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'''Frank Marvin Readick Jr.''' (November 6, 1896, Seattle, Washington — 1965<ref>[http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3059 Frank Readick] at voicechasers.com{{reliable source|date=October 2016|reason=for now, to be replaced a more authoritative}}</ref>) was an American radio and film actor.<ref>{{imdb-name|0713930}}</ref> |
'''Frank Marvin Readick Jr.''' (November 6, 1896, Seattle, Washington — 1965<ref>[http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3059 Frank Readick] at voicechasers.com{{reliable source|date=October 2016|reason=for now, to be replaced a more authoritative}}</ref>) was an American radio and film actor.<ref>{{imdb-name|0713930}}</ref> |
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He is well-known for his [[evil laughter]] followed the introduction from ''[[The Shadow]]'' [[radio drama]]: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!". Readick replaced James La Curto to impersonate The Shadow narrator in the ''[[Detective Story Hour]]'' (the precursor of ''The Shadow'') in 1930, several weeks after the launch of the series when La Curto went for a [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] role. <ref>''he Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio'', Routledge, 2010, ISBN 1135176833, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IryLAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT2257 p. 257]</ref> This signature line remained intact in ''The Shadow'' even after [[Orson Welles]] succeeded Readick.<ref>[http://www.shadowsanctum.com/secretfiles/2/ "Stalking the Silverscreen Shadow!"], by Anthony Tollin</ref> |
He is well-known for his [[evil laughter]] followed the introduction from ''[[The Shadow]]'' [[radio drama]]: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!". Readick replaced James La Curto to impersonate The Shadow narrator in the ''[[Detective Story Hour]]'' (the precursor of ''The Shadow'') in 1930, several weeks after the launch of the series when La Curto went for a [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] role. <ref>''he Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio'', Routledge, 2010, ISBN 1135176833, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IryLAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT2257 p. 257]</ref> This signature line remained intact in ''The Shadow'' even after [[Orson Welles]] succeeded Readick.<ref>[http://www.shadowsanctum.com/secretfiles/2/ "Stalking the Silverscreen Shadow!"], by Anthony Tollin</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCu0fdtW13MC&pg=PA31 p. 31]</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:44, 25 October 2016
Frank Marvin Readick Jr. (November 6, 1896, Seattle, Washington — 1965[1]) was an American radio and film actor.[2]
He is well-known for his evil laughter followed the introduction from The Shadow radio drama: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!". Readick replaced James La Curto to impersonate The Shadow narrator in the Detective Story Hour (the precursor of The Shadow) in 1930, several weeks after the launch of the series when La Curto went for a Broadway role. [3] This signature line remained intact in The Shadow even after Orson Welles succeeded Readick.[4][5]
References
- ^ Frank Readick at voicechasers.com[unreliable source?]
- ^ Frank Readick at IMDb
- ^ he Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio, Routledge, 2010, ISBN 1135176833, p. 257
- ^ "Stalking the Silverscreen Shadow!", by Anthony Tollin
- ^ p. 31
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