Johnny's cases were now a continuing serial, five days a week, for fifteen minutes each evening.
#Dollar in a zippr series
A new production team, including director/writer Jack Johnstone, a new star, Bob Bailey, from the radio series Let George Do It, and a new format would set the series apart from its competitors. On October 3, 1955, after a hiatus of over a year, the show came back with a vengeance. Luckily, this trite gimmick did not survive long.
Charles Russell, the first to play the role, would throw silver dollars to bellboys and waiters. Dollar was just another hard-boiled detective in a medium that was overloaded with the stereotype. Through the first three actors to play Johnny Dollar (Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, and John Lund), there was little to distinguish the series from many other radio detective series. Gerald Mohr, of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe fame, auditioned in 1955, prior to Bob Bailey getting the title role. Dick Powell, of Rogue’s Gallery fame, cut the original audition tape, but chose to do Richard Diamond, Private Detective instead. No fewer than eight actors played Johnny Dollar. Johnny often used his time when filling out his expense accounts to give the audience background information or to express his thoughts about the current case. Another atypical aspect gave the show additional credibility – frequently, characters on the show would mention that they had heard about Johnny’s cases on the radio. The character closest to a continuing role was that of Pat McCracken of the Universal Adjustment Bureau, who assigned Johnny many of his cases. There was no partner, assistant, or secretary for Johnny. There were some unusual devices used in the show that help set it apart from other shows. Why this was done was unclear – possibly to prevent a legal run-in with Lloyd’s of London Insurance Company." Although based in Hartford, Connecticut, the insurance capital of the world, freelancer Johnny Dollar managed to get around quite a bit – his adventures taking him all over the world. Thus the show was re-titled on this script and the main character was renamed. Salomonson writes "Lloyd London was scratched out of the body of (the Dick Powell) audition script and Johnny Dollar was written in. Terry Salomonson in his authoritative "A Radio Broadcast Log of the Drama Program Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", notes that the original working title was "Yours Truly, Lloyd London". The name of the show derives from the fact that he closed each show by totaling his expense account, and signing it "End of report. Johnny was an accomplished 'padder' of his expense account. Click on one of the above for a different OTRR Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar Single Episodes page.įor over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar". Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Mandel Kramer
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Robert Readick Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Bob Bailey 30 Minute Episodes Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Bob Bailey 15 Minute Episodes Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - John Lund Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Edmond O'Brien Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Charles Russell Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes The individual episodes of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar have been broken down into several different pages by lead actor:
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