Versatile actor John Dehner had a long career (1940-1989) playing countless roles in all media. He appeared in more than 250 films and in thousands of radio and television shows. He began his career as an animator for the Walt Disney Studios but his love for performing found him work at KFWB in Los Angeles as a news editor and disc jockey. Dehner possessed a deep, resonant voice and soon landed supporting roles in radio dramas, including The Whistler, Gunsmoke, and Ph...

“San Francisco, 1875…the Carlton Hotel…headquarters of the man called…Paladin!”Wherever there’s trouble — there’s Paladin. He is called on to find missing people, to find a way to protect those who have been targeted by the unscrupulous, to find criminals, and to find a resolution.John Dehner stars as the peripatetic champion of justice in twenty taut, thrilling tales of Western adventure from 1959. Ben Wright co-stars as Hey Boy, with Virginia Gregg as Miss Wong, in this series produced a...

Have Gun—Will Travel follows the adventures of Paladin, a soldier of fortune turned hired gunfighter, played by John Dehner. Paladin prefers to settle problems without violence, yet when forced to fight, he excels.It’s 1875, and Paladin lives at the swanky Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, where he dresses in formal wear, eats gourmet food, attends the opera, has a Chinese valet named Hey Boy, and enjoys the company of beautiful women. When working as a gun-for-hire, he dres...

Agonizing predicaments, stellar sound effects, and high wattage Hollywood star power combine in radio's top thriller. Myrna Loy, Joseph Cotten, Lucille Ball, Robert Taylor, Ronald Colman, and Agnes Moorehead give brilliant performances in blood-chilling stories.Twenty white-knuckled episodes (produced and directed by the legendary William Spier) feature a superior supporting cast, including John Dehner, Howard Duff, Elliott Lewis, William Johnstone, Joseph Kearns, and more. The tension and...

Here are twelve episodes of the adventures of an English journalist in the American West of the 1870s in this show from the golden age of radio.Frontier Gentleman was a radio western series aimed at adults that aired on CBS radio for one season in 1958. It starred radio veteran John Dehner as J. B. Kendall, a reporter for the London Times. The series followed the adventures of the freelance journalist as he roamed the western United States in search of stories for...

"Herewith, an Englishman's account of life and death in the West..."John Dehner stars as J.B. Kendall, a reporter for the London Times who writes and fights his way through the Wild West. Roaming the territories in search of "colorful and unusual accounts," he has regular brushes with both the famous and the infamous.This 10 compact disc collection features 21 episodes of the classic adult Western created, produced, written, and directed by radio legend Antony Ellis - including the series'...

Jeremy Brian Kendall rides the untamed West as an observer, a chronicler, and a reluctant participant. As a correspondent for an English newspaper, Kendall explains the wild frontier to his readers in all its bold color, all its violence, and all its subtlety…without ever losing sight of his own identity.John Dehner stars as J. B. Kendall in twenty-one classic episodes of this unique, distinctive Western. Created and written by London native Antony Ellis, these broadcasts include performan...

Suave. Urbane. Cultured. And deadly. They call him Paladin, and this lean, quiet man in black brings his gun to bear for whoever can pay his fee (and meet his standards). His business card says it all: Have Gun, Will Travel!John Dehner brings Old San Francisco's righteous pistolero to life in this new collection of twenty classic radio adventures. Ben Wright co-stars as Hey Boy, with Virginia Gregg as Miss Wong.Episodes Include: Love-bird 08-30-59; All That Glitters 09-06-59; Treasure Hunt...

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Herbert Marshall, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Don...

No matter what the problem, he's the solution. Roaming the Old West like a knight of old, the man called Paladin brings his deadly aim to bear…for a price. Join John Dehner for hard-hitting adventure on the frontier in twenty thrill-packed episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel!Ben Wright and Virginia Gregg co-star in these digitally restored and remastered episodes, representing the best broadcasts of the series' first season on radio.Episodes Include: Strange Vendetta 11-23-58; Road to Wicke...

Wherever there's someone in need of help, you'll find the man in black they call Paladin. The character first appeared on television, but later made his way to radio in one of the medium's last great adult westerns.The hero's travels from his home base in San Francisco to serve clients throughout the West ensured a wide range of new characters for listeners. John Dehner rides as the enigmatic gunslinger in twenty unforgettable radio adventures, with Ben Wright as Hey Boy and Virginia Gregg...

Who knew mystery better than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Who knew science fiction better than H.G. Wells? Who knew high adventure better than…Escape?Venture into dark forests and darker jungles for suspenseful stories of creatures and curses, trains and treasure, secrets and superstitions. Jack Webb, William Conrad, Paul Frees, Peggy Webber, John Dehner and Gerald Mohr thrill in tales by Doyle, Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Roald Dahl, Stephen Vincent Benet, and more. Delve into dramas of lov...