan and Lana Turner in The Bad and The Beautiful (1952)
Barry Sullivan with Audrey Totter, in Tension (1949)
Barry Sullivan publicity photo, ca. 1955
Peter Leeds, ca. 1962
Peter Leeds as a hopeless drunk in Dragnet, ca. 1954
Peter Leeds on TV, in TV, on TV in My Little Margie, ca 1954 .
Peter Leeds on the run from Boston Blackie, ca. 1953.
Leeds in Thriller, ca. 1960
Leeds as a game show emcee in Leave it to Beaver (1959)
Leeds as a game show emcee in Leave it to Beaver (1959)
Leeds as a security guard in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957)
Peter Leeds as Lt. Sherman in Honey West (1965)
Peter Leeds as Lt. Coombs in Honey West (1965)
Peter Leeds as yet another (unnamed) Police Lieutenant in Honey West (1965)
Peter Leeds singing 'Thanks for The Memories' with Bob Hope on USO Tour, 1962
Dick Powell as Richard Rogue
Rogues Gallery oddball advertisement
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