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Old-time radio actor · 1889–1974

Martha Wentworth

The Wintergreen Witch on The Cinnamon Bear (1937).

We have her in 84 episodes of 16 series, 1934 to 1958, and 12 of our live channels play them around the clock, free.

About Martha Wentworth

Martha Wentworth, from Radio Life, February 10, 1946, page 33
Martha Wentworth in Radio Life, February 10, 1946, page 33.Public domain in the United States: Radio Life (Los Angeles weekly) 1946 issue: copyright not renewed. Radio Life

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Martha Wentworth was born Verna Martha Wentworth in New York City on June 2, 1889. Source: Wikipedia

A protegee of stage star Minnie Maddern Fiske, she was acting in stage productions by age 17 and began her long radio career in the early 1920s. Source: Wikipedia

Her range of voices earned her the nickname "Actress of 100 Voices." Source: Wikipedia

She played the Wintergreen Witch in the 1937 Christmas serial The Cinnamon Bear, credited from the first episode on November 29, 1937. Source: RadioGOLDINdex

In Calling All Cars broadcasts of "The Mae West Jewel Robbery" in 1934 and 1935, she impersonated Mae West. Source: RadioGOLDINdex

She was a performer, writer and co-creator, with Noreen Gammill, of The Babbitt Sisters in Another Part of Hollywood (December 1937). Source: RadioGOLDINdex

On Lux Radio Theatre from 1937 to 1955 she often played two or three parts in one broadcast and sometimes read the commercials. Source: RadioGOLDINdex

Her other radio parts included Joe Penner's mother on The Park Avenue Penners, Mama Katzenjammer in The Captain and the Kids, Annie Wood and Mrs. Littlefield on Crime Classics, and semi-regular roles on Broadway Is My Beat and The Abbott and Costello Show. Source: Wikipedia

On film she voiced Nanny, Queenie and Lucy in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and Madam Mim in The Sword in the Stone (1963); she died in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, on March 8, 1974. Source: Wikipedia

Listen live: the channels that play Martha Wentworth

Free 24/7 stations. These play the episodes below, in rotation with the rest of their shows.

Illustrated cover for Lux Radio Theatre: a 1930s Hollywood theatre stage before a closed gold curtain, a single ribbon microphone in a spotlight

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Lux Radio Theatre

16 of her episodes: Lux Radio Theatre (16)

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Larry Thor on a rain-slick Broadway at night

The series' own channel

Broadway Is My Beat

12 of her episodes: Broadway Is My Beat (12)

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Illustrated cover for Suspense: a single desk lamp in a dark room, a revolver and a telephone off the hook on the desk, long shadows across the floor

The series' own channel

Suspense

7 of her episodes: Suspense (7)

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Bob Bailey in a Los Angeles detective's office at night

The series' own channel

Let George Do It

6 of her episodes: Let George Do It (6)

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Illustrated cover for The Whistler: a lonely rain-slicked city street at night

The series' own channel

The Whistler

2 of her episodes: The Whistler (2)

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John Dehner in a dark vest, white shirt and tie on a frontier-town street

The series' own channel

Frontier Gentleman

1 of her episodes: Frontier Gentleman (1)

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Illustrated cover for Opening Night: the front of a 1930s art-deco movie palace on premiere night, crossed searchlight beams in the sky

Mixed channel

Opening Night

32 of her episodes: Lux Radio Theatre (16), Family Theater (10), Screen Directors Playhouse (3), Cavalcade of America (2), On Stage (1)

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Sal Vitale, the host of Gumshoe

Mixed channel

Gumshoe

31 of her episodes: Broadway Is My Beat (12), Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (7), Let George Do It (6), Calling All Cars (4), Dangerous Assignment (2)

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Ophelia Crane, the host of The Midnight Exchange

Mixed channel

The Midnight Exchange

13 of her episodes: Suspense (7), Crime Classics (4), The Whistler (2)

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Marshal Ramrod, the host of Dry Gulch

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Dry Gulch

5 of her episodes: All Star Western Theatre (4), Frontier Gentleman (1)

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Buster Pratt, the host of Laugh Track

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Laugh Track

3 of her episodes: The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show (3)

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Martha Wentworth’s shows on Stupid Potato

SeriesYearsEpisodes
Lux Radio Theatre1937 to 195516
Broadway Is My Beat1951 to 195312
Family Theater1949 to 195610
Suspense1951 to 19537
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar1949 to 19537
Let George Do It1946 to 19506
All Star Western Theatre1947 to 19484
Calling All Cars1934 to 19354
Crime Classics1953 to 19544
Screen Directors Playhouse1950 to 19513
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show1949 to 19513
Cavalcade of America1946 to 19472
Dangerous Assignment1951 to 19532
The Whistler1947 to 19512
Frontier Gentleman19581
On Stage19531

Martha Wentworth episodes: 5 free to hear

Each one names Martha Wentworth on the air, in its cast list or in the show itself. Each title opens the episode’s page: what happens, the transcript from the moment she is named, and listens from any line.

