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Quiet Please

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Quiet, Please was a radio fantasy and horror program created by Wyllis Cooper, with Ernest Chappell as announcer and lead actor. The series is remembered for its eerie stories and stripped-down dramatic style.

Quiet, Please! was a radio fantasy and horror program created by Wyllis Cooper, also known for creating Lights Out. Ernest Chappell was the show's announcer and lead actor. Quiet, Please debuted June 8, 1947, on the Mutual Broadcasting System, and its last episode was broadcast June 25, 1949, on the ABC. A total of 106 shows were broadcast, with only a very few of them repeats.

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Ernest Chappell Wyllis Cooper Albert Buhrman Pat O'Malley Gene Parazzo Charita Bauer Don Briggs Ed Latimer Lotte Stavisky James Monks Nancy Sheridan Peggy Stanley Cecile Roy Floyd Buckley William J. McClintock Anne Seymour Cathleen Cordell Frank Thomas Kermit Murdock Murray Forbes Arthur Kohl Cecil Roy Claudia Morgan Edgar Stehli Lon Clark Abby Lewis Albert April Athena Lorde Charles Egleston Daniel Sutter James Van Dyk Leora Thatcher Martin Lawrence Vicki Vola Vinton Hayworth Walter Black Warren Stevens Alice Reinheart Athena Lord Bess Johnson Brad Barker Bruno Wick Dan Sutter Ellen Sparrow Helen Choate Jack Lescoulie James Goss Jim Boles Joyce Gordon Mark Forbes Melville Ruick Polly Cole Roy Irving Sarah Fussell Aldo Manucci Ann Seymour Anna Maude Morath Bess Thompson Betty Reggie Betty Wragge Bob Berman Cameron Prud'Homme Carl Emory Charles Eggleston Charles Penman Charme Allen Connie Lembcke Connie Linton Court Benson Dan O'Herlihy Evelyn Juster Frank Dane Frederick Bell G. Swain Gordon Harriet Priestly Helen Marcy Hilda Palmer Hilde Palmer Hugh Grant J Swayne Gordon Jack Arthur Jack LaSculi Jack Tyler James Petrie Jane White Jean McBride Jean White Joan Lazer John Morely John Morley John Seymour Katharine Meskill Kathleen Deday Kathleen Neday Kathleen Niday Les Tremayne Lon Clarke Margaret Draper Marilee Joe Mark Forbus Martin Weaver Martin Wolfson Mary Patton Merril E. Joels Michael Fitzmaurice Morton Lawrence Morton Thompson Muriel Kirkland Nancy Douglas Nancy Douglass Phil Tonkem Phil Tonken Ralph Schoolman Ralph Schulman Roc Rogers Ruth Lass Sid Cassell Sylvia Cole Walter Bryan Warren Bryan William Adams William Marshall

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19473:30 PM ET
Mutual Broadcasting System · afternoon
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19489:30 PM ET
Mutual Broadcasting System · night
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19485:00 PM ET
ABC Radio Network · evening
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1948–19495:30 PM ET
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19499:00 PM ET
ABC Radio Network · night
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