Lionel Stander When you think of The Life of Riley radio program, I'm sure that you, like me, think of William Bendix as Riley, Pau...

John Brown was a big part of Fred Allen's show and would play all kinds of characters. In this episode from 1949 that I found on Rand...

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Anytime I can post a John Brown photo, I'm going to!

How's this for a weird conversation? Life of Riley's John Brown (Digby O'Dell) talks about John Brown - but no, not that Jo...

The music I have written in my lifetime - literally, thousands of pieces, I have been told that the darker, sadder things are the best.  I t...

Thorny drops by on the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - only it's not Thorny, it's John Brown - in the days before Thorny. Confuse...

Walter Tetley and Jackie Kelk both got their first radio acting jobs in the late 1920's on a (then) New York radio show, Coast to Coast ...

10. Emmy Lou - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Emmy Lou was played by Janet Waldo (who was also the star of Corliss Archer.)  She did s...

Sorry to say, the film is one of the worst films I have ever seen.

I was very fortunate today to run across another Dink Trout photograph, this one showing his full face; also found today was the best photog...

Yep, another cast photo of The Life of Riley! Very rare; Lucy, Desi on radio together Abner and Lum and wives Amos 'n...

The kid photos were fun, hope you saw them .  I get a kick out of comparing them to what they looked like in their hey-day compared to their...

This is a very large photo.  Click for enlargement. This photo of Dink Trout (who played on lots of radio) is the only known photograph ...

" Boston Blackie " - as you may know - is the blog's biggest fan and I try to get him to write here as much as possible.  His ...

Rare John Brown photo (right)

My good friend, "Boston Blackie" and I explore the mystery of John Brown. Jimbo: John Brown was a superb character actor and o...