Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers is a science-fiction adventure hero from newspaper comics whose adaptations included radio programs, film serials, and television.
Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily American newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books and multiple media with adaptations including radio in 1932, a serial film, a television series, and other formats.
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 1932–19337:15 PMCBS · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1933–19346:00 PMCBS · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1934–19356:00 PMCBS · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1935–19366:00 PMCBS · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19395:45 PMMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194012:00 PMMutual Broadcasting System · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–19474:45 PMMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
F
KFred Uttal
Announcer
Ken Williams
Announcer
Paul Douglas
Announcer
Alice Frost
Cast
BBill Lipton
Cast
Dwight Weist
Cast
EEustace Wyatt
Cast
EEverett Sloane
Cast
Frank Readick
Cast
H
Henry Gurvey
Cast
J
John Monks
Cast
M
Marion Randolph
Cast
Paul Stewart
Cast
Vicki Vola
Cast
Walter Greaza
Cast
WWalter Vaughn
Cast
JJack Johnstone
Director
AAdele Ronson
Cast
AArthur Vinton
Killer Kane
Carl Frank
Buck Rogers
CCurtis Arnall
Buck Rogers
DDan Ocko
Killer Kane
D
Dick Calkins
Comic Strip creator
Edgar Stehli
Dr. Huer
E
HElaine Melchior
Ardala Valmar, the villainess
Helene Dumas
Ventura
J
Jack Roseleigh
Black Barney
J
Joe Granby
Black Barney
J
John F. Dille
Creator
John Larkin
Cast
JJunius Matthews
Willie, Barney's child prodigy
Matt Crowley
Cast
P
Phil Nowlan
Comic Strip creator
Ronald Liss
Buddy
V
Virginia Vass
Wilma Deering
Walter Tetley
Willie, Barney's child protege
W
AWilliam 'Bill' Shelley
Killer Kane
Albert G. Miller
Writer
J
Joe A. Cross
Writer
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