Variety radio directory (1940)

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS— Continued and Gateway to Hollywood Summer Theatre, 1939 (Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co., CBS); producer: The Mad Hatterfields, 1938-39 (Horlick's Malted Milk, Mutual). (LS) Writer: Parker Family, 1938-39 (Chicago Motor Club, WBBM); others. (L) Tent Shows, dramatic and circle stock and burlesque, 1925-30, as comic. *WlLSON, WARD (Beetle). Impersonator, actor, announcer. (R) Royal Vagabonds, 1931-32 (Standard Brands, Inc., NBC Blue); Chats with Peggy Winthrop, 1933 (Lever Bros. Co., NBC Blue); Chase & Sanborn Program, 1933-34 (Standard Brands, Inc., NBC Red); The Adventures of Grade, 1934 (General Cigar Co. for White Owl Cigars, CBS); Armour Program with Phil Baker, 1934 (Armour Co., NBC Blue); Town Crier, 1934 (Cream of Wheat, CBS); Life Saver Rendezvous, 1935 (Life Savers, Inc., NBC Blue); Bambi, 1936-37 (General Foods Corp. for Sanka Coffee, NBC Blue; ; Summer Stars, 1937 (Gulf Refining Co., CBS); Hollywood Bound, 1939 (Hawaiian Pineapple Co.. CBS); others. (F) Shorts, trailers, 193237. (V) Single, 1932-37; Phil Baker, 1934-37. WINCHELL, WALTER. Commentator. Born New York City, April 7, 1897; m. June Magee; three children, Walda, Gloria (deceased), Waltci. Left grade school to join the newly formed Imperial Trio, which included, besides Winchell, George Jessel and Eddie Cantor. The trio got a job in a Harlem theatre, collecting tickets, ushering and singing ballads during intermissions. Gus Edwards caught the act and signed all three for vaudeville. After serving in the Navy during the World War, he returned to vaudeville, and also wrote a bulletin called the Daily News Sense which he tacked up beside the mail box in every theatre he was booked in as hoofer. The sheet came to the eyes of Glenn Condon, editor of the New York Vaudeville News, who gave Winchell a job in 1922. When the Evening Graphic (tabloid) was formed in New York, he moved in to handle the amusement page in 1924. Five years later, he got a contract with the New York Mirror. Wrote Broadway Thru a Keyhole, which Hollywood filmed, and appeared in Wake Up and Live, co-starring Ben Bernie. Currently columnist, King Features Syndi — cate; dramatic critic. (R) Walter Winchell and Orchestra, 1930 (Saks 34th St., WABC; Wise Shoes, WABC; Gerardine Hair Tonic, CBS); Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra, 1931 (American Tobacco for Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC Red); Walter Winchell, 1932-40 (Andrew Jergens Co. for Jergens Lotion, NBC Blue). (F) 20th Century-Fox (s); Warner Bros, shorts. (V) Winchell & Greene in Puppy Love, 1910-20; theatre appearances, alone and with Harry Richman and Ben Bernie. WINCHOLL, JOHN (The Old Timer). Character actor, announcer. Born Falkirk, Scotland, April 30, 1880; h. 5 ft. 6 in.; w. 150; brown-grey hair, blue eyes; e. schools in Falkirk, Scotland; m. Janet Wincholl; three children, John, 34, Janet, 32, and Ella, 30. First radio appearances six years ago in one-act plays presented by the Little Theatre of Wheeling over WWVA. (R) Musical Steelmakers (also called It's Wheeling Steel), 1938-40 (Wheeling Steel Corp., Mutual). (Special auditor, Wheeling Steel Corp.). WING, PAUL, Actor (straight, comedy, comedy-character), M.C., writer. Born Sandwich, Mass., March 5, 1892; h. 5 ft. 9 in.; w. 158; light brown hair, grey eyes; e. Henry Wing School, Sandwich, and Lakeview High School, Chicago; m. Suzanne Wing (pianist; professional name, Beatrice Bell) ; three children, Deborah, 20 (actress), Roger, 21, and David, 19. Author of a book, Take It Away, Sam!, and juvenile books including The Did and Didn't Book, for Boys and Girls Who Should But Don't. Onetime reporter and -feature writer on the Chicago Tribune, and advertising agency copywriter. First radio appearance in 1929 when a friend in the agency business asked him to write and produce a juvenile show for one of his clients — The Toddy Show for Grocery Store Products, in which he also played a number of roles. (R) Paul Wing and His Magic Typewriter, 1932-33 (General Foods, NBC Red); Armour Program, 1933-35 (Armour & Co., NBC Red); Show Boat, 1934 (General Foods, NBC Red); Town Hall Tonight, 1935 (BristolMyers, NBC Red); Paul Wing's Spelling Bee, 1938-40 (Cummer Products, NBC Red); Youth vs. Age, 1940 (Sloan's Liniment, NBC Red); also sustaining programs for the NBC Blue and CBS. (L) Stock. (V) Phips, 40 weeks in 1915 and '16. (PR) RCA Victor. WINKLER, BETTY. Dramatic actress. Born Berwick, Pa., April 19, 1914; h. 5 ft. 3 in.; w. 107; brown hair and eyes; e. Hyde Park High School, Chicago, and Western Reserve University, Cleveland; m. Robert Jennings. Entered radio from the Cleveland Playhouse; first appearance in 1933 over WTAM. (R) Girl Alone, 1936-40 (Kellogg Co., to 1938; Quaker Oats, 1938-40; NBC Red); Lights Out, NBC Nite Club, 1936-37 (NBC Red); 1071