Theater of the Mind
Bill Morrow
Cast, Writer, Producer
361 episodes in 5 shows · 1936–1954
Bill Morrow was a comedy writer and producer who got his start in 1938 on Jack Benny's writing staff, moving from Chicago to Los Angeles with fellow writer Ed Beloin. After military service, he joined Bing Crosby in 1945 as co-producer and writer of Philco Radio Time, then stayed with Crosby through a long run of radio series into the early 1960s. He also wrote Crosby's first television show.
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The Jack Benny Program244 · Cast, Writer, Producer
1936
- Clown Hall Tonight
- Phil Harris Introduced
- Anthony Adverse, Part One
- Anthony Adverse, Part Two
- Previews Romeo and Juliet
- Doc Benny's Minstrels: Romeo and Juliet
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Part One
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Part Two
- Buck Benny Rides Again (November 29)
- Money Ain't Everything
- Buck Benny Rides Again (December 13)
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas
- Buck Benny Rides Again and Again
1937
- More Buck Benny
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Chapter Ten
- Next Sunday, Jack Will Play The Bee
- The Stolen Violin
- Jack's Birthday (1937)
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Chapter Twelve
- Fight of the Century
- From the Hotel Pierre
- From New York
- The Train Porter
- Back from New York
- Guests Burns and Allen
- Lady Millicent's Husband
- In the Spring, Tra-La
- Buck Benny Party
- The Mother's Day Program
- Ah, Wilderness! (1937)
- Death at Midnight, Part One
- Death at Midnight, Part Two
- Mary's Movie
- Jack's Movie
- Last Show of the Season (1937)
- Guest Abe Lyman
- Starring Jack What's-His-Name
- Jack Buys the Maxwell
- The Devine Farm
- Another Chapter in the Life of Buck Benny
- Lost Horizon
- Jack Cooked the Turkey
- The Big Game
- Christmas Shopping (1937)
- Little Red Riding Hood
1938
- Leaving for San Francisco Next Week
- In San Francisco
- Driving Back from San Francisco
- Scoop Benny, Ace Reporter
- Hurricane
- Jack Is Late
- Robert Taylor Plays the Cello
- Submarine D-1, Part One
- Submarine D-1, Part Two
- Don Wilson's Fifteenth Anniversary in Radio
- Death in the Nightclub
- Preparing for New York
- Harry Von Zell Subs for Don Wilson
- Back from New York (1938)
- A Yank at Oxford
- At the Circus
- Snow White and the Seven Gangsters
- Beverly Hills Home Under Construction
- Mother's Day Show (1938)
- Murder in the Library
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part One
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part Three
- Artists and Models Abroad
- Back Home in Indiana
- Last Show of the Season (1938)
- Preparing to Return to Work
- Yellow Jack
- Farewell to the Old Studio
- Algiers
- Jack Throws a Halloween Party
- The Crowd Roars
- Jack Tries to Steal Phil's Girl
- Too Hot to Handle
- Flash Benny, Football Coach
- Murder at the Movies (1938)
- Christmas Shopping in New York
- Returning to Hollywood
- Jack's Christmas Open House
1939
- Goodbye 1938, Hello 1939
- Snow White and the Seven Gangsters (1939)
- Lunch at the Drugstore
- Jack Tells How He Saved Fred Allen's Life
- Jack Goes into Training
- Jack Challenges Fred Allen to a Boxing Match
- Love Finds Annie Hardy
- Carmichael, the Polar Bear
- Jesse James, Part One
- Jesse James, Part Two
- Carmichael Is Sick
- Jack Has a Cold
- Guest Ed Sullivan
- Four Girls in White
- Man About Town
- Guests Binnie Barnes and Mark Sandrich
- Jack's Seventh Anniversary on the Radio
- Kentucky Derby Bet
- Gunga Din, Part One
- Gunga Din, Part Two
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Hound of the Baskervilles Preview
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Father's Day Show (1939)
- From Waukegan, Illinois
- Introducing Dennis Day
- Dennis's Mother Interferes with the Show
- Stanley and Livingstone
- Masquerade Party
- The Women
- Jack Has a Toothache
- An Ostrich for Thanksgiving
- Jack Goes Duck Hunting
- Murder on the Gridiron, Part One
- Murder on the Gridiron, Part Two
- Christmas Shopping for Perfume and a Necktie
- Christmas Open House at Jack's
- Gladys Zybysko Stands Jack Up
1940
- Golden Boy
- Intermezzo
- Gladys Zybysko Is Discussed
- Murder on the Bay Bridge
- Leaving for Yosemite
- Arriving at Yosemite
- Skiing at Yosemite
- Jack's Birthday in Bed
- Gracie Allen for President
- Mr. Benny Goes to Washington
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Trailer on Pinocchio
- Pinocchio
