Duffy's Tavern
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Duffy's Tavern is an American radio sitcom that ran for a decade on several networks, concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast.
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Duffy's Tavern. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19418:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1941–19428:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19429:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1942–19438:30 PM ETBlue Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19448:30 PM ETBlue Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19458:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19468:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–19479:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–19489:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1948–19499:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19509:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1950–19519:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19519:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
D
Dan 'Danny' Seymour
Announcer
E
JEdmund 'Tiny' Ruffner
Announcer
Jay Stewart
Announcer
JJimmy Wallington
Announcer
John Reed King
Announcer
MMarvin Miller
Announcer
PPerry Ward
Announcer
RRod O'Connor
Announcer
BBobby Ellis
Cast
John Brown
Cast
Larry Storch
Cast
V
Vera Zorina
Cast
A
Antony 'Tony' Sanford
Director
J
Jack Roche
Director
M
Mitchell Benson
Director
R
JRupert Lucas
Director
Joe Venuti
Musician
M
Matty Malneck
Musician
Peter Van Steeden
Musician
R
Reet Veet Reeves
Musician
Abe Burrows
gags and lines
Adolphe Menjou
Cast
AAlan Kent
gags and lines
A
BAlan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
Clancy the Cop
Benay Venuta
Vocalist
B
Bert 'Mad Russian' Gordon
Yasha
B
BBill Manhoff
gags and lines
Billie Burke
Cast
BBob Graham
vocalist
B
Bob Schiller
gags and lines
C
CCharles 'Charlie' Cantor
Clifton Finnegan
Connie Manning
Miss Duffy
D
DDick Martin
gags and lines
Dick Van Patten
Wilford, Finnegan's kid brother
Doris Singleton
Miss Duffy
E
Ed "Fats" Pichon
Eddie, the waiter
Ed Gardner
Cast
E
EEd Reynolds
gags and lines
Eddie Green
Eddie, the waiter
Esther Williams
Cast
FFlorence Halop
Miss Duffy (1943-44, 1948-49)
FFlorence Robinson
Miss Duffy
F
Frederick Chase Taylor
Clancy the waiter
G
HGloria Erlanger
Miss Duffy
Hazel Shermet
Miss Duffy
H
HHelen Eley
Miss Duffy
Helen Lynd
Miss Duffy
HHelen Ward
Vocalist
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Piddleton
Joan Bennett
Cast
John Garfield
Cast
J
JJohn Kirby
abt 1941
Johnny Johnston
Vocalist
LLarry Gelbart
gags and lines
LLarry Marks
gags and lines
LLarry Rhine
gags and lines
L
Lew Meltzer
gags and lines
Lurene Tuttle
Dolly Snaffle
M
MManny Sachs
gags and lines
Margie Liszt
Miss Duffy
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AirCheck, vol. 15, no. 10 (February 2006): 1.
Collectors Corner, no. 5 (July 1978): 7.
Hello Again, vol. 5, no. 9 (September 1974): 8.
Hello Again, vol. 11, no. 4 (April 1980): 6.
Hello Again, vol. 27, no. 6 (November 1996): 10.
Illustrated Press, no. 30 (December 1978): 7.
Illustrated Press, no. 36 (June 1979): 11.
Illustrated Press, no. 96 (October 1984): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 171 (December 1990): 8.
Illustrated Press, no. 242 (November 1996): 9.
Illustrated Press, no. 248 (May 1997): 7.
Illustrated Press, no. 253 (October 1997): 7.
Illustrated Press (October 2000): 6.
Illustrated Press (September 2001): 3.
Illustrated Press, no. 329 (April 2005): 17.
Illustrated Press, no. 336 (January 2006): 8.
Misc, no. 1 (January 1900): 8.
Misc, no. 2 (January 1900): 10.
Misc, no. 3 (January 1900): 10.
Misc (January 1970): 8.
Misc (September 1971): 30.
Misc (December 1971): 17.
Misc (May 1979): 17.
Misc (May 2008): 23.
Misc (September 2008): 9.
Movie Radio Guide (November 1941): 37.
NARA News (January 2001): 47.
NARA News (May 2001): 47.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 19 (August 1993): 15.
Nostalgia Digest, vol. 23 (December 1997): 2.
Nostalgia News, vol. 6, no. 1 (January 1979): 30.
Nostalgia Newsletter (July 1978): 9.
OTR Digest_1980s (March 1985): 5.
OTR Digest_1980s (May 1985): 28.
OTR Digest_1980s (September 1988): 25.
OTR Digest_1990s (January 1991): 4.
OTR Digest_1990s (March 1991): 18.
OTR Digest_1990s (July 1991): 27.
OTR Digest_1990s (May 1994): 3.
OTR Digest_1990s (January 1996): 16.
OTR Digest_1990s (January 1997): 15.
OTR Digest_1990s (March 1997): 15.
OTR Digest_1990s (May 1997): 15.
Past Times, no. 22 (March 1997): 25.
Radio Album (January 1948): 18.
Radio Album (July 1948): 30.
Radio Album (April 1950): 26.
Radio Land (November 1948): 34.
Radio Mirror (May 1947): 30.
Radio Nostalgia (January 1976): 16.
Radio Row (March 1946): 26.
Radios Best (October 1950): 41.
Remember Radio (January 1972): 6.
Return With Us Now, vol. 20, no. 6 (January 1995): 4.
Return With Us Now, vol. 26, no. 10 (May 2001): 1.
Sperdvac Radiogram, vol. 18, no. 8 (August 1992): 6.