One by Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund & Bob Bailey on Apple Music. Listen to your favorite songs from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR - OLD TIME RADIO - 6 MP3 CD - 721 episodes - Total Playtime: 259:21:41 by Mandel Kramer Dick Powell, Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund, Gerald Mohr, Bob Bailey, Bob Readick ^ "Edmond O'Brien the Actor, Has Directing Plans". Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Barbara James Matter. https://www.yourstrulyjohnnydollar.com/johnny-dollar-actors.html Check out Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Old Time Radio Show, Vol. In late 1956, CBS Radio retooled the show, which reverted to a weekly half-hour drama, airing on late Sunday afternoons. Charles Russell starred in a 1949 pilot directed by Ralph Levy, Bob Bailey starred in a 1958 pilot entitled The Adventures of Johnny Dollar (which failed because Bailey's 5-foot 9-inch, 150-pound physique didn't match the tough-guy characterization), and William Bryant starred in a 1962 pilot entitled Johnny Dollar. Calendar. In no time, he became one of the screen's most popular heavies. The new Johnny Dollar was Bob Bailey, who had just come off another network detective series, Let George Do It. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949 to September 30, 1962. [12], Episode 4 of "The Bennett Matter", broadcast February 23, 1956, List of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episodes, "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – Single Episodes", Radio historian Art Chimes, in an NPR Commentary on the 40th anniversary of those final broadcasts, includes a very brief excerpt from the final, "Johnny Dollar & the Last Days of Old-Time Radio", Debut Episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Thrilling Detective website: Johnny Dollar, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yours_Truly,_Johnny_Dollar&oldid=1014074256, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 March 2021, at 01:07. Bob Bailey was exceptionally good in this format, making Johnny more sensitive and thoughtful in addition to his other attributes. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was so familiar to CBS Radio's listeners that the network's resident comedians, Bob and Ray, occasionally satirized it. At the start of the 1950 season, Charles Russell was out and veteran film actor Edmund O'Brien stepped in as the second Johnny Dollar. Aspirin. Actor playing Johnny Dollar Episodes Notes about episodes and air dates Dick Powell: 1 Audition show in 1948. Chicago Daily Tribune. Russell played the part for about a year, followed by movie star Edmond O’Brien and then John Lund. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1949-1962) aired“The Ghost to Ghost Matter” on May 18, 1958. His many other memorable films include The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Wild Bunch, Julius Caesar, and the first film adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 (1956). Bob Bailey, unwilling to relocate, gave up the Johnny Dollar role. Edmond O'Brien played him as a more cynical Noir hero. As originally conceived, Johnny Dollar was a smart, tough, wisecracking detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters and bellhops. 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