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Our Neighbors In Wistful Vista

("Well, I wonder who that could be?"  "It's gotta be Gildersleeve or the little girl, unless they've rung in a new character on us."--10/8/40)

(This is a work in progress, with cast and crew listed roughly in order of first appearance.)

Jim and Marian Jordan --as Fibber McGee and Molly
Don Quinn --writer (1935-1950), co-creator
Harlow Wilcox--announcer (1935-1952)
Isabel Randolph --Abigail Uppington
Bill Thompson--Nick Depopolus, Horatio K. Boomer, Old Timer, and Wallace Wimple
Billy Mills --Orchestra leader (1938-1953)
Hal Peary-- Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
The King's Men --vocal group Revised: 4 September, 2009
Gale Gordon-- Mayor LaTrivia, "Foggy" Williams
Arthur Q. Bryan--Doctor Gamble
Shirley Mitchell--Alice Darling New! 20 May, 2009
Phil Leslie--writer (1943-1956, head writer from 1950) New! 15 May, 2009
Ransom Sherman--Uncle Dennis Driscoll, Mr. Wellington
Marlin Hurt-- Beulah
Gene Carroll-- Lena
Richard LeGrand-- Ole

Tom Koch-- writer of the Monitor sketches New! 20 May, 2009

Sources used for this section:

  • On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning, Oxford University Press, 1998.
  • Heavenly Days! The Story of Fibber McGee and Molly by Charles Stumph and Tom Price, World of Yesterday Publications, 1987.
  • Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion by E.L. Costello, online (in various places) since 1997.
  • Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary to 953 Performers, 1920 Through 1960 by Thomas A. Delong, McFarland and Co., 1996.
  • The Great American Broadcast by Leonard Maltin, Dutton, 1997.
  • "Fibber and Molly, An All-American Team" by Larry Wolters, Advertising & Selling May 1945.
  • Current Biography 1941 annual, (listed as "McGee, Fibber" and "McGee, Molly").
  • Gale Gordon interview with Larry Skredevt, John Gassman, and Larry Gassman for SPERDVAC, October 9, 1990.