| To me, as a radio listener during the golden age of the 40's or as a collector here in the 90's, some of my favorite characters on my favorite shows are not necessarily the star of the show but often are those quirky, off-beat, off-the-wall characters that added so much to those shows and in some ways even outlived those shows. |
Bob's favorites are included in the table, below.
| Character | Series |
|---|---|
| Barney Dunlap | Speed Gibson |
| Ben Withers | Lum and Abner |
| Birdie Lee Coggins | Great Gildersleeve show |
| California Carlson (Andy Clyde) | The Hopalong Cassidy Show |
| Capt. Sparks (Myron McCormick) | Little Orphan Annie |
| Cedric Weehunt | Lum and Abner |
| Chester Proudfoot | Gunsmoke |
| Clifton Finnegan | Duffy's Tavern |
| Daisy June (Harriet Hilliard, Lurene Tuttle) | Red Skelton Show |
| Dennis Day | Jack Benny |
| Digger O'Dell | Life of Riley |
| Doc Gamble | Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Doc | Gunsmoke |
| Don Ameche | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy |
| Effie Perrine (Lurene Tuttle) | Sam Spade |
| Frankie Remley (Elliot Lewis) | Harris & Faye |
| George "The Kingfish" Stevens and his wife Sapphire | The Amos 'N' Andy show |
| Gino Tartaglia (Charles Calvert) | Broadway's My Beat |
| Grandpappy Spears | Lum and Abner |
| Harry Von Zell | Burns and Allen |
| Herman the Duck also voice of Donald Duck | Clarence Nash |
| Heyboy | Have Gun Will Travel |
| Homer (Jackie Kelk) | Aldrich Family |
| Ichabod Mudd (Sherman Marks) | Captain Midnight |
| Jocko Madigan (Jack Lewis) | Pat Novak, For Hire |
| Judge Horace Hooker | Great Gildersleeve |
| Julius Abruzzio, the Delivery Boy | Harris & Faye |
| Junior's Grandmother | Red Skelton Show |
| Kitzel (Artie Auerback) | Abbott & Costello, Jack Benny |
| Leroy & Birdie | Great Gildersleeve |
| Lightnin' | Amos and Andy |
| Little Beaver | Red Ryder |
| Louie (Larry Dobkin) | The Saint |
| Lt. Levinson (Ed Begley) | Richard Diamond |
| Manuel Labor (Mel Blanc) | The Judy Canova Show |
| Mayor LaTrivia | Fibber & Molly |
| Mel Blanc | Jack Benny, Burns and Allen |
| Mr. Peavey | Great Gildersleeve |
| Mr. Smiling Postman | Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Mrs. Davis | Our Miss Brooks |
| Mrs. Odetts [the landlady] | My Little Margie |
| Oogie Pringle (Richard Crenna) | A Date With Judy |
| Osgood Conklin | Our Miss Brooks |
| Pasquale | Life with Luigi |
| Phil Harris | The Jack Benny Program |
| Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried) | My Friend Irma |
| Professor Melonhead (Sid Fields) | Abbott & Costello |
| Rochester | Jack Benny |
| Senator Claghorn (Kenny Delmar) | Fred Allen |
| Shorty The Barber | Amos & Andy |
| Shrevie, The Cabdriver | The Shadow |
| Tank Tinker (Kenny Lynch / Jason Beck) | Hop Harrigan |
| The Floorwalker/Salesman, etc. (Frank Nelson) | The Jack Benny Show |
| The Mad Russian | Eddie Cantor/Duffy's Tavern |
| The Old Timer | Fibber McGee and Molly |
| The Tout (Sheldon Leonard) | Jack Benny and later on "Meet me at Parky's." |
| Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve | Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Uncle Fletcher | Vic and Sade |
| Wallace Wimple (Bill Thompson) | Fibber & Molly |
| Walter Denton (Dick Crenna) | Our Miss Brooks |
| Windy Wales (Don Knotts) | Bobby Benson's Adventures |
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