List of old-time American radio people
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Listed below are actors and personalities heard on vintage radio programs, plus writers and others associated with Radio's Golden Age.
A
- Bud Abbott
- Goodman Ace
- Jane Ace
- Roy Acuff
- Franklin Pierce Adams
- Mason Adams
- Martin Agronsky
- Ben Alexander
- Joan Alexander
- Barbara Jo Allen
- Fred Allen
- Gracie Allen
- Ida Bailey Allen
- Mel Allen
- Peggy Allenby
- Fran Allison
- Elvia Allman
- Don Ameche
- Jim Ameche
- Morey Amsterdam
- Arthur Anderson
- Eddie "Rochester" Anderson[1]: 17–19
- Marian Anderson[1]: 19–20
- The Andrews Sisters
- George Ansbro
- Eve Arden
- Robert Armbruster
- Garner Ted Armstrong
- Herbert W. Armstrong
- Louis Armstrong[1]: 20–22
- Cliff Arquette
- Jon Arthur
- Robert Arthur, Jr.
- Eleanor Audley
- Artie Auerbach
- Paul Harvey Aurandt
- Gene Austin
- Gene Autry
- Hy Averback
- George Axelrod
- Lew Ayres
B
- Harry Babbitt
- Jim Backus
- Parley Baer
- Bob Bailey
- Jack Bailey
- Eugenie Baird
- Art Baker
- Belle Baker
- Kenny Baker
- Lucille Ball
- Edwin Balmer
- Sam Balter
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Joan Banks
- Howard Barlow
- Donald Grey Barnhouse
- The Barry Sisters
- Ethel Barrymore
- Lionel Barrymore
- Harry Bartell
- André Baruch
- Count Basie[1]: 24–25
- Charita Bauer
- Erik Bauersfeld
- Gordon Baxter
- Morgan Beatty
- Louise Beavers[1]: 25
- Jackson Beck
- Sandy Becker
- Brace Beemer
- Ed Begley
- Shirley Bell
- William J. Bell
- Bea Benaderet
- William Bendix
- Al Benson[1]: 25–26
- Jack Benny
- Jack Berch
- Gertrude Berg
- Edgar Bergen
- Milton Berle
- Bunny Berigan
- Sara Berner
- Ben Bernie
- Dick Bertel
- Alfred Bester
- Rolly Bester
- Don Bestor
- Dr. Frank Black
- Joan Blaine
- Mel Blanc
- Ray Bloch
- Martin Block
- Ford Bond
- Johnny Bond
- Nelson S. Bond
- Shirley Booth
- Victor Borge
- The Boswell Sisters
- Anthony Boucher
- Willis Bouchey
- Major Edward Bowes
- William Boyd
- Ray Bradbury
- Bertha Brainard
- Eddie Bracken
- Truman Bradley
- Rod Brasfield
- Tom Breneman
- Fanny Brice
- Norman Brokenshire
- Cecil Brown
- Himan Brown
- John Brown (actor)
- Oscar Brown, Jr.[1]: 28
- Vanessa Brown
- Nigel Bruce
- Arthur Q. Bryan
- Willie Bryant[1]: 28–29
- Lyman Bryson
- Winston Burdett
- Billie Burke
- Georgia Burke[1]: 30–32
- Smiley Burnette
- Bob Burns
- George Burns
- Edgar White Burrill
- Abe Burrows
- Francis X. Bushman
- Daws Butler
- Herb Butterfield
- Pat Buttram
C
- Cab Calloway[1]: 33–34
- Floyd J. Calvin[1]: 58–60
- Kay Campbell
- Candy Candido
- Judy Canova
- Charlie Cantor
- Eddie Cantor
- Phillips Carlin
- Kitty Carlisle
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Art Carney
- Don Carney
- Ken Carpenter
- Thelma Carpenter[1]: 35–36
- Jack Carson
- Boake Carter
- Thomas Cassidy
- Del Castillo
- Carmen Cavallaro
- John Chancellor
- Ernest Chappell
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Adele Clark
- Dane Clark
- Lon Clark
- Inez Clough[1]: 37
- Al "Jazzbo" Collins
- Nat King Cole[1]: 37–38
- Shirley Bell Cole
- Charles Collingwood
- Ray Collins
- Ted Collins
- Bud Collyer
- Ronald Colman
- Jerry Colonna
- Pinto Colvig
- Perry Como
- Willis Conover
- William Conrad
- Hans Conried
- John Conte
- Spade Cooley
- Jack L. Cooper[1]: 38–40
- Wyllis Cooper
- Ted Corday
- Charles Correll[1]: 40–41
- Bill Corum
- Norman Corwin
- Lou Costello
- Staats Cotsworth
- Joseph Cotten
- Jim Cox
- Bob Crane
- Sally Creighton
- Richard Crenna
- Mary Jane Croft
- Bing Crosby
- Milton Cross
- Frank Crumit
- Xavier Cugat
- Bill Cullen
- Countee Cullen[1]: 41–42
- Howard Culver
- Adelaide Hawley Cumming
D
- Dilip Kumar
- John Daly
- Cass Daley
- Dorthy Dandridge[1]: 42–43
- Ruby Dandridge[1]: 43–45
- Vivian Dandridge[1]: 45
- Marcia Davenport
- Elmer Davis
- Joan Davis
- Dennis Day
- Doris Day
- Rosemary DeCamp
- Ruby Dee[1]: 45–46
- Ted de Corsia
- Don DeFore
- John Dehner
- Kenny Delmar
- Richard Denning
- George V. Denny, Jr.