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Episode 24
- Leaving for New York by Train
- In New York for the Premiere
- Buck Benny at the Paramount Theater
- Clown Hall Tonight (1940)
- Flying Home
- Northwest Passage
- Dinner for the Sponsor
- Hillbilly Feud
- Vacation Plans
- Father's Day (1940)
- Jack Tells His Childhood Story
- Phil Tries to Collect a World Series Bet
- Jack Tries to Trade In the Maxwell
- Hold That Line (1940)
- Jack's Halloween Party
- Dogcatcher of Beverly Hills
- Jack Waits to See a Movie Producer
- Jack Is Held Up on His Way to Don's House
- Jack Catches Cold at Don's House
- Don Is Mad and Walks Out
- Jack Has a Bodyguard
- Christmas Shopping (1940)
- Father Time Rides Again
1941
- At the Rose Bowl
- Jack Is Late, with No Script
- City for Conquest
- Jack Packs for New York
- Herbert Marshall Hosts the Show
- The Sponsor Likes Herbert Marshall
- Surprise Birthday Party
- Teepee Hotel
- Climb to Tahquitz Falls
- Murder at the Racquet Club
- Palm Springs Prices
- Tobacco Road
- Jack Works in His Garden
- Quiz Kids versus Jell-O Kids
- Jack Prepares for The Quiz Kids
- Murder at the Movies
- Jack's Tenth Anniversary on Radio
- NBC Tribute to Jack's Tenth Anniversary
- Charley's Aunt
- The Life of Philbert Harris
- From San Diego Naval Base
- From New York (1941)
- Columbus Day
- Returning to Hollywood (1941)
- Dive Bomber
- Halloween Celebration
- Guest Leo Durocher
- He Fumbled the Ball
- Thanksgiving Dinner
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part One
- Horseradish
- The Christmas Tree
- Goodbye '41, Hello '42
1942
- From March Field
- The Frightwig Murder Case, Part One
- The Frightwig Murder Case, Part Two
- Fred Allen Moves to Sundays
- Jack's Birthday Party
- At the San Francisco Presidio
- Jack Starts a Campaign for an Oscar
- From San Diego Marine Base
- Jack Lends Fred Allen Ten Dollars
- Jack Plays Golf with Phil
- Doc Benny's Minstrel Show
- Don's Commercial
- Try and Get It
- Don's Play
- Jack Hawkins' Revenge
- Visiting Jack at Warner Brothers
- Jack's Last Season for Jell-O
- I Am an American Day
- Phil Becomes a Father
- Cavalcade of Eight Years for Jell-O
- Jack Rounds Up the Gang in the Maxwell
- Two Cadets at Barbara Stanwyck's House
- Jack Gives the Maxwell for Scrap
- Tales of Manhattan
- Jack and Phil Go Target Shooting
- The Twink Family, Part One
- The Twink Family, Part Two
- George Washington Slept Here Premiere
- Going After Rommel
- Liberty Ship
- From New York (1942)
- George Washington Slept Here
- New Year's Eve Skit
1943
- Bear Hunting
- The Sixty-Four Dollar Question
- Information Please Spoof
- Mr. Benny Goes to Washington (1943)
- From Quantico, Virginia
- Jack Is Late for the Program
- From Toronto
- A Monument for Jack
- Kit Carson Benny
- Host Orson Welles
- Orson Welles: Death at Midnight
- Orson Welles: Little Red Riding Hood
- Jack Returns after Illness
- Jack Opens His Swimming Pool
- Rochester's Horse in the Kentucky Derby
- Renting Eddie Cantor's House
- Jack Jams with Louis Armstrong
- Rancho Benny
- Parachute Jump
- Guest Deanna Durbin
The Bing Crosby Show110 · Producer
1949
- With Judy Garland (1949)
- With Peggy Lee and Frank Fay (October 1949)
- With Lum & Abner (Chester Lauck & Norris Goff)
- With Bob Hope (1949)
- With Ella Fitzgerald and The Mills Brothers
- With Bob Crosby and Cathy Crosby
- With Peggy Lee and Frank Fay (November 1949)
- With Al Jolson (1949)
1950
- With Al Jolson (January 1950)
- With Groucho Marx and Peggy Lee
- With Gary Crosby and Barbara Whiting
- With Bob Hope (1950)
- With Fred Allen and Peggy Lee
- With Al Jolson (February 1950)
- With The Andrews Sisters and Firehouse Five Plus Two (February 1950)
- With Bob Crosby, Loulie Jean Norman and Gloria Wood
- With Gary Cooper and Gary Crosby
- With Dennis Crosby and Phillip Crosby
- With William Boyd and Ethel Merman
- With The Andrews Sisters and Firehouse Five Plus Two (March 1950)
- With Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey
- With Carole Richards and Lindsay Crosby
- With Beatrice Lillie
- With Ella Fitzgerald and Al Jolson
- With Mary Martin
- With Fred Allen
- With Dick Powell
- With Toni Arden, Bob Crosby, Loulie Jean Norman and Danny Stewart
- With Paul Douglas
- With Ella Fitzgerald, Firehouse Five Plus Two and Ward Kimball
- With Judy Garland (1950)
- With Peggy Lee and William Boyd
- With Dixie Lee Crosby, Gary, Dennis and Phillip & Lindsay Crosby
- With Dinah Shore, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden
1951
