Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
The one and only Great Gildersleeve…masterfully portrayed by two different actors.
The Family
- Walter Tetley — Leroy Forrester, Gildersleeve’s nephew
- Lurene Tuttle — Marjorie Forrester, Gildersleeve’s niece
- Louise Erickson — Marjorie Forrester, Gildersleeve’s niece
- MaryLee Robb — Marjorie Forrester, Gildersleeve’s niece
- Lillian Randolph — Birdie Lee Coggins, the family housekeeper
- Richard Crenna — Bronco Thompson, Marjorie’s husband
The Jolly Boys
- Earle Ross — Judge Horace Hooker
- Richard LeGrand — Mr. Peavey, Summerfield druggist
- Arthur Q. Bryan — Floyd Munson, Summerfield barber
The Ladies
- Shirley Mitchell — Leila Ransom, widow and Southern belle
- Bea Benaderet — Eve Goodwin, school principal
- Una Merkel — Adeline Fairchild, Leila’s cousin
- Katie Lee — Free spirit and folk singer, playing herself
Other Summerfield Folks
- Gale Gordon — Mr. Bullard
- Hans Conried — Oliver Honeywell
Hi,
Don’t forget to add Chief Gates to the list of the Jolly Boys (“Fellas, fellas, let’s all be Jolly Boys”–something he would say regularly at the Saturday night meetings).
Hi,
I had never heard of”The Great Gildersleeve untill about a week ago. My Mother used to talk about Fiber Mcgee and Molly, but all I knew was that it was some kind of radio show. I am a contractor and I’m doing a major renovation on a house that was origianlly built in 1945. While up in the attic one of my guys threw down a couple of old jar lids. One of the lids was an advertisement for the show.
“listen to… “The Great Guildersleeve” Radio’s laugh king. Wednesday evenings NBC 8:30 PM Eastern Time. 8:30 PM Pacific time (Repeat broadcast). the lid is red white and blue.
Anyone know why it was that when Mr. Peavey made his opening remarks it was routinely met with laughter mixed with applause?
Who played “Bashful Ben” Waterford????
Yesterday (11/8/08) I was at an estate sale in Saint Paul , MN that had around 50 old jars with ads for old radio shows on the lids . They were tucked in the back of the cellar clean and dry in a box. I bought two of them ( 50 cents each).
One was for the “The Great Guildersleeve” and the other for “Marraige for two”
I’ve posted photos of them on my flickr page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffhadams/
Bashful Ben Waterford was played by Ben Alexander, who also played Joe friday’s partner Frank Smith on Dragnet on radio
Chief Gates was played by Ken Christy!
Harlow