The Adventures of Ellery Queen (radio program)

The Adventures of Ellery Queen
From left: Santos Ortega as Richard Queen, Hugh Marlowe as Ellery Queen and Marian Shockley as Nikki Porter in 1939.
GenreMystery
Running time1 hour for first 7 months
30 minutes thereafter
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
SyndicatesCBS
NBC
ABC
StarringHugh Marlowe
Carleton Young
Sydney Smith
Lawrence Dobkin
Howard Culver
AnnouncerKen Roberts
Bert Parks
Ernest Chappell
Don Hancock
Paul Masterson
Created byFrederic Dannay and Manfred Lee
Written byFrederic Dannay
Manfred Lee
Anthony Boucher
Directed byGeorge Zachary
Tom Victor
Dick Woolen
Dwight Hauser
Produced byGeorge Zachary
Original releaseJune 18, 1939 –
May 27, 1948
Sponsored byGulf Oil
Bromo Seltzer
Anacin

The Adventures of Ellery Queen was a radio detective program in the United States. Several iterations of the program appeared on different networks, with the first one broadcast on CBS on June 18, 1939, and the last on ABC on May 27, 1948.[1]

The Adventures of Ellery Queen grew out of the combined efforts of producer-director George Zachary and writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. Dannay and Lee, who were cousins, originated the Ellery Queen character. Initially they wrote the program's scripts, and Zachary handled production. Beginning in 1945, Anthony Boucher replaced Dannay and worked with Lee writing scripts.[2]

During the program's first season, Radio Guide magazine called it "a CBS drama that will keep you on the edge of your chair." It added "You will find Ellery Queen both brave and brilliant and you will find yourself participating joyously in the ageless thrill of the manhunt."[3]

  1. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 8-9. ISBN 0-19-507678-8. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dunningtiy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Good Luck Club Presents "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" -- and We Make a Correction" (PDF). Radio Guide. 9 (17): 2. February 9, 1940. Retrieved 6 June 2014.