Jeff Regan: The Lady with the Golden Hair (Encore) (EP4952)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 31, 1948
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Jeff Regan and Barton Yarborough
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| 0:00.0 | The Barton Yarborough Week continues here as we bring you another encore presentation featuring Barton Yarborough. |
| 0:37.7 | Please note that all offers and information in this episode are not valid unless currently |
| 0:44.9 | reflected on our Great Detectives of Old Time radio website at greatdetectives.net. |
| 0:50.4 | But here is another program featuring Barton Yarborough. |
| 0:59.2 | Welcome to the Great Detectors Old Time Radio. |
| 1:02.1 | From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 1:04.7 | Got any comment? |
| 1:05.5 | Send them to me, box 13 at great detectors.net. |
| 1:08.4 | Cast your vote for the show on podcast alley, podcast alley.comectives.net. And become a fan of the show on Facebook. Facebook.com. Great Detectives.net. Well, Jeff Regan, when it first started out, began as Joe Kanto, a detective. And it was changed to Jeff Regan. |
| 1:27.9 | Now, we don't know whether they changed leads or they just changed the name of the show. |
| 1:32.3 | But this episode, we meet Joe Canto. |
| 1:36.1 | And the part is played by Bartney Arboral. |
| 1:38.2 | For those of you who are fans of Dragnet, Bartney Arborro is pretty significant. |
| 1:44.3 | He played Ben Romero, Joe Friday's first partner on Dragnet. |
| 1:49.2 | At this point, Yarborough was known for his roles, mainly in the Carlton Morris series. |
| 1:57.0 | One Man's Family, the longest one, soap opera. |
| 2:00.2 | But he also did. I love a mystery, and I love adventure, and adventures by Morse. All three of these series, as well as Hawk Larrabee, a wide variety of other performances. This role of Jo Kando would become a recurring role, |
| 2:19.8 | and we'll hear at least another one or two appearances by Mr. Yarborough here is on the Jack Webb run of the show. |
| 2:31.0 | And there we kind of get a feel for what might be ahead, just a little bit more than a year |
| 2:35.7 | away. |
| 2:36.7 | At this point, it's about 10.5 months before Dragnaf would premiere in 1949. |
| 2:46.2 | So this will be a pretty fun performance. |
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