The Halls of Ivy
The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio situation comedy from 1950 to 1952 starring Ronald Colman and Benita Hume as a college president and his wife.
The Halls of Ivy is an American situation comedy that ran from 1950 to 1952 on NBC radio, created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn. The series was adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954–55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman and Benita Hume starred in both versions of the show.
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The Halls of Ivy. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19508:00 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19508:00 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1950–19518:00 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19528:00 PM ETNBC · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
K
Kenneth 'Ken' Carpenter
Announcer
Bea Benaderet
Cast
Gil Stratton
Cast
Herb Vigran
Cast
JJoyce McCluskey
Cast
Lurene Tuttle
Cast
R
Rusty Morris
Cast
Vic Perrin
Cast
N
HNat Wolfe
Director
Henry Russell
Musician
A
Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
Professor Heathcliff
Arthur Q. Bryan
Professor Warren
Barton Yarborough
Gabby Calhoun
Benita Hume
Cast
DDon Quinn
Creator
Edna Best
Cast
E
Elizabeth Patterson
Maid
Gale Gordon
Cast
Gloria Gordon
Penny
H
Herbert 'Herb' Butterfield
Clarence Wellman
Ronald Colman
Cast
Willard Waterman
Mr. Merriweather
B
Barbara Merlin
Writer
C
JCameron Blake
Writer
Jerry Lawrence
Writer
M
RMilton Merlin
Writer
Robert Lee
Writer
R
WRobert Sinclair
Writer
Walter Brown Newman
Writer
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