Who’s Who on the Dial
William N. Robson
Cast, Host, Writer, Director, Producer
332 episodes in 10 shows · 1934–1962
William N. Robson was a radio writer, director and producer whose first radio job, in 1936, was directing Big Town. He followed Irving Reis as head of the Columbia Workshop, and his best-known production was Suspense, which ran more than 20 years and over 900 episodes, with Escape following a similar style. He also worked on Calling All Cars, and three of his radio works earned Peabody Awards.
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Suspense 159 · Host, Writer, Director, Producer About Suspense
1948 1
1952 2
1955 1
1956 8
The Doll October 23, 1956 · writer, producer, director for the first time on "Suspense" The Signalman (1956) November 4, 1956 · producer, director, host Three Skeleton Key November 11, 1956 · host, producer, director The Long Night November 18, 1956 · host, producer, director The Man Who Stole the Bible November 25, 1956 · host, producer, director The Rim of Terror December 2, 1956 · host, adaptor, producer, director An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1956) December 9, 1956 · adaptor Back for Christmas (1956) December 23, 1956 · adaptor, producer, director
1957 50
A Shipment of Mute Fate January 6, 1957 · producer Second Class Passenger January 20, 1957 · host, adaptor Freedom This Way January 27, 1957 · writer, producr, director, host Frankie and Johnny (1957) February 3, 1957 · producer, director Door of Gold February 10, 1957 · producer, director Murder and Aunt Delia February 17, 1957 · producer, diector Two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Minutes of Hate February 24, 1957 · producer, director Present Tense March 3, 1957 · host, producer, director The Paralta Map March 10, 1957 · producer, director The Outer Limit (1957) March 17, 1957 · producer, director Shooting Star (1957) March 24, 1957 · producer, director A Good Neighbor March 31, 1957 · host, producer, director Vanishing Lady April 7, 1957 · adaptor, producer, director Thou Shalt Not Commit April 14, 1957 · producer, director Chicken Feed (1957) April 21, 1957 · producer, director, host Escape to Death April 28, 1957 · producer, director Celebration (1957) May 5, 1957 · producer, director Tarawa Was Tough May 12, 1957 · writer, producer, director Death and Miss Turner (1957) May 19, 1957 · producer, director The Big Day May 26, 1957 · producer, director Crossing Paris June 2, 1957 · producer, director The Green-and-Gold String June 9, 1957 · producer, director Trial by Jury June 16, 1957 · producer, director A Load of Dynamite June 23, 1957 · producer, director The Yellow Wallpaper (1957) June 30, 1957 · producer, director Alibi July 7, 1957 · producer, director Flood on the Goodwins July 14, 1957 · producer, director America's Boyfriend July 21, 1957 · producer, director Murder on Mike July 28, 1957 · producer, director Flesh Peddler August 4, 1957 · producer, director, host Pigeon in the Cage (1957) August 11, 1957 · producer, director Peanut Brittle August 18, 1957 · producer, director Leiningen Versus the Ants August 25, 1957 · producer, director, host Man from Tomorrow September 1, 1957 · producer, director Old Army Buddy September 8, 1957 · producer, host, director Shadow on the Wall September 22, 1957 · producer, director Vamp 'Til Dead September 29, 1957 · producer, director, host Misfire October 6, 1957 · producer, director, host The Well-Dressed Corpse (1957) October 13, 1957 · producer, director, host Sorry, Wrong Number (1957) October 20, 1957 · producer, director, host The Country of the Blind October 27, 1957 · host, producer, director Firing Run November 3, 1957 · producer, director The Pit and the Pendulum (1957) November 10, 1957 · producer, director, host The City That Was November 17, 1957 · producer, director The Star of Thessaly November 24, 1957 · writer, producer, director Jet Stream December 1, 1957 · producer, director Speed Trap (1957) December 8, 1957 · producer, director An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1957) December 15, 1957 · adaptor, producer, director Dog Star December 22, 1957 · producer, director, host Never Steal a Butcher's Wife (1957) December 29, 1957 · producer, director
1958 52