- Van Des Autels
- Andy Devine
- Lawrence Dobkin
- Peter Donald
- Jack Douglas
- Paul Douglas
- Morton Downey
- Bill Downs
- Hugh Downs
- Jessica Dragonette
- Margaret Draper
- Alex Dreier
- Leanna Field Driftmier
- Elaine Dundy
- Joseph Dunninger
- John Dunning
- Don Dunphy
- Jimmy Durante
- Richard Durham
E
F
- Clifton Fadiman
- Percy Faith
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Alice Faye
- Verna Felton
- Parker Fennelly
- George Fenneman
- Jimmy Fidler
- Joan Field
- Benny Fields
- Ted Fio Rito
- Eddie Firestone
- Michael Fitzmaurice
- Bernardine Flynn
- Bess Flynn
- The Fontane Sisters
- June Foray
- Mary Ford
- Senator Edward Ford
- Bill Forman
- Templeton Fox
- Fred Foy
- Arlene Francis
- William Franklin[1]: 62–63
- Stan Freberg
- David Freedman
- Paul Frees
- Jane Froman
- Alice Frost
- Charles E. Fuller
- Allen Funt
G
- Martin Gabel
- Frank Gallop
- Jan Garber
- Betty Garde
- Ed Gardner
- Dave Garroway
- Betty Lou Gerson
- Georgia Gibbs
- GI Jill
- Mercedes Gilbert[1]: 66–67
- Dolores Gillen
- Art Gillham
- Art Gilmore
- Charles Sidney Gilpin[1]: 67
- Roy Glenn[1]: 67–68
- George Gobel
- Arthur Godfrey
- Norris Goff
- Benny Goodman
- Bill Goodwin
- Gale Gordon
- Freeman Gosden
- Morton Gould
- Sandra Gould
- Ray Goulding
- Martin Grams, Jr.
- Johnny Grant
- Ben Grauer
- Barry Gray
- Glen Gray
- Eddie Green[1]: 69–71
- Johnny Green
- Oliver B. Greene
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Virginia Gregg
- Ferde Grofé
- Edgar Guest
- Tito Guizar
H
- Jester Hairston[1]: 71–73
- Jack Haley
- Juanita Hall[1]: 73–74
- Walter Hampden
- Fred Haney
- Ernie Hare
- Richard Harkness
- Jim Harmon
- Tom Harmon
- Arlene Harris
- Marion Harris
- Phil Harris
- Joseph C. Harsch
- Georgette Harvey[1]: 78–79
- Wilbur Hatch
- Bob Hawk
- Jim Hawthorne
- Bill Hay
- George D. Hay
- Helen Hayes
- John Michael Hayes
- Peter Lind Hayes
- Dick Haymes
- Paul Hecht
- Horace Heidt
- Fletcher Henderson[1]: 79–80
- Skitch Henderson
- Ed Herlihy
- Juano Hernandez[1]: 81–82
- Bernard Herrmann
- Jean Hersholt
- George Hicks
- Hildegarde
- Ruby Hill[1]: 83
- Richard Himber
- Earl Hines[1]: 83
- Don Hollenbeck
- Sterling Holloway
- Skip Homeier
- Hoosier Hot Shots
- Bob Hope
- Lena Horne[1]: 84–85
- Edward Everett Horton
- Richard C. Hottelet
- Eddy Howard
- Quincy Howe
- Arthur Hughes
- Wilbur Budd Hulick
- Warren Hull
- Benita Hume
- Anne Hummert
- Chet Huntley
- Zora Neale Hurston[1]: 168
- Marlin Hurt[1]: 86–87
- Ted Husing
I
J
- Hal Jackson[1]: 87–88
- Maze Jackson
- Gee Gee James[1]: 88–89
- House Jameson
- Leon Janney
- Vernon Jarrett[1]: 89
- Gordon Jenkins
- Georgie Jessel
- Eva Jessye[1]: 90–91
- Vere Everette Johns[1]: 94
- Hall Johnson[1]: 92–94
- Parks Johnson
- Raymond Edward Johnson
- Al Jolson
- Billy Jones
- Clarence M. Jones[1]: 94–95
- Spike Jones
- Venzella Jones[1]: 95
- Jim Jordan
- Marian Jordan
- Victor Jory
- Jay Jostyn
K
- Ish Kabibble
- Mickey Katz
- Danny Kaye
- Evelyn Kaye
- Joseph Kearns
- Jackie Kelk
- Joe Kelly
- Pert Kelton
- John B. Kennedy[1]: 96
- Nick Kenny
- Ted Key
- William Bennett Kilpack
- John Reed King
- Ernest Kinoy
- Walter Kinsella
- Durwood Kirby
- Dorothy Kirsten
- Raymond Knight
- Richard Kollmar
- André Kostelanetz
- Gene Krupa
- Jack Kruschen
- Eloise Kummer
- Joel J. Kupperman
- Kay Kyser
L
- Arthur Lake
- Dan Landt
- Jack Landt
- Karl Landt
- Frances Langford
- Chester Lauck
- Joe Laurie, Jr.
