Episode 356 - Sheldon Leonard

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 2:29 a.m.

Big screen tough guy Sheldon Leonard went from cutting a menacing figure in\xa0To Have and Have Not and\xa0It's a Wonderful Life to producing classic TV sitcoms like\xa0The Andy Griffith Show and\xa0The Dick Van Dyke Show. In three old time radio thrillers, he'll show off his acting chops, first as a hired killer who's looking for a friend in "Feast of the Furies" (originally aired on CBS on July 11, 1946). We'll also hear him co-starring with Rosalind Russell in "When the Bough Breaks" (originally aired on CBS on May 3, 1951) and Jack Benny in "The Face is Familiar" (originally aired on CBS on January 18, 1954). Plus he shows off his lighter side as a proud papa of a safecracker in "Butch Minds the Baby" from\xa0The Damon Runyon Theatre.