Harry Bartell

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Harry Bartell
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 26, 2004(2004-02-26) (aged 90)
Ashland, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)Radio, film actor
Years active1933–2003

Harry Alfred Bartell (November 29, 1913 – February 26, 2004)

character actors
from the early 1940s until the end of network radio drama in the 1960s.

Early years

Bartell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.[2] In 1942, he joined the staff of KWKW radio as an announcer.[3]

Radio

Upon moving to

Dodge City printer Mr. Hightower to famed gunslinger Doc Holliday in a 1952 episode. With fellow actor Vic Perrin
, he also co-wrote two episodes near the end of the radio run, and appeared many times on the TV version of Gunsmoke, sometimes reprising his radio roles.

Bartell worked on other radio

situation comedy The Charlotte Greenwood Show,[4] and Officer Ed Miller on Rogers of the Gazette.[4]: 288–289  As an announcer, he was heard on The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for several years,[4]: 302  interviewing Dr. Watson and segueing into commercials for Petri Wine (he also announced on Silver Theater in the 1940s[5] and on the radio version of Dear Abby from 1960 until 1972).[5]

Other radio acting jobs included multiple roles in

Lux Radio Theater. He was a member of the stock company of the detective series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, playing characters on both sides of the law, as well as the recurring role of jittery insurance adjuster Harry Branson (and his equally fussy twin brother Peter Branson).[citation needed
]

His final radio appearance was on Seattle radio producer

Jim French's
series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, guest starring as a blustery American publisher in an August 2003 episode.

Television

In films and television, Bartell's youthful voice was revealed to come from a silver-haired figure. His TV appearances included guest roles on Get Smart, Gunsmoke (as S2E27’s title character “Cain Vestal” in 1957), I Love Lucy, The Wild Wild West, The Untouchables, The Fugitive, and The Twilight Zone, in addition to the television versions of Gunsmoke and Dragnet (reprising his radio role of Father Rojas in Christmas episodes of the 1951, 1967, and 1970 series).[6] He played Sheriff Quinn in "Have Gun Will Travel" S1 E26 "Birds of a Feather" which aired 3/7/1958.

Film

Bartell's films included

Monkey Business
.

Personal life

Apart from his acting work, Bartell was an active photographer (many of his photos of the Gunsmoke cast appeared in the 1990 book on the series Gunsmoke: A Complete History). In his last years, he was a frequent presence at

chat rooms
. He was married to Beverly Householder (b. 1910, d. 2002) according to the Find a Grave website, which also gives more detail about the topics in this paragraph.

Death

On February 26, 2004, Bartell died in Ashland, Oregon. He was 90 years old.

cremated and his ashes returned to his family in residence.[9]

References
  1. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8
    . p. 34.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780786421039
    . Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "(untitled brief)" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 19, 1942. p. 36. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3
    . pp. 615–616.
  6. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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  8. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ISBN 9781476625997
    – via Google Books.

External links
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