Johnny Dollar was "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator," the "man with the action-packed expense account."  He was always ready to fly to far corners of the country for a cut of recovered goods.  He had an analytical mind, a nose for trouble, and the brawn to take care of himself when the going got dirty.  He often worked for "Universal Adjustment Bureau," a clearing house for all client companies, under assignment from Universal's Pat McCracken.  The assignment might be to recover stolen diamonds, art or furs; to investigate arson; to play bodyguard to a wealthy client, insured to the hilt, whose life had been threatened.  Inevitably, all led to murder.  The series ran from December 8, 1948 to September 30, 1962 in several incarnations.  Dick Powell (audition), Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund, Gerald Mohr (audition), Bob Bailey, Bob Readick and Mandel Kramer all played Johnny Dollar at different times in the show's history.  The episodes presented here are from the show's 5 day-a-week serial incarnation that ran from October 3, 1955 to November 2, 1956 on CBS and starred Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.

Cast

Bob Bailey ..... Johnny Dollar

Orchestra ..... Amerigo Marino
Producer-Director ..... Jack Johnstone
Writer ..... John Dawson
Writer ..... Les Crutchfield
Writer ..... Robert Ryf
Writer ..... Jack Johnstone

Supporting cast members from Hollywood (1949-1960) included ...

Vivi Janiss, Jack Kruschen, John Dehner, Ann Morrison, Paul Dubov, Lillian Buyeff, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer, William Conrad, Ed Begley, Jeanne Bates, Irene Tedrow, Peggy Webber, Joseph Kearns, Lurene Tuttle, Howard McNear, Virginia Gregg.

Supporting cast members from New York (1960-1962) included ...

Joan Loring, Robert Dryden, Ralph Camargo, Danny Ocko, Gertrude Warner, Roger DeKoven, Bill Meader, William Redfield, Bernard Grant, Ralph Bell, Jack Grimes, Santos Ortega, Martin Blaine, Bill Adams, Vicki Vola, Jackson Beck.

The above information is from John Dunning's
"On The Air - The Encyclopedia Of Old Time Radio"

Click here for a log for the series.

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