  1. Murder Ain't Minor (The Case of Bonnie Goodwin)Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · August 7, 1949 · Episode guide · Whole and free in the podcast
  2. The Little Man Who Wasn't All ThereYours Truly, Johnny Dollar · October 29, 1949 · Episode guide · Whole and free in the podcast
  3. The PicnicLet George Do It · October 11, 1946 · Episode guide · Whole and free in the podcast
  4. The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, JrCrime Classics · June 29, 1953 · Episode guide · Whole and free in the podcast
  5. The String Bow TieOn Stage · January 1, 1953 · Episode guide · Whole and free in the podcast

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All 84 Martha Wentworth episodes, by show

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Lux Radio Theatre 16 episodes, 1937 to 1955
  1. DodsworthOctober 4, 1937 · Potato Plus
  2. The Petrified ForestNovember 22, 1937 · Potato Plus
  3. Seven Keys to BaldpateSeptember 26, 1938 · Potato Plus
  4. Stage DoorFebruary 20, 1939 · Potato Plus
  5. Ceiling ZeroFebruary 27, 1939 · Potato Plus
  6. A Mans CastleMarch 27, 1939 · Potato Plus
  7. The Ex-Mrs BradfordJune 19, 1939 · Potato Plus
  8. Dark VictoryJanuary 8, 1940 · Potato Plus
  9. Bachelor MotherJanuary 22, 1940 · Potato Plus
  10. Swing High Swing LowFebruary 26, 1940 · Potato Plus
  11. Alias the DeaconJuly 1, 1940 · Potato Plus
  12. In Old OklahomaMarch 13, 1944 · Potato Plus
  13. Jane EyreJune 14, 1948 · Potato Plus
  14. Strangers on a TrainDecember 3, 1951 · Potato Plus
  15. The Model and the Marriage BrokerOctober 6, 1952 · Potato Plus
  16. The Awful TruthJanuary 18, 1955 · Potato Plus
Broadway Is My Beat 12 episodes, 1951 to 1953
  1. The Georgia Gray Murder CaseApril 28, 1951 · Potato Plus
  2. The Ruth Larson Murder CaseJune 23, 1951 · Potato Plus
  3. The Joe Gruber Murder CaseJuly 8, 1951 · Potato Plus
  4. The Gordon Merrick Murder CaseMarch 15, 1952 · Potato Plus
  5. The Irene Hall Murder CaseMay 17, 1952 · Potato Plus
  6. The Tony Blair Murder CaseSeptember 20, 1952 · Potato Plus
  7. The Bob Foster Murder CaseNovember 8, 1952 · Potato Plus
  8. The Joseph Brady CaseJanuary 17, 1953 · Potato Plus
  9. The John Perry Murder CaseFebruary 28, 1953 · Potato Plus
  10. The Margaret Royce Murder CaseMay 2, 1953 · Potato Plus
  11. The Sybil Crane Murder CaseMay 9, 1953 · Potato Plus
  12. The Hilda Bruce Murder CaseAugust 8, 1953 · Potato Plus
Family Theater 10 episodes, 1949 to 1956
  1. The Gold BugOctober 5, 1949 · Potato Plus
  2. Don QuixoteDecember 7, 1949 · Potato Plus
  3. The Cobbler's WindowDecember 28, 1949 · Potato Plus
  4. The Broken PitcherMarch 22, 1950 · Potato Plus
  5. Mahoney's Lucky DayApril 19, 1950 · Potato Plus
  6. The Outcasts of Poker FlatMay 17, 1950 · Potato Plus
  7. The Spectre BridegroomJuly 5, 1950 · Potato Plus
  8. The Roll Call of the ReefAugust 24, 1955 · Potato Plus
  9. The RedheadOctober 19, 1955 · Potato Plus
  10. The Girl in the Green DressJuly 18, 1956 · Potato Plus
Suspense 7 episodes, 1951 to 1953
  1. The Mc Kay College Basketball ScandalSeptember 24, 1951 · Potato Plus
  2. The Track of the CatFebruary 18, 1952 · Potato Plus
