Nero Wolfe
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The character of Nero Wolfe came from a series of novels by Rex         
Stout.  Nero Wolfe was known as "the gargantuan gourmet, the fat
genius whose eye for detail has solved many a perfect murder" and       
"the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the greatest
invention ever invented by man".  Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's male
secretary, prodded him into taking cases whenever the bank balance
got a little low.


 
Nero Wolfe first appeared on radio on July 5, 1943 on the NBC Blue
Network in THE ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE.  This was a short-lived
series staring Santos Ortega as Wolfe and Luis Van Rooten as Archie.
The second attempt at bringing Mr. Wolfe to the airwaves was during
1945 on the Mutual network in THE AMAZING NERO WOLFE.  This run
lasted only until December 15, 1946 and starred Francis X. Bushman.

The third series, the subject of this log, was known as THE NEW                    
ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE.  Starting on October 20, 1950, a Friday, it                        
lasted only until April 27, 1951.  It starred Sidney Greenstreet as
Wolfe.  The part of Archie was played by Lawrence Dobkin for the
first twelve shows.  Gerald Mohr took over for the next four shows
after making a guest appearance in the twelfth show.  Harry Bartell
was Archie for the remainder of the series.

Nero Wolfe was last heard on radio over Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
stations in 1982 in a series of 13 1-hour shows.

 50/10/20    1  Stamped for Murder
 50/10/27    2  The Care Worn Cuff
 50/11/03    3  The Dear, Dead Lady
 50/11/17    5  The Careless Cleaner
 50/11/24    6  The Beautiful Archer
 50/12/01    7  The Brave Rabbit
 50/12/08    8  The Impolite Corpse                                                                                              
 50/12/15    9  The Girl Who Cried Wolf
 50/12/22   10  The Slaughtered Santas                 
 50/12/29   11  The Bashful Body
 51/01/05   12  Deadly Sell-Out
 51/01/12   13  The Killer Cards                                
 51/01/19   14  The Calculated Risk
 51/01/26   15  The Phantom Fingers
 51/02/02   16  The Vanishing Shells
 51/02/16   17  The Party for Death
 51/02/23   18  The Malevolent Medic
 51/03/02   19  The Hasty Will
 51/03/09   20  The Disappearing Diamonds
 51/03/16   21  The Midnight Ride
 51/03/23   22  The Final Page
 51/03/30   23  The Tell-Tale Ribbon
 51/04/06   24  A Slight Case of Perjury                                                
 51/04/20   25  The Lost Heir          
 51/04/27   26  Room 304 (Last Episode)

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