- Paul Lavalle
- Canada Lee[1]: 98–99
- Peggy Lee
- Pinky Lee
- Richard LeGrand
- Lew Lehr
- Sheldon Leonard
- Jack Lescoulie
- Larry LeSueur
- Oscar Levant
- Cathy Lewis
- Elliott Lewis
- Forrest Lewis
- Fulton Lewis
- Monica Lewis
- Robert Q. Lewis
- Beatrice Lillie
- Art Linkletter
- James Lipton
- Mary Livingstone
- Guy Lombardo
- Vincent Lopez
- Phillips Lord
- Frank Lovejoy
- George Lowther
- Barbara Luddy
- Bela Lugosi
- Jimmy Lydon
- Abe Lyman
M
- Franklyn MacCormack
- Norman Macdonnell
- Nila Mack
- Ted Mack
- Gisele MacKenzie
- Gordon MacRae
- Dick Manning
- Knox Manning
- Fletcher Markle
- Herbert Marshall
- Dick Martin
- Sara (a.k.a. Sarah) Martin[1]: 103
- Chico Marx
- Groucho Marx
- Harpo Marx
- Elsa Maxwell
- Marilyn Maxwell
- Sherman "Jocko" Maxwell[1]: 103–104
- Mary Margaret McBride
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Clem McCarthy
- John Edward McCarthy
- Gordon McLendon
- Smilin' Ed McConnell
- John McCormack
- Myron McCormick
- Joel McCrea
- Tex McCrary
- Hattie McDaniel[1]: 106
- Lou McGarity
- J. Vernon McGee
- Artie Bell McGinty[1]: 103–104
- John McIntire
- Elizabeth McLeod
- Graham McNamee
- Howard McNear
- Don McNeill
- Butterfly McQueen[1]: 106–107
- James Melton
- Lou Merrill
- The Merry Macs
- Don Messick
- Glenn Miller
- Marvin Miller
- Spike Milligan
- Billy Mills
- The Mills Brothers[1]: 109–110
- Jan Miner
- Abrica "Abbie" Mitchell[1]: 110
- Shirley Mitchell
- The Modernaires
- Gerald Mohr
- Vaughn Monroe
- Ralph Moody
- Garry Moore
- Sam Moore
- Agnes Moorehead
- Mantan Moreland[1]: 111
- Claudia Morgan
- Frank Morgan
- Henry Morgan
- Bret Morrison
- Carlton E. Morse
- Carlton Moss[1]: 111–113
- Jack Moyles
- Merrill Mueller
- Frank Munn
- Clarence Muse[1]: 113–114
N
O
P
- Jack Paar
- Raymond Paige
- William S. Paley
- Korla Pandit
- Don Pardo
- Harry Parke
- Dorothy Parker
- Bert Parks
- Les Paul
- Edward Pawley
- Virginia Payne
- Al Pearce
- Jack Pearl
- Minnie Pearl
- Drew Pearson
- Harold Peary
- Jan Peerce
- Louis Pelletier
- Vincent Pelletier
- Joe Penner
- Irna Phillips
- Minerva Pious
- The Pied Pipers
- George Polk
- Lily Pons
- Cowan Powers and his Family Band
- Roger Price
- Louie Prima
- Carl Princi
- Florence Pritchett
- George Putnam
- Joe Pyne
Q
R
- Michael Raffetto
- Katharine Raht
- Amanda Randolph[1]: 125–126
- Lillian Randolph[1]: 126–128
- Basil Rathbone
- Herbert Rawlinson
- Stratton Rawson
- Alan Reed
- Alice Reinheart
- Ethel Remey
- Harry Reasoner
- Seymour Rexite
- Quentin Reynolds
- Paul Rhymer
- Irene Rich
- Emory Richardson[1]: 129
- Tommy Riggs
- Rin Tin Tin
- Rosa Rio
- Robert Ripley
- Ken Roberts
- Paul Robeson[1]: 130–132
- Jackie Robinson[1]: 132–133
- William N. Robson
- Roy Rogers
- Will Rogers
- B. A. Rolfe
- Mickey Rooney
- Luis van Rooten
- David Rose
- Norman Rose
- David Ross
- Earle Ross
- Lanny Ross
- Johnny Roventini
- Cecil Roy
- Benny Rubin
- Melville Ruick
- Babe Ruth
- Alfred Ryder
- Michael Rye
S
- Julia Sanderson
- David Sarnoff
- Harry Secombe
- Vivienne Segal
- Peter Sellers
- Rod Serling
- Eric Sevareid
- Dan Seymour
- Walter Scharf
- Del Sharbutt
- Artie Shaw
- Irwin Shaw
- L. R. Shelton, Sr.
