YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR - OLD TIME RADIO - 6 MP3 CD - 721 episodes - Total Playtime: 259:21:41

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a "fabulous" freelance insurance investigator "with the action-packed expense account." The show aired on CBS Radio from January 14, 1949 to September 30, 1962. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and more than 720 still exist today. Each story started with a phone call from an insurance executive, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim. Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale, usually within the United States but sometimes abroad, where he was almost always threatened with personal danger in the course of his investigations. Johnny's file on each case was usually referenced as a "matter," as in "The Silver Blue Matter" or "The Forbes Matter." Later episodes were more fanciful, with titles like "The Wayward Trout Matter" and "The Price of Fame Matter" (the latter featuring a rare guest-star appearance: Vincent Price). Actors who portrayed Johnny Dollar * Dick Powell (Audition show in 1948) * Charles Russell (February 1949 - January 1950) * Edmond O'Brien (February 1950 - September 1952) * John Lund (November 1952 - September 1954) * Gerald Mohr (Audition show in 1955) * Bob Bailey (October 1955 - November 1960) * Bob Readick (December 1960 - June 1961) * Mandel Kramer (June 1961 - September 1962)