Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets.

This week we'll hear one of the most well-known and prolific voice actors of all time, the great Jackson Beck,

a man who may be best known for his delivery of one of the greatest character introductions ever.

Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from the planet's Kryptonon who came to Earth with amazing physical

powers far beyond those of mortal men and who disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter

for a great metropolitan newspaper, wages a never-ending battle for truth and justice.

That was Jackson Beck announcing The Adventures of Superman, a series where he not only acted as a narrator of the thrilling action, but he also doubled in the cast.

Elsewhere on radio, Beck starred as the Western Hero, the Sisko kid.

He could be heard on Boston Blackie and the Falcon,

and he played brilliant Detective Philo Vance in a syndicated series and that's the show we're going to hear today. But Beck's career extended far beyond the

Golden Age of radio, so much that even generations

of audiences who have never heard one of his classic broadcasts have likely heard his voice.

In a career that spanned seven decades, Beck lent his voice to films, he's the narrator

and Woody Allen's take the money and run, to cartoons, and especially to commercials.

As a child of the late 80s and early 90s, I heard Jackson Beck's voice everywhere, but I didn't

know who he was until much later.

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