- Jean Shepherd
- Ransom Sherman
- Nathaniel Shilkret
- William L. Shirer
- Dinah Shore
- Herb Shriner
- Ginny Sims
- Hilda Simms[1]: 137
- Singin' Sam
- Frank Sinatra
- Jasdev Singh
- Penny Singleton
- Red Skelton
- Menasha Skulnik
- Walter Slezak
- Everett Sloane
- J. Scott Smart
- Smilin' Jack Smith
- Bessie Smith[1]: 137–139
- Elwood Smith[1]: 139
- Ethel Smith
- Hal Smith
- Howard Smith
- Howard K. Smith
- J. Harold Smith
- Whispering Jack Smith
- Kate Smith
- Trixie Smith[1]: 141
- Wonderful Smith[1]: 141
- J. Anthony Smythe
- Sons of the Pioneers
- Olan Soule
- Ann Sothern
- Sigmund Spaeth
- Phil Spitalny
- Lawrence E. Spivak
- Hanley Stafford
- Jo Stafford
- Arnold Stang
- The Real Don Steele
- Leith Stevens
- Jay Stewart
- Nick Stewart[1]: 146
- Paul Stewart
- Ezra Stone
- Hal Stone
- Shelby Storck
- Amzie Strickland
- Fran Striker
- Roba Stanley
- Rex Stout
- Ed Sullivan
- Marion Sweet
- Karl Swenson
- Raymond Gram Swing
T
- Maurice Tarplin
- Eva Taylor[1]: 148–150
- Frederick Chase Taylor
- Deems Taylor
- Irene Tedrow
- Alec Templeton
- Studs Terkel
- Walter Tetley
- Edna Lewis Thomas[1]: 150–151
- Danny Thomas
- John Charles Thomas
- Lowell Thomas
- Bill Thompson
- Kay Thompson
- Tedi Thurman
- Lawrence Tibbett
- Martha Tilton
- John Todd
- Mel Torme
- Arturo Toscanini
- Dallas Townsend
- Arthur Tracy
- George W. Trendle
- John Scott Trotter
- Bob Trout
- Dink Trout
- Orrin Tucker
- Sophie Tucker
- Lurene Tuttle
V
W
- Ernestine Wade[1]: 156
- Bea Wain
- John Wald
- Janet Waldo
- Ed Walker
- Lucille Wall
- Mike Wallace
- Jimmy Wallington
- Fred Waring
- Gertrude Warner
- Mark Warnow
- Willard Waterman
- Ethel Waters[1]: 156–157
- Doodles Weaver
- Pat Weaver
- Jack Webb
- Ted Weems
- Dwight Weist
- Orson Welles
- Ernest Whitman[1]: 160–162
- Gayne Whitman
- Paul Whiteman
- Barbara Whiting
- Dick Whittinghill
- Mary Wickes
- Richard Widmark
- Harlow Wilcox
- Clarence Williams[1]: 160–162
- Nat D. Williams[1]: 162
- Dave Willock
- Meredith Willson
- Frank H. Wilson[1]: 162–163
- Marie Wilson
- Walter Winchell
- Paula Winslowe
- Miriam Wolfe
- Barbara Jean Wong
- Lesley Woods
- Alexander Woollcott
- Ben Wright
- Ed Wynn