A Week Ago Wednesday (1958) January 5, 1958 · producer, director The Island January 12, 1958 · producer, director The Crowded Void January 19, 1958 · producer, director, host Nineteen Deacon Street (1958) January 26, 1958 · producer, director, host The Silver Frame February 2, 1958 · producer, director, host The Long Shot (1958) February 9, 1958 · producer, director, host One Chef Well Done February 16, 1958 · producer, director Five Buck Tip February 23, 1958 · producer, director Never Follow a Banjo Act (1958) March 2, 1958 · producer, director, host The Chain (1958) March 9, 1958 · producer, director Game Hunt (1958) March 16, 1958 · producer, director Affair at Loveland Pass March 23, 1958 · writer, producer, director The Sisters (1958) March 30, 1958 · producer, director Just One Happy Little Family April 6, 1958 · producer, director, host Win, Place or Die April 13, 1958 · producer, director, host Alibi Me (1958) April 20, 1958 · producer, director, host Winner Lose All April 27, 1958 · producer, director Sundown May 4, 1958 · producer, director, host Subway Stop May 11, 1958 · producer, director Zero Hour (1958) May 18, 1958 · producer, director Like Man, Somebody Dig Me (1958) May 25, 1958 · producer, director Rave Notice (1958) June 1, 1958 · producer, host, director The Invisible Ape June 8, 1958 · host, producer, director Strange for a Killer (1958) June 15, 1958 · producer, director The Last Kilometer June 22, 1958 · producer, director, host Rain Tonight June 29, 1958 · producer, director, host Rub Down and Out July 6, 1958 · producer, director The Long Night (1958) July 13, 1958 · producer, director It's All in Your Mind July 20, 1958 · host, producer, director The Steel River Prison Break July 27, 1958 · writer, producer, director The Voice of Company A August 3, 1958 · producer, director, host The Diary of Sophronia Winters (1958) August 10, 1958 · host, adaptor The Bridge August 17, 1958 · writer, producer, director Remember Me (1958) August 24, 1958 · producer, director The Whole Town's Sleeping (1958) August 31, 1958 · producer, director The Wait September 7, 1958 · producer, director, host Command September 14, 1958 · adaptor, producer, director No Hiding Place September 21, 1958 · producer, director, host Affair at Aden September 28, 1958 · producer, director, host The Man Who Won the War October 5, 1958 · producer, host, adaptor The Treasure Chest of Don Jose (1958) October 12, 1958 · producer, director, writer Three Skeleton Key (1958) October 19, 1958 · host, producer, director Headshrinker (1958) October 26, 1958 · writer, producer, director The Dealings of Mr. Markham (1958) November 2, 1958 · producer, director Two for the Road November 9, 1958 · writer, producer, director My Dear Niece (1958) November 16, 1958 · producer, director A Statement of Fact (1958) November 23, 1958 · producer, director Misfire (1958) November 30, 1958 · producer, director Tom Dooley (1958) December 7, 1958 · producer, director For Old Times' Sake December 14, 1958 · producer, director Out for Christmas December 21, 1958 · writer, producer, director The Thirty-Second of December December 28, 1958 · producer, director
1959 34
Don't Call Me Mother January 4, 1959 · writer, producer, director Night on Red Mountain (1959) January 11, 1959 · writer, producer, director, host Ride Down Cajon January 18, 1959 · writer, producer, director Four of a Kind January 25, 1959 · producer, director Return to Dust February 1, 1959 · producer, director Death Notice February 8, 1959 · writer, producer, director The Signalman (1959) February 15, 1959 · host, producer, director Star over Hong Kong February 22, 1959 · writer, producer, director, host The Waxwork (1959) March 1, 1959 · producer, director, host Mad Man of Manhattan March 8, 1959 · host, producer Death in Box 234 March 15, 1959 · producer, director Script by Mark Brady March 22, 1959 · producer, director, writer John Barbey and Son March 29, 1959 · host, producer, director Too Hot to Live (1959) April 12, 1959 · producer, director See How He Runs April 19, 1959 · producer, director Deep, Deep Is My Love April 26, 1959 · producer, director The Amateur May 3, 1959 · producer, director On a Country Road (1959) May 10, 1959 · producer, director Friend of Daddy's May 17, 1959 · writer, producer, director Spoils for Victor (1959) May 24, 1959 · producer, director The Man Who Would Be King May 31, 1959 · producer, director The Pit and the Pendulum (1959) June 7, 1959 · producer, director Drive-In (1959) June 14, 1959 · producer, director Ivy Is a Lovely Name for a Girl (1959) June 21, 1959 · host, producer, director Analytical Hour June 28, 1959 · director, producer, host Blood Is Thicker July 5, 1959 · host, producer, director Eyewitness (1959) July 12, 1959 · writer, host, producer, director An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1959) July 19, 1959 · adaptor, director, producer Night Man (1959) July 26, 1959 · producer, director Red Cloud Mesa (1959) August 2, 1959 · host, adaptor, producer, director Everything Will Be Different August 9, 1959 · host, writer, producer, director Like Man, Somebody Dig Me (1959) August 16, 1959 · producer, director, host Headshrinker (1959) August 23, 1959 · host, writer, producer, director Moonlight Sail December 27, 1959 · writer
1960 6
1961 1
1962 4
Escape 84 · Cast, Writer, Director, Producer About Escape
1947 20
