From that time on, Jim was seldom without some connection to radio.

It was 1943, most radio announcers were fighting in WW2, and Jim got a job playing piano and announcing on KPAS in Pasadena, California, a mile away from his home. He practiced announcing by reading out loud from magazines he had stashed in the bathroom. With this seemingly impossible goal tucked in the back of his mind, he turned a room over the family garage into a make-believe radio studio and broadcast into tomato-can microphones mounted on broomsticks. 'Sinopsis' puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.Īt the age of eight, Jim French knew what he wanted to do with his life: he wanted to be a radio announcer. Guest starring Cynthia Lauren Tewes from ABC TV's The Love Boat. The Waitress and the Wheelman: Why is it whenever Harry visits his family in Chicago something always seems to happen? This time it involves a case of arson, silver dollars and the memory of a real life waitress called Lotte Giza. Said client committed suicide rather then face the music, or did she? The Pink Bicycle: Once upon a time Harry had a client who not only turned out to be an embezzler but she stiffed him for his bill as well. Writing Wrongs: It seemed like a simple case for Harry Nile take a piece of jewelry from point A to point B, what could go wrong? For most folks probably nothing but then Harry isn't most folks. Featuring: Golden Age of Radio and TV actresses Rosemary Rice (I Remember Mama & The Adventures of Archie Andrews) and Alice Backes (The Rifleman & Bewitched). Sound familiar? Sure, it is, until Harry is brought into the case. Barnum was Right: Harry takes on a case that in flusher times he wouldn t touch and gets a headache, a dead guy and a catchy tune he can t get out of his head.Ī Scheduled Murder: Having lunch in a crowded restaurant with Harry Nile is no guarantee of an alibi for an Englishman arrested for murder.Ī Bag of Money: A son kidnapped, a ransom demand is made and the police are not to be called.

A new sound and a new team but the same high quality you've come to expect in The Adventures of Harry Nile. Larry Albert was chosen to take over the role with Pat French continuing as Murphy. After much discussion it was decided to recast the part.

When he passed away in 2004 a decision had to be made whether to kill the series or find a new Harry. For 28 years the part of Harry was played by Phil Harper. December of 1976, the second Harry Nile aired, and a series was born. On January 1, 1976, Harry Nile went on the air for the first time over KVI, Seattle in a play called 'West For My Health', in which Harry spent a very unhappy New Year's Eve of 1939.

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