Born April 10, 1915, actor Harry Morgan gets a birthday celebration during the week of Monday, April 10 to Sunday, April 16, 2023, when old-time radio host Greg Bell presents a two-hour block of Morgan radio appearances on the Radio Classics channel, airing over SiriusXM Radio.
The four programs include – Mystery in the Air, “The Horla” (August 21, 1947); Mystery in the Air, “The Queen of Spades” (September 11, 1947); This is the FBI, “The Floating Stickup” (December 8, 1950), and Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Conspiracy” (April 15, 1951).
Harry Morgan’s birthday block will air these dates and times ~
Monday, April 10
7 pm Pacific
10 pm Eastern
Wednesday, April 12
1 am Pacific
4 am Eastern
Friday, April 14
1 pm Pacific
4 pm Eastern
The full schedule is available on Greg Bell’s website.
Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or through the SiriusXM app. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A trial is also available for a nominal price through the SiriusXM radio website.
As “The Voice of Mystery”, Harry Morgan acted as narrator on Peter Lorre’s radio series Mystery in the Air, a replacement series for The Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Show in the summer of 1947.
Mystery in the Air presented tales of suspense “culled from the four corners of world literature”, adapted from such famous tales as Alexander Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” and Guy de Maupassant’s “The Horla”, as well as original radio dramas.
Morgan hosted all 13 episodes, beginning with “The Tell-Tale Heart” on July 3 and continuing to the final program on September 25, 1947 – “Crime and Punishment”, adapted from Peter’s 1935 Columbia Studios film.
In the image above, Morgan (in black suit) stands, looking over Hans Conried’s shoulder at his script, with Peter Lorre at the microphone.
On March 14, 1979, author Stephen Youngkin took an interview with Harry Morgan for his Lorre biography, The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, published in September, 2005, through University Press of Kentucky. Morgan recalled working with Lorre on Mystery in the Air, describing the intensity of Peter’s performances as he played to the microphone and not the studio audience.
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from these online merchants. Click on any of these links, and the order page will open.
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