- With Fred Astaire, Loulie Jean Norman and Danny Stewart
- With Bob Hope and Bob Crosby
- With Louis Armstrong, Toni Arden, Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti
- With Toni Arden and James Stewart
- With Marilyn Maxwell, Louis Armstrong and Lindsay Crosby
- With Gary Crosby (1951)
1952
- With Fred Astaire
- With Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- With Jane Wyman, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Red Nichols and Loulie Jean Norman
- With Jane Wyman, Joe Venuti, The Bell Sisters, Helen O'Connell, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Red Nichols
- With James Stewart, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Buddy Cole and Loulie Jean Norman
- With Dinah Shore, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (1952)
- With Dinah Shore, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole
- With Connie Boswell, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Red Nichols
- With Rosemary Clooney, Christian Fourcade and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole
- With Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Red Nichols
- With Gary Crosby and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
1953
- With Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (January 1953)
- With Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole Trio
- With Kay Starr, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole Trio (January 1953)
- With Kay Starr, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole Trio (February 1953)
- With Jack Benny, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole
- With Joanne Gilbert, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Perry Botkin
- With Peggy Lee, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Phil Shukin
- With Jimmy Boyd, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (March 1953)
- With James Stewart, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Veola Vonn
- With Dinah Shore, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (1953)
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (March 1953)
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (April 2, 1953)
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (April 9, 1953)
- With George Kainapau & His Island Serenaders, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
- With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (April 23, 1953)
- With The Bell Sisters, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole
- With George Kainapau & His Island Serenaders, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Red Nichols, Ziggy Elman and Bobby Guy
- With Jimmy Boyd, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (May 1953)
- With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Buddy Cole (May 21, 1953)
- With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Buddy Cole (May 28, 1953)
- With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Buddy Cole (June 1953)
- With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Perry Botkin
- With Lindsay Crosby and Joe Venuti (June 1953)
- With Lindsay Crosby and Joe Venuti (July 1953)
- With Gary Crosby (1953)
- With Rosemary Clooney and Buddy Cole
- With Rosemary Clooney and Ziggy Elman
- With Jane Morgan and Dixieland Ensemble
- With Gary Crosby and Dixieland Ensemble
- With Gary Crosby, Dixieland Ensemble, Buddy Cole and Perry Botkin
- With Peggy Lee
- With Peggy Lee and Dixieland Ensemble
- With Rosemary Clooney (1953)
- With Ella Fitzgerald (December 13, 1953)
- With Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
- With Ella Fitzgerald (December 27, 1953)
1954
- With Connie Russell
- With Gary Crosby (1954)
- With Helen O'Connell
- With Gary Crosby and Bobby Guy
- With Connie Russell and Ziggy Elman
- With Ella Fitzgerald (February 7, 1954)
- With Ella Fitzgerald (February 14, 1954)
- With The Four Aces (February 21, 1954)
- With The Four Aces (February 28, 1954)
- With Jana Mason
- With Peggy King
- With Frank Sinatra (March 21, 1954)
- With Frank Sinatra (March 28, 1954)
- With Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Buddy Cole (April 4, 1954)
- With Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Buddy Cole (April 11, 1954)
- With Rosemary Clooney (April 1954)
- With Toni Arden and Buddy Cole
- With Toni Arden
- With Rosemary Clooney (May 1954)
- With Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Buddy Cole (May 1954)
Philco Radio Time5 · Producer
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