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Mark Trail
Description
Mark Trail was a radio adventure serial based on the comic strip, following the outdoor writer and conservation hero.
Mark Trail is the title of two different American radio series based on the popularity of the comic strip Mark Trail by Ed Dodd and airing around the same time period between 1950 and 1952. Just like the comic strip, they were adventure stories aimed at a young audience about forester and environmentalist Mark Trail.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1950–19515:00 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System (WOR) · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19525:15 PM ETABC Radio Network (WJZ) · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
G
Glenn Riggs
Announcer
EEd Dodd
Cast
FFrank Passage
Cast
D
FDrex Hines
Director
Frank Maxwell
Director
Matt Crowley
Guest
Staats Cotsworth
Guest
J
AJohn Garth
Musician
Amy Sidell
Cherry
BBen Cooper
Scotty
E
Ed Dodd
Based on his comics
Jackson Beck
Narrator
John Larkin
Mark Trail
JJoyce Gordon
Cherry
Matt Crowley
Mark Trail (The First)
Ronald Liss
Scotty
Staats Cotsworth
Mark Trail
A
DAlbert Aley
Writer
Dick Judge
Writer
D
Donald 'Don' Hughes
Writer
Audio Clips
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