The In many of the shows we've heard on the podcast including Broadway is My Beat

Suspense and Pursuit there's a common name in the credits Elliot Lewis Lewis. An actor, writer, producer, and director, Lewis was one of the

Renaissance men of radio and his innovation and talent left a mark on the medium. This month, as we celebrate what would have been his 98th birthday,

I want to offer a salute to the man CBS once dubbed Mr Radio.

Born November 28th, 1917, Elliot Lewis first considered a career in law, but he was drawn instead to acting.

In the late 1930s, he could be heard on radio in Cinnamon Bear and several traumatic

anthology programs before the outbreak of World War II. Lewis was a master sergeant

in the Armed forces radio service,

Ray learned more about the behind the scenes elements of radio production.

When the war ended, he returned a radio

as one of its busiest and most in-demand actors.

In 1946, Lewis took over the title role on the Case Book of Gregory Hood,

and he starred as the San Francisco impporter and Amateur Detective through 1949.

That wasn't his only detective role.

He co-starred as Archie Goodwin, opposite Francis X Bushman as Nero Wolf in a short-lived series.

Lewis starred in Hawk Larrabee, a pre-gun smoke attempt at a more adult Western,

and he headlined Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, a drama that followed the crew of the titular ship on their

adventures through the South Pacific. Aside from his starring roles, Lewis could be heard

rounding out supporting casts on Sam Spade, The Whistler, Escape, and Suspense.

Though most of his credits came on the dramatic side of the aisle, Elliot Lewis was also a skilled comedic performer. He could be heard

as George Burns' next-door neighbor and nemesis on Burns and Allen, and his most

famous radio acting role was opposite Phil Harris and Alice Fay on their long-running sitcom.

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