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The Eddie Cantor Show
Comedy-variety program mixes comic monologues, songs, guest performers, and Harry Von Zell as announcer-comic foil.
Edward "Eddie" Cantor was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.
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Original schedule
- 1931–19328:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1932–19338:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1933–19348:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19348:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19358:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19358:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19367:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1936–19378:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1937–19388:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19387:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–19397:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1940–19419:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1941–19429:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1942–19439:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19449:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19459:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19469:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–194710:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–194810:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19489:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1948–19499:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19529:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1952–19549:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Harry von Zell
Announcer
JJack Lescoulie
Announcer
JJimmy Wallington
Announcer
W
Walter Woolf King
Announcer
Arnold Stang
Cast
BBillie Burke
Cast
BBilly Gray
Cast
BBobby Sherwood
Cast
C
ECharles 'Charlie' Cantor
Cast
Ethel Remey
Cast
GGeorge Givot
Cast
Hattie McDaniel
Cast
Jackie Kelk
Cast
Marlin Hurt
Cast
PPaula Winslowe
Cast
P
Peter Goo Chong
Cast
T
WThe Sportsmen Quartet
Cast
Walter Schumann
Cast
W
William Royle
Cast
A
Abbott K. Spencer
Director
M
Manning Ostroff
Director
V
Victor 'Vick' Knight
Director
A
BAnson Weeks
Musician
Ben Bernie
Musician
E
Edgar 'Cookie' Fairchild
Musician
G
HGeorge E. Stoll
Musician
Harry Savoy
Musician
J
LJacques Renard
Musician
Leonard Sues
Musician
L
Louis Gress
Musician
A
Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
voice of violinst David Rubinoff
B
Bert 'Mad Russian' Gordon
Mad Russian
Bert Parks
Vocalist
B
Bob Sherwood
Music
B
CBobby Breen
Vocalist
Cliff Thorsness
Sound Effects
D
David 'Dave' Rubinoff
Rubinoff
Deanna Durbin
Vocalist
Dinah Shore
Vocalist
Eddie Cantor
Host
E
Estelle Levy
Jane
Ezra Stone
Cast
Frank Nelson
The Sportsmen Quartet
H
Harry 'Parkyakarkus' Einstein
Parkyakarkas
John Brown
The Sportsmen Quartet
JJohn Lake
Cast
Lionel Stander
voice of violinst David Rubinoff
Margaret Whiting
Vocalist
M
Maude Davis
Comedy Duo
M
Michael Durso
trombonist
N
NNan Rae
Comedy Duo
Nora Martin
Vocalist
PPinky Tomlin
VocaLs 37-38
S
Shirley Dinsdale
With her ventriloquist dummy Judy Splinters
S
SSidney 'Sid' Fields
Mr. Guffy
Skip Homeier
Cast
TTeddy Bergman
Rubinoff
TThelma Carpenter
Vocalist
VVeola Vonn
Mademoiselle Fifi
Walter Tetley
Cast
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