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The Great Radio Comedians (1972)
TV Movie | 88 min | Documentary

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The Great Radio Comedians (1972)

TV Movie | 88 min | Documentary

Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope Show, and The Fred Allen Show.

Director

Perry Miller Adato

Writer

Stu Hample (as Stuart Hample)

Producer

Perry Miller Adato

Editors

Geof Bartz | Aviva Slesin

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Updated May 11, 1972

Release date

May 11, 1972 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
38 cast members

Name	Known for
Edgar Bergen Self / Charlie McCarthy Self / Charlie McCarthy See fewer	Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
George Burns Self Self See fewer	Oh, God! (1977)
Jack Benny Self Self See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Jim Jordan Self Self See fewer	The Rescuers (1977)
Bing Crosby Self Self See fewer	White Christmas (1954)
Kenny Delmar Senator Crackhorn / Self Senator Crackhorn / Self See fewer	It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
Minerva Pious Pansy Nussbaum / Self Pansy Nussbaum / Self See fewer	The Edge of Night (1956)
Parker Fennelly Titus Moody / Self Titus Moody / Self See fewer	The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Peter Donald Ajax Cassidy / Self Ajax Cassidy / Self See fewer	ABC Showcase (1950)
Fred Allen Fred Allen (archive footage) Fred Allen (archive footage) See fewer	It's in the Bag! (1945)
Bob Hope Bob Hope (archive footage) Bob Hope (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Gracie Allen Gracie Allen (archive footage) Gracie Allen (archive footage) See fewer	A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Marian Jordan Molly McGee (voice) (archive footage) Molly McGee (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Heavenly Days (1944)
Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor (archive footage) Eddie Cantor (archive footage) See fewer	Kid Millions (1934)
Fanny Brice Fanny Brice (archive footage) Fanny Brice (archive footage) See fewer	Be Yourself! (1930)
Ken Roberts Announcer Announcer See fewer	Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Rochester (voice) (archive footage) Rochester (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Harry Bailey Self Self See fewer	The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Al Bernie Fred Allen Fred Allen See fewer	Rhythm in a Night Court (1937)
Arthur Q. Bryan Doctor Gamble (voice) (archive footage) Doctor Gamble (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	The Devil Bat (1940)
Dennis Day Dennis Day (voice) (archive footage) Dennis Day (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Music in Manhattan (1944)
W.C. Fields Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Gift (1934)
Clark Gable Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
Gale Gordon Mayor LaTrivia (voice) (archive footage) Mayor LaTrivia (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Here's Lucy (1968)
Phil Harris Phil Harris (voice) (archive footage) Phil Harris (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Robin Hood (1973)
Fiorello LaGuardia Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Die Stimme Österreichs (1949)
Frances Langford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hit Parade (1937)
Charles Laughton Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Mary Livingstone Mary Livingstone (voice) (archive footage) Mary Livingstone (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	This Way Please (1937)
Joe Penner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	New Faces of 1937 (1937)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Kate Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Natural (1984)
Patty Thomas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ladies Man (1961)
Rudy Vallee Rudy Vallee (archive footage) Rudy Vallee (archive footage) See fewer	The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Mae West Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Grover Whalen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Medicus Film of New York World's Fair (1940)
Harlow Wilcox Harlow Wilcox (voice) (archive footage) Harlow Wilcox (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Don Wilson Don Wilson (voice) (archive footage) Don Wilson (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Niagara (1953)