[Didja Know? -- that from the earliest days of popular Radio, Joe Forte was a common fixture on many of the comedy and variety programs of the era--as well as many of the finer, straight dramatic programs, such as Lux Radio Theatre and Family Theatre. But he's most fondly remembered for his comedic performances in the various Joe Penner and Al Pearce programs, numerous Command Performance appearances, his long running appearance in Life With Luigi, and numerous roles in Let George Do It]

[Didja Know? -- Larry Thor was the booming voice from thousands of Golden Age Radio programs, most notably, Rocky Jordan, Broadway Is My Beat, and Suspense]

[Didja Know? -- Eve McVeagh's ditzy--and sultry--characterizations were regularly featured in Jack Webb's radio nor series, Jeff Regan, Investigator. ]

Ned Wever as Dr. Loring on Portia Faces Life (1941)

Ned Wever was Dr. Anthony Loring for fifteen years in Young Widder Brown, for sixteen years as Jerry Miller in Big Sister, for eight years in Betty and Bob, Lora Lawton, Kate Hopkins--Angel of Mercy, and in countless hundreds of other character roles throughout The Golden Age of Radio.

But prior to his thirty-six year career on the Stage and in Radio, Ned Wever was a respected lyricist, having penned many of the popular songs of the 1930s, as well as Stage production lyrics going back to as early as 1925 stage revues.

Ned Wever also appeared in Radio in Dick Tracy, Bulldog Drummond, The Shadow, Under Arrest, and perhaps most appropriately, in Her Honor, Nancy James, as D.A. Anthony Hale for two years.

This was Ned Wever's only appearance in Perry Mason, but clearly one of the most effective of the season. So it is that one of Golden Age Radio's most beloved long-running soap opera performers is cast, against-type as one of Season One's most chilling villains. Brilliant casting and a highly memorable performance by one of The Golden Age of Radio's giants.]

If you bet someone that Lurene Tuttle has appeared over Radio with every other Golden Age Radio actor featured on these pages, you'd almost certainly win your bet.

Lurene Tuttle was arguably the most versatile, durable, and ubiquitous young actress to span the entire era of The Golden Age of Radio. She had only a handful of equals in that regard: Virginia Gregg, Irene Tedrow, Betty Lou Gerson and Lillian Buyeff at best. All of whom, by the way, appeared at least twice each in Perry Mason.

There were certainly another stellar group of equally prominent character actresses of the era who appeared in hundreds--if not thousands--of serial melodramas of the era, but almost always in a long-running, recurring role.

Lurene Tuttle certainly qualifies as the house mother of one of Golden Age Radio's most exclusive sororities--the handful of Radio actresses who could portray two, four or as many as six different characterizations in one production. And indeed, defy anyone listening to identify every one of them.

Known far and wide in Radio as one of the medium's consistent scene-stealers, her versatility and range were nothing short of phenomenal throughout the era. Virginia Gregg and Betty Lou Gerson come perhaps closest to Lurene Tuttle's utter dominance in female roles throughout The Golden Age of Radio.

And as each of them were fond of repeating time and time again, over the medium of Radio, it didn't matter one bit what you looked like in person. In Radio you could become anyone your skills and training could portray.

It comes as no surprise to Golden Age Radio fans that Perry Mason's casting directors repeatedly turned to seasoned Radio actresses to deliver their most challenging and surprise-ending performances. That was their metier over Radio. Honed and crafted over thousands of Radio performances.

Lurene Tuttle isn't the dog in the manger in this episode, but you're never really quite certain until the very end. You never can be, when Lurene Tuttle's in the mix. That was her genius in Radio, and she transitioned her craft into Television with equal effectiveness over the years, albeit consigned to more matronly roles throughout that second half of her remarkable career. And yet, in spite of that imposed limitation, every bit the scene-stealer right to the end.

Her six appearances in Perry Mason were no exception.]