Blair of the Mounties

Blair of the Mounties
Running time15 minutes
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
SyndicatesSyndicated
StarringColonel Rhys Davies
Jack Abbott
Written byColonel Rhys Davies
Directed byG. Donald Gray[1]
Produced byWalter Biddick Co.
Original release1934 –
1957 (last known date)
No. of episodes39

Blair of the Mounties is a syndicated 15-minute radio series about the adventures of Sergeant James Blair of the North-West Mounted Police. A total of 39 episodes of this Northern genre series were produced.[2] The show was heard on radio stations for more than twenty years. An Oakland, California radio station broadcast it in July 1934[3] and a 1957 issue of Broadcasting magazine listed Blair of the Mounties as still being available for release to radio stations.[4]

  1. ^ Jim Cox, Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age, page 53, McFarland, Inc., 2015
  2. ^ Shows By Producers, Radio Showbook, October 1942, page 305
  3. ^ Blair of the Mounties, San Francisco Examiner, July 28, 1934, page 8 (near bottom of page)
  4. ^ Broadcasting Transcriptions, Broadcasting, October 15, 1957, page 63