  3. Frankie and JohnnyMay 5, 1952 · Potato Plus
  4. Concerto for Killer and Eye WitnessesJune 9, 1952 · Potato Plus
  5. The Man with Two FacesDecember 15, 1952 · Potato Plus
  6. Vial of DeathMay 18, 1953 · Potato Plus
  7. My True Love's HairOctober 19, 1953 · Potato Plus
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7 episodes, 1949 to 1953
  1. Murder Ain't Minor (The Case of Bonnie Goodwin)August 7, 1949 · Episode guide · Free
  2. The Little Man Who Wasn't All ThereOctober 29, 1949 · Episode guide · Free
  3. Pearl CarrasaApril 25, 1950 · Potato Plus
  4. The Belo-Horizonte RailroadJuly 6, 1950 · Potato Plus
  5. The Mickey Mc Queen MatterApril 14, 1951 · Potato Plus
  6. The Fair-Way MatterJuly 11, 1951 · Potato Plus
  7. The Nelson MatterAugust 25, 1953 · Potato Plus
Let George Do It 6 episodes, 1946 to 1950
  1. The PicnicOctober 11, 1946 · Episode guide · Free
  2. The Perfect SpecimenAugust 9, 1948 · Potato Plus
  3. One Chance at the WorldAugust 8, 1949 · Potato Plus
  4. The CowardSeptember 19, 1949 · Potato Plus
  5. The Treasure Of Millie's WharfAugust 21, 1950 · Potato Plus
  6. Tag! You're It!September 25, 1950 · Potato Plus
All Star Western Theatre 4 episodes, 1947 to 1948
  1. The Varmit and The BabyAugust 2, 1947 · Potato Plus
  2. The Raisin BeeSeptember 6, 1947 · Potato Plus
  3. One Mans PoisonNovember 15, 1947 · Potato Plus
  4. The FugitiveJanuary 31, 1948 · Potato Plus
Calling All Cars 4 episodes, 1934 to 1935
  1. Murder at SouthgateMay 2, 1934 · Potato Plus
  2. July Fourth In a Radio CarJuly 4, 1934 · Potato Plus
  3. Execution of DillingerJuly 25, 1934 · Potato Plus
  4. The Mae West Jewel Robber epre-dramatizationMarch 19, 1935 · Potato Plus
Crime Classics 4 episodes, 1953 to 1954
  1. The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, JrJune 29, 1953 · Episode guide · Free
  2. The Terrible Deed of John White WebsterJuly 13, 1953 · Potato Plus
  3. Your Loving Son, NeroAugust 31, 1953 · Potato Plus
  4. Bunny Baumler, His Close Brush with FameMay 5, 1954 · Potato Plus
Screen Directors Playhouse 3 episodes, 1950 to 1951
  1. Mrs MikeNovember 30, 1950 · Potato Plus
  2. Remember the NightJuly 19, 1951 · Potato Plus
  3. The Velvet TouchAugust 23, 1951 · Potato Plus
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show 3 episodes, 1949 to 1951
  1. Investment In Female WrestlerNovember 27, 1949 · Potato Plus
  2. Sponsor To Hire MyrtleDecember 4, 1949 · Potato Plus
  3. Selling Rca Victor Television SetsApril 8, 1951 · Potato Plus
Cavalcade of America 2 episodes, 1946 to 1947
  1. With Cradle and ClockSeptember 2, 1946 · Potato Plus
  2. Man Against the MountainFebruary 17, 1947 · Potato Plus
Dangerous Assignment 2 episodes, 1951 to 1953
  1. Find Rudolf Karpel (Rotterdam)May 4, 1951 · Potato Plus
  2. The Anti-Submarine ProjectApril 29, 1953 · Potato Plus
The Whistler 2 episodes, 1947 to 1951
  1. 18 Bowden LaneMay 12, 1947 · Potato Plus
  2. A Matter of PatienceSeptember 16, 1951 · Potato Plus
Frontier Gentleman 1 episode, 1958
  1. The Cat ManAugust 10, 1958 · Potato Plus
On Stage 1 episode, 1953
  1. The String Bow TieJanuary 1, 1953 · Episode guide · Free

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