Sam and Henry
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Sam 'n' Henry is a ten-minute Chicago radio situation comedy by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the direct precursor to Amos 'n' Andy.
Sam 'n' Henry was a radio series performed by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll that aired on Chicago radio station WGN from 1926 through 1928. The ten-minute program is often considered the first situation comedy. Gosden and Correll reworked the premise on a more ambitious scale to create their long-running radio show Amos 'n' Andy.
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Art Gilmore
Announcer
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Bill Hay
Announcer
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CBurrett Wheeler
Announcer
Carlton KaDell
Announcer
DDel Sharbutt
Announcer
Don Ameche
Announcer
Harlow Wilcox
Announcer
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JJohn 'Bud' Hiestand
Announcer
John Lake
Announcer
NNed LeFevre
Announcer
Olan Soule
Announcer
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Dell Sharpe
Cast
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Fred Clark
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Hattie McDaniel
Cast
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James Basquette
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Jeff Alexander and His Orchestra and Chorus
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Joseph Kearns
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May Wynn
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Robert "Bobby' Winckler
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Ruby Dandridge
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The Paul Taylor Chorus
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Andrew 'Andy' Love
Director
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Glenn Middleton
Director
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Billy Mills
Musician
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Jeff Alexander
Musician
Amanda Randolph
Madame Queen, Andy
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CCaleb Ginyard
Vocalist (The Jubalaires)
Charles Correll
Andrew H. Brown
Clarence Nash
Rinso White Bobwhite
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David 'Dave' Light
Sound Effects, CBS
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Dean Fossler
Organist
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EEd Ludes
Sound Effects, NBC
Eddie Green
Stonewall, the crooked lawyer
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Elinor Harriot
Ruby Jones, Amos' wife
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Ernestine Wade
Sapphire Stevens, George's wife
Fran Carlon
Commercials
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Frank Pittman
Sound Effects, NBC
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GFreeman F. Gosden
Amos Jones
Gaylord Carter
Organist
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GGeorge MacFadden
Vocalist (The Jubalaires)
Gus Bayz
Sound Effects, CBS
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Harriette 'Harriet' Widmer
Madame Queen, Andy's romantic interest
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John Jennings
Vocalist (The Jubalaires)
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Johnny Lee
Algonquin J. Calhoune, Lawyer
Lillian Randolph
Mama, Sapphire's mother
LLou Lubin
Shortly, the barber
Lud Gluskin
Organist
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Madaline Lee
Genevieve Blue, secretary
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Terry Howard
Arbadella Jones, Amos' daughter
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TThe Delta Rhythm Boys
Vocalists
The Four Knights
Vocalists
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The Jeff Alexan
Vocalists
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TThe Jubilaires
Vocalists
Thurl Ravenscroft
Cast
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Bill Moser
Producer
B
Bob Connolly
Producer
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Arthur Slander
Writer
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Bob Fischer
Writer
B
Bob Fisher
Writer
B
Bob Moss
Writer
