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Fibber McGee and Molly
251 of his episodes: Fibber McGee and Molly (251)
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Old-time radio actor · 1906–1995
Osgood Conklin on Our Miss Brooks.
We have him in 451 episodes of 12 series, 1938 to 1957, and 12 of our live channels play them around the clock, free.

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Gordon played principal Osgood Conklin on Our Miss Brooks, opposite Eve Arden, through the radio run of 1948 to 1957, and carried the part to television when the show moved there in 1952. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
The Radio Hall of Fame calls Our Miss Brooks, which he joined in 1948 as the tyrannical principal, the role he is best known for, and inducted him in 1999. Source: Radio Hall of Fame: Gale Gordon
His first big radio break came on Fibber McGee and Molly, as Mayor La Trivia and as Foggy Williams. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
He took on Wistful Vista's Mayor LaTrivia in 1941; the mayor regularly got his words tangled and then lost his temper. Source: Radio Hall of Fame: Gale Gordon
He also played Rumson Bullard on The Great Gildersleeve. He and Mayor La Trivia left the air while he served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1942 to 1945. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
On The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show he was Mr. Scott, the made-up representative of sponsor Rexall; when RCA took over sponsorship, Mr. Scott simply changed employers. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
He was Rudolph Atterbury on Lucille Ball's My Favorite Husband, and in 1950 starred as John Granby, a city man trying to farm, in Granby's Green Acres. In 1935 he was the first actor to play Flash Gordon on radio. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
On television he played tightfisted banker Theodore J. Mooney on The Lucy Show. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
Born Charles Thomas Aldrich Jr. in New York City on February 20, 1906, he died of lung cancer in Escondido, California, on June 30, 1995, aged 89. Source: Wikipedia: Gale Gordon
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251 of his episodes: Fibber McGee and Molly (251)
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22 of his episodes: The Burns and Allen Show (22)
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11 of his episodes: The Great Gildersleeve (11)
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412 of his episodes: Fibber McGee and Molly (251), Our Miss Brooks (102), The Burns and Allen Show (22), The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show (15), The Great Gildersleeve (11), The Halls of Ivy (7), The Life of Riley (2), My Favorite Husband (2)
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28 of his episodes: Lux Radio Theatre (23), Cavalcade of America (5)
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17 of his episodes: Fibber McGee and Molly (7), Our Miss Brooks (3), The Burns and Allen Show (3), The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show (1), The Great Gildersleeve (1), Cavalcade of America (1), Jim & Marion Jordan (1)
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Mixed channel
4 of his episodes: Our Miss Brooks (2), The Great Gildersleeve (1), Fibber McGee and Molly (1)
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| Series | Years | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Fibber McGee and Molly | 1941 to 1953 | 251 |
| Our Miss Brooks | 1948 to 1957 | 102 |
| Lux Radio Theatre | 1938 to 1951 | 23 |
| The Burns and Allen Show | 1946 to 1949 | 22 |
| The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show | 1948 to 1953 | 15 |
| The Great Gildersleeve | 1950 to 1952 | 11 |
| The Casebook of Gregory Hood | 1946 | 10 |
| The Halls of Ivy | 1950 to 1952 | 7 |
| Cavalcade of America | 1941 to 1947 | 5 |
| My Favorite Husband | 1949 to 1951 | 2 |
| The Life of Riley | 1947 | 2 |
| Jim & Marion Jordan | 1949 | 1 |
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