Variety radio directory (1940)

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued (Wahl Co., CBS); producer, M.C., Garden of Tomorrow (Tennessee Corp. for Loma, CBS); writer, director, The O'Flynn (Standard Oil of N. J. for Esso, CBS); writer, director, Home on the Range (Wm. R. Warner for Vince, NBC Blue); writer, Show Boat (General Foods for Maxwell House Coffee, NBC Red); intermission speaker, General Motors Concerts (General Motors, NBC Blue and Red); actor in Hilltop House, Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons, Just Plain Bill, Death Valley Days, Pepper Young's Family, Dr. Susan, and many others. Also writer, producer, and M.C. of numerous network sustaining shows. NEHER, JOHN WESLEY. Singer. Born Shelbyville, 111., May 22, 1911; h. 6 ft. IVz in.; w. 205; dark brown hair and eyes; e. University of Illinois (B.S. degree, 1935); m. Betty J. Neher; two children, John David, 4, and Susan Lisbeth, 1. Concert and oratorio singer; member Chicago City Opera Co. First radio appearance in 1935 on the Fibber McGee & Molly program, as result of winning the city finals of the Chicagoland Music Festival in 1934. (R) Fibber McGee & Molly, 1935 (S. C. Johnson & Son, NBC Red); Hymns of All Churches, 1936-40 (General Mills, successively CBS, NBC Red and Blue); Laugh Liner, 1938-39 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); National Barn Dance, 1939 (Miles Laboratories, NBC Blue); Cavalcade of America, 1940 (E. I. du Pont de Nemours, NBC Red and Blue). (L) 1934. (V) 1935-36, in Chicago. NELSON, HERBERT. Actor. Born Stillwater, Minn., Dec. 17, 1913; h. 6 ft.; w. 170; medium blonde hair, dark blue eyes; e. Stillwater public schools and University of Minnesota. First radio appearance as government livestock market announcer on WCCO, Minneapolis-St. Paul; first appearance as actor on KSTP, Minneapolis-St.Paul. (R) Zenith Foundation, 1937 (Zenith Radio Corp., NBC Red); Guiding Light, 1937 (Procter & Gamble for White Naphtha Soap, NBC Red); Uncle Ezra, 1937-38 (Miles Laboratories for Alka-Seltzer, NBC Red); Romance of Helen Trent, 1938 (Edna Wallace Hopper Cosmetics, CBS); Attorney at-Law, 1938 (S. C. Johnson & Son for Johnson's Wax, NBC Red); Arnold Grimm's Daughter, 1938 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue); Betty & Bob, 1938 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue); Girl Alone, 1938 (Quaker Oats, NBC Red); Jack Armstrong, 1938 (General Mills, NBC Red); Woman in White, 193839 (Pillsbury Flour Mills, NBC Red); Dan Harding's Wife, 1938 (National Biscuit Co., NBC Red); Carters of Elm Street, 1938-40 (Wander Co. for Ovaltine, successively NBC Red, Mutual); Ma Perkins, 1939 (P & G, NBC Red); Kitty Keene, Inc., 1939-40 (P & G, NBC Red). (F) Shorts. (L) The Drunkard, 1936 (f ); The Bishop Misbehaves, 1939 (f); also Little Theatre, stock. NELSON, KATHLEEN. Singer (the Steele Sisters). Born Moundsville, W. Va., January 23, 1921; h. 5 ft. 2 in.; w. 94; chestnut brown hair, grey-green eyes. First radio appearance in 1937 on a local station. (R) Horace Heidt & His Brigadiers, 1938 (StewartWarner, successively NBC Blue and Red); Musical Steelmakers, 1938-40 (Wheeling Steel, Mutual); also transcriptions of the Wheeling program. (V) Tour with Horace Heidt, 1938. NIDAY, KATHLEEN. Actress (leads, characters). Born Boise, Idaho, Oct. 10, 1909; h. 5 ft. 3 in.; w. 108; dark brown hair, green eyes; e. Mills College, Fairmont, Curry School and American Academy; m. Paul Nugent, actor. Entered radio from the theatre in 1936. (R) Road of Life, 1938 (Procter & Gamble for Chipso, NBC Red and CBS); Hilltop House, 1939 (Colgate-PalmolivePeet for Palmolive Soap, CBS); Her Honor, Nancy James, 1938-39 (International Cellucotton for Kleenex, CBS); Death Valley Days, 1939 (Pacific Coast Borax, NBC Red); Easy Aces, 1939 (Anacin, NBC Blue); Just Plain Bill, 1939-40 (Anacin, BiSoDol, NBC Blue); Brenda Curtis, 1939-40 (Campbell Soup, CBS); Pretty Kitty Kelly, 1939-40 (Continental Baking, CBS); Pepper Young's Family, 1939-40 (P & G, NBC Red and Blue); When a Girl Marries, 1940 (Prudential Insurance, CBS); Campbell's Short, Short Story, 1940 (Campbell Soup, CBS); Valiant Lady, 1940 (General Mills, NBC Red and Blue). (L) With George M. Cohan, 2 years; Gambling; The Tavern (revival); productions by D wight Wiman and others. *NILES, KEN. Announcer, producer. (R) Hollywood Hotel, 1934-38 (Campbell Soup Co., CBS); Woodbury Program, 1934-35 (Andrew Jergens Co., CBS); Dick Powell, 1935 (Old Golds, CBS); Burns & Allen, 1937 (Campbell Soup Co., CBS); Gateway to Hollywood, 1939 (William Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); others. (F) Warner Bros.; shorts. (L) Henry Duffy, 1928-29. (V) Theatre appearances. NILES, WENDELL. Announcer, writer, producer, M.C. Born Twin Valley, Minn., Dec. 29, 1904; h. 5 ft. 9 in.; w. 160; dark hair, brown eyes; e. University of Montana and New York University; m. 1007