The Man Who Would Be King (1947) July 7, 1947 · producer, director Operation Fleur de Lis July 14, 1947 · writer, producer, director The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (1947) July 21, 1947 · producer, director Typhoon July 28, 1947 · producer, director The Sire de Maletroit's Door August 4, 1947 · director The Ring of Thoth August 11, 1947 · director The Fourth Man (1947) August 18, 1947 · producer, director The Most Dangerous Game October 1, 1947 · producer A Shipment of Mute Fate (1947) October 15, 1947 · producer, director The Fall of the House of Usher October 22, 1947 · producer, director Pollock and the Porroh Man October 29, 1947 · producer, director Evening Primrose (1947) November 5, 1947 · producer, director The Young Man with the Cream Tarts November 12, 1947 · producer, director, adaptor Casting the Runes November 19, 1947 · producer, director The Country of the Blind (1947) November 26, 1947 · producer, director Taboo December 3, 1947 · producer, director An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge December 10, 1947 · adaptor, producer, director Wild Oranges (1947) December 17, 1947 Back for Christmas December 24, 1947 · director Confession December 31, 1947 · producer, director
1948 20
The Second Class Passenger (January 7, 1948) January 7, 1948 · adaptor, producer, director The Second Class Passenger (January 10, 1948) January 10, 1948 · adaptor, producer Leiningen Versus the Ants January 14, 1948 · producer, director Leiningen Versus the Ants (January 1948) January 17, 1948 · producer Papa Benjamin (January 21, 1948) January 21, 1948 · producer, director Papa Benjamin (January 24, 1948) January 24, 1948 · producer Three Good Witnesses (January 28, 1948) January 28, 1948 · producer, director Three Good Witnesses (January 31, 1948) January 31, 1948 · producer The Vanishing Lady (February 1, 1948) February 1, 1948 · adaptor, producer, director The Vanishing Lady (February 7, 1948) February 7, 1948 · producer, adaptor Snake Doctor (February 8, 1948) February 8, 1948 · producer, director Snake Doctor (February 14, 1948) February 14, 1948 · producer Ancient Sorceries (February 15, 1948) February 15, 1948 · producer, director Ancient Sorceries (February 21, 1948) February 21, 1948 · producer How Love Came to Professor Guildea (February 22, 1948) February 22, 1948 · producer, director How Love Came to Professor Guildea (February 28, 1948) February 28, 1948 · producer The Grove of Ashtaroff March 6, 1948 · producer Jimmy Goggles...The God March 7, 1948 · producer, director Log of the Evening Star March 14, 1948 · producer, director Misfortune's Isle March 21, 1948 · producer, director
1949 13
The General Died at Dawn April 16, 1949 · producer, director The Second Class Passenger (1949) July 28, 1949 · adaptor The Sure Thing (1949) October 15, 1949 · producer, director Night in Havana October 22, 1949 · producer, director Flood on the Goodwins November 1, 1949 · producer, director Plunder of the Sun November 8, 1949 · producer, director Three Skeleton Key (1949) November 15, 1949 · producer, director Maracas November 22, 1949 · producer, director A Letter from Jason November 29, 1949 · adaptor, director Command (1949) December 6, 1949 · produced, director, adaptor Border Town December 13, 1949 · producer, director Figure a Dame December 20, 1949 · producer, director Seeds of Greed December 27, 1949 · producer, director
1950 30
The Pistol January 3, 1950 · producer, director The Vanishing Lady (1950) January 10, 1950 · producer, director, adaptor The Sure Thing (1950) January 17, 1950 · producer, director Treasure, Incorporated January 24, 1950 · producer, director Present Tense January 31, 1950 · produced, director The Outer Limit February 7, 1950 · producer, director Two If by Sea February 14, 1950 · producer, director The Red Mark February 21, 1950 · producer, director The Man Who Won the War February 28, 1950 · adaptor, producer, director Port Royal March 10, 1950 · producer, director Three Skeleton Key March 17, 1950 · producer, director Danger at Matecumbe March 24, 1950 · producer, director Green Splotches March 31, 1950 · producer, director, adaptor The Ambassador of Poker April 7, 1950 · producer, director The Golden Snake April 14, 1950 · producer, director The Shanghai Document April 21, 1950 · producer, director Something for Nothing April 28, 1950 · producer, director The Man Who Stole the Bible (1950) May 5, 1950 · producer, director The Rim of Terror May 12, 1950 · producer, director, adaptor Pass to Berlin May 19, 1950 · producer, director Command (1950) May 26, 1950 · adaptor, producer, director Mars Is Heaven June 2, 1950 · producer, director Serenade for a Cobra June 16, 1950 · producer, director Sundown June 23, 1950 · producer, director Blood Bath June 30, 1950 · producer, director A Shipment of Mute Fate (1950) July 7, 1950 · producer, director Shark Bait July 14, 1950 · producer, director Yellow Wake July 21, 1950 · producer, director Poison July 28, 1950 · producer, director The Red Forest (1950) August 11, 1950 · producer, director
