Listen to “The Great Detectives Present Ellery Queen (Old Time Radio)” on Spreaker.
Ellery Queen remains one of the most famous names in the world of mystery and detective fiction. The character was created by cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. In 1929, Ellery Queen made his first appearance in The Roman Hat Mystery.

The character would appear in numerous books, movies, television series, comic strips, radio shows, and magazines. Outside of the novels, Ellery Queen is best know for the 1940s movies with Ralph Bellamy and William Gargan, the 1975-76 TV series with Jim Hutton, and the mystery magazine that bears his name.

Over radio, Ellery Queen had five separate radio runs with Ellery played by five different actors. However, the names of the actors playing Ellery were never featured in order to provide the illusion that Ellery was starring as himself in the radio show.

Episode log: (right-click to download)

Carleton Young

• The Adventure of the Income Tax Robbery (Original Air Date: March 12, 1942)*
• The Adventure of the Singing Rat (Original Air Date: January 9, 1943)
• The Adventure of the Circus Train (Original Air Date: March 27, 1943)
• The World Series Crime (Original Air Date: October 2, 1943)

Sidney Smith

• The Vanishing Magician (Original Air Date: November 6, 1943)
• The Adventure of the Wounded Lieutenant (Original Air Date: November 18, 1943)*
• The Adventure of the Mischief Maker (Original Air Date: January 13, 1944)
• The Adventure of the Scarecrow and the Snowman (Original Air Date: January 22, 1944)
• The Adventure of Dead Man’s Cavern (Original Air Date: April 15, 1944)
• The Foul Tip (Original Air Date: July 15, 1944)
• Nick the Knife (Original Air Date: August 1, 1945)
• The Message in Red (Original Air Date: November 7, 1945)

Larry Dobkin

• The Green Gorillas (Original Air Date: February 12, 1947)*
• The Case of the Number Thirty-One (Original Air Date: September 7, 1947)
• The Saga of Ruffy Rux (Original Air Date: November 27, 1947)
• The Man in the Street (Original Air Date: December 11, 1947)
• The Armchair Detective (Original Air Date: March 18, 1948)
• The Three Frogs (Original Air Date: April 29, 1948)
• One Diamond (Original Air Date: May 6, 1948)

 

Hugh Marlowe (Ford Theater): 

• Adventure of a Bad Boy (Original Air Date:January 4, 1948)

Australian:

• Nikki Porter, Suspect (Original Air Date: November 19, 1954)

Video Episodes:

• The Mandarin Mystery (Release Date: December 23, 1936)
• The Hanging Acrobat (Original Air Date: December 21, 1950)
• The Man Who Enjoyed Death (Original Air Date: March 29, 1951)
• Death Spins a Wheel (Original Air Date: May 10, 1951)
• Buck Fever (Original Air Date: October 1, 1952)

Episode log source: Digital Deli.

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*Episode played out of order