Elliot Lewis

Mystery & Comedy Old Time Radio Podcast

hi guys and welcome back to the mystery and comedy old time radio podcast. please welcome to the show this afternoon to chill our spines in three spine chilling episodes. Mr radio himself Mr Elliot Lewis. Mr Lewis started his career out in 1936 at the age of 18 years old. he went on to produce write direct and act in many shows such as the Jack Benny program the Alice face show, the clock and many others. Mr Lewis is best known for his writing and producing and also directing many old time thriller shows such shows as the Whistler Arch obler\'s plays suspense and many others. Mr Lewis married his wife Miss Kathy Lewis who is best known as Miss Jane Stacy in the CBS comedy show my friend Irma. Mr and Mrs Lewis went on to direct produce and write and also start together in many episodes of suspense. before divorcing in 1958. only after 1 year of his divorce he met his second wife in 1959 while writing for the Lucy show Miss Mary Jane Croft who is also a famous actress. Mr Lewis and Miss Croft were married until Mr Lewis passed away in 1990 due to heart problems. but what a lot of people may not know is that Mr Lewis also served our great country during world war II producing many shows overseas for the armed radio forces Network until 1946. after his last known writing credit in the 1970s Mr Lewis went ahead and retired and became a well-known novelist for his detective series The Pinnacle which you can find on Amazon or your local bookstore. until he passed away even though Mr Lewis has been gone for more than 30 years his memory and legacy will live on in many of his shows. in this first episode he plays a man who is caught in a love-hate relationship with a woman and does the unthinkable by thinking that he\'ll end her life so that he can be free and it is called can\'t we be Friends. in this next episode Mr Lewis plays a man who is a well-known burglar and thief. and later on becomes a murderer by killing the victims of his crimes and it is called concerto for a killer. in this final episode from the old time radio show escape Mr Lewis plays a man who has written a horrifying biography about what is going to happen to him and the woman he is trying to save from these vicious people. a young lady picks up a notebook to write in and find the horrifying biography written in that notebook. it is called an evening primrose. I hope you guys enjoy Mr Elliot Lewis and his performance on the show this afternoon please join me tonight as I bring to the show his wife Ms Kathy Lewis and Miss Maire Wilson in the CBS comedy show my friend Irma. join me tomorrow night guys as I start off part 2 of writers actors and producer for the month of August with Mr Orson Welles. and join me this coming Friday as I bring back to the show Mr and Mrs Ozzy and Harriet Nelson in The adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. and join me after this coming Friday show for a special update on upcoming episodes in a slight schedule change. I hope you guys enjoy Mr Lewis\'s performance and always remember to enjoy the show please comment and subscribe guys thanks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mysterycomedypod1942/support