Variety radio directory (1940)

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued DINGLE, CHARLES. Character actor. Born Wabash, Ind., Dec. 28, 1887; h. 5 ft. 11 in.; w. 195; grey hair and grey eyes; m. Dorothy L. Dingle; two sons, Charles, Jr., 18, and Jack, 17. First radio appearance in 1937. (R) March of Time, 1933 (Remington Rand, CBS); Lux Radio Theatre, 1936 (Lever Bros., CBS); Pepper Young's Family, 1936-38 (P & G for Camay Soap, NBC Red and Blue); The O'Neills, 1937 (P & G for Ivory Soap, NBC Red and Blue); 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (Sloan's Liniment, NBC Blue); Meet the Dixons, 1939 (Campbell Soup, CBS); Central City, currently (P & G for Oxydol, NBC Red); Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, currently (Lever Bros., CBS); The Man I Married, currently (P & G, NBC Red); others. (F) Paramount; shorts. (L) Room Service, 1937; All the Living, 1938; The Little Foxes, 1939; others. DISQUE, BRICE, JR. Writer-director (currently executive script editor for Phillips H. Lord, Inc.). Born Fort Assinn^boine, Mont., June 21, 1904; e. Dartmouth College (A.B. degree, 1925); net married. Prior to his radio work he wrote for newspapers (New York Evening Po^t), magazines (Forbes, Stage), and the theatre. (R) March of Time, 1936 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); several scripts for Grand Hotel (Campana Sales Corp., NBC Blue); Forecasting 1937, Jan. 2, 1937 (sustaining, CBS); Forecasting 1938, Jan. 1, 1938 (sustaining, CBS); Gang Busters, 1938-40 (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS) ; scripts for Warden Lawes program, 1939 (Sloan's Liniment, NBC Blue); Cities Service Concert, 1939 (NBC Red); By Kathleen Norris, 1939-40 (General Mills, CBS). (LS) WEAF, WINS, WOR, New York; transcriptions, 1935. (L) Stock; Walter Hampden's Co., 1925-26 (Hamlet, Cyrano, Merchant); Judgment Day, 1934. DIXON, PETER. Writer, producer. Born Fort Erie, Ont., Canada, Sept. 3, 1903; e. University of Arizona; m. Aline Berry; two children, David, 13, Peter, 8. Formerly instructor in radio advertising, Columbia University; author of two books, Radio Writing, and Radio Sketches and How to Write Them; author, short stories and song lyrics. First radio work in 1928, as press agent for NBC; subsequently, 1936-37, radio director of Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. (R) Cub Reporter (sustaining, NBC); Bobby Benson (Hecker Products, CBS); 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (Wm. R. Warner for Sloan's Liniment, NBC Red); News of Youth (Ward Baking, CBS); Gateway to Hollywood (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); Strange As It Seems (Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, CBS); Melody Ranch, 1940 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); others, not current, including sketches for the Rudy Vallee program for Fleischmann's Yeast (Standard Brands, NBC Red) and special material for Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Fred Waring, Jack Oakie, Miriam Hopkins and Constance Bennett. (F) As writer: Principal Pictures (Sol Lesser), Columbia, Monogram. (L) Summer stock, 1933 (s). (V) Raising Junior (sketch), 1932. DR. I. Q. See Lew Valentine. DODSON, JON (John Dodson Blunt). Second tenor (King's Men). Born Richland, Mo., March 28, 1907; h. 5 ft. 8V2 in.; w. 166; black hair, brown eyes; e. Chapman College, U.C.L.A. and the University of Southern California (post graduate work). In 1929 he joined the King's Men, a quartet of students formed to entertain at club and college affairs. They came to the attention of radio officials and sang on various Hollywood stations for three years. Auditioned by Paul Whiteman by way of recordings, they joined Whiteman in New York in 1934, appeared on several of his broadcast series, and joined him. on tours. Other network programs, as well as films, followed. (R) Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, 1934 (Kraft-Phenix Cheese, NBC Red); Flying Red Horse Tavern, 1935-36 (SoconyVacuum, CBS); Paul Whiteman's Musical Varieties, 1936 (JergensWoodbury, NBC Blue); Gulliver the Traveler, 1936 (Plymouth Motors, NBC Red); Magic Key of RCA, 1936 (Radio Corp. of America, NBC Blue); Town Hall Tonight, 1937 (Bristol-Myers, NBC Red); Fibber McGee & Molly, 1940 (S. C. Johnson, NBC Red); Rudy Vallee Sealtest Program, 1940 (Sealtest, Inc., NBC Red). (F) Paramount and Harry Sherman Productions (f); shorts. (L) 1931 (f). (V) Appearances with Paul Whiteman, 193437, and Rudy Vallee, 1939. (PR) RCA Victor, Vocalion. DOLE, DAVID W. ("Red Heart," the talking dog). Animal imitator, sound technician; radio traffic manager for the Henri, Hurst & McDonald advertising agency, Chicago. Born Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 18, 1914; e. University of Minnesota; m. Katherine T. Dole. His first radio work was as sound effects man for WTCN, Minneapolis, in 1933. (R) Gloria Dale, 1936-37 (General Mills, NBC Pacific Coast Red); Sing, Neighbor, Sing, 1936-37 (Purina Mills, national spot); Bob Becker's Chats about Dogs, 921