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Captain Midnight
Description
Captain Midnight began as a radio adventure serial broadcast from 1938 to 1949 before expanding into films, television, comics, and newspaper strips. The franchise followed the aviator hero Captain Midnight through espionage and adventure stories.
Captain Midnight is an American adventure franchise first broadcast as a radio serial from 1938 to 1949. The character's popularity throughout the 1940s and into the mid-1950s extended to serial films (1942), a television show (1954–1956), a syndicated newspaper strip, and a comic book title (1942–1948).
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Cast & Crew
D
PDon Gordon
Announcer
Pierre Andre
Announcer
T
ATom Moore
Announcer
Arnold Robertson
Cast
CCharles Irving
Cast
D
Dolph Nelson
Cast
Harry Elders
Cast
JJess Pugh
Cast
Karl Weber
Cast
L
Louis 'Lou' Krugman
Cast
T
Tommy Coons
Cast
A
Alan Wallace
Director
K
Kirby Hawkes
Director
R
Russell 'Russ' Young
Director
A
Angeline Orr
Joyce Ryan
A
BArthur 'Art' Hern
Ichy Mudd, Gardo
Beverly Younger
Joyce Ryan, Fury Shark
Bill Bouchey
Captain Midnight
B
BBob Burtt
Co-Author
Boris Aplon
Ivan Shark
EEarl George
Gardo
Ed Prentiss
Captain Midnight
Hugh Studebaker
Ichabod Mudd
J
Jack Bivans
Chuck Ramsey
J
Johnny Coons
Chuck Ramsey
M
MMarilou Neumayer
Joyce Ryan, Fury Shark
Marvin Miller
Captain Einman Rogart
MMaurice Copeland
Dr Glazer
Mel Torme
Cast
Olan Soule
SS-11, Kelly
PPaul Barnes
Captain Midnight
R
Rene Rodier
Fury Shark
S
SSharon Grainger
Fury Shark
Sherman Marks
Ichy Mudd
Shirley Bell
Patsy Donovan
W
Willfred Moore
Co-Author
W
William Rose
Chuck Ramsey
Audio Clips
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References
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“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.