1951 1
Calling All Cars 38 · Cast, Writer, Director, Producer About Calling All Cars
The Gettle Kidnapping Case May 16, 1934 · writer, producer Seven Words and a Fingerprint May 23, 1934 · writer, producer The Dinner Party Bandits May 30, 1934 · writer, producer The Big Mail Robbery June 6, 1934 · writer One of the Finest June 20, 1934 · adaptor, producer The Power and Light Holdup June 27, 1934 · adaptor, producer July Fourth in a Radio Car July 4, 1934 · writer, producer Fingerprints Don't Lie July 11, 1934 · writer, producer The Manchuko Dope Ring July 18, 1934 · writer, producer The Execution of John Dillinger July 25, 1934 · writer, producer The Nitroglycerine Parson August 1, 1934 · writer, producer The Corpse in the Desert August 8, 1934 Crooks Are Human Beings August 15, 1934 · adaptor, producer Marks on the Bedroom Screen September 5, 1934 · writer, producer The Human Monkey September 12, 1934 · writer, producer Stop That Car September 26, 1934 · writer, producer The Skid Row Dope Ring October 2, 1934 · writer, producer Trouser Cuff Clue October 23, 1934 · writer, producer Six Shots at Midnight November 6, 1934 · writer, producer A Thousand Pieces of Paper November 13, 1934 · writer, producer Death for a Diamond Ring November 20, 1934 · writer, producer Sometimes People Aren't Murdered November 27, 1934 · writer, producer Don't Get Chummy with a Watchman December 4, 1934 · writer, producer A Cup of Coffee, Some Strychnine Too December 11, 1934 · writer, producer The Moving Picture Murder December 18, 1934 · writer, producer Crime Does Not Pay January 8, 1935 · writer, producer Two Against Six January 15, 1935 · writer, producer The Necking Party Murder January 29, 1935 · writer, producer The Banker in the Well February 5, 1935 · writer, producer The Remote Control Sleuth February 12, 1935 · writer, producer Wreck of the Old Sixty-Nine February 19, 1935 · writer, producer The Rhythm of the Jute Mill March 26, 1935 · writer, producer The Blonde Menace April 9, 1935 · writer, producer The Corpse in the Cellar April 30, 1935 · writer, director The Lieutenant Crowley Murder October 23, 1935 · producer, writer Bank Bandits and Bullets November 20, 1935 · writer, producer The Hundred-Dollar Nightgown March 4, 1936 · writer, producer The History of Dallas Egan February 1, 1938 · writer, producer, performer
The CBS Radio Workshop 16 · Cast, Writer, Director, Producer About The CBS Radio Workshop
The Storm February 10, 1956 · adaptor, director This Is Paris July 6, 1956 · producer Portrait of London July 20, 1956 Subways Are for Sleeping August 3, 1956 · producer, director Colloquy 3: An Analysis of Satire August 31, 1956 · writer, producer, director A Pride of Carrots, or Venus Well Served September 14, 1956 · producer, director A Writer at Work October 12, 1956 · producer Report on the We'ans November 11, 1956 · director, writer The King of the Cats November 25, 1956 · producer, director, adaptor I Was the Duke December 9, 1956 · producer Fire at Malibu January 20, 1957 · director, writer 1489 Words February 10, 1957 · producer Nightmare May 5, 1957 · director Heaven Is in the Sky May 19, 1957 · director People Are No Good September 8, 1957 · adaptor Young Man Axelbrod September 22, 1957 · adaptator, director
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone 12 · Writer, Director About Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
Duel on the Trail February 23, 1958 · director Tracks Out of Tombstone March 2, 1958 · director Yancy's Pride March 9, 1958 · director Page's Progress March 16, 1958 · director The Homesteaders March 23, 1958 · director Wagon Train April 13, 1958 · director The Henry Fell Story April 20, 1958 · director Worth Its Salt May 4, 1958 · director Heritage May 11, 1958 · director Drive to Fort Huachuca May 18, 1958 · director The Outlaw Kid May 25, 1958 · adaptor, director Cattle Drive June 1, 1958 · director
Have Gun - Will Travel 8 · Writer About Have Gun - Will Travel
Columbia Workshop 6 · Director, Producer About Columbia Workshop
Through the Looking Glass, Part 1 December 23, 1937 · director Through the Looking Glass, Part 2 December 30, 1937 · director Ecce Homo! (Behold the Man) May 21, 1938 · production supervisor The Pied Piper of Hamelin July 21, 1946 · producer The Path and the Door August 25, 1946 · director Rain, Rain, Go Away December 28, 1946 · director
Romance 5 · Writer, Director About Romance
Hawk Larabee 3 · Writer, Director, Producer About Hawk Larabee
Fort Laramie 1 · Writer About Fort Laramie
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