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The Great Gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States from August 31, 1941 [1] to 1958. [3] Initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson , [ 4 ] it was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs.
Kraft Foods, who sponsored The Great Gildersleeve and owned the intellectual property, refused to move the program to CBS. Gildersleeve remained on NBC with Willard Waterman, whose voice strongly resembled Peary's and who had known Peary since their radio days in Chicago, replaced Peary in the title role. Waterman refused to appropriate the ...
Articles relating to the radio sitcom The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1958) and its adaptations. Pages in category "The Great Gildersleeve" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
He stayed with The Great Gildersleeve from 1950 to 1957 on radio and in a short-lived television series syndicated in 1955. [citation needed] At the same time he was heard as Gildersleeve, Waterman had a recurring role as Mr. Merriweather in the short-lived but respected radio comedy vehicle for Ronald Colman and his wife Benita Hume, The Halls ...
The Great Gildersleeve (1941–1957) The Great Sounds with Ray Otis (1986–1990) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1947–1956) The Green Hornet (1938–1952) The Grouch Club (1939–1940) The Guiding Light (1937–1952) Gunsmoke (1952–1961) Gutsy geeks (2001–present) Guy Lombardo Show (1929–1957)
Randolph played the role of the maid Birdie Lee Coggins in The Great Gildersleeve, a radio comedy and subsequent films, [19] and as Madame Queen on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show and television show from 1937 to 1953. [19] [20] She was cast in the Gildersleeve job on the basis of her wonderful laugh. [21]
Her most prominent radio role was that of the charismatic Southern belle Leila Ransom on The Great Gildersleeve beginning in September 1942. In the third season of I Love Lucy, from 1953 to 1954, she appeared in three episodes [4] as Marion Strong, Lucy Ricardo's friend with the funny laugh.
Walter Tetley (born Walter Campbell Tetzlaff; [1] June 2, 1915 – September 4, 1975) [2] was an American actor specializing in child impersonation during radio's classic era. . He had regular roles as Leroy Forrester on The Great Gildersleeve and Julius Abbruzzio on The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, as well as continuing as a voice-over artist in animated cartoons, commercials, and spoken-word ...