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| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | ||||
| US Radio Broadcasts | ||||
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| Starring Ben Wright as Sherlock Holmes & | ||||
| Eric Snowden as Dr John H Watson | ||||
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| Producer: Ted Bliss | ||||
| Director: Ken Manson | ||||
| Announcer: Herb Allen | ||||
| Writer: Denis Green | ||||
| Organist: Dean Fossler | ||||
| Ben Wright & Eric Snowden performed 39 Episodes together. | ||||
| It would appear that none were canonical, although many of the show titles are unknown. | ||||
| No recordings have been found to date. | ||||
| (PLEASE INFORM ME IF YOU KNOW OTHERWISE) | ||||
| Ben Wright and Eric Snowden, both of whom had performed in other roles from time to time in earlier programmes. Ben Wright played Holmes and Eric Snowden was his Watson. Both were seasoned radio actors. In fact, Ben Wright played Watson on May 20, 1946, when Nigel Bruce was ill and Holmes on March 10, 1947 when Tom Conway was ill. | ||||
| This season again saw many changes, besides those of the main roles. From September 21, 1949 to January 18, 1950, the shows could be heard on WJZ, New York on Wednesdays from 8:30 - 8:55pm. From January 25, 1950 to the end of the season, the remainder of the 39 shows were repeated on Wednesdays, but from 9:00 - 9:25pm. | ||||
| Ben Wright, who passed away in July 1989 - was born in London on May 5th, 1915, where he began his stage career in 1934. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he appeared in many West End productions before relocating to Hollywood in 1946. He worked steadily in radio, film and television. His film credits include "The Sound of Music," in which he was Herr Zeller, "Judgment at Nuremberg," "Witness for the Prosecution," "Mutiny on the Bounty," "My Fair Lady" and "Topaz." His television credits include guest appearances on literally hundreds of episodic TV shows and mini-series. | ||||
| Wright came out of semi-retirement to take on the role of Grimsby in "The Little Mermaid." The producers hired him without knowing he had worked on any previous Disney animated features, he provided the voice of Roger, Pongo's human, in the classic "101 Dalmatians." Later, he was the voice of a wolf in "The Jungle Book" (1967). He also narrated several other animated and live-action films for the studio. | ||||
| Ref | Title | Date | ||
| C10901 | Title not known | 21-Sep-1949 | ||
| C10902 | Title not known | 28-Sep-1949 | ||
| C10903 | Title not known | 05-Oct-1949 | ||
| C10904 | Title not known | 12-Oct-1949 | ||
| C10905 | Murder By Appointment | 19-Oct-1949 | ||
| C10906 | Title not known (Holmes solves the slaying of an actor) | 26-Oct-1949 | ||
| C10907 | Title not known | 02-Nov-1949 | ||
| C10908 | Title not known (Holmes is called in when a dead man and £5,000 in gold disappears) | 09-Nov-1949 | ||
| C10909 | Title not known | 16-Nov-1949 | ||
| C10910 | Title not known (Holmes solves a love triangle.) | 23-Nov-1949 | ||
| C10911 | Title not known (Holmes meets a poetess and an escaped convict) | 30-Nov-1949 | ||
| C10912 | Title not known (Holmes investigates the death of a writer.) | 07-Dec-1949 | ||
| C10913 | Title not known (Holmes is on the trail of a missing statuette) | 14-Dec-1949 | ||
| C10914 | Title not known (Holmes solves a christmas mystery.) | 21-Dec-1949 | ||
| C10915 | The Case of the Bandaged Bridegroom | 28-Dec-1949 | ||
| C10916 | The Case of the Unholy Three | 04-Jan-1950 | ||
| C10917 | Title not known | 11-Jan-1950 | ||
| C10918 | Title not known | 18-Jan-1950 | ||
| C10919 | The Case of the Interupted Voyage | 25-Jan-1950 | ||
| C10920 | The Case of the Frightened Matriarch | 01-Feb-1950 | ||
| C10921 | The Tanbark Trail | 08-Feb-1950 | ||
| C10922 | The Case of the Sentimental Monarch | 15-Feb-1950 | ||
| C10923 | The Singular Affair of the Restless Corpse | 22-Feb-1950 | ||
| C10924 | Death in the Limelight | 01-Mar-1950 | ||
| C10925 | The Case of the Second Doctor | 08-Mar-1950 | ||
| C10926 | The Case of the Blue Hydraneas | 15-Mar-1950 | ||
| C10927 | The Duke of Hollywell | 22-Mar-1950 | ||
| C10928 | Design for Dying | 29-Mar-1950 | ||
| C10929 | The Human Tiger | 05-Apr-1950 | ||
| C10930 | Title not known (Sherlock Holmes as Cupid) | 12-Apr-1950 | ||
| C10931 | Death in the Slipstream | 19-Apr-1950 | ||
| C10932 | The Turkish Bath | 26-Apr-1950 | ||
| C10933 | The Magic Carpet | 03-May-1950 | ||
| C10934 | Title not known (a sea adventure) | 10-May-1950 | ||
| C10935 | The Importance of the Press | 17-May-1950 | ||
| C10936 | The Phoenix of Barnes Common | 24-May-1950 | ||
| C10937 | Command Performance | 31-May-1950 | ||
| C10938 | Title not known | 07-Jun-1950 | ||
| C10939 | Title not known | 14-Jun-1950 | ||