Merrill Joels
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Merrill E. Joels was an actor in the Frank Buck
recording Tiger (record album)
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. In 1932 he founded the Mark Twain Masquers Community Theatre in Hartford.
’s recording Tiger (record album)
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Episode 13 "SPEAKING OF MURDER" date: 12-14-45 time: 29:00 cast: K.C. Allen, Eleanora Reid, Leonard Sherrer, Jason Johnson, Eileen Court, Merrill E. Joels.
Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
recording Tiger (record album)
Tiger (record album)
Tiger, a children’s record, was Frank Buck’s last recorded performance. The story was adapted by "Peter Steele" and Hecky Krasnow. In fact, Krasnow often wrote under two names, Peter Steele and Hecky Krasno, dropping the "w." In Tiger Krasnow combined two animals from two stories in Bring 'Em Back...
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Early life
Merrill Joels was the son of Abram J. and Rose (Wershwofsky) Joels. Merrill was born in the house that was torn down for the construction of what is now the Hartford Courant building.Career
In 1929 Merrill E. Joels began as an usher at Parson's, the Hartford stage tryout theater. He was a professional actor for 40 years. He was a member of the Christian Science Church, vice president of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists in New York, and served on the National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors GuildScreen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
. In 1932 he founded the Mark Twain Masquers Community Theatre in Hartford.
Work with Frank Buck
In 1950, Joels read the part of Captain Harry Curtis in Frank BuckFrank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
’s recording Tiger (record album)
Tiger (record album)
Tiger, a children’s record, was Frank Buck’s last recorded performance. The story was adapted by "Peter Steele" and Hecky Krasnow. In fact, Krasnow often wrote under two names, Peter Steele and Hecky Krasno, dropping the "w." In Tiger Krasnow combined two animals from two stories in Bring 'Em Back...
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Other record albums
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Joels, Merrill E. and supporting cast, with Glenn Osser and his Orchestra; original music and story adaptation by Paul Davis. Caravan Records, New York, 1950. LP Record.Author
Joels was author of two books:- How to Get into Show Business. Hastings House, New York, 1969.
- Acting is a Business: How to Get Into Television and Radio. Hastings House, New York, 1955.
Radio
- Series: "ISN'T IT A CRIME" WNEW-NEW YORK. SUSTAINING HOST: Jerry Marshall.
Episode 13 "SPEAKING OF MURDER" date: 12-14-45 time: 29:00 cast: K.C. Allen, Eleanora Reid, Leonard Sherrer, Jason Johnson, Eileen Court, Merrill E. Joels.
- Other radio series with Merrill Joels include “Counterspy (radio series)Counterspy (radio series)Counterspy was an espionage drama radio series that aired on the NBC Blue Network and Mutual from May 18, 1942 to November 29, 1957....
”; “Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories”; “The Big Story (radio/TV)The Big Story (radio/TV)The Big Story was a radio and television crime show which dramatized the true stories of real-life newspaper reporters. The only continuing character was the narrator, Bob Sloane. Produced by Barnard J. Prockter, the shows were scripted by Gail Ingram, Arnold Pearl and Max Ehrlich. Tom Victor and...
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