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Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator Old Time Radio Program ½ hour detective show Barry Craig had a somewhat troubled broadcast
history, especially for being fairly successful. It aired a total
of 190 episodes (unfortunately not many survived, we only have
31) from 1951 to 1955. The show would have separate versions of
the episodes depending on which coast it was airing, it moved
from time slot to time slot, production moved from New York (1951
to 1954) to Hollywood (1955), and to top it off, it changed its
name from Barry Crane to Barrie Craig,
to Barry Craig. In a completely arbitrary decision,
we're going with the final spelling of the program: Barry
Craig. The show was more of a mid-season replacement than
a headliner show, but was certainly good enough to last a few
years.
William Gargan, well-known for his portrayal of television and radio detective Martin Kane, was the voice Barry Craig, while Ralph Bell portrayed his associate, Lt. Travis Rogers. The settings of the episodes were in New York, Craig's office was on Madison Avenue. As the promos went, he was "Your man when you can't go to the cops. Confidentiality a specialty." Like Sam Spade, Craig narrated his stories. Unlike his contemporaries Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Craig had a laid-back personality, somewhat cutting against the popular "hard-boiled detective" stereotype. Others in the cast included Parley Baer and Betty Lou Gerson.While Gargan received many accolades as an actor, perhaps he didn't need to explore his trade that much, he was one of the few (possibly the only) radio detective who had been an actual private investigator. As a real detective he did the typical jobs, not usually made into radio of television shows, including guarding payrolls, tailing suspects, stakeouts, and protection. He had even been shot on the job trying to collect owed money. |
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Craig, Investigator 31 episodes -------------------------------------------------- 5501219 Remo Tourch-no endin.mp3 510507 Case Of The Philanth.mp3 511017 The Judge and the Ch.mp3 511024 Case of the Protecti.mp3 511031 Case of the Corpse o.mp3 511031 The Bail Jumper.mp3 511107 Case of the Borrowed.mp3 511114 Dead on Arrival.mp3 511121 Murder in Wax.mp3 511205 Paper Bullet.mp3 520213 Cupie Doll.mp3 520220 The Motive For Murde.mp3 521015 Dead Loss.mp3 5303xx The Impostor.mp3 530503 WalkingTheDog.mp3 531003 Alias Clark Smith.mp3 540406 Johnny Phenox.mp3 540713 Murder by Error.mp3 540817 MidSummer Lunacy.mp3 540824 Blood Money.mp3 540831 Hay Is For Homicide.mp3 540907 Ghosts Don't Die In .mp3 541121 Moe and Larry.mp3 541219 Bull Fiddle.mp3 550209 Missing Hotel Room.mp3 550309 Corpse On The Town.mp3 Dead on Arrival.mp3 Death Buys A Broom.mp3 For Love of Murder.mp3 Protection Racket.mp3 The Tough Guy.mp3 |
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